New members, nasty weather, lack of work

Hi
Everyone, sorry I have not been keeping up. I notice that we have some new members, I am glad that you were able to find the group.

We are having that lovely on/off nasty weather that comes every year about this time. Today it is sleeting at the house again. There are actually still parts of our rural road that are iced from last week. Even though it had gotten well above freezing on Friday and slightly above on other days, these particular sections do not get very much sun so they take much much longer to clear up in the winter. I just hope this weather does not mess up my drive into my sister's for Xmas. I am not worried about the presents, I just want the yummy food my mom and sister make, and the chance to watch a dvd with them after the festivities.

I am going to try to get out in a little while to go check an area where I spotted a dog running loose yesterday, on my way to an appointment. She was a friendly enough dog but scared of the car, so I did not have time to coax her into it. I looked for her on my way home yesterday but did not see her, I hope she went home or at least found a warm place to sleep. I have never seen this dog in the area and neither has my friend, that lives closer to where I spotted her. That is what has me wanting to go back out to look. The poor thing did not have a collar and she was just a touch thin, not starving thin, just a but underweight. I picked up extra treats yesterday before heading home so that if I saw her again I could use them to try to coax her into the car and bring her here were it is warm. My roommate has a scanner from when we used to foster, so if I get the dog home I can scan her for a chip to see if she has an owner looking for her.

This week I am not doing much work wise because the job I am on is waiting for parts and it does not look like they will get here until next week. Right now things are so tight that it is better to take a couple of days off for the company and not go to the union hall for work, because the wait at the union hall would be even longer.