Best laid plans

Within the last 24 hours I have mentally written some very profound things. Time and energy failed me.

Tonight as I was getting these ideas together I got so sidetracked and decided this was more interesting!

My next door neighbor has told me for several weeks that he planned to tear down his old fence in order to build a bigger, better one. I was glad to hear it since I did not have the cash to build a new one and his was falling onto our garage.

Today happened to be the day. By now I had forgotten of course.

After taking the dogs on a long walk we decided to do our Wii Fit. My turn was last. The dogs took a lot of interest in me trying to exercise. I also had one daughter pull up a chair beside me and the other on the foot stool. You are supposed to have plenty of room, but I was managing.

Finally we realized that the dogs were also trying to tell us something.

Our dogs are not the brightest so their insistence can mean:

a. A squirrel needs to be chased.
b. I believe I heard us being attacked by cats.
c. I need to go outside as I am about to pop!

This time it was "c" so the girls put the leashes on the dogs and escorted them outside.

They were so proud that the dogs would come back to the house without being dragged.

Knowing our usual schedule and that a late night pitstop is always needed, I decided to see if I was fortunate out the back.

Now I must say I have several degrees and really should be smarter than I appear!

When you tear down a fence, you remove all the sides AND the back.

Thankfully Annabel went out with me and while I hung some clothes on the line, she bobbed along. I mentioned we better watch for Ollie and Nina that they did not use the next door neighbor's yard. We went behind the garage and saw their tails running down the alley toward a very busy street.

I drop my laundry and gingerly crossed the junk that stays behind everyone's garage and start running down the alley too. Like I said thankfully Annabel was with me and she can run pretty fast, but it took her a while to react and I could not risk her running out into the street in front of me.

These crazy dogs acted like they knew where they were going, which was the opposite way from home. I did not know I could run that fast. Thankfully Nina came running back and as Ollie turned the next corner I was still in hot pursuit, but wondering if I was going to need to call 911 too. Breathlessly I ordered Annabel to pursue Ollie who only came back because a bigger dog tried to attack him.

So I am carrying both dogs back home, neither are thrilled with the arrangement and Annabel is telling back to me what we just did in her best Chenglish!

By this time Grace is coming the opposite way and I am yelling to go back to get the leashes.

We finally made it home.

I hope that fence is back up soon!!!!