Shadow has been working on pushing to see just how bad he can be and still live. This dog has a lot of growing pains, as he grows, we have the pains and today he was pushing hard to see just how bad he could be. Out of the yard and not come to me, jump up on me at the table, he is taking stuff from the table when we are out of the kitchen, found my new tube of Carmex on the living room floor. He has also deliberately peed on the floor, his ' in a snit' thing he does when he can't have his way.
So, he can sleep in his crate, he is safe, the kitchen floor has been mopped 2times tonight and I am just stressed out with the dog, with a human or two, with things in general.
Tomorrow is the quilt show, the doll club meeting and I need to pick up the concrete patio blocks and some for the retaining wall so I can get that started. Going 1 more patio block deep, 16" so I can fence across to the southeast corner of the house, with gates to get the bike and scooter in and out. I need enough depth so the Rebel will fit without having to be at an angle and I need the change done before I start seeing contractors here for bids on the concrete patio pour that I hope/plan to have done this spring/summer.
I hope to see the survey done this coming week, the deposit has been paid and that check cleared my bank, and then I get to start figuring the fencing and what that will cost, as I can afford the materials and do the work. At least it is a job that can be done in sections.
I really need to keep finances snug and make smart money choices so I can afford that fencing and some drywall and so forth, debt load will not go down very fast but as long as I can pay some over the minimum I will have to be ok with that. Priorities, the house payment, the fencing and keep nibbling down that debt load, keep adding to the 401K, keep working on my small and boring life.
I am not bored with it but it sure would not make a book any one would pay to read. I like this town and I like the house I have, might like a location away from such busy streets but at least I can get in and out when the streets are covered in snow.
A back patio and the kitchen door working will help, and fencing will help, along with some planned landscaping and a outdoor fabric "wall" on the south side of the big patio will give me an area where I feel I have some privacy.
But I know I live where anyone who wants to, can keep an eye on my life, and on my coming and going, make me feel spied on, make me feel like I am stalked. Bugs me but then, I know that is part of why it is done, like tinkering/messing with the Passports was done more to irritate and bug me than to really help me out. The Passports moved home and have been sold, the scooter and Rebel stay here and I tarp/cover them for weather protection. My solution to that entertainment, but I don't know yet how I will deal with the spy game or if I will just work on tuning it out for the most part. It is a good way for a man to become someone I used to spend time with, instead of someone I spend time with but he has not figured that one out.
Oh, well, petty issues, every one has a few in their lives to deal with and I have dealt with worse.
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