We have a new fence!

Thanks for the City of the Month suggestions so far. Keep them coming!
I would just like to note that Reno is always on the list of places might might go back to, it just doesn't make it onto David's "research" list since we have lived there before, we are somewhat familiar with it.

Anyway, I cannot believe that I forgot to add in my last post that we have finally finished rebuilding our fence. As I said before, this was, by far, my least favorite house project. However...we are now done (well, David is still working on spraying it with linseed oil) and the doggies are SO happy to have their yard back and not have to stay in the house all day and be tied up while outside. I think over the 3 weekends we were working on the fence, either David or I had to run through the neighborhood looking for our dogs about 20 times (at least). This was due to David's unwaivering "trust" in our dogs not to run away, and therefore thinking it was unnecessary to tie them up while we were working. Let me tell ya, it doesn't take long to get so ingrossed in what you are doing, that you quit paying attention to the little snots. They know exactly when this moment is, and off they go.

On a positive note, I now know that they generally run off to one of two places (nearby parks with ponds) so they are a little easier to find than they used to be.

Anyway, now everytime the wind blows here in Lubbock, I take a sign of relief knowing that our fence is no longer in danger of blowing down and my dogs will not escape while we are gone and get themselves into all kinds of trouble.

"After he heckled Toby, she got so upset she ran out of the building and a street sweeper ran over her foot and severed her pinky-toe."
"That's unbelievable!"
"Yeah, then after the ambulance left, I found the toe. So, I put it in a Cracker Jack box, filled it with ice and took off for the hospital."
"You ran?"
"No, I jumped on the bus. I told the driver, 'I got a toe here buddy. Step on it!'"
"Holy cow!"
"Yeah yeah, then all of a sudden this guy pulls out a gun. Well, I knew any delay's gonna cost her her pinky-toe, so I got out of the seat and I started walking towards him. He says, 'Where do you think you're going, Cracker Jack?' I says, 'Well, I got a little prize for you, buddy.' Pwaa! Pwaa! Keeyah! Knocked him out cold!"
"How could you do that?"
"Yeah, then everybody is screaming because the driver, he's passed out because of all the commotion. The bus is out of control! So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel... Now I'm driving the bus!"
"You're Batman."
"Yeah, I am Batman. Then the mugger, he comes to and he starts choking me. So, I'm fighting him off with one hand and I kept driving the bus with the other. Then I managed to open up the door and I kicked him out the door with my foot at the next stop."
"You kept making all the stops?"
"Well, people kept ringing the bell!"
"What about the toe? What happened to the toe?"
"Well, I am happy to say that the little guy is back in place at the end of the line."
"You did all this for a pinky-toe?"
"Well, it's a valuable appendage."
- Kramer, George and Jerry, in "The Fire"