Dear Duke

Today we lost our beloved dog, Duke. I read somewhere, that Great Danes, because of their size and height, usually live anywhere from 8 to 10 years. Duke was just over 8 years old. His health has been going down hill for the past few weeks now. Although we have been putting more and more food out for him to eat, he has been eating less, and less and looking skinnier, and skinnier. As sad as we are to see him go, he is much happier now. He was always such an awesome dog. He almost never barked, (unless he thought there was trouble.) He never jumped, and was a total sweetheart to our kids. They were more comfortable around Duke than pretty much any other dog, big or small. We love you, Duke. we will always remember you. Sadly, I am unable to find pictures of him to post. I will keep looking. I know I've taken some cute ones.

Back to the Drawing Board...sort of.

After a few days of working at his new job, Daryl has learned that the job he took was not what was he was expecting. He was told he would be going analysis-type of work, and working closely with the accounting department, which is where he really wants to be. When he started his training he realized that this was not the case. In fact, all they were asking him to do were tasks involving data entry. We are searching for something more challenging that would help him learn and grow, much like his other job. Something he can be excited to go to work on. So after much discussion, he has agreed to work there for the rest of this week, and then he will be looking into other avenues. We have some prospects in the works. He will be doing some side work, working closely with his old bosses, doing some accounting for their personal business accounts. He has a meeting later this week, with a friend of theirs who could also use a good bookkeeper/accountant. We'll have to see how things work out in these areas. Again, I will try to keep you updated. Thanks for all of the support you have offered thus far.