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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:56:42 GMT, "Chris Jung"
wrote: Just jumping in with a report on a recent home check done on me. I volunteered with the local SPCA to be a foster home for kittens. I filled out an application which asked all sort of questions (home owner or rent, other pets, kids, etc). I had to give three references and my vet reference (the SPCA actually called them). Then a the foster program coordinator came to my house for a home check. She looked where the kitten's would be staying. The rules say that they must be able to be isolated and since the kitten crate is in my studio, she even asked if I used any nasty chemicals when making art (I do occasionally use Polyurethane and explained how I normally use it and how I would change my procedure for when I have kitten fosters). She met my DH, my DS and the collies. After we all past muster, she went over the fostering program and procedures. I didn't have a bit of trouble with having a stranger in my house. My son has just started kindergarten and now we are having some of his school friends and their parents visit. Since this is a college town, many of the parents are either students (often grad), from other countries and transient to this town. I don't know much about them but it's cool. If having strangers in my house bothered me I would be insane by now. I have a rather unique situation in that the rental office for Lucente Homes (the developer for this subdivision, they built all the houses and still own about 10% of them which they rent, they also have about 10 apartment buildings scattered around) is exactly one block from us, both houses are in the northwest corner of their blocks, both are raised raches with pinkish brick facade and at least once every month or so, someone walks into my house thinking that this is the Lucentes rental office house. One guy was in a real hurry, he came barging through the front door, into my kitchen where I was stirring spaghetti sauce, rent threw a check at me and ran back out. Fortunately I was able to catch him before he got out of the driveway to alert him of his mistake. Most people stop dead in their tracks when they see Pablo looking at them calmly from inside. By then I'm there to redirect them to the right house. One of these days I'm going to accept a Lucente rent check with a big smile and thank you. ;-) My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. I have a perpetually hairy couch, not even one painting or decoration on my wall which is odd since in theory I'm an artist. My furniture placement is based on providing proper running pathways for crazy son, husband (yes he joins in), dogs and now kittens. Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Speaking of fostering, the kittens will be going back to the shelter on Sunday. We'll miss the little nutcases. They were spooky when they arrived (they had been removed from their mother, a semi-feral barn cat, at 4 weeks) but after 4 weeks at Frau Jung's School for Kitten Hooligans, they have been socialized up the wazoo and are ready to cause major havoc in their new family's homes. Chris, her two smoothies, one visiting golden retriever pup and the trio of nutty kittens, Zeffie, Pablo, Nicky (aka Nick-Nack-Paddy-Wack), Black, Tortie & Tiger You're pretty smug, there, Chrissie. But all it would take is one suicide bomber in your living room to wipe the smurk off your face. Charlie |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:56:42 GMT, "Chris Jung"
wrote: Just jumping in with a report on a recent home check done on me. I volunteered with the local SPCA to be a foster home for kittens. I filled out an application which asked all sort of questions (home owner or rent, other pets, kids, etc). I had to give three references and my vet reference (the SPCA actually called them). Then a the foster program coordinator came to my house for a home check. She looked where the kitten's would be staying. The rules say that they must be able to be isolated and since the kitten crate is in my studio, she even asked if I used any nasty chemicals when making art (I do occasionally use Polyurethane and explained how I normally use it and how I would change my procedure for when I have kitten fosters). She met my DH, my DS and the collies. After we all past muster, she went over the fostering program and procedures. I didn't have a bit of trouble with having a stranger in my house. My son has just started kindergarten and now we are having some of his school friends and their parents visit. Since this is a college town, many of the parents are either students (often grad), from other countries and transient to this town. I don't know much about them but it's cool. If having strangers in my house bothered me I would be insane by now. I have a rather unique situation in that the rental office for Lucente Homes (the developer for this subdivision, they built all the houses and still own about 10% of them which they rent, they also have about 10 apartment buildings scattered around) is exactly one block from us, both houses are in the northwest corner of their blocks, both are raised raches with pinkish brick facade and at least once every month or so, someone walks into my house thinking that this is the Lucentes rental office house. One guy was in a real hurry, he came barging through the front door, into my kitchen where I was stirring spaghetti sauce, rent threw a check at me and ran back out. Fortunately I was able to catch him before he got out of the driveway to alert him of his mistake. Most people stop dead in their tracks when they see Pablo looking at them calmly from inside. By then I'm there to redirect them to the right house. One of these days I'm going to accept a Lucente rent check with a big smile and thank you. ;-) My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. I have a perpetually hairy couch, not even one painting or decoration on my wall which is odd since in theory I'm an artist. My furniture placement is based on providing proper running pathways for crazy son, husband (yes he joins in), dogs and now kittens. Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Speaking of fostering, the kittens will be going back to the shelter on Sunday. We'll miss the little nutcases. They were spooky when they arrived (they had been removed from their mother, a semi-feral barn cat, at 4 weeks) but after 4 weeks at Frau Jung's School for Kitten Hooligans, they have been socialized up the wazoo and are ready to cause major havoc in their new family's homes. Chris, her two smoothies, one visiting golden retriever pup and the trio of nutty kittens, Zeffie, Pablo, Nicky (aka Nick-Nack-Paddy-Wack), Black, Tortie & Tiger You're pretty smug, there, Chrissie. But all it would take is one suicide bomber in your living room to wipe the smurk off your face. Charlie |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:56:42 GMT, "Chris Jung"
