Crazy Dogs and Thermostats

So the dogs have been off their lines for the last two days. They did a good job staying in the yard...until this evening that is. While Colby was taking a bath some of our neighbors brought the two delinquent dogs back. They wer both promptly placed back on their lines. I guess we'll try leaving them on the lines for a couple of days and then gradually taking them off again. Maybe one day they'll learn that if they stay in the yard like they're supposed to, then we won't put them on the lines.

In other news, recently Brandon bought a new thermostat. It was one of those fancy one's that allow it to get hotter/cooler when we're not at home and a comfortable temperature by the time we get home. Those kinds of thermostats are more energy efficient, so I was all for it. Unfortunately he installed it and it didn't work. He reinstalled the old one and now it doesn't work either. I called a heating and air person to come out and see what's wrong - I just hope that Brandon doesn't take it personally. He tried to do a good thing...it just didn't work out as planned so now we need someone to fix it. It happens to us all.