Ramblings from the Ranch

ok, quick up date here. fill ya'll in later. School starts this week, Vet Tech, here I come!!! Gideon is 5 1/2 months now and off to the vet next week (don't tell him he's getting fixed, he might not like that) and he's also getting all 4 sets of dew claws off. He's got double dews on all four feet. Horsefair starts in two weeks, gotta get the ponies clipped this week and transported next week, woohoo, here we come! I'm starting to get some new perspective on life now that I've started a new decade, more to follow on that later, when I have time to sort it out.
Blessings everybody!!

Pix of Gideon

Looks like Giddy and Bear have hit it off. Already conspiring against the two older dogs lol!!

He looks so proud!! The company he's keeping in the first shot sure looks like trouble looking for a place to happen, don't it. Its the muttly mafia

He's really quite inquisitive and his onery side is starting to show.

Here's my sweet boy, all 30.7 lbs of him. Hard to believe he's only 4 mos. old.

Gideon

Well, ya'll, we have a new member at the ranch. Gideon joined us Wed nite. Gideon is a 4 month old Great Pyrenees puppy, straight from a sheep farm in Irving. He is a total ball of fluff, weighing in at a hefty 30.7 lbs according to the vet this morning. I know, I know, you all are thinking, another dog....what was she thinking. 3 dogs is a lot, but 4....she must be nuts. Nope, just a sucker for a furry face and a cold nose. Besides, I'm going thru my midlife crisis...thats my story and I"m sticking to it. I've heard stories of people buying sports cars and cheating on their spouses when they hit that dreaded stage in life...me, I just buy a big truck and a big dog. Giddy has joined the pack and seems to be a good fit with the rest of the gang. Shadow mothers him, Bear finally has someone with enough energy to play with her and Riley, well, Riley is finally not the only man at the ranch, at least for a couple more months (but don't tell that to Giddy). He's an amazing little booger, very smart and learns quickly. I'll add pictures soon!!!
Welcome Home Gideon!!!!!

2009, Oh Boy!

Well, it was bound to happen, 2009 has arrived and with it has come at least 1,000 questions for me about life. I stare at this pretty certificate on my wall that has my name on it and looks really official, like its something special, but I really can't do anything with it. Being a Certified Veterinary Assistant qualifies me only for a minimum wage job...so what do I do? Seriously look for the minimum wage job that would bring so much joy and fulfillment into my life or stay with the dead end job I"m in because it pays the bills? or, do I go back to school, again, for 2 more years and earn an Associates as a Veterinary Technician? Sounds good, feels right, except for a few hiccups. How do I squeeze two 9 week clinicals into the schedule of my dead end job without losing that job and the ability to pay the bills?

The 30 day countdown has begun for my "mid life" crisis, although, I think I"ve had about a dozen of those already. How is it that I'm about to be 40 years old? How did I get this old? Thinking back I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would still be alive to turn 40. I"ve always had this picture in my mind that when someone turned 40, they had their life pretty well mapped out....family, home, career, friends, etc. Well, I definitely don't fit that picture. I don't really have a family to call my own, unless you count my furry children. Don't have a career, just a job that is slowing driving me nuts. I have a house that I'm trying to redo, but, its really hard to redo something the way you like it and want it, when you really haven't figured out who the heck you really are. It took me a year and a half to pick out paint colors for my back room that will eventually (hopefully soon) be my office. A year and a half to pick out paint......well, have you seen the choices out there. I was at Home Depot today with a friend and she brought home a bunch of those paint swatches, just how many shades of purple does the world really need?!

I don't feel 40, I still feel like I"m 20 something...except that I"m trying to start my life 20 years late and there isn't any way to get back the time that was stolen. Don't mean for this to sound heavy or depressing, just had to get it out of my head before it drove me nuts.

On a lighter note, "da boys" are visiting the ranch again. Chiefers and Jericho have joined the pack for the week. I can't get over how much Chiefers has grown, he's almost as big as my Shadow now. Have you ever tried to share a full size bed with approx. 400-425 lbs of dog? Crowded just ain't the word for it, but once they all settle down and find their perfect spot, and I can finally find some semblance of a comfortable position....the slowing of their breathing, their little snuffles in their sleep as they dream of chasing rabbits, its so beautiful and peaceful.......then Shadow snores like a freight train and everybody wakes up and all in unison we roll over so we don't knock each other out of the bed. Ain't it great!!

Ok, well, I"ve rambled long enough to bore myself...

I"m still trying to find myself...have you seen me lately? LOL!!

oh, if anyone knows how to put in parquet flooring (sp?), let me know, got a new project on my hands and could probably use some help! (and the flooring only took a year to pick out, maybe I"m getting better :o)