wrote: Just jumping in with a report on a recent home check done on me. I volunteered with the local SPCA to be a foster home for kittens. I filled out an application which asked all sort of questions (home owner or rent, other pets, kids, etc). I had to give three references and my vet reference (the SPCA actually called them). Then a the foster program coordinator came to my house for a home check. She looked where the kitten's would be staying. The rules say that they must be able to be isolated and since the kitten crate is in my studio, she even asked if I used any nasty chemicals when making art (I do occasionally use Polyurethane and explained how I normally use it and how I would change my procedure for when I have kitten fosters). She met my DH, my DS and the collies. After we all past muster, she went over the fostering program and procedures. I didn't have a bit of trouble with having a stranger in my house. My son has just started kindergarten and now we are having some of his school friends and their parents visit. Since this is a college town, many of the parents are either students (often grad), from other countries and transient to this town. I don't know much about them but it's cool. If having strangers in my house bothered me I would be insane by now. I have a rather unique situation in that the rental office for Lucente Homes (the developer for this subdivision, they built all the houses and still own about 10% of them which they rent, they also have about 10 apartment buildings scattered around) is exactly one block from us, both houses are in the northwest corner of their blocks, both are raised raches with pinkish brick facade and at least once every month or so, someone walks into my house thinking that this is the Lucentes rental office house. One guy was in a real hurry, he came barging through the front door, into my kitchen where I was stirring spaghetti sauce, rent threw a check at me and ran back out. Fortunately I was able to catch him before he got out of the driveway to alert him of his mistake. Most people stop dead in their tracks when they see Pablo looking at them calmly from inside. By then I'm there to redirect them to the right house. One of these days I'm going to accept a Lucente rent check with a big smile and thank you. ;-) My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. I have a perpetually hairy couch, not even one painting or decoration on my wall which is odd since in theory I'm an artist. My furniture placement is based on providing proper running pathways for crazy son, husband (yes he joins in), dogs and now kittens. Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Speaking of fostering, the kittens will be going back to the shelter on Sunday. We'll miss the little nutcases. They were spooky when they arrived (they had been removed from their mother, a semi-feral barn cat, at 4 weeks) but after 4 weeks at Frau Jung's School for Kitten Hooligans, they have been socialized up the wazoo and are ready to cause major havoc in their new family's homes. Chris, her two smoothies, one visiting golden retriever pup and the trio of nutty kittens, Zeffie, Pablo, Nicky (aka Nick-Nack-Paddy-Wack), Black, Tortie & Tiger You're pretty smug, there, Chrissie. But all it would take is one suicide bomber in your living room to wipe the smurk off your face. Charlie |
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Chris Jung wrote:
My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. Mine as well. There is always newspaper strewn about, and assorted computer parts and tools scattered around. Of course, DH starts disrobing as soon as he enters the house, so there is also a little obstacle course consisting of shoes, ties, socks, and an odd sweat shirt or two. Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Ditto. I get a little upset when people give me little or no warning before showing up. But, I have greatly improved in the efficiency with which I straighten up (read stick clutter where it is out of sight), and have also loosened my definition for what "neat" is. but after 4 weeks at Frau Jung's School for Kitten Hooligans, they have been socialized up the wazoo and are ready to cause major havoc in their new family's homes. Yay! Do they have homes waiting for them already? Suja |
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Chris Jung wrote:
My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. Mine as well. There is always newspaper strewn about, and assorted computer parts and tools scattered around. Of course, DH starts disrobing as soon as he enters the house, so there is also a little obstacle course consisting of shoes, ties, socks, and an odd sweat shirt or two. Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Ditto. I get a little upset when people give me little or no warning before showing up. But, I have greatly improved in the efficiency with which I straighten up (read stick clutter where it is out of sight), and have also loosened my definition for what "neat" is. but after 4 weeks at Frau Jung's School for Kitten Hooligans, they have been socialized up the wazoo and are ready to cause major havoc in their new family's homes. Yay! Do they have homes waiting for them already? Suja |
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Chris Jung wrote:
My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. Mine as well. There is always newspaper strewn about, and assorted computer parts and tools scattered around. Of course, DH starts disrobing as soon as he enters the house, so there is also a little obstacle course consisting of shoes, ties, socks, and an odd sweat shirt or two. Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Ditto. I get a little upset when people give me little or no warning before showing up. But, I have greatly improved in the efficiency with which I straighten up (read stick clutter where it is out of sight), and have also loosened my definition for what "neat" is. but after 4 weeks at Frau Jung's School for Kitten Hooligans, they have been socialized up the wazoo and are ready to cause major havoc in their new family's homes. Yay! Do they have homes waiting for them already? Suja |
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Subject: Home Visit Checklist?
