Beau & Luke's Excellent Adventures

Yesterday was busy and challenging--never felt I ever got it together!

Started the day w/a walk with my friend even though rain threatened. At the end of our block live a couple of little beagles, Beau and Luke. They had escaped their enclosure and came running happily towards us eager to join us in our adventure! This was not the first time they'd escaped and this time I determined to put them in our yard until their parents came home. But when we made another pass, they had escaped our yard as well!

At this point, rain (much needed) threatened so we gathered them up again and got Luke into our house while Beau refused and by then it was raining so we tried to keep an eye on him and then he disappeared! Meanwhile, Luke made himself at home and ultimately slept on my lap while I sat at the computer!

I started some laundry and Dad went to his computer class when all the dogs set up a fuss because someone was at the door. There was a gentlemen serving me with the papers I'd been expecting--very nice and concerned about my dogs--although one wasn't mine!

I left Duke, Chloe and Jake in the back yard while I picked Dad up from his computer class. From there we went to Copy Corner to pick up and slice apart bookmarks I had made for the Unity Conference--slicing them apart took 3 hrs! Did some grocery shopping and when we got back home, everyone was fine but still no sign of Beau--at his house or ours.

Meanwhile, Luke seemed to be making himelf at home, peeing and pooping on our carpet several times but being very sweet and playing with Chloe--Jake routinely ignores young upstarts!

Still doing laundry, stewing about the papers served--I'm being sued for $250,000!--talking to my insurance agent who is trying to calm me down--successfully--this is more or less routine--strictly business like negotiating a house--always ask for more than you expect to get. Lots of reassurances that it will likely not come to trial but pointing out many factors in my favor--Maybe I'll send him some home made cookies?!

Typed a note to Beau and Luke's parents that we had one of their dogs but not the other and ran it down to their place--we don't know them--with our phone number. Turns out they're home and Beau and let himself back in the fence and they were frantic for Luke calling animal shelters. I ran back to get Luke and they were very grateful--I was actually prepared to take him off their hands if they didn't want him he's so sweet! But now they have our phone number and know how to reach us if they escape again and I know their names.

How life works--we were going to the copy center anyway so it was convenient for us to have copies made of the document--25 pgs. long that makes it look like I intentionally hit this guy!--and we were able to get it in the mail right away. I NEVER go to the copy center--this was one of the first times I'd been there for a project they'd done for me!

Anyway, made the salmon and broccoli and fed Dad--still working on laundry -- and madehis oatmeal cookies--put some wheat germ in them this time and he proclaimed perfection! Also made up cookies and started a crust that needs to be finished today. Don't know why I'm making a chocolate cream cheese cake, pepermint heart cookies and strong arm cookies--made with a lot of fruit--for today along with Paula Dean's stuffed shells for tonight's dinner when the kids come over--but that's what's lined up for today.

I've done my Yee and finished the laundry and am ready for a brisk--36 degree this AM--walk. Let Charlie out--he was up when I was!--and he immediately headed to the corner of the garden where he could crow his greetings to the world!

Looks like sun today!

Peace!

Carol