Cooperation

December 10, 2011 By Jodi

I have a blog post swirling around in my head, trouble is in order to write it, I need Sampson’s assistance and he’s just not cooperating.

This thing that Sampson does usually happens when we first come home, so every time I walk in the door I have my cell phone in hand and ready to record. To date, I haven’t been able to catch it.

But a funny thing did happen today when I came back from grocery shopping.

Hubby was up on the roof trying to fix an annoying leak. So I brought the groceries from the car to the front step, with the intention of bringing them in one at a time and putting the groceries away.

Six bags of groceries set on the front stoop along with my pocketbook and a bag full of canned cat food. In my left hand I had a case of Clementines and my right hand held my cell phone. Using my right hand I opened the storm door just as the wind kicked up, wrenching the door from my hand and causing me to lose my balance.

I struggled briefly, trying to regain my footing but to no avail. My right leg went left, my left leg went right and down I sat on top of the groceries as an “Oh No” groan escaped from my lips.

All I could think of was ‘please don’t let me sit on the eggs.’

Thankfully I didn’t.

And that little stinker still didn’t do what I need him to do!!

A Change Of Venue

December 8, 2011 By Jodi

Tonight we decided to deviate from our Thursday night obedience class and do something different.

We loaded the dogs in the car and went to the track at our local high school. This is something we did quite frequently last year. When we are the only ones there, it is a great opportunity to let the dogs run. Sometimes we let them both off leash, but tonight I kept Delilah on the thirty footer.

There was one other couple there with a small white dog who played ‘run the fence’ with Sampson. I kept Delilah away from the fence because sometimes, I know you’ll be surprised by this, but sometimes Delilah can be a little snarky at fences.

The moon was almost full, but still very high in the sky so the ground was dark. We started our first lap around the quarter-mile track, Sampson and Delilah leading the way.

Intent on keeping up with Delilah, I followed her onto the grass, completely forgetting the torrential rains we had last night.

Splash. “Ugh!”

Dammit, I stepped in a puddle! Right from the get-go.

Thankfully it was just my toes that got wet, which wasn’t so bad.

Hubby made sure to close all the gates as we passed them, just in case the dogs wandered away from us, but they stayed pretty close and came back each time we called them.

I tried to take a couple of pictures but either because of darkness or movement, I only got one picture of Delilah checking out the bleachers.

We managed five laps around the track.

While I don’t see any marathons in our future, we did manage to tire out the puppies.

Volunteering

December 7, 2011 By Jodi

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.