A Likely Story!

Wonder If...

...Kerry would have won the election, if we would have had all this hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing going on about 'what we did wrong'?

The post-mortem's are starting to stink. All the analogies are starting to blend into one maddening voice. Everyone has their 24/7 Reason Du Jour for the defeat.

Silence. Dai. Shecked. Enough.

First DFA meeting since the election is tonite. Time to stop talking and start acting.

Shiva's over.

How To Give Yourself A Heart Attack

Forget that you left the headphones to your iPod in bed when you woke up this morning and mistake aforementioned headphones for a black snake as you are getting into bed tonite.

OK, I'm wide awake now!

Philly E-A-G-L-E-S

...you KNOW you want to watch!

Sun 12/5  Green Bay  4:15 pm

Sun 12/12  at Washington  8:30 pm

Sun 12/19  Dallas  1:00 pm

Mon 12/27  at St. Louis  9:00 pm

Sun 1/2  Cincinnati  1:00 pm

A Very Nice Day

Winding up one of the nicest days I've had in ages.

Puppies let me sleep in relatively late, there was no evidence of 'puppy runnage' during the night...or thru-out the day for that matter, they were well-behaved and lo-maint for most of the day and best of all, found a home for Blue with neighbors in my development.

EAGLES won (Blue likes to watch football on the couch...Morgan, not so much), my friend that moved down from Boston came by to visit, and the windows have been open most of the day and still are at this second because it's been so absolutely GORGEOUS all day.

Laundry is done, Jacobs's bathroom is cleaned, kitchen is spotless and puppies are snoozing with full tummies.

All that's left to do is decide what to have for dinner and since I'm not even close to hungry that's not a huge priority, and balance my checkbook.

Interesting note...have only spent a fraction of my day online...unlike every other day since I've been on vacay. Maybe there is something to the saying 'everything in moderation'?

Nah...

Mailbag Dept

Questions from my readers include :

'What does nnsd stand for?' - This is the acronym of what my parents said to us every night as they turned off the light after reading us bedtime stories...'night, night, sweet dreams'.

'How much longer will you have the puppies' - As soon as they are eating solid food on a regular basis, they go back to the Humane Society to be adopted out.

'Why don't you keep the puppies' -or- 'How can you give them up'? - Am not looking for a 'permanent puppy relationship', which is why Fostering works so well for me. It IS very hard to give them up and I am really sad for that morning, but when I think of the bigger picture, i.e. raising them to where they are healthy, fat and well-socialized...and know enough to stay off the carpet...it's all good in the end.

'Why don't you do this or that or this?' (all technical related questions) - Have no idea what you are talking about...I am incredibly low-tech. It's a miracle I can even work my iPod, was ready to declare a national holiday the day I learned to link, and I have yet to figure out how to burn a CD on my iTunes. Hey, at least I'm honest.

'Will you lend me money'? - Sure..if you lend it to me first.

'Why the title 'A Likely Story!?'- Read my first post.

'How much time do you spend blogging on the weekends?' - Way toooo much.

'If you love CA so much, why don't you move back?'- Too damn expensive..and they still have earthquakes last I checked.

'Do you really like Jager that much?' - YES I DO :-)

Too Pooped To Pop

I hate puppy poop. Hate cleaning it...smelling it...disposing of it. Diarrhea continues so I switched them back to their former food. As of tomorrow, I'm adding rice to their food. According to the Humane Society they are healthy with no parasites and no fever, so it's nothing to be worried about...dunno...I'm not so sure.

Maybe I should have posted a disclaimer with this entry? Do not eat while reading? Do not read while eating?

Just put them down for the night...I hope. This morning they woke me at 5:30 so I could let them out of their cage. Someone never got the memo that mom is supposed to sleep late on the weekends.

Blue has decided it will be a battle of wills over who gets to sit on the carpet. He thinks he is winning the battle. He is wrong.

Morgan isn't as mouthy and clucky as she used to be. She is a holy terror to her brother, tho. Most sisters are...nothing new there...although I was always an angel to MY brothers...am sure Brian and Patrick will back me up on that one.

