I feel like an obsessive compulsive hand washer. Working with animals means that I have to wash my hands a ton during work. Every time we treat or handle a different animal, we have to wash our hands afterwards so not to pass on any germs. So washing hands has a great purpose, but it does make my hands incredibly dry. Thank goodness for Neutrogena (fragrance free) hand lotion!

Ben & I are listening to Prairie Home Companion right now on the radio. (Pounce listens when the radio makes a louder noise:) Definitely one of the best radio programs out there (well next to the radio stations that my Dad runs;) I love music, but sometimes it is fun to listen to talk and whatever Prairie Home Companion would be considered. Someday I want to go to a Prairie Home Companion broadcast show, and I will say hi to everyone I know when they read the hello notes in the second half.

I gave vaccinations to a couple of dogs & cats today for the first time. It was really interesting and not too difficult. I really like all of the stuff I am learning at my job. One of my favorite kitties got adopted today. That is a really good thing, although I will miss seeing her at the shelter. The couple adopting her though looked like they will definitely spoil her. She had a really nice carrier with a thick blanket on the bottom & a ton of toys in it. It is always cool to see the animals go to a good home, since it is so hard to see them come in to the shelter in the first place.

The weekend is just flying by, just like last weekend. Life flies by the older you get…

I read quite a few books and so sometimes I will want to read a book that our library does not have. This is becoming more frequent the longer I read, since the library only has so many books (and only so many of these are actually decent and well written). So today I received a notice that one of the books I had requested a couple weeks ago was in at the library. I waited until Ben got off work so that we could go together and we went to the library. At our library, when someone requests a book there is a set of shelves near the checkout desk that the book is put on wrapped in a piece of paper with the requesting person’s last name. So when we got to the library I walked over to the shelf to find the book that I had requested. It wasn’t there though! So I asked at the counter and they couldn’t find it anywhere (including in the place it would have been if it was not requested). Well, I was kind of bummed since I had been waiting for the book, but they put me back on the list of requests for that book since another couple of libraries in the area also have it. I am still first on the list too, so hopefully I will get it soon:)

Today I had to go to a class/presentation on dog introductions for work. It was basically about how to introduce two dogs in a shelter environment (be they two shelter dogs, or one shelter dog and one dog owned by someone who wants to see how it interacts with a dog they are considering). For the most part it was just a review for me about how to read dog reactions and expressions (yes, dogs do have facial expressions:). Although it is always good to review that kind of information, plus I learned a little extra.

Last night was supposed to be the first night of my sewing class, but it was canceled so next week will be the first week. We had some icky storms come through in the late afternoon and I think power was out in some parts of town (it wasn’t in our part of town though). So I can’t wait till next week and finally getting to learn how to sew. I even checked out a book at the library tonight that a website I had seen recommended on sewing. I need to learn soon, since I have already seen some patterns that I want to try!

Wow I haven’t posted since Sunday…. at least I figured out how to get my background to work in both internet explorer and firefox. I have no idea why it works, but I do know what I did to make it work at least.

I am so excited, tomorrow night is the first session of my sewing class. I can’t wait to start sewing all sorts of cool stuff. My first project when I am done with the class will probably be something simple like throw pillows. Then I want to make a set of scrubs and all sorts of other clothes.

We have been cleaning and organizing our apartment a lot lately. It is really cool to get things exactly the way you want them. Last night we put together this cabinet that we bought this weekend (well okay, Ben put it together after I tried to start it). It is a really cool cabinet and will hopefully give us some more storage for kitchen stuff.

On Monday when Ben went grocery shopping, he brought me home the March issue of Real Simple, one of my favorite magazines. Better Homes & Gardens is my other favorite – are you still saving them for me Mom?:) It has a couple of really cool stories/articles. On article was called “Friends Again” and it was about childhood friends that had lost touch and reconnected later in life. The other really cool article was “Best in Show” which was written about a dog and his owner. While I don’t agree with everything in the article, the basic principle that animals can teach us a lot about ourselves and life is cool. What can I say, I just really like animals:)

Speaking of animals, there is one right here who has been begging for attention and someone to play with him all morning! So I think I will go play with him and hopefully wear him out so he naps some and I can get something done:)