Krewe of Mutts 2008

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Krewe of Mutts parade on Sunday 1-27-08. My hats off to the CAAWS volunteers for a great event. This year's theme was Las Vegas: What happens in the kennel stays in the kennel! If I do have to toot our own horn, I do believe our booth looked fabulous. Wish we always had this much room to display - have to work hard on my cheif financial officer/ parttime wharehouse staff shown in photo for that space this coming year! This event I think got me back on track - what is important is what makes me happy! Time to put my passion as my priority! To quote Joyce Meyer's: You are always busy, but are you fruitful with what your busy at?????? (HMMMMMMMMM......NO!) So time to thrown down the gauntlet and roll up the sleeves! My goal is by the time of the parade next year I will be employed full time with my pet business, we will be sponsoring a float in the parade, and I am gonna gamble and say we have a beautiful storefront by that time! Now it's written in black & white, I have to live up to it. So check back to go along on the ride this year and see if I hit my goals!

Godsend or what?

Well 2008 was suppose to start as my year. Not off to a good start. My husband has been asking for a German shepherd dog for a couple of years. Never gave in and believed if it was suppose to happen it would. Well thought my prayers were answered, along comes "Diesel" a shepherd that was found running loose changed hands a few times and ended up with me. I had prayed if that was meant to happen it would. I was thoroughly convinced God has sent what I was suppose to have in my life.

That is until today, the German shepherd's previous owners tracked me down and wanted their dog back. Being a honest person, I would never keep someone else's dog. So, unfortunately "Diesel" departed our family today.

Now what I am suppose to think Godsend or what? I know a lot of you out their think get over it is a dog. My pets are my family. My motto is "Pets are not your whole life....but they make your life whole."