Some Craziness and Some Awesomeness

So...Thea is in heat.

In other words...if I'm not vigilant, my 7-month-old puppy could get pregnant!  I knew this was coming (and honestly, I'm glad that it finally did come, so that we can be done with it and not have to think about it again for 6+ months), but this is my first time having intact dogs, and there's definitely a heavy sense of responsibility that goes along with it!  I'm super grateful to my family for helping out with all the supervision and crating and rotating.  

The dogs have done well so far, though a bit mystified as to why they're not allowed to hang out together all the time like they usually do.  Thane is quite affectionate toward Thea, lol (he's giving her kisses in the above photo), but at this stage of heat, she's not really returning the affection yet.  Supposedly that will change soon, so I'll be sending Thane away to stay with a friend for a few days during that time.

In other news, a couple exciting things happened today...first, I found a ridiculously awesome Craigslist deal on some windows!  These windows checked all the boxes on my list - double pane, have the nail flanges, have screens, large, and not ugly, lol.  And they were super inexpensive!!!  I'm very excited.  :)  I suppose it's not really orthodox for windows to be the first thing to purchase when looking ahead to building a house, but, hey, I'm not exactly known for doing things in the proper order.  ;)  

Now if I can only figure out where to put them...

(*Note - photo credit goes to my sister Rachel for the two above pictures.)

And one more VERY exciting tidbit...I got a packet of official papers in the mail today...and this statement was on one of the papers: 

I'm now doing business as Butterscotch Farm...and I hope to be making hand-crafted soaps and lotions soon, as well as doing ink pet portraits on the side.

EEK!  I'm very excited and nervous...and I maybe ought to figure out sooner rather than later how one pays taxes from a personal business....but I'm thrilled to be finally starting the journey of my own business, after talking about it for a LONG time!  :P