Happy 17th New Year's Eve to my BFF!

Wow!  How time flies.  I can't believe this is the 17th New Years Eve I am spending with my best friend!  How did I ever get to be so lucky?

23 Truths of Adultood

1. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How on earth are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind-of tired.

10.   Bad decisions make good stories.

11.  You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12.  Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

Happy Halloween

Monster Mash

16 years ago today...

16 years ago today, a handsome young man took the shirt off his back to give to a beautiful, wet, cold young lady.

They never looked back…

A Gentle Giant

Chuckle for the Day - My Bedtime

Chuckle for the day - Gecko

Chuckle for the Day - Bed Cartography

10 Reasons why my Hubby is the best - Happy Birthday Honey!

He cooks and cleans

He washes and folds

He insists on carrying all the groceries

He drives home from work because he knows I hate traffic (we carpool)

When I'm sick, he cleans up my snotty tissues

He makes me laugh and isn't afraid to be silly

He is gentle, kind, and protective

He's an excellent snuggler

After 16 years he still holds my hand whenever we are out and about 

Most importantly, he never lets a day go by without telling me he Loves Me!

Chuckle for the Day - Facebook in 20 Years

Let's talk fleas...

This year I opted not to use the usual on the neck flea prevention aids unless I actually saw fleas.  I did treat the yard as I usually do.  We have a lot of Ivy ground cover and cool shade so I don't think I could get away with not treating the yard at least once.

Every night at bedtime my Poms (and a Min-pin) get a Brewers Yeast w/Garlic tablet (1,000 tablets are $11 for cats and dogs).  I've been using it for almost 2 years and they think it's a treat. In addition to containing some beneficial nutrients, it is said to repel fleas because they do not like the scent.

I also use cornstarch and Lavender powder between baths.  The cornstarch, in addition to deodorizing and being soothing to the skin, is also thought to suffocate any fleas that come in contact with it.  Lavender is another aroma fleas (and other flying insects) don't like and also makes the Poms smell fresh.

We also take in rescues and after an initial bath with a flea soap, I have used the same methods on them.

So far this year we have not seen any fleas on our dogs, the rescues or in the house.

What do you do to control fleas on your pets?

If My Body Were a Car

If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull, but that's not the worst of it.

My fenders are too wide to be considered stylish. They were once as sleek as a little MG; now they look more like an old Buick.

Posted by request - Vulcan Song Interpretation

Candy Crush Addicts Movie Trailer (Includes Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, Farmville,) LMAO!!

I just had to post this. It cracked me up so much my eyes were watering!

HelloFresh? Hello Tummy!! Discovering Cooking with My Hubby! (A review and discount coupon)

My husband and I are not the Chef’s in our family.  That title goes to my brother who has appeared on the Food Network with Guy Frieri and inherited all of the cooking skills.   Everything we prepared was quite basic and many times consisted of more the “heat & serve” variety than true, from scratch cooking.

This past year we have been making an effort to cook more and in general be healthier.  We planted a salad and herb garden, but didn’t really know what to do with all the herbs.  We are not the most creative or skilled in the kitchen so we end up in a rut and soon tire of trying.

Enter HelloFresh! (Use code N4UXCY for $20 off)

ADOPTED!!! Cherry has gone to her new home in Alexandria!

Yoda ears I have

For more pictures and contact information, scroll to bottom of post.

From her owner:

"She is an excellent jumper, and is small enough to fit through the links in a chain link fence.   She loves to walk on a leash w/ a harness.   She loves car rides and shopping in the store.   She will potty outside and also uses a potty pad.   She likes to be held A LOT!   She doesn't like being closed up in a crate and will cry (even in an Iris Pen).   Her cry sounds like a squeaky toy.   That is why I'm hoping to find someone who wants a pet who is home most of the time.   She gets along fine w/ other poms, but she mostly wants her human friends.   She likes to sleep in the bed with you.   This pup was "hand" fed for several months because her mom stopped nursing her and she didn't have teeth yet.

DOB:   12/12/11

Name: Cherry

Sex:   Female

Color: Red Sable

Size:   2 lbs 12 ozs.

Yes, she is full grown.   

Japanese barista Kazuki Yamamoto's AMAZING 3D Latte Art

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Latte Art Slideshow

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"BBQ Etiquette" - This one is for the ladies, Thanks Judi

When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

(1) The woman buys the food.

(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.

(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.

(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part: (5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat

Important again: (8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes

And most important of all: (11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ' her night off ', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women..

