And now for something completely different...

People keep sending me "angel" , "get to know you survey", "friendship"

emails, etc...
I've made one up of my own.
List your the top 5 moments (excluding birth, marriage and sex) of your
life, so far:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Why I don't do dog rescue anymore

This is Sonny and Ashley.

Sonny was one of our first fosters back in 2001 or 2002. One of over 100. He was a puppy of about 5 lbs. Looked to be about 6 weeks old. Laying in a cage by himself, sleeping, sickly, at a humane society. He was the only puppy on the "kill side". The building has 2 sections. The "kill" side and the "adoptable" side. ALL black dogs and dogs that appeared to be pitbullish, rottweilerish, etc.. are immediately put on the kill side. Don't be outraged, this is common practice most everywhere. Very young puppies don't last long in any shelter situation, especially without their mother because of disease.

So we took Sonny home and nursed him to good health and he was adopted by a very wonderful woman. Sonny is now, as you can see by the pic a very big pup....I'm told close to 200 lbs.

This same woman adopted Ashley from us about a year later. I honestly don't remember Ashley's story.

The woman whom adopted these pups was in her 40's. She died of a brain tumor last week.

Now, it is in the adoption contract that the rescue take back the dogs if the owner cannot care for them anymore. The rescue takes ultimate responsibility of the dog throughout it's life.

What breaks my heart is that these 2 dogs, no matter how loving or well behaved they are, because they are very large and rottweilerish, will probably spend the rest of their days in the concrete floored kennel. It's not as bad as the pound. They will be fed, they will get exercise and "some" attention, but kinda reminds me of the old folks in a nursing home, that spend their days sitting in a wheelchair against the wall, just passing time until they die.

So how do you look a pup in the eyes, that has lived it's life in the comforts and love of a house and family and all of a sudden they are sitting in a kennel without constant play and affection, and convince them they did nothing wrong?

This is where I'm not sure that I believe in the "no kill" thing.

The dilemma...Which would be worse? Putting the dog down? Or having them live out the rest of their life in a cage?

Alright! Alright already...

Update: I didn't get an IPod. I opted for a Zune and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

I give up.
I want an IPod...

Hard as a rock!

One of the 'cons' about hitting middle age is that you hit that point in the matrix where the number of physical tests that are recommended for your "age group" goes up.
So now I'm supposed to periodically have:

• the yearly poke and feel
• a year physical
• my boobs smoooshed
• a stress test
• a camera up my ass
• a bone scan

I'm sure there are more, but I don't want my insurance company to drop me.

So, yesterday I had the bone scan. You lay on this x-ray like table and a big metal arm thing x-rays you from right below the breast to the top of the thigh.
This test checks for bone loss in menopausal years.

GOOD NEWS! Doc says I have very minimal bone change in one area (he didn't say where) no biggie. He also said my spine was better than perfect. I don't know how anything can be better than perfect...but I'll take his assessment. He said at this rate, I should never break a bone in this lifetime. Which is a good thing considering my husband is already badly arthritic stricken.
Just means I'll be able to help his old cobbled ass when he falls and breaks a hip and his life alert doesn't kick in.

The most rediculous thing heard on New Years Eve...

This may just win, hands down for the stupidist thing heard in the year 2008....

This gal and her bf were very drunk. I asked "so who's drivin home?" She's says "he is". I'm like "uhhh....he's really trashed". She says.......

"Oh don't worry, he's a really good drunk driver."

Bin Laden ...where are you?

I think the same people hired to look for Bin Laden, are the same people looking for this dude. WTF?

Who did it?

12% of Pakistani's believe that the U.S was behind Bhutto's killing. I wouldn't put it past them.

http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/menu-234/0801138110194615.htm

I love a survey to see how many American's believe the same thing.
Bush is afterall the anti-christ....

Arthur Itis?

Right after the New Year my left hand started hurting really bad. Just my thumb and first 2 fingers. I kept running my brain through the events of New Years Eve...did I hit my hand on something? Did I punch someone? I kid...I've never punched anyone in my life that wasn't a sibling and I honestly was not THAT drunk New Years Eve.
The pain didn't go away. I developed a little lump of sorts between my first 2 knuckles what appeared to be a swollen muscle or tendon. I couldn't figure it out. I was thinking that maybe I was developing arthritis. But why just there and why all of a sudden? Like over night.
Then my brilliance appeared.....
My diagnosis? Nintendo DS bad for old people.
I bought myself a Nintendo DS months ago. I bought it for the Brain Age and Flash Focus games (right).
My son and hubby got me the new Zelda game for Christmas after my brother and sister in law told them of my addiction to the original Zelda game on the first Nintendo (late 1990's?).
I had realized that if I wasn't eating, sleeping, working or doing school work, I was playing Zelda. Good god. It has become my crack.

