Ups and Downs

Following through with blogging is just not something I have been able to do.  I think of things to write about but then decide no one really wants to read it.  Well, now I am going to just write and whoever wants to read it can, and if not...their choice.

First to play catch up on the news. The new job at the hospital I wrote about did not work out.  Now I just have to figure out how to adjust my budget to living just off my retirement.  I just am not ready to go back out and try again any time soon.

I got a Yorkie in November of 2012.  He was a gift from my daughter near the end of my treatment for throat cancer.  His name is Milo and he is a real sweetheart.  He has some bad habits (we are still working on a few things!!), but I just love him.  This past January, we added another baby to our household.  Belle, another little Yorkie, was sort of a rescue puppy.  The family that had her before us, for a year, didn't take much time with her.  She was undernourished, matted and was content to just sit in a little playpen all day, she didn't like being held.  Milo didn't really take to her and she pretty much ignored all of us.  She would play with a little ball and lay by herself.  She has really come out and gotten attached to me.  She sleeps with me and wants to lay with me every time I sit down for a few minutes.  She and Milo get along well.

And we let her have puppies with a friend's dog who is a Yorkie Poo.  According to the internet, the puppies are Yoo Yoo Poos.  Well, she had 3 and 2 lived.  One boy and one girl.  The owners of the daddy dog wanted a girl and we kept the boy, Gideon.  So we now have 3 dogs.  Yikes, they do keep me busy.

Another bit of news is the job front.  I was doing volunteer work at a nearby hospital.  I ended up taking a part-time position doing a good bit of the same type work, but also had to learn a completely new job, so when needed, I could fill in.  Well, lets keep it simple and say after 4 months of probation, it didn't work out.
So now I am back at home with the fur babies full time.

I am trying to get back into my Teachers Pay Teachers creating, but my computer is giving a little trouble.  I have been trying to work out whatever this latest kink is on my own.  Hopefully I can, because I really do not have the money to take it in.

This month has had vet bills (puppies), grooming (big dogs), tags and trash permits. Also, I have to renew my teaching certificate (fee) and my TpT annual fee came out of my account.  So my computer has got to get going so I can!

I have some good ideas for new products for teachers to use when school begins....so off to work I go!