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You know sometimes I really toy with the idea of paying someone to design my websites for me.  Not necessarily this one, but I have a site, UtahDogs.com, that I’d love to get a professional design for.  I’ve been looking at this Internet Retail Connection site and they seem to do some really nice work.

They have a portfolio that has some really nice looking sites with good layout on them.  I like the colors and the layouts. I’m always so picky about the layout of my sites… and the colors. I usually don’t like too much color, though right now this blog, Tip Tail, has a lot of color on it and it’s making me happy for now. 

The Internet Retail Connection Company even has a page all about who they are, which I like, because it makes me think they are a personal site with a good connection to their customers.  And they look friendly and like a good team of people.

So I’m going to think about it some more.  Do some research on what kind of web design layouts they do, and if they have any experience doing dog related, or pet related, websites.  And they have some great customer reviews, too!

My husband is currently going to school. He, like me, went right out of high school and then dropped out. College is so much different than High School. It took us a while to mature enough to go back and get our degrees. Now I sometimes wish I could go back and study Animal Behavior, but I don’t know if I can find the money. And I’d prefer to attend an online university instead of having to go into a school on a regular basis.

So even though I don’t wan an online business degree, I was looking at online schools. I’d want an accredited school… so many of the online schools are not accredited with reputable accreditation places so that makes it hard.

The Western Governors University is something I am considering. They are Non-Profit and their tuition is half as much as other online universities. They also have six month segments… you pay for six months at a time, instead of by credit ours. And it’s a set amount, and it’s affordable! And they are accredited by the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities, which accredits a number of highly reputable Universities and Colleges. Hrm…

Well, I have a while yet to decide. I have about four more years before I can retire and do something else… maybe I’ll just play with my dogs! LOL

I take the dogs to ‘school’ quite a bit. We have private lessons and group lessons and we do a lot of homework, too. We have to do homework because that is where most of the learning takes place. We get an overview in class, and then we go home and work at home. It’s the same for people school!

My husband is probably going to be starting school soon. Though he is a programmer, I’ve always wanted to study the arts. And I’d love to do so online. ST. Xavier’s online Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction has some great classes in MS Curriculum.

This course focuses on such as diversity, literacy, and how technology integrates into education. It will help you to prepare for instruction in other types of schools and help you better understand curricular issues and how they impact instructional practice.

And so it’s just an interesting thing to look at!

Ugh.. have you done your Christmas shopping yet? I have not. I’ve bought like one thing, online, and I have to go buy more. But hopefully I’ll be getting that done next weekend. If I want to buy online I’m going to have to get going, since shipping takes a while! And I didn’t go shopping today, which is black friday. Did you? I did not feel like shopping on the craziest day of the year!

Charter

I went shopping on black Friday a couple of years ago and bought my HDTV.. and I think I got a good deal on it at the time. I love watching dog shows in the HD! And actually, most of my Christmas presents I buy are not for people who have dogs. Though most of my friends have dogs, we don’t tend to exchange many gifts. Which really is okay with me since I’m a slacker when it comes to gifts.

My parents are thinking about getting a cell phone and so I’ve been looking around at deals. Charter has some great deals this year and you can see them below in the spiffy image I’ve included in this post! What do you think….? Hrm… they have an internet bundle, a cell bundle, a digital home bundle… all fun toys to use for Christmas. And the more you buy, the more coupons you get!

Even though I’m a bit burned out on my dogs sports, I still love doing them, and so do the dogs. I want to train more… trial less, and that is my plan for the next while. Through the winter i hope to get Tatum and Muffit on the flyball box, and doing jumps. Get Tatum doing agility… maybe even have Muffit do some agility too, we’ll see how that goes.

That is a video of Chase and I doing FAST in AKC agility. He is such a great distance dog, it’s fun to do agility with him though we need some work.

I find myself looking for places to put my videos online so everyone can see them. SportsVids is a great place to do so. I can upload lots of sports videos and have all my friends watch them! Online sports videos are fun, especially dog sports, of course. Watching sports clips of dog events helps me be a better handler for sure. And I do want to be a better handler. I think I have the ability inside me, I’m just not sure how to access it at this point. But it will come… maybe doing some ASCA or DOCNA agility will help me develop more of my own skills.