Mindless chatter sat

 Well Im trying to decide if I should go to our yearly town festival Lincoln Days or go shopping. Might do both. And trying to decide if Im gonna take Fynn. I like showing the pretty boy off. It's actually a very nice cool day for taking a dog this time unlike the typical rainy or sweating your butt off day Lincoln Days always falls on.

 I'm workin on Sigs this morning.  Right now, its mindless work, so thought I'd post it here.  HEHE.

I have a bunch of house cleaning to get to too, but priorities priorities right?  LOL.

I still have no furnace, and its getting pretty cold out now, at night anyway.  My dad said he'll come take a look, but his back has been out for the past week.  Hopefully by tomorrow he'll be feeling better.  Big "Minor Repair" Vibes would really be appreciated.  I really don't have a few grand to drop on a new furnace...

Small earthquakes will be felt all over the southern midwest today, and maybe further.

Readers digest version. And this is not a good story.

We have some new dogs in the neighborhood, 2 pitties and a chi mix. 2 have active parvo. Yes, she told my neighbors and they warned me. And the dogs are getting out because she will not fix the fence that is her back fence and actually runs between our garages, gives the dogs access to our drive and the next street. Her chi mix and parvo dog 1 got out last week and John chases him back and warned her about the fence, he did it again 2 days ago and I chased him back with the same warning.

This morning the pit parvo dog 2 got out, shot out of my drive, over the street and went to the house right across were someone was being shown the house. I was watching because they parked in front of my house and I was being nosy. In the time it took me to get the front door open to shoo the dog home with another warning it had already started back, and at the same time cars were coming.

Yes it got it hit. It did get tapped and rolled but it got up and by the time I ran to the back it was already under the fence and back in it's own yard.

Now I'm sick, and I was not dressed for going out in the chill. But I was MAD. So I stomped out and went to the fence and called for the owner who was in her drive. She told me I had to wait, she was doing something.

I exploded.

I am sure that her ears are bleeding from the blistering I gave her. I did make her cry and I don't care about that either. To make it short, she had 6 hours to fix that fence or I call animal control and report her dogs to the city. I don't want to do it, but I will.

My husband, my one neighbor who also saw the dog get hit and I are going out back to actually try and do something with the fence, we know she will not and I don't want a repeat of today. It hurt knowing that the dog was possibly injured and that I would not touch it.

Stupidity abounds.

Minor repair vibes coming your way, Candace.

The movers just picked up the first load of stuff.  DH went with them to show them where everything needs to be put.  Since it was just stuff from the garage, I feel pretty confident that he will be fine on this load.

I am dragging again today.  Not so sure that working yesterday was a great idea.

 I'm giggling reading through the tail end of yesterday's MC, what with Amanda ambushing her new employees and corrupting the youth.

I left Rascal with BF's parents while I was out of town, so it's nice to have him back. Though they spoil him rotten over there, so he's even more whiny/demanding than usual (who knew that was possible?). He's such a manipulative little bugger, has the "hearbroken puppy dog eyes" down pat. When he pulls his shenanigans I'm always torn between laughing, admiring his cleverness, and bonking him on the head.

Candace, hope your furnace is okay!

Dawn, I hope that the dog is ok.  Your neighbor, otoh, needs to be beat with a blunt object around the head & neck region.  At least then she would have an excuse for her stupidity.

Please take it easy & get to feeling better.

Dawn, that's infuriating and I would have done the exact same thing.  We have a new dog next door (not the crazy neighbor) and it's going to be a problem. :(

It's cool and rainy here today.  Kind of nice, although it spoiled my doggie plans.  I'm catching up on paperwork but had to pop in and see what was happening. 

Have a good, safe weekend everyone. 

 Ugh, Dawn, sorry about that idiot owner. I think you did the right thing by confronting her. It may not be likely, but now maybe there's a chance that she will take responsibility and do something about it.

Why do people get dogs if they have no intention of caring for their most basic needs (food, water, safe shelter, vet)? Blows my mind.

Cita

I'm giggling reading through the tail end of yesterday's MC, what with Amanda ambushing her new employees and corrupting the youth.

