Thankful For Tree Frogs

♥Bud decided I had spent too much time on the computer. He jumped up on my lap, and laid across my laptop. Then he stuck his whiskers up my nose and licked my neck (tickling me.) That boy is always good for a smile!
♥After taking the pups out to potty, I noticed a frog on our back door. A Cool tree frog decided to stick to our door.
♥We have a new lawn mower. Its electric, with push button start. It doesn't last quite long enough to do the whole yard, but I can start it myself. (I have trouble with the pull cord mowers.)
♥The boot is gone! Raspi's doc said to slowly start walking more without it. Hooray!
♥Imagine if Cher were from England and had a blog.... I love her funky sense of style. (She reminds me of my Junior High art teacher)
♥Someone flower bombed an intersection in town. I saw it while driving today. Fun!
♥I found 2 dresses and 3 skirts, a yoga book, and a french tin for $42! (At a thrift store.)
♥Home-made salsa, so good!

No Gum Allowed!!!

Yesterday was not a good day. The dogs had been a bit naughty in the morning…and I put them both in a time-out. 

Apparently someone was mad at me for the time out. They managed to get to my lunch bag, root around in it and find a pack of gum. Sugar-free gum mind you.

Information about sugar free gum, and its toxicity to dogs.

Xylitol poisoning symptoms

[Our dogs are around 30lbs, and there were about 3-6 pieces of gum in the pack.]

I call out vet and was told to induce vomiting.

I will spare you the details, but it was not pretty. Cici was the culprit, so poor Bud had to vomit for no reason. I had to treat both, as I didn’t know who ate the gum.

I have to keep any eye on her for the next two day, just to make sure it didn’t sit in her belly too long. (I believe that I found out about 5 min. after it happened. )

So I ask all pet parents out there to be careful. I hope you never have to go through this!

If it happens to you call you vet immediately!

Take It AWAY Toonsday

This is how I feel about singing cards too!

 

 

Mosaic Monday

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Art:
♦Amazing mosaics made of cast resin, and candy
♦Unbelievable drawing made with ball point pens!

Awesome:
♦Gorgeous flower cakes!
♦When Geeks Wed (A wedding idea site for the geeky-minded.)
♦Vintage cooking tips
♦Awesome, but wierd jewelry
♦Cool hair ideas

DIY:
♦Make a dyed fabric necklace
♦Beautiful flowers made from fabric scraps

Freebies:
♦Gift cards, hand bags, glasses, jewelry and a photography coarse.
♦Cross-stich contest
♦Win a cannon camera!

LOL:
♦Dog Shaming (This one is my favorite...Bud does this ALL THE TIME!)
♦Ideas for orphaned socks. (The lonley single ones)

Dancing duck

Noms:
♦Make your own fudgesicles!
♦Espresso Cream Puffs with Caramel
♦Kool-Aid Truffles
♦Rhubarb strudel

Thursday, And Forgetful!

I forgot to post this blog entry...sorry!

♥We discovered a cool local spice shop. Fresh ground spices, blends and tons of teas.
♥Raspi's Mum (Lynn) was cleaing out her closet and gave me a bunch of shoes and some clothes.
♥We had a nice cook-out with Lynn and Todd. (Bacon blue chese burgers.)
♥Roasted red peppers are a yummy additon to a lot of foods.
♥The dress code at work allows for long skirts or dresses. Yay!
♥The lavender outside our house is blooming.
♥I just started to read The Lost Symbol. (I like it so far.)
♥Cute puppy noses make me smile.

Musical Mash-up

Jimmy Fallon as Jim Morrison singing Reading Rainbow

Fallon as Neil Young singing The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

Their are more, but these were my favorite.

Thank you so much Heather for telling me about these!

Super Dog Tuesday

This dog is amazing!

leMon Monday

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ART:
♦Awesome shadows

Awesome:
♦Finally, an award that fits me!
♦Random Crap trinket box

DIY:
♦Make your own facial cleansing pads
♦Cool home-made gift boxes
♦Make a chandelier from a tomato cage

Noms:
♦Delicious lemon bars with shortbread crust
♦Roasted provolone
♦Tomato butter (Sounds interesting) [Link is fixed!]
♦Old-Fashioned Blueberry Coffee Cake

WTF:
♦Ridiculously expensive beauty products
♦F-bomb is now in the dictionary
♦Super realistic python cake
♦Worst shower curtain ever

