What a nice time I've had these past few days! What have I done? Nothing.....which is what makes it even nicer! Well, I take it back, I did manage to complete some 1099's and get them mailed out and I also did a payroll, but other than that, I just relaxed. Which is good, because starting tomorrow I will be working nonstop for a few weeks. Tomorrow is when I head for St. Louis to return to the Tom Rose School of Professional Dog Training. It is soooo nice of Tom to let me pick up where I left off. I'll be in St. Louis for at least two weeks every other month until I complete the requirements. And this time will be so different from last time. Last time was great, but I just could not seem to focus. I have several theories as to why, but it really doesn't matter....the fact is that I didn't. But I still learned a lot. But this time will be different. I understand dogs better and I am already much better organized. Before it just seemed like a fun thing to do but I wasn't inspired to put in the time needed for success. This time I am on a mission......a mission to prove that I can do it!
But back to Valentine's Day! Kevin gave me a beautiful summer robe which I really like! We thought about going out to dinner, but decided that we'd rather just sit around and get stuff done. Kevin spent the entire day filling out FAFSA forms for his twins. I am soooo glad that I don't have to do those anymore. They were such a pain, but well worth it! And I finally got the 1099's done and mailed out. Phew! That was a big item on my list. Oh, and joy, joy! My laptop finally has a printer available to it. I found a small, portable printer for around $50 and so I snapped it up! It works great and came in really handy for those 1099s.
Tonight we're just sitting around watching movies and enjoying each other's company. And I had a really nice conversation with my daughter this afternoon. I just love hearing her excitement and her plans about her dog training business. And speaking of nice conversations, I had a nice one with my friend, Kim. To my surprise, I found out that she has been following my blog (Hi Kim!). I had forgotten that I had sent her the link for it last year when I made my one and only post for 2008.
Right this minute my little maltipoo, Alex, is lying at my feet and the other dogs are spread around the room. I took Kyla into the Petsmart today and she was wonderful. But it's so interesting watching people's reactions to German Shepherds. Some people love them and several came up to me and told me how beautiful she was, but other people shrink back in fear. I do feel safer when I have her by my side. She is just so gorgeous and I'll never forget how those guys at the Motel 6 in NC were scared to death of her. Since they were rather unsavory looking characters, I was real glad that they were scared. If they only knew how gentle she is.
But back to Valentine's Day! Kevin gave me a beautiful summer robe which I really like! We thought about going out to dinner, but decided that we'd rather just sit around and get stuff done. Kevin spent the entire day filling out FAFSA forms for his twins. I am soooo glad that I don't have to do those anymore. They were such a pain, but well worth it! And I finally got the 1099's done and mailed out. Phew! That was a big item on my list. Oh, and joy, joy! My laptop finally has a printer available to it. I found a small, portable printer for around $50 and so I snapped it up! It works great and came in really handy for those 1099s.
Tonight we're just sitting around watching movies and enjoying each other's company. And I had a really nice conversation with my daughter this afternoon. I just love hearing her excitement and her plans about her dog training business. And speaking of nice conversations, I had a nice one with my friend, Kim. To my surprise, I found out that she has been following my blog (Hi Kim!). I had forgotten that I had sent her the link for it last year when I made my one and only post for 2008.
Right this minute my little maltipoo, Alex, is lying at my feet and the other dogs are spread around the room. I took Kyla into the Petsmart today and she was wonderful. But it's so interesting watching people's reactions to German Shepherds. Some people love them and several came up to me and told me how beautiful she was, but other people shrink back in fear. I do feel safer when I have her by my side. She is just so gorgeous and I'll never forget how those guys at the Motel 6 in NC were scared to death of her. Since they were rather unsavory looking characters, I was real glad that they were scared. If they only knew how gentle she is.
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Hey there - thanks for the "shout out" in your post!! I decided to go ahead and start my own blog and made my first post tonight, but I'm pretty sure you'll be the only one to keep up with it, and that is just fine by me. Hope to hear from you soon and hope all is well in your neck of the woods - no matter where those woods are at the moment. :)
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