Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Volunteering

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A few months back I wrote a post where I committed to volunteering my time in some way to help animals.  At the time I wasn’t sure where my energy was going but I wanted to do something.

Since that time I’ve become involved with Our Companions.

If you haven’t heard of Our Companions, check out their website.  They will be breaking ground very soon on a new animal rescue and sanctuary.  What I love most about this sanctuary is the dogs and cats will be housed in a home like setting, much less stressful than traditional shelters.

When I first went to the orientation I had to hold myself back from signing up for everything!   One thing I signed up for was events, so I was super excited when an e-mail went out asking for volunteers to help distribute wreaths for the annual wreath sale.

My shift was Sunday afternoon from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.  I knew it was an outdoor event and that there was the possibility that I would be sitting around for long stretches of time with nothing to do, so I brought my bag all loaded up with fun things to do.

I was right, after about an hour our mentor left Sandy and I there to hand out wreaths.  It was a pretty easy job seeing the wreaths were pre-paid.  All we did was check off their name and hand them their wreaths.

But don’t be too disappointed, that wasn’t the only thing I signed up for. 😉

Look for a post either Sunday or Monday with another bit of exciting news regarding my volunteering.

Road Trip

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Sunday during our morning walk, I was snapping away with the camera, when Hubby said “Look, the Arch.”

Sure enough, when I looked up some trees had bent together forming an arch.

While not the St. Louis archway to the west, it could certainly be the arch to adventure.

I started to think back to the other photos I had taken, and thought maybe I could associate different sights in our little neck of the woods with other American landmarks.

So without further ado and in no particular order here our the landmarks we saw on our walk.

While not Pike’s Peak….

It is still a small mountain and worth climbing.

While not the Golden Gate Bridge…

I can certainly imagine something using this as a bridge when the wash is full.

While not the Grand Canyon…….

We can look down and imagine mules carrying tourists down to the bottom.

While not the Oregon Trail…..

It certainly looks like some type of fur trading is taking place here.

While not the mighty Mississippi or Niagara Falls…..

This little stream made a lovely little tinkling noise.

What types of landmarks have you found around you?

And before I let you go, a quick update on the one year anniversary drawing.

The anniversary contest ended Sunday evening, and at that time I had 17 comments.

I went to Random.org and put in 1 – 17 and was given the number 7.  I counted down to the 7th comment and our winner is…..SASSYKASSY!!

Sassy, send me an e-mail and let me know if you want treats or toys for your babies, as well as your mailing address.

Follow-Up Friday – Lady Found

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For those new to the blog, my follow-up Friday provides me with an opportunity to update or revise a post from the previous week.  You know sometimes you post about something and you need an update but it doesn’t warrant a whole blog.  Or sometimes someone made a comment that really resonated with you.  Yup, Follow-Up Friday baby. 😉

How Can I Help – Update:

Normally I wouldn’t follow-up on a  post this old, but I think it’s important to let you all know that Lady has been found and returned to Mel!

All of you who facebooked, tweeted and posted about this played a part in some way, so pat yourself on the back!

Sunday Morning Walks – Author’s Note:

I think taking two dogs on the rail trail is too much for me.  Monday and Tuesday the backs of my arms ached from the work of holding the two of them….wait a minute, maybe I NEED to take them to tone up those arms. 🙂

Chewer or Tearer Upper? – Author’s Note:

Many of you wrote in telling me the things your dogs have eaten/chewed/destroyed. Many items (shoes, cell phones and yes even retainers) I had heard of before, but I must admit the electric razor surprised me the most.

I guess my lesson in this story is to be a better housekeeper and not set Delilah up to fail.  She really is a good girl and her antics make me laugh on a daily basis.

No Bells Or Whistles For Me – Author’s Note:

Thank you all for the congratulations.  Some days blogging came very easily and some days it was a real challenge.  But you all know that because you are turning out blog posts every day too!  Truthfully I think most of you are putting out way better posts than I am.  But I still appreciate the congratulations, what really humbles me is how many of you take the time to read and comment.    What I treasure most about this past year is the connections I have made and the extended family I now have.

And to those of you who have just completed NaBloPoMo , my hat is off to you.  You churned out far more in a month than I have in the entire year.  You rock!

Some of you have asked if I will shoot for two years in a row.  I really want to try to continue to post every day, but I don’t think I will put the pressure on myself that I did this past year.  If I do it that will be great, but ultimately I want to still be blogging this time next year. 🙂

Thanks again for all your support!

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