Man, I wish I had a video camera or at least a working digital camera to record the puppies’ training process with the new invisible fence. When faced with an electric charge, they are neither as stubborn or as dumb as I’d given them credit for. According to the training manual, convincing them to stay in the yard when off the leash should be a two week process. It would appear that a mere 3 trips out into the yard has convinced Elvis and Scooby. In fact, the bigger issue seems to be convincing Elvis that it is okay to even come outside. At least, I don’t have to worry about them running away any more.
I love books. If you’ve been with me for any amount of time you know this. I like new books and used books and antique books and I will read any genre. Garage sales and auctions with their boxes of old books draw me like a moth to a lightbulb and the library has rows of old books lined up that I must pass through on my way into and out of the place. These books are a mere 50 cents and I have found some real treasures over the years. On my last visit I found the book I’m currently reading, Simple Living-One Couple’s Search for a Better Life by Frank Levering and Wanda Urbanska. I read a lot of books like theirs in my quest for a more simple (and frugal) life. This morning I read something that I think captures the "rat race" better than anything else I’ve read: "Money, we imagine, offers the freedom, contentment, and respect we crave. Spending it, we discover that what was new and better is soon old and inferior. To stay in the race, it’s soon time for another purchase, time to discard what we haven’t long possessed. Rather than acting of our own free will, we’re making passive, predictable decisions. Rather than being comfortable with what we own and who we are, we become restless captives to a vicious cycle of earning enough bucks to buy what we think we want."
Thoughts?