Ahhh, my nice, peaceful house back!  I had Callie AND Daisy Duke here, until yesterday.  I calculated, 96 toenails clicking my hardwood floors, was making me crazy!  Poor things have taken a beating and keep on ticking, haha.  I should be out blowing leaves outta my garage gutters, but that tree is hardly done shedding yet and I scrubbed all floors yesterday making my wrist, Joe almost broke, ache!  So skip that, but the sun is out and I intend to get me some, before it's all gone.  Daisy was adopted yesterday, and I'm so glad I waited for this adopter!  She has experience, and Daisy has a 9 yr old brother now.  All good!  Jim got mail this week.  Inside were more perfume samples (he loves rolling in them!) and a girly princess Halloween costume, my dad found at a rummage sale for him.  So I appeased them and put it on him, and after laughing our heads off, took it off, makes him look like a fag!  So we gave it to Callie when she went home!  More suiting!  Still got two dogs in rescue to find homes for.  However, they are fostered so darned far away, I wonder if anyone will drive that far to see em?  Have a couple in local shelters now to check out.  We just need more foster homes.  I think everyone is plumb worn out, including myself!  So, same ole same...  find me on Facebook!   

hmmm, where was I?  Daisy Duke came back into rescue in less then two weeks.  Her adopter called her a "project".  She is the furthest thing from a project I know!  She's supposed to go back out today.  The fella saw her in the field last Sat, so he knows what he is getting...a girl fulla potential!  I pulled a 6 yr old liver male from a local shelter on Sunday.  He is a tad more of a project...but not too bad, just needs some manners, and is quick to please.  I moved him to a first time foster/adopter Monday pm, cuz he was freaking my Jim out.  And once Rugby was gone, Jim came outta the woodwork and was flinging his toys all over again!  Trying to move Diesel down from his very northern WI foster home, but rides are scarce in that area.  I just think we'll have better luck with him closer to the action, then lost in never-never land up there.  We put rescue dogs on quail last Sat, I hauled Jim and Miracle along for fun.  Jim is a horrible flusher, but I don't work with him, nor do I hunt anymore, so who cares really...  Miracle surprised me once again, and locked on point at the bird pen!  There are pix of her on www.wgspr.com this week. She was high pitch barking and turned red!  I am serious...her eyes were red, her skin got red..I finally pulled her off point and put her in the van away from them, then she calmed down.  So go figure, that little chick has it in her!  hmmm.  This weekend, I have to stay home, finish leaf removal, and organize the rescue office and stuff.  Got my computer guy coming over Sat for dinner to see why my virus stuff shut off, hate it when that happens.  Other then that, same ole same. 

Hi Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!  This will be another banner intake week for WGSPR!  We have three new kids getting rides in this weekend, despite it being a holiday and all.  Holidays never stop us!  I talked my former VP into coming outta retirement to man the info emails for a while, as I believe the balls getting dropped on first responses.  And a 1st responder is exactly what the cure for that will be!  If we don't rotate dogs out, we can't afford to bring dogs in.  So as the world turns.  Last weekend I went over to Dixie Chick's mom's place.  Pam has terminal cancer, and I wanted to get over there to see her before I miss my shot.  I dragged our photographer friend, Peggy Morsch with, so Peggy could take pix of Pam and her dogs for her upcoming book called, Dogs and Their Women.   You can read about that on Peggy's Blog spot:  http://whatif-.blogspot.com/  If you page down a bit further, you can read about Mary and the late Rocky too!  As the world turns again...Mary came for Daisy Duke, (aka the project) last week, and now the void has been filled, where Rocky left a big hole.  Ahhh, I love it when a good plan comes together.  I want to take this opportunity to tell you all how thankful I am, that you love GSPs and that you always have my back when the going gets rough.  I am thankful for all of you and the friendship and support you have provided in every little way.  gobble, gobble...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!  Can't believe it's been since Thanksgiving since I stopped in last!  Well, never a dull moment you know.  I quit smoking cigarettes on Thanksgiving...and so far so good.  Just made up my mind, 30 year of abuse to my body is enough.  Will miss you old cig friends...tehe.  Nicotine addiction SUCKS.  Anyhow, I'm planning a quiet holiday with my dogs, and whatever rescue dog lands at my house for the holidays.  Will catch up more after that. 

For those of you I do not see on Facebook, I lost my job after 16 years end of March.  No warning, not much advance notice.  No severance, no health insurance.  Pretty much sucks.  Thought I had a job in the bag already, but that job changed the job to a part time, no insurance gig...and I have a house, I have dogs, I have medical needs, I need full time with insurance, or I stay on unemployment as long as it takes.  I have been so busy, between taking care of the house, family in from out of town, rescue shows, incoming, outgoing, etc....  I barely have time to look for a job!  I still have my monthly association job, which gives me a couple extra bucks...but, hardly the same.  We have the summer months booked with shows to show off dogs for adoption at.  This weekend is our annual rummage sale.  We are not getting very many donations thus far.  We presently have a couple of dogs in WI shelters, both are not good with other dogs, so I really have no where to go with them.  Always something....urgh.  Hope all is well with you?