VH1's Best Week Ever!!

This week has been FABULOUS!! It FEELS like last Sunday was forever ago.

Well Dan one-upped me and had to get something more than bronchitis, he found out on Monday that he had pink-eye and an ear infection. This had him staying home a couple days from work because he was contagious. He’s fully recovered!

I will preface this paragraph with the mantra that I listened to growing up…when you have a house of your own, _______________. SO, On Tuesday morning, after getting an email from Kim and Pet Project, we visited the city pound. We fell in love with a 2-year old Rottweiler puppy. He was supposed to be euthanatized on June 6 but the bought a little time and allowed us to talk about the pros/cons of the situation. Elvis, as we have named him, was found very malnourished and we are working on upping his mass. He weighed 97 pounds on his adoption day.

Because we decided to rescue him, Dan had to build a kennel. When I got home from work on Tuesday, he had the outside kennel done and was starting on the inside kennel. With help from Jack, the indoor kennel was finished on Wednesday night. Those boys did make me laugh!

Thursday, we brought Elvis home…we are still working on introducing him to the cats. We’d rather take it slow then have anyone hurt! Also on Thursday, I started interviewing for my administrative secretary position. It’s exciting to see the community development project taking off. We had some great candidates apply and hopefully we will fill it this week!

Friday, Kim and I took Jack and Dan through the high ropes! It was great to have practice our facilitation skills, but it was VERY exciting to see how well they worked to complete the course. They worked better then anyone we had seen so far. Including, getting to the top of the dangling duo and swinging from the bar of the power pole! We took in a meal at the Boots Salon and Grill, which used to be the Iron Horse.

Saturday, Dan and I were all over the place! We took Elvis for a walk, helped the neighbors lay concrete, went to Medora for a YP meeting, and went to the most interesting house for a pre-rummage sale ever! A couple that works at the college is moving to New England—and not the city south of Dickinson, to live with her mother and are selling practically all their possessions. This is unique because he had aspired to set up a gift/collectors shop and they have a huge range of artifacts, statues, collectibles, plants, ALL sorts of things, My mother would have gotten claustrophobic! It was amazing to browse at the diversity of things. They are having their second rummage sale on July 3 and 4th and we plan on going!!

Today, was Uncle Randy and Aunt Denise’s grill party! It was the perfect end to a busy week. It was nice to see family and how much Carstyn and Kemma have grown! The party worked out so well, Randy was the star for sure by grilling so well and helping show off the Pampered Chef spices!

And to top it off, We ripped the kitchen apart and brought in a contractor and had the dishwasher and garbage disposal put in...Hooray!! We haven't officially used them yet, we are still in awe that it actually happened!

This next week won’t slow down much either!! I’m going to need some downtime soon!