| RIP Bamboo |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|10:58 am] |
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I took home a Neonate foster puppy about 3 weeks ago. His name became Bamboo shortly after, as he looked like a little Panda Bear. Poor bugger had a hard life - mom died giving birth to him, so I was his "mom". Bottle fed him, tube fed him when we was so young and tired that he didn't have coordination, helped him learn how to walk. You name it, I did it.
He died this morning at 3 weeks old. Poor baby had a blood clot after his traumatic birth that we didn't know about. He died in my arms on the way to work. Even though he only lived 3 weeks he was loved by so many people!
You will be missed, little man!
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| I officially have a full house! |
[Jan. 3rd, 2009|07:13 pm] |
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I made it official - I adopted my Tripod cat. his new name is "Frank ' N Beans" and I am going to call him Beans for short! I love him so much! He is fitting in well with the other animals - it didn't take long for him to work out his recent amputation! He loves to head-butt the dogs and is snoozing on my desk as I type this. My old lady cat (Princess Lexington) is mostly tolerating him - a HUGE feat for her.
I knew I should have stopped fostering...lol. Foster failure number 3 in last year and a half!!!
Welcome to the zoo family, good man! |
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| Happy *almost* New Year! |
[Dec. 31st, 2008|04:56 pm] |
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MAN has this past week been long! After being without power for 3 days - YES....3 days - we are finally back to normal, again. It is hard to do anything for Christmas past 3:30, since it gets dark here by then. We BBQ'd our dinner for Christmas - not the traditional homemade Raviolli's. I was quite disappointed with that fact, but of course, all of the family understood. It got to the point that we had to move our Freezer and Fridge food to OUTSIDE. No joke. Milk was on the back porch, covered in snow. It stayed cold, indeed.
My mom is within walking distance, as is my brother - so we had a nice Christmas just he 4 of us. It was lovely. I am officially an adult - I was OVERLY excited about my carpet shampooer that I got as a gift from my mom. I mean - how freaking practical! I can at least make our new house look even better!!!!
Anyways, I am off to shower and get ready for a New Year's Party. I told Troy I wouldn't kiss him until midnight -at all today. He called me a liar- so far, so good! =)
Happy New Year, everyone! Be safe tonight! |
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| It's Winter here, for sure! |
[Dec. 18th, 2008|02:51 pm] |
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So, to me, this weather is like home. But, everyone here PANICS about the snow. I cannot believe that for less than an inch of snow and a bit of ice, all of the schools in this area canceled! CANCELED. Dumb. The biggest thing that I have noticed this cold winter, is that it is very wet snow - and they don't have snow plows here. Nobody shovels their driveway, either! A whole new outlook to Winter, I suppose.
Alas, here are some pictures of the snow - it sure is pretty!
( Winter Wonderland! ) |
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| Foster to Adopt... |
[Dec. 9th, 2008|01:08 am] |
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I have a new foster addition to the perfect little family of mine. He is still not named....
Red Tabby - Domestic Long Hair. Had his front right leg amputated due to severe abuse and neglect.
I will post a picture later....but I need help with a name.
Is "Franken-Cat" to mean?! |
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| Gas |
[Nov. 21st, 2008|11:28 pm] |
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I about crapped my pants! I found gas for $1.87! HOT SHIT! |
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| Can I just say..................... |
[Nov. 11th, 2008|12:00 pm] |
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for the first time in MANY years; I have Thanksgiving AND Christmas off!!!!!!!
Nothing like being married and having the first *real* holiday's to spend with my new family! |
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| Makin' me some money! |
[Nov. 6th, 2008|08:04 pm] |
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After my meeting with the Athletic Director - I find out that my program needs to make $2500 by Jan 1st! SHIT! We are such a small non-profit that we are having a hard time keeping our heads above water.
We have some fundraising in the works, but we need something fast and easy.
Anyone know of ideas?!?!?! |
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| Obama - or - Bust |
[Nov. 4th, 2008|11:56 pm] |
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Let me be 100% honest. I haven't logged onto Livejournal since I have been married. To say I didn't miss it would be a lie. I feel like a part of me is wrapped up in this on-line life. It feels almost too real...yet at the same time....really fake.
Survived Halloween. Had a TON of Trick-Or-Treaters. Troy and I were dressed up and had a wonderful time spending time together. His schedule keeps him so busy. I miss my husband! To top off hsi working, he has also decided to take a few "refresher" courses.
Finished another season of dance. Although we weren't as successful as this past year...I cannot complain. We made it into the final round in our Circuit. That means that we will be attending State and Regionals this coming winter! Who knows where we will end up.