"If" - Rudyard Kipling as recommended by Jason

A friend recommended this uplifting poem and never having read it before, I felt compelled to share (even though I will never be a man)...

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

25 Signs You're All Grown Up

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."

10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.

Romantic Rhymes...sorta

THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE BUT .... THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:

Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss
But I only slept with you, because I was pissed.

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I thought that I could love no other
Until, that is, I met your brother.

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Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's
empty and so is your head.
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The Pal diet. I suppose you could substitute any kibble

I have 2 dogs & I was buying a large bag of Pal (dog food) at Woolworths and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Pal Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Pal nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

Our night with Barry, the consummate performer!

Here's another video from the concert

Chuckle for the Day - AARP

An Ode to Old (in honor of my upcoming 40th)

40th is around the corner!!

Everyone has baggage...

Having a Sleepover

our 14th Anniversary

White Women, Irish Women, Mexican Women, Black Women

WHITE WOMEN

First date: You get to kiss her goodnight.

Second date: You get to grope all over and make out.

Third date:  You get to have sex, but only in the missionary position.

IRISH WOMEN

First Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.

Second Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.

20th Anniversary: You both get blind drunk and have sex.

The Bagpiper

I play at lots of funerals,
This one was for a homeless man.
Bagpipers really like to play,
And I play every chance I can.

The directions I was given
Were poorly done and made me late.
I had missed the poor man’s funeral
When I got to the graveyard gate.

Our 2nd Annual "Run for the Hills" 5k

Link to our race day photos

Two Fosters Adopted Out, One Taken In

Our sweet little BamBam and Fizzgig have gone to new homes  It is so hard to say goodbye, but knowing how much they are being loved and spoiled makes it easier.

Now we have a new little boy named Shamrock.  He was part of the initial rescue with Fizzgig and BamBam but initially went to another foster home.  As it turns out he is extremely shy and fearful so after our boys left this past weekend we picked him up for some more intensive one-on-one work.

It is becoming the pattern that any rescues where the dogs are shy, scared or need some sort of behavior modification come to Jerry & I.  It turns out that we are pretty good at working with the dogs and getting them ready for new homes.

People at work say its because I'm very "maternal".  HA!  Its not the first time I have heard that and I'm sure it won't be the last.  People have often asked us why we don't have kids.  I'm very good with kids, but only for a limited time.  I, like generations before me in my family, do not have the patience or temperament to be a parent 24/7.

 

Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia's Adoptable Pet List

Swedish Chef, Beeker & Animal performing "Danny Boy"

Our 2 Foster Sons

Tootsie, Fizzgig, BamBam and Romeo ready for bed

The 2 guys we are fostering are coming along nicely and have received a good bit of interest.  Here is the link to see all of our clubs rescues currently available for adoption:  

Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia's Adoptable Pet List

I am going to miss my guys BamBam and Fizzgig, but know they will go to good homes.

Addition is a Son of a Bitch

Johnny was doing his math homework & saying:

“2+5, the son of a bitch is 7”

“3+6, the son of a bitch is 9...”

His Mom : What are you doing?

Johnny : I'm doing math homework.

Mom : This is how your teacher taught you?

Johnny : Yes

Infuriated, Mom asked the teacher the next day -

'What are you teaching my son in math?'

An Irishman's Philosophy

There are only two things to worry about:

Either you are well or you are sick.

If you are sick,

Then there are only two things to worry about:

Either you will get well or you will die.

If you get well,

Then there are only two things to worry about:

Either you will go to heaven or hell.

If you go to heaven, there is nothing to worry about.

But if you go to hell,

You'll be so damn busy shaking hands with friends

You won't have time to worry!

A Very Poor Man Lived With His Wife

A very poor man lived with his wife.

One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed.

The man felt very sorry and said no. He explained that he did not even have enough money to fix the strap of his watch he had just broken. She did not insist on her request.

The man went to work and passed by a watch shop, sold his damaged watch at a low price and went to buy a comb for his wife.

He came home in the evening with the comb in his hand ready to give to his wife.

He was surprised when he saw his wife with a very short haircut.
She had sold her hair and was holding a new watch band.

Tears flowed simultaneously from their eyes, not for the futility of their actions, but for the reciprocity of their love.

Moral -  To love is nothing, to be loved is something but to love and to be loved by the one you love, that is everything. 

52 Week Money Challenge - Save $1,400 in 2013 painlessly

I am trying this out on our Christmas Club Account this year.

I just set a reminder on my calendar for every Monday to transfer funds.  

Now we’ll just have to decide what to splurge our new-found $1,400 on at the end of the year…