Well as I believe I told those of you in the chat on Sunday, I called the cable company to come out and fix our cable modem. So he came here and turns out its not the cable modem that's the root of the problem. Turns out our old cable box and the old cable connection was causing the problem with it. So the cable guy came to install a new cable connection for the television.

Then he went into the attic and sorted through the cable modem...and cable television. But in order for him to go into the attic he had to be able to move about freely within our backyard...which meant getting a place for the girls (Maddie and Tifa) to stay for a few hours. So naturally, I called the Petsmart PetsHotel. All was fine and good, but then I learned that Tifa's Bordatella vaccination had expired, so only Maddie would be permitted into the PetsHotel.

So..I took them to my grandma's house.
And watched a few minutes as they wandered around the yard.
And gave them a bucket of water...and left.

Once I got home I stepped inside the house to hear the phone ring. I answered the phone and heard a voice that didn't sound at all familar.

It was a man and he said, "I have a dog in my yard and it has the name of (censored for my protection) written as the owner on it's name tag. I was calling to see if you would be willing to come claim it."

I about nearly had a heart attack.

Tifa had escaped my grandparents yard and took off running down the street.
She had been caught by the next door neighbor.

I learned an important lesson today.
Tifa's anxiousness should be kept at home.><