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Good News
Some days you just feel better than other days. Today was a good day with good news. After interviewing for a full time instructor position on Tuesday, I got word today (just two days later!) that I...
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Road Trip to California
We were asked to coach at a month-long forensics camp in California. It required some arrangements–baby sitter (grandparents) and dog sitter (friend)–but we made it work. Not only do we love coaching,...
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Feeding Your Dogs Vegan Food
We’re prompted to write this post as I hear of the passing of Dave Middlesworth, V-Dog (vegan dog food) founder. He was the first one to draw us into the vegan dog food lifestyle, and we are ever...
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Save At the Grocery Store Without Coupons
We’ve been long time fans of the Penny Hoarder. Some of his methods of making money are, well, a little too out there for us. But every once in a while he has a great idea that sticks. This one worked...
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Home Buying 2.0?
It feels like yesterday that we bought our current home, nestled into a subdivision near where Todd works. But our 3/1 on a third of an acre, while a great little home, didn’t feel perfect for us: too...
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Choosing an Ethical Trash Company
A post by Sarah. So, although we didn’t end up purchasing the home in the last post, we did buy a different property nearby and are thoroughly enthused about the process. Tomorrow is D-Day, as in...
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Ramping up Animal Rescue Together
Copper, our first “foster failure” (adopted) and second foster animal ever. Our mostly dog rescue has primarily been run by Sarah, but lately Todd has increased his participation in the rescue work we...
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The Day We Stopped Apologizing
Over this past weekend, we had a lady drop off a dog at the rescue and brought her sister along. While we showed the lady the premises, a tour of the dog kennel/livestock fence and shared plans for the...
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Growth of the Farm
Nika on a lovely 70 degree December day. Although it feels like a crawl day-to-day, our little 2+ acre mini ranch is quickly shaping up! Let’s recap: bought and moved here in January…just the house...
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End of Year Update
We’re close enough to the end of 2015, its time for a total recap! The Rainey family has been busy this year! In January, we purchased a smaller home (much to our liking) with larger property (also to...
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