Greys & Things

I haven’t had a chance to tell all of you of some things that happened here on Tuesday of this week.  On Monday I mailed our entries for the greyhound contest that we enter each year.  I had trouble with my postage scale and thought I had put on more postage than I needed.  I was surprised to find a note from our mail lady in the mailbox yesterday.  She said that I didn’t have enough postage on the package, but she had added the postage herself to it.  She said to pay her the $.23 when I get the chance.  I thought it was very nice of her to do that instead of returning the package to me.  I put the money in the mailbox for her yesterday. 

Tuesday afternoon, I received a couple of comments on my other blog, Two Greyhound Town.  One message told me congratulations and another one told me to visit Life With Dogs .  I was very intrigued because I didn’t have a clue what was going on.  I learned that I had won a drawing that he holds each month.  My prize is a collar from 2 Hounds Design .  I am beyond thrilled.  Her collars are beautiful.  Scout and I chose a collar that I think we will both love.  I decided that Scout should have the collar because, well, she is a girl and girls should have beautiful things.  Jack is happy with his camouflage collar.  I don’t like it, but my husband does.

Tuesday night, I walked out on the deck with the hounds and saw a opossum under the deck.  I have to say that I think they are the ugliest creatures on earth.  I yelled at it to leave and it didn’t do a thing.  Fearing that it could climb up on the deck and attack my dogs, I threw water on it.  It just looked at me.  I did it again and received the same response.  I decided to get the pellet gun.  I aimed at it and I just couldn’t shoot it.  I just can’t hurt an animal.  I shot near it and it looked at me and then walked into the woods.  After it left, I wondered if it was sick.  What if it has rabies and comes back and attacks the dogs.  I asked my husband if opossums move slowly.  “Have you been feeding the feral cats again?” he asked.  We just had this discussion two nights before.  I told him we can either put the food in the trash and when trash day comes have our trash spread all over the road by dogs or we can feed the cats who also keep the mice away.  He said “yes, opossums move that slow.”   I told him everything I did to the opossum and he said it was probably normal.  I wonder if it’s pregnant.  This thing was huge.

So, that was the happenings here on Tuesday.  It was a pretty exciting day here.