And. OBAMA. I am fucking STOKED. Let me tell you that I am not able to vote yet, here. But I have followed US politics for quite some time. I am so proud to be able to be a part of history. This is something that nobody ever really expected to happen - and here we are. Living it.
I have decided that this is the year that I will get my citizenship. That's my goal. |
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[Aug. 13th, 2008|03:53 pm] |
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Laser Eye Surgery is tomorrow. I cannot help but be a bit nervous. Wish me luck! |
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| Day 3 of 28... |
[Jul. 11th, 2008|10:03 pm] |
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My countdown until my eye appointment for laser surgery! I am so stoked. And a bit nervous! Has anyone on my friends list ever had Laser Eye Surgery? Or know someone who has?!
So, I wanted to bitch about work today....I think it is pretty shitty when you cannot even go to work, complete a hectic day, leave the building and your desk how you are supposed to...then come to work the next day to know that someone has been STOLEN off your desk.
There is a cleaning crew that we hire (and pay GOOD money) at work. Now, I get that not everyone has a desire to be on a janitorial staff...but stealing is just plain LOW. Long story turned semi-short:
We are supposed to leave our work phones plugged in at our desks unless we are on-call. This way, nobody can use the excuse of forgetting their phones, or losing a charger, etc. This morning, a coworker of mine has discovered that her phone is GONE. I know she plugged it in because hers makes a weird beeeeeep noise (rather than my sing-songish tone). I, mind you, had a NEW calandar on my desk UNOPENED that was also STOLEN.
So, we look up the calls that were made - ironically from 9:18pm until 3:02am last night. Started calling some of the numbers on the phone log that is kept online. Get a hold of someone who starts to freak out that she doesn't want to be in trouble and she wants to give any kind of information that she can.
Found out the guys name who called her - called the cleaning company - filled out a police report. Guy is fired. We come to find out that this guy was on PAROLE for rape and burglary.
What the hell is this world coming to? Why the hell would someone NOT do a simple background check?!?!?!?! To think that any of us could have been at serious risk of something terrible happening. Just makes me sick. What the hell is this world coming to?! |
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| Sometimes you just feel like writing... |
[Jul. 10th, 2008|11:13 pm] |
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I totally lack any and all motivation right now. It's GONE. I made this huge push when I moved in, got organized, started to get settled. Now, I haven't hardly done a damn thing! It seems like I can never get enough sleep. I don't work until noon most of my days - so after the dogs wake me up at about 8 am...I head back to bed.
In those 2.5 hours in the morning, I could get a TON done. I mean, yard work, painting (or at least taping off a room), vaccuuming, dishes, laundry. NOPE. I just climb back into bed.
Today I didn't feel as guilty, I must say. Troy was home, so curling up back in bed with him was so nice. I was SO TIRED that he just craddled me and kissed my forehead when I climbed back into bed. I feel like such a damn slacker. I don't deserve such an amazing man!
I woke up to the AMAZING smell of fresh coffee! Yes, coffee at 11 in the morning is STILL just as tasty! Especially made exactly to my liking! (I am a lucky woman - have I mentioned this yet?!)
Anyways...I am going to make more of an attempt to write, since I have some many times I just need to purge about *something*. |
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| 4 weeks....contact free! |
[Jul. 9th, 2008|11:52 pm] |
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Laser eye surgery is in 4 weeks! I have to not wear them for 4 weeks, than a pre-op appointment....than it's time to be contact/glasses free!
Just in time for the wedding and honeymoon!
PERFECT. |
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| HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!! |
[Jul. 2nd, 2008|12:45 am] |
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Sometimes life is too busy for anything.
I have been so busy with all of the house shit. Painting, priming, yard work. I am stoked that things are finally rockin' and rollin'! I just wish I would have had a BRAND new house so that someone else would have painted the walls in the colors we wanted....not Troy and I having to make time on top of our normal working hours.
Speaking of work. My days off changed. I'm not gonna lie. I am kind of pissed about it. I wanted to be able to finally sit into a routine, but it seems like they don't want that for me! So rather than having Monday/Tuesday, I now have Tuesday/Wednesday. It doesn't seem like a big deal - but it is! REALLY.
That is it for now. I have to get to bed as I have painting that I am going to knock out tomorrow on my day off! YEAH!
Happy Canada Day (48 minutes late)! |
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| A crazy move, indeed! |
[Jun. 6th, 2008|08:02 am] |
Man, oh man! Life has been crazy these past few days! I feel like I am drowing in all of my own boxes of stuff.
