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Today marks five weeks of my dog-sitting .. adventure? Things are going well enough with the dogs. I am struggling most with separating them to go on walks, I can't walk them together. They overpower me and the big dog needs undivided attention. I'm basically scanning the neighborhood every step we take for possible problems … Continue reading Newsfeed
I am 53 years old and have come to the conclusion over many years of military scheduling, family upheavals, life disrupted that I definitely can't rely on plans made. 2025 was going to be the year we finished and settled into our new home, had our first holiday season there and spent a lot of … Continue reading Plans Are Ridiculous
While I try to be thankful of successes, small victories, lessons learned and daily moments we, in America, are so in tune with Thanksgiving being THE day of being grateful. Whether to celebrate it or to shun those who do. This year it was basically a day off work for me. Not much else happened. … Continue reading I heard Thanksgiving Rolled By
Well, we passed the one week mark of this dog sitting adventure and I'm trying hard not to count forward. My husband travels for work, usually a week or two at a time with a week or two home right now but he has also been gone for a month sometimes. When he isn't traveling … Continue reading Week One Milestone
Growing up we had a medium size poodle terrier mix that was super friendly. I was fairly crushed when I heard he escaped the fence and didn't return. Since then I haven't had a dog. Early on it was because I lived in apartments and didn't think it fair to have a dog without a … Continue reading Dogs
The last post was about my experience with a very aggressive, anxious dog. After reflecting the past week about everything that happened and telling the story to a few people, I've come to the realization that this was one of those moments in time that changes a person. I wonder what has changed in me. … Continue reading Life Altering Moments
I was sharing yesterday about my four years in Italy in which I didn't work and the other person said she couldn't do that, she would be so bored. Perhaps I am an oddity but those four years, and honestly my entire life, I can't recall ever being bored. I have been unsatisfied at times … Continue reading Never Bored
New rental, new job, new town. We relocated three weeks ago and just about everything has had issues, it's exhausting. Very few things went smoothly but I am thankful that nothing has been catastrophic. We have moved every 3 or 4 years together since 2003 with very few issues so I guess it was time … Continue reading First 3 weeks
The second day of packout was set for Monday but by 2:30 pm they had not shown up, called or texted. The parent company had texted in the morning confirming it though. So, we made some calls and were told they were scheduled to be here Tuesday not Monday. Isn't that just swell. A whole … Continue reading The Pack-out Saga Continues
We set the alarm for 5 am to sort ourselves out before the anticipated 8 am arrival of the packers. In all of our previous moves they showed up first thing in the morning. At 9 am we were getting antsy, they still hadn't showed, called or emailed. Then the husband got a text: packing … Continue reading The Pack-Out Saga
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