Archive for August 2008
Ugh!!!! Topaz Got Into The Garbage AGAIN!!!
August 31, 2008 | 
Author Which gave the dogs just enough time to get into the trash and pull it all from one end of the house to the other. There were even cat food cans IN THE BED!!!
Now, I have to keep an eye on Topaz and pray he doesn’t have a seizure due to his garbage can escapades. I swear, he’s SO bad.
On a good note, I did get an outfit for my sister’s wedding shower next weekend and her wedding in October!! I’m excited because I had NO CLUE what I was going to wear. I also got a night gown that’s SOO comfy and a shirt for work. I got my sister’s shower gift too…and had it wrapped, but like a dummy, I dumped my thai food in and on the present bag so I will need to rewrap it this week. I’ll have to get a big bag.
Here are the shirts I got…
I got this shirt in Purple…or Berry I think it’s called for the shower. I’ll wear it with black pants and shoes. 
And I got this shirt for the wedding. It’s casual and this is a bit dressier than the other one. I’ll wear this with the same black pants and shoes.
I can’t link the graphics so I’ll post the links here…from the top clockwise:
Ok, so I went a little buckwild. Well…my husband buys CD’s, movies, hats and t-shirts. I buy scrappy kits.
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Early Start
I’ve kind of been in a scrappy slump…although, I did whip up a little piratey page today!
Whenever we go to Disney World, we dress up like pirates near the pirate ride and take pictures. We also do “Crazy Hat Day” and take pictures of ourselves with all of the crazy big hats that are sold all over Disney World.
I’m going shopping with my mom and sister in a little bit. I should actually jump in the shower right now. We’re going for clothes for my other sister’s bridal shower that is next week. Hopefully I can find something decent. I hate shopping for clothes!!!
House Fly Invasion! & Toos-day Random Babblings
I’m sitting here and there’s a fly…or two…or more, who knows…flying circles around my head. How annoying is that?? Ugh…we need to get rid of these DAM flies!
I got a package today! At work I won an award so I got to pick a prize. Our pans are HORRIBLE. So i picked a set of 2 T-Fal frying pans and they came today! I love getting packages!
The hubbs said something that cracked me up today. I forget what we were talking about, but he was saying that I am a certain kind of way and I disagreed…he said, “Have you met yourself”…omg I about lost it!!! My saying is “Have you met (whoever)”…Like when my sister’s man was saying how wonderful she is…I was like, Have you met her? hehe…so dh just comes out with that…it was too funny. I seriously laughed out loud.
Laundry Monday
Today is laundry day for me. I think when I’m picking through a huge pile of dirty clothes on the ground in my room to see where my work pants are (they were on the hamper, btw) that it’s time to do laundry.
When we lived in the apartments, I got into the habit of “living” in my loungewear and washing clothes when we had the money and/or when my clothes were so nasty that I had no choice! Gross, I know…but times were hard and we didn’t always have money to do laundry and the machines weren’t great. Now we have our own washer and dryer, and actually we have had our own since living with my sister…so like 2 houses ago. I still don’t do laundry every week, but as needed. The hubbs does some of my laundry when he does his, which is just about daily….it’s the OCD.
Tonight we BBQ’d some sausages for dinner and ate outside on the deck. We had Razzle out there wearing a harness and a lead that was tied to the table. He really enjoys it outside and often tries to escape, so we sometimes take him out there. Well tonight that little shit went under the deck and got out of the harness!!! AHH!! So then it was like a wild goose chase to get him. He doesn’t have any claws and isn’t wearing a tag or collar!!! Ugh, we cannot leave him out there and we live WAY too close to a really busy intersection to not find him when he gets away from us like that! We were finally able to corner him behind the garage and we promptly put him back in the house. No more outside for him for a long while!!
Here are a few pictures of Razzle outside. My husband decided to “edge” the backyard and part of the front by hand today, so that’s the mess in the yard. And Onyx was on the other side of the stairs enjoying a nice marrow bone, that’s what Razzle is checking out when he’s on the stairs.
When he got out of the harness, my husband and I were joking that it was almost like he went under the deck a little bit to plan his escape. He’s a smart kitty and he does have thumbs (polydactyl) so I wouldn’t put it past him! LOL
Right now at work I’m listening to “Rogue” by Danielle Steele. I just started it today and it’s ok…nothing special yet. I am about to check it out on Amazon and get a plot overview and see what it’s all about. lol
Who Pooped? & Happy Birthday Dad! heh
LOL…what a title!! And pretty fitting if you knew my family!!
After the sweatshop, dinner, and birthday apple pie I came home to the most horrific smell in the hallway. UGH, it was NASTY!!! and definitely poop. I would say dog poop, but they really go little nuggets since being on raw, so maybe one of them has a sick tummy. Anyways, there was NO way I could clean that up! I couldn’t even go back into the hallway where it was, the smell was making me gag. I can still kind of smell it…let’s just say we are unprepared for carpet cleaning emergencies. Resolve is going on our shopping list! So the hubs clean it up…thank God he was home, I would have had to gag through it. Guess he’s good for some things…heh kidding of course!
