Pretty much anyone who knew me a year ago, knew that both of my dogs were stolen after they managed to escape under the fence in our back yard. Some kids picked them up and sold them on the street. At the time we had had T-Bone for almost 1 1/2 yrs while we had only had Pillow for a month. I was devastated to say the least. Pillow was found a couple of days after the fact, when a family saw one of the many fliers we had put up about our lost dogs and called. T-Bone, I came to realize, I would never see again. Especially since the cop that we talked to said that at the age T-Bone was, they were probably fighting him. And I would rather him been dead, then been fought. I went to the shelter in Peoria everyday to look through all the stray dogs that had been picked up, but none of them ever was my T-Bone. The folks at the shelter came to know me by name and were always very helpful, kudos to them because I could never do that job, deciding which animals live and which die. I eventually gave up hope of ever finding him, I just kept praying that if anything he was with a family that was taking care of him. Well, two days ago I got a phone call from PAWS. At first I figured they were calling about rabies tags because Pillow needs up to date ones still. But he just said, "We picked up a dog registered to a Lindsey Koch, named T-Bone" I was sitting on the couch at the time and seriously almost fell off. He's like, "You've been missing him for a while, haven't you?" I said for a year, and it was, almost exactly to the date. He continued, "Yeah, I picked him up on Ann St in the south side." I told him I would have to come and get him tomorrow as Vince was already gone to work and I had no vehicle. I called Vince the moment I got off the phone with PAWS and told him the news and he is just like, "I knew he'd turn up eventually, he's an escape artist." Yeah, so he says, he's always gotta be right, lol. The only reason that T-Bone was able to be given back to us was because of the microchip and had put in probably six months before he disappeared. Otherwise, they never would have known who's dog he was. I'm all for microchips now!! In dogs anyway, not people. When we got to the shelter the next day they told us that since he wasn't current on his rabies shot we would have to pay an extra $20 to get him out. Ummm..ok, he's not current on his rabies shot because he was stolen and how the heck were we supposed to have any control over that. I tried to explain this to the guy, but he's just like, "It doesn't matter" He was being an ass and wouldn't listen and obviously didn't care. Ugh, so we had to dish out more money, plus we have to get him his shots in 2 weeks or we'll have to pay $100 ticket and then get his updated rabies tag which is $30, which I recently learned that in Tazewell, is only $10. What's up with that?! So we are spending about $170 to get our dog back. But I love T-Bone so much, so of course we are going to spend the money. And now, my little family is back together again, a year later. And in less than a month, another member will join our little clan :) It really is a miracle.
So now then, Vince is still working at the same place and on Friday they laid a bunch of people off. Everyday is a suprise at his work. Will you stay or will you get canned? It's very nerve racking. I've been searching online for ways to make money and finally came across a GPT(get-paid-to)website where you complete offers and other easy stuff. I hate not being able to help support us. I think it's because I was the bread winner of our family for over a year and now I'm not doing anything. I thought I would enjoy sitting at home and being a little house wife, which I'm guessing would be easier if I wasn't 8 months pregnant and just wobbling around the house, lol. But anywho, so I've been on this site for a few days and I've already made $28, which isn't a lot, but I hate not contributing anymore to our money tree. I don't like not having my OWN money, so this is the best I can do for now. I wrote a bulletin about it because I know everyone is tight on money these days and a little extra cash can go a long way, if you let it. If you didn't see the bulletin and are interested in making a little extra money for yourself just follow this link: http://www.treasuretrooper.com/483074 I promise it's not spam and you don't need to put any money upfront. So now I'm thinking I might end up going back to work sooner than expected because I can't deal with not helping with our funds, but I guess it also depends on how I feel and what shifts we would both work. I really don't want to put the baby in daycare so if we could work opposing shifts then someone would always be at home with the baby. I realize though doing that, Vince and I would never see eachother though. I just don't know what we are going to do. Hopefully Vince can find another job that isn't laying people off every week, so pretty much anything that has nothing to do with CAT, which is probably half of Peoria. I suggested he apply at some restuarants as a cook since they make decent money, and he's thinking about it. I just hope our money problems turn around soon, but in this economy, I doubt it.
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