From: Suja Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2003 1:40 PM Message-id: k%jdb.21512$sp2.14811@lakeread04 Kind2dogs wrote: You see now this would be something that would get my antennas up. As when people do not want to do the home visit ASAP, then I think that they are not so serious about adopting a dog from me. Why? I should rephrase this. When Beth asked about HV suggestions, and then her last post said they were going away until Oct 3? It seemed to me that this was not what was scheduled. I know that when an appointment is made, and then they make excuses,my antenna goes up. This is not to say that they are not valid, but I do not like appointments cancelled. Most people don't know what the turnaround time is for different rescues (it is one week on average for us), ( a month here) and are often caught completely off guard when you call 3 days after they submit the application to arrange for a HC (and then there are people who call every person they know from the rescue every half hour to see if their app has been processed). I'd much rather the potential adopters wait until they're back from vacation to meet the volunteer and talk about available dogs at that time. Suja I would too, however I do not home visits untll AFTER they have come here and I have done my interview. It seemed to me that Beth was asking about a home visit that was going to be done right away. Paulette~ "The only thing about resisting temptation is you might not get another chance" |
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Subject: Home Visit Checklist?
From: Suja Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2003 1:40 PM Message-id: k%jdb.21512$sp2.14811@lakeread04 Kind2dogs wrote: You see now this would be something that would get my antennas up. As when people do not want to do the home visit ASAP, then I think that they are not so serious about adopting a dog from me. Why? I should rephrase this. When Beth asked about HV suggestions, and then her last post said they were going away until Oct 3? It seemed to me that this was not what was scheduled. I know that when an appointment is made, and then they make excuses,my antenna goes up. This is not to say that they are not valid, but I do not like appointments cancelled. Most people don't know what the turnaround time is for different rescues (it is one week on average for us), ( a month here) and are often caught completely off guard when you call 3 days after they submit the application to arrange for a HC (and then there are people who call every person they know from the rescue every half hour to see if their app has been processed). I'd much rather the potential adopters wait until they're back from vacation to meet the volunteer and talk about available dogs at that time. Suja I would too, however I do not home visits untll AFTER they have come here and I have done my interview. It seemed to me that Beth was asking about a home visit that was going to be done right away. Paulette~ "The only thing about resisting temptation is you might not get another chance" |
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Subject: Home Visit Checklist?
From: Suja Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2003 1:40 PM Message-id: k%jdb.21512$sp2.14811@lakeread04 Kind2dogs wrote: You see now this would be something that would get my antennas up. As when people do not want to do the home visit ASAP, then I think that they are not so serious about adopting a dog from me. Why? I should rephrase this. When Beth asked about HV suggestions, and then her last post said they were going away until Oct 3? It seemed to me that this was not what was scheduled. I know that when an appointment is made, and then they make excuses,my antenna goes up. This is not to say that they are not valid, but I do not like appointments cancelled. Most people don't know what the turnaround time is for different rescues (it is one week on average for us), ( a month here) and are often caught completely off guard when you call 3 days after they submit the application to arrange for a HC (and then there are people who call every person they know from the rescue every half hour to see if their app has been processed). I'd much rather the potential adopters wait until they're back from vacation to meet the volunteer and talk about available dogs at that time. Suja I would too, however I do not home visits untll AFTER they have come here and I have done my interview. It seemed to me that Beth was asking about a home visit that was going to be done right away. Paulette~ "The only thing about resisting temptation is you might not get another chance" |
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Subject: Home Visit Checklist?
From: Suja Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2003 1:47 PM Message-id: M5kdb.21539$sp2.14295@lakeread04 Chris Jung wrote: My biggest concern with having people in my house is that I'm a -ahem- "casual" housekeeper. No problemo here,as I do not even notice, and take this from someone who is a neat nick. Mine as well. There is always newspaper strewn about, and assorted computer parts and tools scattered around. Of course, DH starts disrobing as soon as he enters the house, so there is also a little obstacle course consisting of shoes, ties, socks, and an odd sweat shirt or two. BWHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAH Dave and I putter around absent mindedly and don't realized how junky this place looks until people visit. Ditto. I get a little upset when people give me little or no warning before showing up. But, I have greatly improved in the efficiency with which I straighten up (read stick clutter where it is out of sight), and have also loosened my definition for what "neat" is. I have lots of company, but I do not like to have uninvited guests,as I might be busy. Paulette~ "The only thing about resisting temptation is you might not get another chance" |
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