Jumping in to the Blog World (from the High Board!)

Well goodness, the pressure is enormous, but I must respond to my fans. It is sure lots less stress to be clever in two sentence comments than to come up with whole paragraphs, but I will try...as skilled as I no doubt seem to be to all of you, this computer business is pretty intimidating. For instance, the log in part, believe it or not. JB fixed up a tab for me to go directly into the blog...we know it works because he has done it pretending to be me so many times! However, when the threats started coming of a strike from my blogger daughters, I knew I had to act and could not for the life of me come up with a combination of User and Password which it recognized! So frustrating! So I called Uncle Jimmy at work and he told me another way to get in, and, voila, here I am! But for the pictures of the home redecoration (rearranging, more precisely), I have not a clue as to how to move pix from camera to blog...I am sure assistance will come.

This is a busy week in Goode Land. Tomorrow we move Veevsie back to Abilene but will be back in the Branch by evening, I'm thinking. Early Friday morning we are to leave for Manitou Springs, CO, to attend our niece Holly Goode's wedding to David Locke. (Thanks, Holly for a chance for a summer trip to Colorado!!) But with Val in Abilene, who would care for the pup?? I had emailed the world's best neighbor, who walks our dog nightly, brings her treats, etc, to offer the honor of long term pet care, but had not heard from her. So, alas, I called the vet about boarding this weekend and got Bagel a space there, and while I had her on the phone I asked if we could also leave the Bagel for Labor Day weekend, as we will be trekking to Tucson to deliver Catherine's worldly goods to her new apt. (Thanks, Cath, for the summer trip to AZ!!)

Well, the young lady chortled in my ear and remarked as how they had been booked a month and a half for the holiday weekend! I suddenly sensed a need to make some calls on Bagel's behalf. About the fourth call...I was now in the phone book looking for any place in or near my zipcode...I found an inviting- sounding place in Carrollton and they did have space. However, they have an interview process to be sure the pup is "socialized," so I also faced the prospect that my pup would not make the cut! But worse, if she did make the cut, she would never want to come back home because the place is so luxurious. Something about bedtime music, dvds and art work...this place is puppy heaven. The lady there told me to print out the application and bring it in with her shot record when we come for intro time! Well, the form asked for an emergency contact and who but the world's best neighbor, could I put?? But though it is embarrassing to admit, I don't have her phone #. So I emailed her again and admitted I had written her name in ink on the form but needed her phone # to complete it. Seconds after I hit Send, the phone rang and she said, "Why are you doing this? I already have Bagel on my calendar for both weekends and I want to do it!" I said I never had heard back and assumed she was out of the country on assignment...Don't know what happened, but needless to say, she will get the privilege of Bagel's company and JB will save countless thousands on boarding fees! Life is good...very goode.