We did the happy birthday thing for my dad. We ended up at Bahama Breeze. We were supposed to go to some new rib place, but my dad wanted to go to BB. It’s always good there…but we go a little buck wild on the appetizers. Plus, my nephew has braces and his teeth were hurting him, so he didn’t know what he could or should eat. So we got like 4 appetizers. lol Oh well, it was good. I got my usual, Chicken Jerk Pasta…so yummy!
Then we went to my parents and sang Happy Birthday to my dad and had apple pie. I am not a pie lover, so I skipped it…but I’m sure it was good!
Here’s a scrappy page of my dad blowing his candles out!!
Present & Bow by Paula Phillips
1,000 Freed from West Virginia Puppy Mill – Please Donate
To donate: http://www. hsus. org/
August 24, 2008
Yesterday morning in Parkersburg, W.Va., a cycle of animal abuse that lasted nearly two decades was finally broken. Local authorities raided the Whispering Oaks Kennel and found one of the most prolific puppy mills in the state’s history.
By the end of the day nearly 1,000 neglected and abused dogs were freed from the horrendous industry that traps hundreds of thousands of dogs in a dismal cycle of suffering.
The Humane Society of the United States was there from the beginning, acting as the lead animal welfare organization for this mercy mission.
Cruelty Downstream
Local authorities had received complaints that the property owner was discharging pollution without a permit. When they arrived on the scene to investigate the claims, they found a grossly overrun breeding facility wrought with obvious animal neglect.
Once on site, the officials convinced the property owner to relinquish ownership of all 1,000 dogs at the facility. The owner also signed a document barring her from ever operating another breeding facility.
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| The W.Va. dogs were destined for a life in cages. © The HSUS/Milani |
The HSUS had earlier been called by the Humane Society of Parkersburg.
The HSUS was appointed lead animal welfare agency on this case and had spent weeks preparing for for the complexities of caring for what was expected to be—and indeed became—a heart-breaking number of animals.
They were mostly dachshunds, but many Yorkies, King Charles Cavaliers, Poodles and Jack Russels bred on the facility.
Breeding dogs were housed in small rabbit hutches throughout the property—many with no access to water in the potentially deadly 95-degree heat.
Joint Effort
With the help of United Animal Nations, Best Friends Animal Society and the Humane Society of Missouri, we followed law enforcement onto the property. Together, we set up an emergency shelter and begin to rescue the dogs from the squalid cages where they would’ve spent their entire lives.
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| Dogs in puppy mills are turned into breeding machines. © The HSUS/Milani |
Fragile young puppies and mothers were the first receive veterinary care and the safety of the shelter.
The rest of the dogs will be removed over the next few days.
From the shelter, the dogs will be transported to humane organizations across the nation where they will be evaluated and put up for adoption.
While the condition of the animals wasn’t the very worst our team has witnessed in such raids, one person simply cannot properly care for 1,000 animals. More than that, one person should not.
Puppy mills are a source of unbearable cruelty with breeding animals kept in tiny, exposed cages without any socialization, for the sole purpose of supplying pet stores and the internet market with puppies—and of course, providing a stream of ill-gotten profits to their operators.
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They also contribute to tragic pet overpopulation.
Brighter Days
As a nation we cherish dogs as beloved family pets, but these breeding dogs spent years churning out puppies for profit.
Like all victims of the puppy mill industry, these dogs had never left their dank cages or feel the warm touch of a loving human hand.
Make It Public
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| The dogs at Whispering Oaks Kennell head toward loving homes, at last. © The HSUS/Milani |
We urge everyone who cares about animals to spread the word about the great suffering associated with puppy mills.
People in the market for a companion animal should consider rescuing a homeless pet from a shelter or breed rescue organization—or at least to know the breeder and inspect the facility beforehand.
Original Article: http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/disasters_press_room/a_thousand_dogs_freed_from_wv_082408.html
Sweat Shop Sunday!
I probably shouldn’t say “sweat shop”, but that’s what we call things in my family…cookie sweat shop, invitation sweat shop…ebay sweat shop…what have you.
So in a couple hours I am meeting my mom and sister to do some crafty things and put together the favor bags for my sister’s shower. Then we’re all going to dinner for my dad’s birthday…which is Monday.
I should bring my camera…to document this blessed occasion. haha
Moving on…my cats are driving me batty!!!! They are total beggars, worse than the dogs. They have food in their bowls, but still they are begging for people food. We have two cats that will take it right from your plates/hands if you let them!! bad kitties!! I hate a begging dog…but I hate a beggin cat worse and we have the beggingest cats around!!!
And Malcolm, he’s the worse…little shit gets into absolutely everything. And he knows he’s being bad too, he all hunkers down if you say his name…but still he keeps coming back and doing what you just yelled at him and shooed him away for! Bad kitty!
