Is That A Knock? Oh, Hello Opportunity!!

What a long week this has been. I usually feel this way, when my work schedule has been rearranged. Everything has been going normally at work. It's been a bit slow though, since no one is on campus right now. Casey is working out his last few days at the game shop this week. He'd really like to keep it, but the way the schedule is running between that job and his full time job, he's had two days off in the past month! He's bordering on exhaustion.

I got a call from Jennie at Kindred Spirits late yesterday afternoon. Every year during the Celebration (Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration), the organizers put on a dog show. Now, this isn't like an AKC event. They have little contests and talent things like we did at Celebration Pet Day. Anyway, the organizer called Jennie and wanted Kindred Spirits to judge the competition. Jennie, who is right in the middle of building a house and running a business, just didn't feel that she could get free to judge. So, she called me and asked me if I'd like to go judge and to represent Kindred Spirits. I agreed. It sounds like it will be fun. It's the kind of thing that I would usually go and do anyway. So, on August 27th, I'll be judging the Celebration Dog Show for a couple of hours. I don't have all of the details yet. Jennie was going to contact the coordinator to find out all of the details and what time that I'll need to be there. I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm sure that I'll take my camera. Surely, I'll be able to get some really good shots there. I'll keep you all posted on all of the details.

Now in the spirit of dogs....I'm not guilty of any of this.....really?!!!!

How Do You Know When You Have Too Many Dogs

1. When you have more grass in your driveway than in your backyard.

2. When your neighbors find ANY dog running loose and automatically bring it to your house.

3. When you want to watch TV and you have to sit on the floor because all of the furniture is "occupied".

4. When it takes you longer to wash your dogs' dishes than your own.

5. When you have to use a wash tub for a water dish.

6. When you have to run an obstacle course to get to the phone.

7. When you see one of your dogs doing something bad (like chewing something up or leaving a "dog deposit" on the rug) and you have to run through the entire list of dogs' names in order t o yell at the right one and by then it is too late.

8. When the hazmat team comes to your house on trash day to handle the "deposits" that you have placed in your trash can.

9. When you have all of your dogs in the back seat of your car and it automatically changes lanes when they move to the other side of the car.

10. When you NEVER go anywhere for a vacation because it costs more to kennel your dogs than to go to Hawaii.

11. When you have an extension on your king-sized bed so you all fit.

12. When Iams/Eukanuba makes home deliveries.

13. When you move your bedroom into the garage and put a king and queen sized bed together so all of your dogs can sleep with you.

14. When you can't remember all of your dogs' names and just call them by colors.... ' little black dog'.

15. When you take your dogs for a run in the park and people think it is a dog show. [more like a 3-ring circus!!!]

Everyone have a great day!