Big Rapids bound

Tomorrow Ry & I are off for Big Rapids for the weekend. Our friends, Kyle & Larenda, are getting married saturday in Big Rapids, so our main reason is for that. But we are also going so we can see our friends who aren't going to be at the wedding! Gabby is letting us stay with her, so that will be great too :)
On our way up, we are stopping at the Isabella Humane Society to check a dog out :)
Michigan is supposed to be dumped on (snow-wise) for the next 24 hours, so hopefully its not terrible driving. Either way, we'll make it somehow!
Sunday we are going to stop in Alma on the way back through for Matt & Denas superbowl party.
Should be a great weekend!! :)

No german shorthairs

Well, getting a German short haired pointer has been eliminated from our search. the rescue place basically said that they do not find apartment living to be good enough for their dogs. This really angers me, because who is to say that a dog would go outside more in a house than in an apartment? Plus, these dogs are rescue dogs; do not put on petfinder that this in an "URGENT" dog, if you reject good & loving homes for them like us!
We are still waiting to hear back from the boxer rescue, and we found a couple at the humane society we want to go see; one of which is a miniature pinscher. Craigslist also had a 2 year old beagle listed for free that we emailed, so hopefully we hear something back soon! It's just frustrating to see all of these dogs & we call or email them; if it were a real urgent situation it should take someone a small amount of time to respond. And if you are NOT going to respond, then don't list an e-mail or phone number.
Grrr!

Searching for a doggie!

Ryan and I have decided we are ready for a dog! We've been looking at the Humane Society dogs on Petfinder.com, and we went to PetSmart today. I found a brother sister set of pit bull pups (5 mo) that were super friendly and adorable, and I really loved them!!! We aren't necessarily going to get a hunting dog; if we happen to find one we will. We are looking for short-haired; beagle, boxer, pit, whatever we find that we fall in love with.
We are trying to wait until after spring break to get a dog since we will be gone for 5 days & don't want to have to hire a dogsitter! haha.
Wish us luck! :-D

time for another job

Well, subsitute teaching was going quite well for a few weeks; lots of jobs, ect. But since being back from xmas break, I've only been called in once! Which equals waaaay too much free time for me (not to mention I miss the extra cash flow). So, I decided to put myself on craigslist. I had already listed my petsitting services, but this time I posted myself for babysitting/nannying, and possible housekeeping. The babysitting/nannying drew a nice crowd (I posted in Detroit metro & Flint); some I had to eliminate instantly due to being much to far away to drive (such as past Troy), which I am not sure why they contacted me since I stated "upper Oakland County area only," but ah well. And a few I forwarded to craigslist spam site, since they seemed MUCH too suspicious, not to mention 3 were the same storyline and different names. But, I did find three to my liking. One is with a family in Swartz Creek, & I set up and meet & greet for Sunday morning. Another was for housekeeping once every 2 weeks in Flushing, and I set that up for Monday morning. Another job I haven't set a time for meet & greeting yet.
I hope these jobs turn out to be good, and profitable. They will hopefully keep me busy on my "off" days, and bring in a little extra cash. :) Wish me luck!

The Big Switch

So, I've decided to switch to blogspot from livejournal. Livejournal has been my home for 5 years, but blogspot offers more options that I am interested in. So, here I am! :)