Blue is still a laid-back stud. Other than his fondness for Berber (very clean Berber I might add) he is close to perfect.

Teeth are definitely coming in...gave them solid food for the first time today...they played with several kibble pieces and after awhile caught on that it was edible. So of course they ignored it after that.

After swiffering easily 25 times today, more poop and pee clean-ups than I care to remember, and emptying the puppy trash twice, I am ready to call it a night, so I can start all over in the morning.

The title of this post says it all.

nnsd...

Happy Birthday Diane :-)

Happy Birthday to my 11-months-younger sister who is one of the nicest people in the whole wide entire universe.

Diane makes life look easy. She excells at multi-tasking and can do more in one day than most people do in one week. She's kind, sweet and funnier than hell. And makes the best chocolate-chip cookies you've ever had.

So Happy Birthday, Di...hope everyone you know and love makes this your best bday yet!

xo :-) from your older sister that everyone thinks is your younger sister,

Kathy

ps- yeah, I just had to throw that part in!

Puppies In Time-Out

I don't care HOW cute and cuddly and angelic you look...break the 'no carpet' rule repeatedly...with impudence and smirking...and you get your cute little puppy-butt thrown in time-out.

No Carpet...learn it and live it.

Indie Musicians - Scott Andrew

One of the many things I love about the internet is you'll never know what you'll find around the bend.

Case in point Scott Andrew.

Found Scott's site thru Derek Powazek's photoblog site...I've linked to Derek (and his wife Heather) on my sidebar.

Anyway, was still going thru my post-election funk-meltdown-depression...whatever you want to call it...and was looking for some music to cheer me up. Went to Scott's site and downloaded several of his songs...really liked what I heard...and today I got his CD 'Where I've Been' in the mail. A musician AND a blogger...ya gotta love that combination!

According to my iTunes description, Scott is classified as 'folk'. Not sure I'd describe his music as folk...more like really really good rock that's well-written and firmly wedges itself inside your brain....much like 'Cast The Net Wide' has done.

I have a special place in my heart for Indie Musicians. My nephew Tom has a San Diego-based band that's definitely a labor of love. My buddy Mike is in his 3rd band in the 6 years I've known him. It takes guts to write and produce music that you love and comes from the heart...also takes guts to follow your dream of sharing your music with everyone else, full well knowing you may not ever make it big and that's ok, as long as you can make the music you want it makes life worth living.

So support Scott, support the other Indie Musicians you know and love, and stay tuned for more suggestions in the coming weeks.

'You Might Not Want To Look'

Took Morgan and Blue into the Humane Society this morning. They'd both had a bad case of diarrhea over the last two days and I wanted to get it checked out just in case it was something serious.

While waiting for the results of their fecal test, I talked with June, one of the Clinic Workers. June used to be the Foster Parent contact and she has seen me plenty of times when I would come in all happy and excited to be picking up my Foster Puppies. She has also seen me come in on the day I have to bring them back to be adopted out...I am definitely not as happy on those days.

As we were talking, the staff brought in a gorgeous, happy, affectionate Doberman. And that's when June said 'You might not want to look'.

Seems the Dobie's previous 'owners' had allowed her collar to become imbedded in her neck. Yeah...you read that right. Whatever possessed these monsters to do this to their animal is just unfathomable. To put a collar on a dog and allow that dog to grow without ever removing the collar...that is just beyond sick, cruel, use whatever word you can think of.

As June and I talked, the Clinic Workers treated the Dobie, who responded with a wagging tail and repeated kisses for her caregivers. I couldn't help but tear up as I watched. How any animal that has been abused by a human can ever trust another human is something I have a hard time wrapping my brain around.

Miami Animal Police (on Animal Planet) found the Dobie and brought her into our facility. Miami Animal Police will be doing a segment on the dog and her progress.

The segment probably won't be shown for 9 months to a year. I don't know if the Dobie has been adopted or not...probably not since she is still undergoing treatment for her neck wound. This is one episode I will definitely look for. I so want to see this dog have a life with a happy ending.