WHS 10 year reunion and catch up

I can't believe the last time I posted was back in February. So much has happened but I won't fill in on that now. I just wanted to post about my 10 year high school reunion which happened this past weekend. It was so much fun seeing folks that I haven't seen or spoken with since graduation. It was nice to see how everyone has grown up over the last 10 years. I added some photos of the reunion to my photo album and I am hoping to add more as I get photos from others. My camera was pretty crappy for the indoor, nighttime pictures so I am relying on others.

I have 10 foster rats right now that are looking for homes and I am hoping to be able to bring them all to the next fair in Sunnyvale in September. I have so many things that I would like to do and I really have to cut back on fostering rats but there are just no homes in the bay area right now for them so I don't feel like now is the right time to step back. I am still hoping to find a way to get to do all that I want to do.

Katrina started kindergarten and she is really having fun. Anthony is huge and becoming quite a little handful! Both the kids love animals and we are hoping to start fostering a dog soon when we cut down on the rats in the house.

My rats are doing ok. Willow, who is already paralyzed from the waist down, had to have one of her arms amputated recently. Alby is starting to show signs of his age but loves to spend time with Willow. Widget had to have one of her eyes removed but she is recovering well and Cutie is doing very well too. I am also getting more and more interested and involved with Rat Agility - yes, you read right! I am looking forward to jumpstarting some rat agility meetings in the area and I have a counterpart who will be starting them in Sacramento. It should be a blast!

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Rain, rain GO AWAY!!!

Well, it's been a while since I last posted, which generally means that I am busy as usual. The new Rat Shop site is looking very nice but is coming along a bit slower than I had hoped. I am working on getting a bunch of new products and working out the last couple of kinks before we think about launching it live.

It's pouring rain too...which is usually fine but it is flooding the garage again. I had moved the sand bags thinking that the rain was all gone only to walk out to a flooded garage tonight. So, the sandbags went back and the towels came out of the closet and I am hoping that it'll all be a bit drier tomorrow.

Almost time for bed...

It's official! I can KNIT!

Yippee!! I went to my crochet meet up group last night in Saratoga and it was loads of fun, as usual. Everyone seemed to be doing crochet so I started out by practicing that but then Caroline busted out the knitting so I jumped on the opportunity to learn :) I am now proud to say that I am knitting my first scarf for Katrina! I picked up some US size 10 bamboo knitting needles and some nice pink yarn and off I go. I only have about 3 inches done so far but, maybe by the next time we meet up, I'll have it ready to learn to bind off. Then I can learn another type of knit stitch!