Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Bienvenidos, Pepe!


On Saturday April 18th I pulled into the church parking lot at 10:30am. As I got out of my car and headed towards the admin building to work, a black Chihuahua puppy came bounding across the grass straight towards me! I squatted down to pet him and he immediately jumped into my arms (aww!!) I stood outside for a few minutes to see if his owner would come running after him, but no one came!

Of course, at this point I was already making plans to buy dog food and a doggie bed, but I decided to call Patrick first. After much urging and begging, Patrick came to the church to check out the puppy. "Daddy's here!" I squeeled as I shoved the dog into his arms.

Well, after checking for a microchip at the vet, hanging fliers, calling the SBCA, posting ads, and calling people selling Chihuahuas to see if one had gone missing, we have heard NOTHING.

Pepe has now been with us for 5 days. We found that he is already trained to go potty outside (pooping is another story) and when I found him he was clean as a whistle with soft little paws...where is this dogs owner?! Was he dumped? How could anyone do that to sweet Pepe?

I think God gave him to us :) :) :)

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Work.


Let me preface this by saying I hate it when people talk about how much they work. "I worked for "X" hours today!" "I've been here since X:00 AM!" "I haven't had a day off since X!"

It gets under my skin like nothing else. It's like talking about how much you eat. We all eat. We all have to eat to survive. Why talk about how much you eat? We all work. We all have to work to survive. Stop talking about how much you work.

In fact, someone just recently was talking to me about how they work "soooo much" and the nicest thing I could come up with to say despite the rage flaming within me was, "Yeah. We all work hard."

Despite my feelings towards talking about how much one works, if I'm going to post about anything that remotely reflects what's going on in my life right now I can't avoid talking about work...because right now, that is my life. Fortunately, I love my work, and my work is ministry. And ministry is a nice thing to have consume your life.

Patrick's work continues to be interesting. Oh, he needs more work...in the fall...so keep your ears open.

When I'm NOT working, I'm apparently losing weight. (Size 6?!) Or maybe I just don't have time to eat...