the unknown visitor

we live..sort of in the country...about 5 days ago a lonesome little puppy showed up....cute - looks like part cocker spaniel, part toy something - pitch black...clearly a house dog that someone either decided that they couldn't keep in these tough times...or the puppy just got lost....we get a lot of "dog dumping" ...not as much as we used to since our road got paved...but a lot. I wonder why people think it's better to dump a dog...rather than take one to the pound? We bathed the dog yesterday...she had about 20+ ticks...she's starving....our big dog think she's an appetizer...he doesn't know how to play.....I guess we'll try to find a home for her today. We had tried to feed her some of the food we have her - but she couldn't eat it - finally realized her teeth are so tiny - so we cut up hot dog, bologna & grated cheese....she wolfed it down. Poor starving thing. Hard times for everyone....guess we're all waiting on change.

More unknowns

Why can't my children answer my phone calls?

Just a text - that's all I ask....an "I'm too busy mom, I don't want to interrupt this meal, this conversation, this thought..." just a polite response.....rather than a non-response....so annoying....

and why...when it has just become a beautiful spring - almost time to open the pool and we have sat in the sun....why is it storming and tornado weather....??

and why....am I never finished cleaning the house???

with the best of intentions...I plan to exercise 30 minutes every eveing when I get home
...and am insidiously sucked into my sofa cushions..and the energy is leaked out of me....

Time is an interesting concept... each year I am determined to savor the day...the week - and hold on to each one - savoring and remembering the passing of time - treasuring memories - and I think I am - and then suddenly - time is rushing past me - again....with a few memories of clarity - but not all the ones I'd planned to savor.... maybe next month.

home and sleepy

I hope I can write this -my computer is sticking...the "n" sometimes...and the closest enter button...............and I have worked 4 13 hour days...and 1 8 hour day...very tired...

things that were bad this week:

Not knowing people that I work with and not knowing what I was doing

Things to look forward to:

1.Planting tomatoes..tomorrow or Sunday

2.figuring out where to put the hose so that my dog won't chew it up

3.buying some hanging plants

4. sitting in the sun with my husband

5. learning more about my new job...moving from unknown to known

6. planning for KEYS ..vacation in about 15 days!!!!!!!!!

Truly unknown

Talk about the great unknown...I don't know how to POST.....I don't know what a FEED is.....after 25 years in the same business.....I am plunked into something new - that if I mess it up - has the potential to NEGATIVELY impact ......................EVERYTHING...... good thing that I am a generally positive person....in the old days I would have said Pollyanna - but the last time I said that to some folks that I was orienting....they had no idea who Pollyanna was - she was someone who could see the "silver lining" in the clouds....the glass half full...? now for more unknown....i will try to post a picture..well - I was looking for Pollyanna - couldn't find her - but found a cloud.....with a beautiful silver lining.

Will now go clean a room and shred years of tax forms - that I have saved for some unknown reason...thank heavens that dreadful day has past. No more deductions....I should be able to claim my dog, my cats, my mother....and just because my house is nearly paid for - doesn't mean that because the INTEREST is less - I don't spend as much....come on...