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This is an ode to Raleigh post. I finally dropped him off with Two by Two animal rescue today. There was lots of crying. I just have to remind myself that he's not dead, he's just waiting for a forever home. He's safe and cared for until that time. GOD I MISS HIM!!

#animal rescue #puppy #dog #pet adoption #pitbull #raleigh

Also, some stranger heard about Mona somehow and showed up at my trailer on Saturday saying he heard I rescue dogs. Then he proceeded to give me this puppy he found on the side of the road and leave.

I’ve named him Raleigh. He’s estimated to be about six weeks old and he’s got worms. That big ol’ belly isn’t just fat puppy belly. Thanks to the generous donations of multiple friends today, he will be going to the vet tomorrow to get his first round of puppy shots and some de-wormer. Then I have to get started on finding him a home or rescue to go to by May 8th.

It's a really good thing I work in a place that let's me bring dogs in.

#tiny house #tiny home #tiny life #puppy #pet adoption

Random post from the wild

Top five most used items:

1) energizer LED nightlight lantern. For those many times without electricity. Because shit happens. A lot. 2) fan-tastic vent fan 3) jail broken iPhone with wifi hotspot. (And associated ipad) I can’t make a phone call out here, but I can somehow stream Netflix. Sometimes. If the weather's nice. Ok really, I just take my laptop to work and download movies using their internet and then I come home to my trailer and watch hours of sub-par horror movies. 4) electric blanket. Would not have survived winter without it. Not exaggerating. It got into the 20s inside my trailer some nights. 5) potable water hose. You just have to have one.

I also recently purchased a wii u. Great option for tiny spaces because it doesn’t require a tv since you can play the games on the gamepad controller. I’m currently playing Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and it works great.

#tiny house #tiny home #tiny house living #wii u #assassin's creed

iwasbornhuman

dreamtny

Look at my sweet Mona girl and her precious new babies! She’s got TEN healthy pups up for adoption!

Just to clarify, Mona is not MY dog per se….she is a stray that hung around so much that I kind of fell in love with her. If she didn’t come running from somewhere when she saw my car I’d get worried. I was content to let her roam and sleep in my trailer when it got cold. She was on her own long before I arrived and quite good at taking care of herself. Her getting pregnant was a real problem.

I had to get Mona put SOMEWHERE because she was pregnant and due to pop right during the worst part of winter. I live in 60 sq/ft and make almost no money. There was no way I could handle her having puppies.

My boss is on the board of the humane society and they run animal control. He assured me that they give the absolute best possible care for the strays, not just straight to euthanasia.

I had contacted multiple rescues and not heard back from any of them, so I had to have her picked up and taken to the shelter. The two lady animal control officers who came to get her were super sweet and made me feel better about my decision. Not good, but better. I knew she’d at least be treated well. I cried when I went to visit her. Her personality was gone. She was terrified. But….she was warm and fed and had medical care. Some trade offs were necessary. I had to have faith that it would end well.

She was in the shelter a little over three weeks before I finally heard back from a rescue. Mona originally had twelve puppies and Two by Two Animal Rescue went to the shelter and picked up all thirteen of them and took them to a foster home.

I have been told that she is an amazing mother. Of course she is :)

I am so so thankful that they were able to give Mona the care she needed when I couldn’t. I hope that these sweet babies all find loving homes!

If you are interested in adopting Mona, donating to Mona’s rescue, or adopting any of her babies, please visit Two by Two Animal Rescue!

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I’M ALIVE!

First off, let me apologize for just kind of disappearing without a word. My internet situation is precarious at best and Tumblr seems to be the one app that can never operate with my one bar of cell signal, so after a while I just kind of gave up trying.

In terms of updates, there’s not much that has changed.

I survived the winter in my trailer with only one or two mishaps. Note to self: have some way to deal with frozen locks BEFORE the locks are frozen. Surprisingly enough I actually got frozen INSIDE my trailer once too. I don’t know if it was condensation or a small amount of water leaking from the top of the door, but the water pooled around the locks I have on the doors that go into the floor and completely froze. I had to beat the crap out of the locks before I could get out.

I went through a really terrible time when it wouldn’t stop raining and where I’m parked turned into a literal mud bog. I was constantly dirty, my trailer was constantly dirty, Stiles was constantly dirty, my car was always at risk of getting stuck in the mud...it was not good. Luckily I made it through that phase as well to get back to the point where I love where I am. The weather is nice and I can spend my free time outside enjoying it all.

My job has turned out to take up much more time than I anticipated and has defeated the purpose of working part time. I now work close to full time hours each week and don’t get off work until 9 each night. I love being able to take Stiles to work with me, but again, I’m stuck in a situation where I can’t have a life because of work.

Being out here has made me realize something though. It’s made me realize some things about friendships and relationships being out of balance and where is really the best place to invest your time. I think I have made the decision to move back to NC.

This is the first time I have been away from home by choice. No school or work obligations forcing me to live one place or the other. Having the choice makes all the difference. You can find a way to be happy and make a life almost anywhere, if you have to. That doesn’t mean it’s where you really want to be. My parents are getting older, my mom is sick, my dad is struggling trying to take care of her and work full time....and here I am, in Birmingham, for some reason that is just not good enough. I need to be with them and help them while I have the chance or I will probably never forgive myself. I also want to spend as much time as I can with the people who make me a priority in their world.

I don’t know what I’m going to do when I get there. I’m considering taking an esthetician course at the community college. Who knows. All I know is that I am once again living a life where I work and go home and that’s it. No relationships, no social life, no free time. I have a day off tomorrow and then work 8 days in a row, 8 hour days or longer each day. I don’t even know how I agreed to this. The demands creep in so slowly and you want to try and be accommodating to your employer and before you know it......it’s all taken over again. And I don’t even get benefits for it.

Even when you live tiny you have to still make an active effort to keep things in balance. it’s still too easy to get sucked into things you don’t want.

#tiny house #tiny life #tiny living #tiny home

iwasbornhuman

dreamtny

Look at my sweet Mona girl and her precious new babies! She’s got TEN healthy pups up for adoption!

Just to clarify, Mona is not MY dog per se....she is a stray that hung around so much that I kind of fell in love with her. If she didn’t come running from somewhere when she saw my car I’d get worried. I was content to let her roam and sleep in my trailer when it got cold. She was on her own long before I arrived and quite good at taking care of herself. Her getting pregnant was a real problem.