A new phase in our life

The Waage's entered in to a new phase of our lives.....Min Pin Rescue. We filled out our application to become foster parents.......I know several of you will ask "What the Hell!" but as we see it when you have 4 what is 1 more. Last Thursday our first foster arrived, Ms Denver. She is 5 years old and has spent her WHOLE entire life in a puppy mill in Missouri. Her story starts 2 1/2 weeks ago when she was rescued and moved up to Minnesota. Once in Minnesota, she was vetted, spayed and moved into a temporary foster home while a more "permanent" temporary foster home could be located.....hence, The Waage's. The first couple of days have been rough, I won't lie. It just pains me to know that setting the table, washing dishes or even the phone ringing scares the crap out of this little girl. She doesn't know anything about home sounds, life as a dog or accepting love......but that will change. So it will continue to be a slow process as we get her ready for her forever family, once they find her. Today we had a large breakthrough, she played with Lilly! I know it seems small to many, but not to her. So check back to see how she is doing as she learns about life as a spoiled Waage dog! LOL

Also Thursday was the season opener for the Packers, so I called Joel early afternoon and told him he needed to come home to go to Gilligan's to watch the game. Joel took Friday off, grabbed Denver and headed home. After drinking our way through a Packer victory, we went home to introduce the Waage herd to Denver.

Friday, was an ordinary day with the exception Joel was home while I worked. He completed the dog tower for the office, which the dogs absolutely LOVE.

Saturday, was Harvest Fest with farmers market, craft fair and flea market followed by the demolition derby. We were getting ready to attend when we received a distress call from Grandma Waage that she had fell and her eye was bleeding. Joel & I headed over to find her sitting in her apt with some strangers that had helped her off the sidewalk. We thanked them and started to clean her up. Once we cleaned out the wound, we decided that there was no need for stitches. Took her up to Wal*Mart to repair her glasses and dropped her back off at home. Then we headed to the derby........which was a total dud from the last couple of years. Hope things are an indication of this becoming a flop. Guess we will have to wait to next year to find out.

Sunday, we worked around the house and decided to take a cocktail cruise around 2:00 pm. Left the dogs behind and we sailed off. Ran into Tim & Sue who were doing the same thing, anchored and visited for several hours. We then moved to Linda's Lakeshore for a bathroom break and more visiting on the deck. Around 8:00 pm we all decided to call it the evening and take the cold boat ride home. The end to a perfect day.........Thanks Tim & Sue!

Monday was back to work we go...........

This upcoming weekend was supposed to be Oktober Fest, but cancellations from John & Andi, Kevin & Nicole, Wayde & Shelley and Klaus & Ann leaves a small party left of Joel, Amy, Big Joe and Sheldon, so I think we are just going to cancel, stay home and work around the house.

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Joel, Amy and Jonathan

There just hasn't been anything exciting going on!

It's been a pretty boring summer up at the Waage homestead.......

We only have had 2 guests all summer, Nancy one weekend and then Kevin, Nicole and kids another. Guess people must think we have the plague or something! LOL

On August 21st, we celebrated Lilly's 3rd birthday with a small gathering with all her brothers. It was a pretty low key day but ended with birthday cake!

On Sunday, August 28th, Joel, myself and the puppies went back to Minnesota to take care of swapping our cell phones and having a lovely candlelight dinner with Nancy and Michael on their deck. We stayed on the cots at Grandma Waage's house. On Monday, we hopped on the fair bus and met Nancy and Hannah with friends at the fair. The kids split upon arrival while the adults wandered, people watched, ate and of course, drank beer! We got home pretty late that evening, but it was well worth it.

On Tuesday, August 30th, I found a job in my field of expertise, applied for it and 2 hours later got a call for an interview the following day. The next day I went to the interview in Chippewa Falls and I felt it went well. After some thought about the position, I decided it wasn't likely to work out as the person who would be my boss had a quite, shy and crawl under a rock personality and that I would eat her alive! So the following morning I sent a e-mail withdrawing my application. Later in the early afternoon I got a call from the company offering me the job. I regretfully had to decline the offer......I'm sure the owner's jaw dropped as I declined! He was speechless......it was kinda funny and dam it felt good to reject a company rather than the other way around.

This pass Labor Day weekend was somewhat quiet. We worked around the house and Joel built a "dog" tower for the puppies to go in the office. They absolutely LOVE it! On Saturday afternoon, Courtney came to stay with us for the weekend. On Sunday with just hung out as it was a tad chilly to go out on the boat. Did some shopping up in Rice Lake and turned in early. On Monday, we got up had a Belgium waffle breakfast and then headed to Jim Falls, WI for a Demolition Derby......My favorite!!!! We were so close to the track that we even got muddied on......It was a blast!!!

Tuesday morning bright and early, Courtney and Joel went back to Minnesota.

Today, September 7th is Charlie's 3rd birthday, so birthday cake for dinner tonight!!

Tomorrow, September 8th is the 1 year anniversary of Zoey being gone. Even thought the puppies keep me hopping, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss her or her smile. I think the squirrels don't miss her though...............lol


This upcoming weekend is Chetek's Harvest Fest with chili contest, craft fair, all city garage sale and best of all.........Demolition Derby!! Woo Hoo!! Nobody is scheduled to be up this weekend, so if you'd like to join us.....give us a call, we'd love to have you.

The following weekend is Oktoberfest, so if your interested is coming up that weekend, let us know.

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Joel, Amy and Jonathan