Me too. hehehe. 

Today I am looking for a new camera.  I just want a cheapy one right now - a point and shoot for under $200.00 should be fine for a bit until we decide to crack and get an SLR.  Any recommdations?  I've found a couple that look like contenders....a Canon and an Olympus...how are Olympus cameras, does anyone know?

Also, I am addicted to rock band.   I play the drums.  On easy.  Soon I will move to medium. 

 Holy poop Dawn!  That is all.

stacer. I have heard very good things of Olympus - I am a huge fan of Panasonics - check out DPreview for information and I will say that there are usually some excellent reviews on Amazon that help sort through the differences

I am feeling a bit overwhelmed now with what to do with B.  It would be easier in some ways if the ACL was blown.  You should have seen him this morning, complete joyous, nuttiness, he even pulled a move that even for him was exceptional.

The weather is fantastic and overall a fun day ahead.

OMG!  What a day Amanda had!  That poor guy might not come back.

Dawn, geeze, what a mess.  Those poor dogs.

Candace, minor repair vibes.

Pretty and coolish here today.  Supposed to get warmer next week.  I don't want that!  Not one bit.

Jen got to go home last night around 7.  So far so good.  Will talk to Sis later today and see what's happening.....

I have an Olympus P&S.  It works pretty well.  It's small so it fits in my purse and takes good pics if I'm at a function and want still pics of people.

Yesterday's golf tournament was a huge success for our company.  It was for a trade organization we're members of, so most of the golfers were current or potential customers.  There were two courses so we had tents at a hole on each course.  One was designated "competitive" the other "amateur."  At the amateur course we had a golf pro friend of ours.  He gave tips to the players, and after all in a foursome had teed off, he hit a shot that if they wanted, they could play.  He was a gigantic hit. 

We had tons of snacks, beer, and water at each hole for the players.  At one point both tents were running low on beer, so I had to make a run to the store.  Those courses are soooooo long, it took an hour to drive the golf cart from one to the other to the parking lot.  It was my first time driving a golf cart, and now I feel like a pro at it, lol.

We also had these cool water bottle holders with our logo on them, with clips on the side so you can clip it to your golf bag.  People loved them!!! The best was when a competitor of ours came through with three of his customers.  The guy seriously thought we didn't know who he was, but we did.  After his customers had teed off, every one of them took one of our water bottle koozies!!!  That must have really ticked him off. Mwahaha...

I was so exhausted when I got home that I crashed at 9:30. 

Well we found some rebar and stick wired accross the bottom of the fence, the whole thing is loose on the bottom, where we couldnt put bars we stacked up tree cuttings that we throw back there to make it difficult for people to try and go back there. Hopefully it will work.

The good news is I was able to introduce myself and husband and the beasty to the new neighbors directly behind us. They are very nice, the main mission was to warn about possible little fingers going through the fence in seach of a lick from a doggy. They informed us that the kids have been taught not to approach strange dogs since where they use to live they had nasty ones living next door, and the lady was very nice and said thank you for letting them know. She commented that she had seen us out with him and had watched him play and do OB work and that she was not overly worried about it. The kids are in there teens so I don't think it will be a problem.

I am going to go and console myself with a trip to Garden Ridge.

Dawn - I think what you did was fantastic. Hopefully the owner will finally "get it" but if not, maybe the repair work on the fence will do the trick.

I'm in a crummy mood and working hard to keep my inner B from unloading on DH. He got a couple pkgs in the mail yesterday and opened them when he got off work this morning. One pkg was a couple of biking shirts. He has to have Cannondale shirts because his new bike is that brand. Really? Do people notice those things. The other pkg was a racing helmet that matches the colors of the new bike. Apparently the silver one he had for his mountain bike wouldn't look right. Really?? Do people notice those things. The 3rd box was more running shoes. Why? Because he senses that they might stop manufacturing the style that he loves. Really??? He's got enough running shoes to last him the rest of his life. What I can't quite figure out is why it all bugs me. It's not a money issue. He makes plenty, saves plenty, and we split most of the bills, so it has no affect on me that way. Maybe I'm jealous that I can't be more free wheeling with money.