Saturday Schmaturday’s Randomness
Today’s blog post will be about a bunch of random things…but isn’t it always? haha
I’m a member of the UAW and today we had a big meeting. Our contract is up and so we had a vote today. These meetings are always the same. I hate going to them, but I understand why we need them and everything. Generally my sister goes with me, but this time I went alone…and wouldn’t you know it…in the middle of the dam meeting I start to feel a panic attack coming on!! Yikes! So I quick get a pill from my purse and plan my get away to the bathroom. I ended up calming down, so I didn’t have to take the pill, but I really hate how those attacks just kind of sneak up on me for no apparent reason! Hopefully all of this union stuff works out. I don’t want to strike…
I have been all over the internet downloading scrapbook freebie kits from many talented artists who share their creations with us. I am so thankful that people offer these kits and templates free of charge to us…however…I wish that people who make tagger sized kits would indicate that they are tagger sized. The difference between the regular sizes and the tagger sizes are HUGE…like 3600 for regular and 800 for tagger. So you can’t even use some of the elements because they don’t blow up well to scrapper size. It’s unfortunate too, because some of these tagger sized kits come with some pretty adorable elements!!! I hate to complain…so maybe we’ll call this “venting” but I really wish they’d say what size the kit is…or even the paper size. Some do, and I am so thankful…but I hate when I am so excited to use a cute kit and then come to find out it’s so teenie tiny!!
I don’t know if I’ll have a scrappy page to post today. I’ve kind of been creatively challenged lately. I don’t know what it is, but the last couple pages I’ve started I’ve just deleted. I can’t seem to make anything that I really like. I’ll have to try again.
I saved this entry and started working on a scrappy page and here’s what I came up with.
This is my niece in Australia. My SIL sends us pictures and unfortunately, they are really small files so they don’t blow up too well for scrappy pages. (Probably should use some tagger sized kits for those! heh). I’m not too thrilled with how this came out, but I decided to finish it rather than scrap it. No pun intended.
Dangerous Dog Toy Alert! – Pimple Ball w/Bell
Please look through all of your dog toys and make sure that your dogs do NOT have access to a toy called the Pimple Ball with Bell (Item #20227-001, UPC Code 0 4566320227 9) manufactured by Four Paws Inc. (see picture)This toy has been responsible for seriously injuring at least two dogs, one dog had to have its tongue amputated.
Click here to read about Chai’s ordeal after his tongue became stuck inside the ball, and the subsequent amputation of his tongue (please note, there are graphic pictures of the damage caused by this ball)
The Hills and other Monday Madness
The Hills starts tonight! woo hoo! This is my total guilty pleasure. I love the drama. I know it’s like a high school show, but I’ve been watching it since these girls were on Laguna Beach.
Only problem with the premiere being tonight is that it interferes with Paranormal State. I think i will watch PS and then catch The Hills at 11:00 tonight. I’ll be up all night, but it’s no different than me trying to catch the Olympics all week.
I also have this weird swelling directly under my left eye. Just a little spot. I can feel it. It doesn’t hurt or anything, and nothing else is wrong. It just kind of showed up out of no where. I guess I’ll give it a couple days and see if it goes away. If not, I’ll go to the dr. I hate the dr.
I joined Audible tonight. My supervisor has been bringing me in audible books on CD for a few months now. I’ve probably listened to 20 or so at work. Most are steamy romance novels, which I must admit that I am now addicted to. They are mindless listening, not too deep, have a plot and are usually pretty quick. I’ve also listened to a couple really good books by Jodi Picoult and also Nicholas Sparks classics. So, I joined to get my own account and my own books…not that I am not 100% thankful that she’s been bringing them in for me, but just so that when I finish one of hers I can start one of mine and vice versa. I listen to them pretty quick. Especially if they are good.
I still did not clean up the kitchen or do laundry…I have an aversion to dishes. I hate them…I don’t know why. And what a fool I was to think that just because I have a dishwasher, I’d not be this way about dishes…HA! I still hate to do them. I probably always will. I should have found a man who likes to do dishes or at least will get on me to do them. I think that’s half the problem…Todd doesn’t care whether they’re done or not…so why bother doing them? So stupid, I know. BTW…that’s not a picture of my dishes…similar, but not quite. LOL
I’m sitting here half watching PS, half making my lunch for tomorrow…half talking to my friend on Yahoo Instant Messenger. she has a laptop, so she can sit there and watch and talk…me, not so much. Oh well. It is a good PS though.
Lunch tomorrow will be a yummy chicken salad with berry dressing and blueberries and grapes in it. It’s loosely based on this awesome salad my little sister makes. I love it, it’s so yummy. I may get a couple things from the cafeteria at work to add to it…croutons or sunflower seeds…something like that. Should be good.
This is totally random babbling tonight lol. Todd is asleep in the living room, I’m sitting here waiting for lunch to be done and the hills to come back on at 11:00 lol
No scrappy pages lately. I haven’t had time… 
Maybe Thursday I will!