I finally have the downstairs almost done. It actually loks presentable now! I have about 10 boxes out in the garage still that I need to go through and put away. I figured that I would wait to move them inside until I am totally done with everything else. I hate being *half* moved in. It's hard because the house is totally live-in ready and to an outsider would look like we were messy people. (Maybe with some lazy thrown in)
Plus, being such a perfectionist - yah - drives me nuts! I want each room to be FINISHED before I move on to the next, but that just isn't going to happen. I have pictures to hang, but don't want to put them up until I am totally done with moving everything in.
I am still looking for a Futon for the computer room and then a spare bed for the guest room. Troy says that should be his "gaming room". I laughed considering he doesn't own a single gaming unit. HAHA. Silly boy.
And. I'm getting married. I think that everything might be final now!!! When all of the details are final...I will post picutres....dress, invites, the reception location and the ceremony spot!
OH MAN. |
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| Stupid Banks... |
[Jun. 4th, 2008|08:36 am] |
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Man. What a way to start your morning! Once a week I verify my checkbook amount with my online bank statement. Sounds responsible, right?
This morning, my checking was NEGATIVE 12 dollars. My problem lies within the fact that I had done my checkbook the night before and everything had been accounted for. I should have had $1200 dollars in there. My first reaction is panic...someone MUST have stolen checks or my card number.
So I call the bank right away and they tell me there is a hold on the account for a $1200 check that was written about 2 weeks ago. Problem is....that check already cleared my account.
Come to find out the bank put double holds onto the check on accident and caused me to overdraft my account. Thankfully, they cleared the hold and are reimbursing the NSF fee. Now if I can only convince my home owners insurance that my check bounced due to the bank fault............. |
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| Finally in! |
[Jun. 2nd, 2008|10:52 pm] |
MAN. The move has taken forever!
Internet is finally up and working - as is the cable!
Be online more! Hurray! |
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| Boxes, Tape, and Paper...oh my! |
[Apr. 26th, 2008|12:15 am] |
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Life is beautiful right now! Things are just going so swimmingly that I cannot complain!
I have been a bit over-zealous and have slowly started packing up the apartment. I feel like I have nothing packed, but at the same time, it seems like the place is getting so empty! Troy has been super supportive of my moodiness lately. I think I can account that to the stress of the new house and the move. It sucks that I have so much cram packed into this short month!
I have one week from now until when I leave for Boise for a business trip. Of that week....2 days off for packing and cleaning. I am gone for 4 days. The next week is dance auditions, so I will be busy with that for my days off as well as some of my work week. Then, the end of the next week we close on the house! It seems SO freaking soon (especially with it being such a short paragrapgh written out)...yet, I am sure that it will drag on! The end is near for this crappy place!!!
The dogs have been great with all of the sudden changes. I can only imagine what they think is going on. "Mom and Dad are packing up and leaving....am I going to be back at that shelter again?!" It kind of breaks my heart to think that my lovely girls were so miserable before I rescued them. I love them. Seriouslly. I would leave Troy if he told me that I couldn't have them anymore. Gone. Out the door.
I should probably get to packing some more. I have a few boxes ready, I just don't know what to pack as I don't want to pack away something I am going to need within the nex month. Hmmmm...maybe sorting out the dishes will be the goal for tonight..... |
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| Internet's been on the fritz... |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|06:13 pm] |
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I haven't been able to get here to say HELLLL YEAH!
Made an offer on a house....counter offer ensues....repeat for 3 days.
Offer accepted!
Inspection today!
All looks good!
Closing is May 22!!!!!!
HELL YES. |
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| Drawing a blank here... |
[Apr. 16th, 2008|08:25 pm] |
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I have been gone for far too long from LJ. We steal internet from someone else here and all of a sudden, it hadn't been working. It sucks when I actually *miss* blogging. Heh.
Somedays I feel like I would have so much to say and then BLAM. No internet. DAMNIT.
Othertimes I have nothing to say but STILL wanted to get here to update/read. I promise to catch up tonight.
-Work is going great. My promotion has already sent me on a few trips, so that has been fun to get to know and see other people/shelters. I really do love my job and what I do!
-I finally got my car fixed! YEAH! It was weird to drive a rental car...first one ever!
-House sitting (which seems like forever ago) went great! We took the girls over there and they had a blast too! Charlie (their Golden) and the girls have met several times, so it was good for them to all have a week and a half long play date. Money wasn't bad either! =P
-Dance season ended....we did FABULOUS! Came home with silver medals. Nothing to be ashamed of!
Not much else to say right now...I had more I wanted to write on, but I guess when I think of it, I will post again!
Tata for now! |
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