Feuding with the neighbors

And I thought once the Ranft's moved the feuding would stop. But nope--it's still going on with the new neighbors. Last week Atlanta (our youngest dog) came up in the backyard just barely moving and crying out. We brought her in the house where throughout the night (I slept with her) she continued to cry out when she would try to move. She was also breathing very shallow and rapid. The next day I took her to the vet and he said that she had a fractured pelvis or bad deep muscle trauma (Bruising) caused by a blunt object. Well the day before the neighbors two little boys (2nd and 4th graders) were up against our fence aggravating the dogs in the pen by swinging a golf club at them. Atlanta continues to dig out of the pen so she went into their yard. We think they either hit her with the golf club or kicked her.
Well Sunday morning the father called and said two of our dogs chewed the toes off their rabbits. I don't know why they don't have their pen built further off the ground. When Kayla raised her rabbits for 4-H, her pens were way off the ground to keep varmits from getting them. The two dogs that he said chewed the toes off won't stay in the pen--they dig out like Atlanta. And one of the dogs is not really ours--she was a stray that decided to stay at our house. So to keep peace in the neighborhood, Doug agreed to pay for the rabbits,$200. The family was about to leave for Lufkin where their oldest child was in the hospital with a broke leg from being thrown from a horse. Doug told Don just to call when he was home and he would bring him the money. He has yet to call.
But now the saga continues. Yesterday our crippled dog, Buster wouldn't come home (he was laying out in their field). Doug gets him home and puts him in his dog house. He refuses to eat. He appears to have been poisoned. He made it through the night and the other loose dog also appears to have been poisoned. The reason those two are not in the pen is because of Buster's broke leg--the other dogs would jump him and Brownie will climb out of ANY pen you put her in. Today Buster is barely hanging on and he finally drank some water and he really drank the water but then brought it back up. I just went to check on him and I can't find him anywhere. I'm afraid he went off to die.
Before this last episode happened--I told Doug if I took the money to the neighbors--I would only give them $70. Because I only feel like we are half responisble because only one of the dogs really belong to us and I would take out the $30 I had to pay the vet for Atlanta. But Doug said if we can find out for sure that the dogs were poisoned--he wouldn't pay a penny.
So the feuding continues......

Halfway through February

Not much to write about--I'm not sure if I posted about trying to get the Kindergarten Aide job. I applied and even went through the interview process.--But they gave the job to a sub who had only been working since November. She also has a child in that class. At first I was really upset with it but I'm okay with it now. In fact for the month of February--I've worked every day. Now three of those days it was only for 1/2 day but at least I worked. And I'm already promised six days in March and we are off for a week in March so that's pretty good.
Like I said I really don't have much to say. I'm just real happy that NASCAR racing is back. Today is the Nationwide race and Carl was doing so bad and now with 12 laps left-Carl is in the LEAD. He has new tires. Only two or three cars took on new tires. But we just got a caution. At least it will be a single file restart. I hope Carl wins Daytona--it will be a first for him.
Today is Valentine's Day and Doug is taking us out to eat for supper. I don't know where we will be going.

Wow it's February already

I've got to get better at posting on my blog. When the school let me get on all web sites it was easier to post. But now the school has gone and blocked almost ALL web sites. I have to remember to find time at home to post.
Let me try and remember what all has happened since the last time I posted. The main thing that happened. The school had an opening and the elementary principal asked me to apply. I DID. And then I got interviewed and they hired someone who has only been subbing at the school since November. I was really ticked off at first but now I'm okay with it. Iwill continue to sub for them. I just hope I get a LOT more days than what I'm getting now. I need to sub as much as I can between now and the end of school. The money I make goes toward our summer vacation. We are going back to North Carolina but this time Doug is going with us. While on our trip to North Carolina we are also going to visit--Virginia and Kentucky. The reason we are going to visit Virginia is so Doug can get that state--I have had it since I was in the Air Force and Kayla got it when we went to Washington DC with the school last year. We are going to Kentucky so all three of us can get that state. We will also get these states again although almost all of them will be a first for Doug: Louisiana (all three of us have that one), Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee. Kayla also has these additional states: Oklahoma (Doug has this one too), Arkansas, Kansas, Missiouri, New Mexico, Arizonia, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, and DC. All I have over Kayla is: Mexico, Canada, England, Scotland, Bahamas, and Egypt.
The best thing about FEBRUARY is that NASCAR racing starts again. We got some racing YESTERDAY and today. Qualifying for the Daytona 500 will be Thursday. I will have to program the TV to tape it in case I'm working but even if I'm not working I will have to tape it so Kayla can see it. And I will be nice to Kayla and NOT WATCH it until she watches it. But hopefully I will be working. I do have to say that Carl did well in the Bud Shootout considering he usually has a rough time at the shootout and at Daytona in general. Almost all the sportscasters had predicted Carl to win the championship this year and that even includes ex-racers. Several have predicted that Jimmie will win his 4th championship in a row and some have predicted Mark Martin to win. I sure hope the majority is RIGHT and Carl wins.
Well like I said I hope to do better on posting.