Day 929

When we woke up this morning, it was at least twenty degrees cooler than the day before. There was a nice breeze and it was actually pleasant outside. We decided to go to the dog park right after breakfast, just in case the weather decided to turn hot and muggy again later in the day. Apparently, other Dalmatians had the same idea. When we got to the park, there were already several other Dalmatians there. We had never met the other dogs owners before, but all the Dalmatians, including our own, got their start with Dalmatian Rescue. The nice weather was so unexpected for the 1st. of July that everyone in the park was having a great time. We even got a low altitude flyover by a rare World War bomber that was arriving in town for a Fourth of July airshow. The early dog park visit was a great start to a good day. It's amazing how a little nice weather can improve your mood.

After lunch, I added Dakota and Ollie, the dogs I photographed yesterday, to the Dalmatian Rescue website. These two are both so friendly that I imagine they'll both get homes very quickly. After I finished my website work, I decided to take advantage of the cooler weather and I mowed the grass as well. It certainly wasn't a very strenuous day, but it was a good day.

I have a feeling that next week isn't going to be very strenuous either. The Fourth of July holiday is right in the middle of the week. With a Wednesday holiday, it gives many people a good excuse to either take Monday and Tuesday off, or alternately Thursday and Friday off as well. I doubt that much will get done. I'll be working though. Next week is probably a good time to get some of the heavy lifting done on my new website project. I do a lot better in the initial stages of design when there aren't a lot of distractions.

Janet got a new iPad this weekend. With a faster processor, a camera on board, and the fantastic new retina display, it's making me wish I had a new one as well. No new iPad for me though. I got a big car repair bill instead this month.

Bentley is today's Dalmatian of the Day

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Day 442

I called my accountant's office today and asked how much time I had to get my tax files over to them. They told me everything was due yesterday. Oops. Somehow, I thought I had at least another week to get things ready, but that's the kind of week it's been. I seem to be behind on everything. I've already placed and paid for the ad I'm going to to be running for my company. The only thing missing is the ad itself. I haven't designed it yet. I could go on with other examples of things that haven't quite made it out of the starting gate, but you get the idea. It's March already, but it still feels like February.

The weather was so nice this afternoon that I thought that Dash would do great in training class. Dash had other ideas. This was one of his worst performances in a long time. I don't think he did any of the exercises very well tonight. I don't know why he was in such a big hurry to get home though. As soon as the dogs got home, they had to do a fitting for the costumes they are going to wear in this weekend's Krewe of Barkus parade.

I noticed that the iPad2 was introduced today. This is typical Apple. I'm still learning how to used the first iPad I got and it's already obsolete. I don't think I'm going to trade mine in for the newer model though. The iPad2 is supposed to be faster and lighter than the original iPad, but the one I already have certainly isn't very heavy and it's certainly fast enough for me. I definitely don't need a camera in my iPad. I've already got a camera in my phone and the phone fits in my pocket. I really wish that technology didn't change so quickly. I've got far too many obsolete gadgets already.

Are any of the rest of you facing social media burnout? A blog post every day. Fresh Tweets for Twitter. Enough status updates so Facebook still thinks you're alive. Professional sounding LinkedIn updates about your business. It really doesn't leave you with much time to do anything else.

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