Happy Fall! 🙂

Happy Fall! 🙂

Hey, I know it's late, but I've still got a few days before it's officially over. 😛

Four layers of stamping is what this is. Not all of my stamps came out perfect, but after I thought about it, I kind of preferred that. Fallen leaves often have holes or are torn, so I didn't bother with a bunch of do-overs. It's perfect the way it is! 🙂

Heading to Wal-Mart to get a tie-out for Maya.

Heading to Wal-Mart to get a tie-out for Maya.  She's not staying in Shaun's fence.  My dogs don't like her.  I have no space.

Something has to give.  I can't keep her tied in his yard forever.  She might not even tolerate that.  I need a plan or I might have to take her to the shelter, for lack of other options.  🙁

She's at Shaun's house, not mine. He's doing a HUGE favor for me by keeping her. I'm not going to ask him to change anything more about his house to accommodate me and my dog rescuing whims. Also, I don't have money for chicken wire and I'm not asking him to pay for this. He's not a dog person and this is NOT his thing. I feel like he's already bent over backwards for me by letting her stay. I'm not going to put him out any more than I have. It's my fault she's there so I will deal with it, somehow. I have asked enough of him.

It's raining so now I'm not gonna get to wear any of my new shoes.

Well dang.  It's raining so now I'm not gonna get to wear any of my new shoes.  That's a bummer.  😐

In other news:  My dogs don't like to get wet so if I leave the door open for them to go in and out as they choose in this weather they are more likely to go outside to use the bathroom.  And also more likely to bring in fallen, soaking wet, 10-foot long leafy branches.  How do they come up with this stuff?!  LOL

I tried to bring Maya home today and that didn't go over so well.

I tried to bring Maya home today and that didn't go over so well.  None of my dogs (or even Casper) seemed to like her.  (For what it's worth, she was really good, even when my dogs were being asshats.)  So, she's back at Shaun's, in the fence, with only a dog house, food and water.  I feel pretty shitty about that.  It's going to get really cold soon.  She's got a nice, thick coat, but I just don't think that's a good life.  He doesn't have time for a dog, and I'm doing good to take care of mine - there's no way I can split time between my house and his to spend time with her.

I've been keeping my eyes peeled for someone missing her, but I really think she was just dumped out.  All of my friends, please keep your eyes and ears out for a good home for her.  The vet tech I took her to see said that she looked like an Anatolian Shepherd mix, about 9 months old.  From her energy level, I would think she would do best with some space.  Linked below is what the AKC has to say about the breed:

https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/anatolian-shepherd-dog/

We spent hours today shopping.

We spent hours today shopping.  It was totally by accident.  We went in K-Mart, and they were having a BOGO FREE sale on the shoes.  I desperately needed some shoes.  I know I said that I got some on my birthday, but what I didn't tell you is that I got pissed off and returned them... bringing me back to only Vibrams and shit-kickers.  LOL  I needed some middle-ground, wear-everyday kind of shoes.

So I picked out two pairs and I'm pretty sure I'll end up keeping them.  😛  Well, then Shaun picked out a pair of shoes and was like, "Well, now we get another free."  So Shadow picked out a pair of shoes.  Then Shaun liked the ones Shadow had so he got a pair of those, too (except bigger), and then we needed ANOTHER one for free.  So I got a pair like the boys got, except with pink trim.  BOO on the pink, but they didn't have a man size to fit my midget feet so I got the sexist, female equivalent.  Whatever.  Three pairs of shoes in one day for me, two for Shaun, and one for Shadow.

I have to admit that I'm pretty excited.  Although, my legs and feet hurt like a mofo from trying these things on.  I think I've been spoiled to the Vibrams and boots.  My boots are so huge they are like I'm not really wearing anything anyway.  I'm going to have to adjust to wearing normal shoes, I guess.  That'll be fun.  😐

P. S.  Before anyone calls me lame for not giving the 3rd free pair of shoes to my kid - he wasn't interested.  And he still has a decent pair of shoes, plus this new pair.    If he actually needed them I would have made him get something.  Duh.

Pomona just tried to eat me.

Pomona just tried to eat me.  Her sticky little lizard tongue felt weird.

For the record, she didn't bite - only tagged me with her tongue.  So it didn't hurt.  She is not vicious.  Just a hungry, hungry hippo.  I have to learn to keep my hands out of her way!  LOL

I am so disenchanted with everything.

I am so disenchanted with everything.  I hate all the pants.  I hate all the shoes.  This must be what getting old feels like.

I am seriously about to start rocking sweat pants everywhere I go.