48 posts tagged “dogs”

Sorry, Cecil. You could be famous too if you weren't in freak mode!

with your pictures...

Update - well of course the embeded version is cut off...this is VOX we're talking about...So here's a screen grab. Not the best...but gives you an idea of what the site can do...

Show us how you keep yourself entertained.

I'm having deja 'view'...coulda sworn I've answered this before?

Feeling lazy so here's the iStock stocked portion on the answer:

and the rest of my time? and HA to VOX! I remembered to change the default comment setting back to allowing comments. FIX IT!

Yay for the Lucy! aka Lucy Loo aka Lulu aka Ham Hock aka Seepy Girl (as in Sleepy...she's not leaking or anything)

For the few that haven't been bored with her story already...

I had had no real plans of getting a new addition to the family. Abbie was barely 2 years old and I had 2 cats...quite enough, you'd think.  However...a good friend had recently decided to adopt after losing their beloved and asked me to go to the local shelter with them. I should have known better. As soon as I said yes, I knew I probably couldn't leave if somebody tugged at me heart. (not hard to do in a sad sad place like a shelter)  And she did.
 

I remember walking by her corner cage and seeing this sad, frightened...miserable little dog. So underweight you'd think her back end was part whippet...literally starved for affection. She was a bit stand-offish...but more out of fear and miserableness than anything else...plus, I think she probably felt like crap. We went into a little outside court yard and it didn't take long for her to warm up. I knew the big test would be going home to Abbie and the cats but luckily the Shelter has a kitty that is unfazed by any dog so we did a test meet and Lucy passed with flying colors.  She was just too sweet to hate or be hated. ('course Geraldine, my oldest kitty would argue this point).  We came home and I put Abbie out in the back yard then went to get Lucy. Sisters at first sight!  Tails waggin', Lucy rearing on her hind legs to paw at Abbie's face and then they were off....zooming 'round the yard and have been best friends since that day. Cecil the other kitty loves her, too....Geraldine has not change her mind since the first day (pure jealousy I'm ashamed to say).Training this child wasn't easy....had a thing for couch cushions, mattress and Styrofoam but she eventually got with the program. 

Four years on and she's still the sweetest thing (and reminds me of my Joli in that you can look in her eyes and see that she's all yours and vice versa) Mrs. Lucy is happy to see you even if you've only been gone 10 minutes....will give kisses till you wrinkle and will play fetch till your arm falls off. She has a few problems with her back (which I think is due to being so underweight as a pup) and you can't miss a monthly Heartworm pill or you'll be sure to see some other kind of parasite in her um....'do'ings....but I wouldn't trade her for the world. 

Which breed of dog is your favorite? Post a picture of it. 
Submitted by Melissa.

Uh...Heinz 57!  (currently with a dash of husky, collie, pit, whatever else Lucy may be and lovey schulby puppy love)

Wow...this is sorta like sleeping in for me...8am!!? (added: b/w dog stares and laundry it took me 50 freakin' minutes for this post...you'd better read the whole thing. There will be a test!)

And who needs drugs when you have a brain like mine. More whacked out dreams last night. Had something to do with a basketball tournament and all the animals people brought with them. (Some I'm quite sure don't exist....but boy if they did!)  A couple of coworkers thrown in for extra nightmare points and I'm actually surprised to have slept so 'late'...

Ugh...the laundry has started. I can't wait to win Powerball so that I can choose to just throw away dirty clothes if I want...or ya know....pay somebody.. Speaking of Powerball....really weird...all week I've thought my Powerball was '41'...I look at the slip of paper once and then not again till I check the numbers. So I check this morning....my Powerball is '27'...Winning Powerball? '41'.  Now I just have to figure out a way to realize that the PB I have is not the one I think I have and go out and buy one with that number, right?

Yesterday was such an awesome NC weather day! Had to be upper 60s and we're expecting some mid 70s through the week. So stoked! Can't wait to take the top of the Jeep.  I had ventured to PetCo and got out of there spending only $60....Dog food, two bones for the dogs, treats for the kitties and two Xmas pom pom looking chew/pull toys (buy one get one free!)....oh and some Salmon (I think) oil (omega 3 fatty acid thingies) for the dog's food. Abbie's coat doesn't seem to be as full as usual and this is the latest in the year that she's been itchy...so I'm *finger crossed* that it helps her coat and skin. It'd better....freakin' bottle was $20. I'm hoping its a combo of the dry dry weather we've been having adding in with the fact that I switched them both to Science Diet "light" at some point this year...and figure it might not have the fatty thingies needed? Anyway...they love having anything added to their food so they're stoked. Today will be the real test as Saturdays are the animals "wet/dry combo food days" The puppehs gets Beneful wet mixed in and the kitties get Meow Mix wet mixed in. Abbie literally starts yelping/barking from outside to get in as soon as I head upstairs to feed the kitties. She only does this on Saturdays.

I ate pretty well considering I ate at home all day....heh.  For lunch I made a BLT that rocked!  It was nice to sit outside and eat again. I miss this summertime ritual. (and that's when I took the puppy pictures posted above. I tried to get kitty pictures but I didn't make an appointment and they don't like surprises and hadn't done their hair. Drama Queens!) Din din brought Raspberry Chipolte chicken grilled, broc, mashed potatoes and salad w/ asiago(?) bread. Yum! I'm also gonna try my hand at homemade chicken salad today. We'll see!

Last night I spent way too much time building different configurations for a new laptop....and then a desktop (one of those new Dell XPS Ones...kinda like the iMac)...I almost hit the 'order' button a few times but sanity won and I'm holding off till taxes/bonus.......I hope. But I did buy my niece her Xmas present - High School Musical: Sing It (w/microphone) for the PS2. I know what I'll be doing Xmas Eve. Ugh. At least I didn't have to go to Best Buy or ToysRUs to get it, though...and that's more dosh (<---Eastenders influence, right there!) in my pocket for the moment....good thing!

I also finally watched "You're Gonna Miss Me" the documentary about The 13th Floor Elevator singer and his life. Busted for pot...he spent years in psych wards and then with his mother (who I think is just as crazy)I do wonder how much of his sickness was caused by drugs, heredity or the shock treatments....but man WHAT A VOICE!  Great movie that ends positively....and did a bit more research after it was over and was happy to find Roky in an even better place today than he was just a few years ago (Back touring....off meds...got a driver's license) I caught it on Netflix's "Watch Now" ....Hmmm....coulda sworn I had already shared this tune because I know I've mentioned the movie before...I swear the VOX tagging is flakey. Oh well....here's the title track from the flick.

Enjoy your Sunday...not sure what I'm getting into today....but it'll be something that doesn't require a lot of thought or energy. Hmm...this post turned out to be more of a "what I did Saturday" and not all that much about Sunday....Misleading headlines, I tell ya!

Holy hell....check out these dogs! ----------------------------------->
Somebody saw pics of my Abbie and Lucy over at Flickr and commented how much ours look alike...
FREAKY!!

Well...alright then...

Good time...even though the saw mill turned out to be the site where the saw mill once stood....whatever!

Abbie and Lucy LOVED it!  So many new smells and they love the water. Abbie was killing me...she likes to lay down but she kept going too deep plus the bottom was slanted...so she'd never stay still. Up...down...Up...down...

Its beautiful out there....if you've never been....you should. Its right by RDU...Aviation Prky ext off 40..
When I'm not feeling so lazy I'll up a few more...