Dog snore
Did my mad do-gooder thing today ferrying dogs around. Early start to get Choc to Animal Welfare for desexing operation. Choc is a 12 mth chocolate coloured Staffy with white toes, like Ebony, and big ears that fold over in cute sort of way. She has already been rehomed, but had her op rescheduled after she came into season. If left to the […]
Annual report
When will I learn to stop putting my hand up when I see that something needs to be done! I offered to work on the annual report at work, which is going to be a big, fiddly job of formatting in Word. We are going for a heavily templated format, with lots of pie charts […]
Another wednesday
Have noticed I am developing a pattern of writing here on a Wednesday, my day off. Today I took a couple of dogs to the vet at Rosewood for their microchips, Eva the happy Bull Terrier and Jamie the gentle black Labrador. I’d hoped to take a third dog, Gravel because there had been a […]
Minor exhaustion
What a day! physically and mentally it has been quite a strain. I intended going down to the kennels to help exercise the dogs down there, but got a message from Ludelle that there was a dog at Ipswich pound that we needed to rescue, having been originally rehomed by us, and the owner not […]
Day in the life of
Today is a Wednesday, which is my day off from work. This is the day I always say I will do my housework, and catch up on study assignments. I also make myself available for Brave Dogs errands. Here’s how my day went today: 6.30 am – Out of bed, threw on some clothes and took dogs for a run around […]
Not-for-profit treasurer resources
As volunteer treasurer of a small association, and paid finance coordinator of a much larger one, am always on the lookout for useful and relevant finance tools. A couple I’ve find recently: Mango’s Guide to Financial Management for NGO’s UK-based but still relevant for NGO/NFP organisations here in Australia, would be useful for new treasurers […]