Tikka Masala Thursday

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♥I made Tikka Masala, and it turned out pretty good! (I didn't have serrano peppers or fresh ginger...so it was tasty, but mild.)
♥Target sells naan, and garam masala. (Really helped me complete the meal!)
♥Touching Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh was great,  so I picked up another one of his books.
♥I made more flower clips. (Or as my friend Pat calls them "doodley-do's")
♥This cute video made me smile!
♥I actually cleaned our whole house! (I loath cleaning)
♥Finally donated a bunch of clothes I don't wear, and at least 8 pairs of shoes.
♥While at the thrift store, I found a gorgeous dress from Coldwater Creek for just $9!
♥Raspi's dad fixed a desk from Gramma Honey for me. (Thanks a bunch G!)
♥The cooler weather is really nice. Much easier to sleep. (Especially with warm cuddly dogs!)

Surprise Tuesday

Where can I get a drawer full of kittens?

Melt-a-way Monday

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This is uplifting and positive! (Just ignore the ad part at the very end.)

Awesome:
♦Fantstic quote from Fred Rogers
♦Donate used Ipods, make people feel young again!

DIY:
♦Easy to make laundry soap

LOL:
♦Wedding cake disaster!
♦Contest to make an even worse cake!

Noms:
♦Key Lime Melt-away Cookies
♦Tortilla soup
♦Charred pepper steak sauce
♦How to cook steak in your cooler?

Self care:
♦Sometimes you need to let it be (I can identify with this. I don't have hearing loss, but I do have auditory processing disorder.)
♦Let It Be ~ The Beatles
♦Advice on fashion, with a dose of kindness.

Thankful For Tomatoes

More dogs in sunglasses!

♥Raspi and I got to see most of his family.We all met up after the funeral at grandma's house. It was wonderful to have her house filled with love one more time.
♥I found a live stream of corgi pups!
♥I discovered that Bud has freckles.
♥I shot a rifel for the first time. It was fun, and I didn't get any shell burns. : )
♥Raspi got a second opinion on his foot. They gave him a boot, and some stronger anti-inflammatory meds.
♥Beautiful and tasty ripe tomatoes from my garden↓

I love the star-burst of yellow on the bottom.

(Please ignore my dirty hands, I was weeding.)

Tah-may-toe, Tah-mah-Toe!

Tiger Toons-day

No big deal, just a tiger and dog playing...

Just Monday

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Activism:

♦How to Be a Fat Activst (of any-size) Or how to kind and stop judging by body size.

Art:

♦Beautiful street art 

♦Whimsical wrapping paper
♦Cool photos from the Holi festival (Info about Holi)

Beauty:
♦27 ways to use coconut oil

DIY:
♦Cool idea: framed scarves
♦Color flowers

Fashion:
♦Jeans shopping sucks! It is annoying and depressing. (The comments are great too)

Lol:
♦Bloggess VS. Lady Gaga
♦Sea mammal home invasion
♦Corgis for the win!
♦The Olympic Security team this year is deadly serious!

Miscellany:
♦Famous cursed gemstones
♦Best Google Doodle Ever!
♦Corgi cam! (live video stream of corgi pups!)

Noms:
♦Zucchini Bread Pancakes
♦Peanut butter stuffed brownies
♦Peppermint ice cream pie
♦Pulled Pork Stuffed Sweet potatoes (This looks amazing!)
♦Fun breakfast idea

Positivity:
♦Animals are capable of love and have souls
♦Stop second guessing yourself
♦32 lessons on positive body image
♦Nature give you an inspiring message, you can only grow if you are supported, and sheltered.

WTF:
♦"This cake tastes like carboard"

Thankful For Family

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♥Rasputin and I just celebrated our 6/8 year anniversary! (Married 6, together 8)
♥Raspi and I celebrated by going to Como Zoo.
♥Later we ate at San Pedro Cafe. I had a blackened salmon, and chocolate toffee cake. Raspi had jerk chicken and real key lime pie! Yum!
♥On the drive back from San Pedro's we listened to Incredibad. We laughed so hard!
♥Speaking of driving: I did the driving! Normally I freak out at the idea of driving in metro areas. With Raspi's navigation I did just fine.
♥Raspi's dad send us a very nice anniversary card. Thanks G.&N.!

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♥Raspi's foot is doing much better.
♥Cici doesn't need to have an x-ray! She has been limping but the meds they gave her are working.
♥My tomatoes are almost ripe.
♥Our friend Corey's cat jumped into their baby swing. So he turned it on. Best part = he made a video!

Sorry for the delay on this post.

 Rasputin’s gramma J. just passed away yesterday. There may be a delay in posts for a while, as we need to be with family.