Avon Calling!

I've decided that I can't pluck the gray/white hairs out of my eyebrows anymore.
I have so many now, that if I continue this ritual, I will look like the Avon lady that used to come to our house that used to shave off her eyebrows and draw them back on.
She smelled too....I still hate the smell of Avon's colognes.
Gawd it's fun getting old.

When Worlds Collide

I swear this man is hell bent on turning the world on it's ear before he leaves office.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/13/bush.mideast.ap/index.html

How Stoopid Can You Be?

I am an Information Security Professional. What does that mean?
Well, part of it means that while others read the daily newspaper, I digest articles, white papers, blogs, underground websites, et al. just to attempt to keep on top of a game that changes by the minute....literally.
Anyhow, it's always fun to come across blatant stupidity such as this:
Top Gear Host Loses Money after His Bank Account Got Published in The Sunday Times

Look at me! I'm F'n Einstein!!!

I knew there was a reason for all these years of misery!

Ok, I'm allowed to poke fun because above my waist has ALWAYS been at "least" 3 sizes smaller than my hips and that is at my lowest weight.

Highlights of NYE

Wore my Steve and Barry's "Baked Potato" t-shirt, which proved to be quite appropriate by the end of the evening.
Drank shooters of cherry vodka and pomegranete (sp?) Rockstar. Very nummy.
My best buddy and I attempted to cut a turkey ... buzzed. So that was interesting. And no...no one ended up at the e.r.
Met a woman that I went to middle school with. Small world...
Drank alot of Jack and Diet Coke.
Discovered thee most wonderful dessert on earth. Cheesecake like thing flavored with Captain Morgan's. I didn't find the recipe online or I would have linked to it. If I find it, I will fix. Or I'll post the recipe if I get hold of it.
Watched a bunch of middle aged men almost fall over when this very pretty 20 something tried to fix the zipper on her stilletto boots.
Smoked alot of cigarettes.
While out smoking, watched fat naked chick run out on porch across the street to yell at some guy. Fast forward to next cigarette...........2 cop cars at fat naked chicks house.
All in all it was an enjoyable, uneventful nite. Everyone had a good time and no body died.

New Years Resolution

I stopped making New Years Resolutions years ago, because I never finish anything.
So I'm going to strive for 2 things in 2008. MOVE, as in physically move my fat ass, no matter "how" I have to move it. Walking, cleaning, dancing, etc... and drink water.
Short and sweet.
Yes, I have plans to quit smoking on Valentines Day. We'll see how that goes. lol

My FAVORITE Xmas pic!

1st Christmas 1994

Almost 14 now...I suppose any picture of my little guy (almost 6 ft now) smiling is my favorite!

Only it's video games and not stuffed animules now.
He's still a VERY good person! =)

Good God...he still believes in Santa... I don't know whether to burst that bubble or not...

Inside the tree

A Happy Man

All Hail "The Fruitcake Lady"!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/348485/fruitcake_lady/

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Fruitcake Lady!

Mood = Sleepy

We have 4 dogs...yes 4, FOUR!
Don't ever do dog rescue, because you will inevitably end up with more
than the 1 you started with.
For 3 nites now they have been up and down like a pregnant woman. I
keep threatening the blue juice, to no avail.
At work they are giving us a 1/2 day paid as a Christmas present.
So, I'm hoping my boss will ok this afternoon as mine. I'm hoping to
pick up "the beast", see guitar porn below.
Decisions, decisions....a nap or a few nice stiff Chardonnay's and
working on the Mother's digital picture frames for Christmas....

Christmas Stoooopidity

We always get our son most of what he asks for for Christmas. He is never greedy and there are usually only about 5 to 7 things on his list.
But we always get him at least "one" thing that we think he will like that he never thought to ask for. One year it was a leap frog globe which he played with for hours and hours. Usually whatever we get him he ends up playing with more than the other stuff. So we done good.
So this year he is almost 14 and we decided to get him a Metal Detector.
I do ALL my shopping online. My list starts on Amazon about a month before and then the first payday of the month "click". Within days, Christmas goodies trickle onto my porch from Mr. UPS, FEDEX, etc....
Hubby sends me a text, idiot people sent the metal detector in the original box.
Yep! Sure nuff, on the side of the box BIG picture of a metal detector with BIG letters "METAL DETECTOR! METAL DETECTOR!" Gee, ya think it's a metal detector?
My son thought it was for my brother. I shoulda played along, but I didn't. BUT I did tell him that with all the parties my brother has had over the years, he could probably find alot of beer caps, I mean money in the field next to the house.