Clifford

Clifford is our latest spectacular addition.  I see tons of dogs posted everyday who need homes.  For some reason this guy spoke to me.  I quickly found the amazing woman responsible for pulling him from a kill shelter in Georgia and let her know we wanted to foster him.  My husband made the journey to meet the transport.  Their journey home was not ideal.  Clifford had an upset belly. (the smell is still lingering in my jeep.)  When I met him I instantly knew he was my dog.  Like he was hand picked for me.  He is about 20lbs under weight and has worms but is on the mend and loving life.  He is my snuggle buddy after the kids go to bed.  He is so laid back and just wants love.  I am super smitten with him.  He is not a foster, he is home.  Now our little Memphis is with his forever home.  Such an amazing pup.  He will be with our cousins so we can see him anytime.  The kiddos did an amazing job saying good bye to him.
After 11 years, I have decided to leave teaching for a bit.  My husband has his dream job.  This means more hours and more $$$ paying a babysitter.  Quality of life is my most important goal.  As soon as it begins to suffer, I reevaluate.  Will I go crazy? Yes!  Will I be cursing myself at the end of summer for quitting my job? Absolutely!  I am keeping my feet wet and visiting a preschool that actually sounds like a perfect fit for me.  My last Special Needs class is this Thursday.  I really feel like I have a calling there.  I would love the opportunity to make a great impact on my community by helping out these kiddos.  But for now, I am home.  Pressing shirts, cooking, craft projects, beachin' it, freecycling, and remodeling the master bedroom.  The last one is funny since there is anything master about our bedroom.  My first project is creating an old shutter collage as a headboard.  I collected about 20 shutters on freecycle and bought other peoples mistake paint at ace hardware.  Let the fun begin.  I suppose it would make a couple of cool blog posts.....