Dot's Home!

Dot made it home from her conference! She had a blast, learned a ton, and found out she is right on track, for what she should be doing with her writing goals. We are all looking forward to reading her story of the trip - 'cause that's what a writer does - Writes about it!! Some friends and I are hoping to get together at a restaurant and hear about her trip. Because at home, life is just so busy that sometimes "it's hard to hear properly" (as Pooh says).

We watched some of the Olympic ice-skating up the hill (G&G's house). So fun!! (Why does it have to be on at 10 at night? - just kidding - I know.) I plan to be up there again, tonight.

I've been doing a lot of fund-raising lately. A couple kids have trips planned - Dot to Haiti, Drum to Leadership Quest. Their youth group has a fundraiser selling movie ticket coupons. Problem is - they are for a movie theatre located 45 minutes away from us. So, we've been traveling to that town and selling them door-to-door. I thought they were a great idea, so I ordered 50 (cringe) of them. We've spent 4 hours last Saturday, and 4 hours last Tuesday selling them. Which doesn't include the drive time. We've still got 27 left. I'm taking a break, and we'll work on it again next week. We've got a busy weekend ahead.

We've also been raising supplies for the CAP Lock-In that our Squadron is hosting. A friend and I took our four boys around town with homemade flyers, asking for assistance with the Lock-In. The boys did great representing the squadron, and we've raised enough supplies to be worth the work. Another day, Dime, his friend, and I also did another town. It too, raised enough to be worth it. I've still a number of follow-up phone calls to do. A day after we went, I called the businesses which wanted time to think about it. Then, some want more time, and want me to call back. So...I've got a number still to do.

I better get my rear in gear. We've got ballet at our house today, as a make-up for Dot missing Monday. Plus, I've got to order contacts today, or Dot and Dh may make me sleep in the dog-house, and "Baby, it's cold outside!" Plus, I got to make some cinnamon honey butter for Saturday, and e-mail a potential donator that wants an e-mail, and of course, school, laundry, and food! :-)

PS. Did I tell you? Our neighbor shot our dog. Granted the dog was barking by his fence. Granted he occasionally does that (as in once a week), and we call him home. But, his dogs bark too. And we were calling the dog home. This neighbor does have issues. As in he hates it when I jog on the road in front of his house - I'm irritating his dogs, he says. They are not bothering me with too much barking. Both our homes have long driveways, it's not like the dogs are barking by his front door. He has a fence by the road, so the dogs come up to the road and bark. Anyways....Rosie is still alive, but very quiet. He shot her in the hind quarters. We can't afford to take her to the vet, so we're watching her close and she's still eating some food and water occasionally. So weird to not have her thumping her tail anytime someone looks at her. We'll see what happens.