Wordless Wednesday

No, Mom, I'm not waiting to eat the left overs from dinner.

Last Day of School: Round 2

     This is my last day of school for this school year, the kids last day was yesterday.  Annie and Paul aren't coming in with me this year because of a lunch-in I need to go to.  So this is a short post for the day while in the middle of the pile of paperwork for the end of the school year.  Annie, Paul, the Hubbs, and I will return to some adventuring this weekend.

Wordless Wednesday

Mom's Birthday!

     Today is Mom's Birthday!  She just says she's "old enough" and won't tell us her age!  One of her friends at work bought us/her a birthday present.  She put it up onto the back of the couch on Saturday and all of the dogs of the house left it alone.  The friend jumped into the shower this morning, and when she got out, her dog Goliath came in barking at her like something was wrong.  The friend ran out to the living room and found the bag of duck treats on the ground being eaten by her grand puppy.  BOL!!!

   

Here I am sniffing for the puppy treats I smell in here!

     Mom said she's just excited the coffee mug (Mom's no fun without her coffee!) didn't break!  Thank you very much Mrs. H for the thought of the treats!  We got bully sticks, so it's ok that your grand puppy ate the rest of the duck!  Annie does that all the time to Mom and Dad with their dinner!

ABC's of Blogs: A, B, & C

A couple of weeks ago (ok, like a month ago) I posted about wanting to do an ABC's of blogs.  This isn't the be all and end all of a blogging list, not by any means.  However, these are some of the blogs that I read on a weekly basis.  They are the ones I read when I'm frustrated, in need of brain candy (light hearted reading), or need advice.  They are also my "I wish I could do that" thing sometimes.  They've also been fabulous reference points when working on my own blog, and useful to point out to others when doing things.  So with out further ado, I give you A-C.  (You didn't honestly think I'd do all 26 letters at once, did you?)

A 

Annie and Paul's World

      The joy of this project and Annie's name starting with the letter A.  (And, hey, if you can't put yourself first at something, what's the point?(joking))  I cronical the semi daily lives of our 2 rescued dogs Annie and Paul.  We don't do much and we don't go far, but welcome to a little window on my family.  This blog is just over a year old and is updated about 3 times a week.  Monday's are usually dognomics where we link economic terms to things with the dogs (our own twist on Planet Money meets Freekanomics meets the world of dog lovers) We've got a small following (6 people at the beginning of this ABC blog project). 

A Thrifty Mom

Icon from "A Thrifty Mom"

     This is one of those blogs I can't even remember how I found it and started reading it.  She's a stay at home mom who lives on a dairy farm (ok, so not so much stay at home, since home is where the work is) with 4 kids.  Needless to say, pennies get pinched.  Her de-stresser is finding deals and posting them online.  I've also found really yummy recipes here (since, I'm not the most inventive cook.)  There's a menu down the left hand side to find what you're looking for.


B

BadRap and BadRap Barn Blog

Icon from Badrap

     Living this close to Richmond, VA, I remember when the Michael Vick trial happened.  And I remember hearing the news story of the group from California who came out and rescued the dogs.  With adopting Paul soon after, I couldn't help but fall in love and follow these amazing people.  

C

Chango the Handsome Pittie

Photo curtousy of Chango the Handsome Pittie and his Mom.

     Good things come in small packages, is the perfect thing to say about this micro blog.  Chango's family only posts on Facebook, so the link takes you to his facebook page.  Because of the small number of characters you can see in a FB post, that's what makes it a micro blog.  There are daily posts featuring all sorts of cool costumes and news from the world of Chango in Chicago.  

Wordless Wednesday: June 5

Dognomics: Relative Scarcity

     A few months ago, I read an article on NPR about the relative scarsity of women in China due to the one child rule.  Many families were thrilled when their one child was a boy, but now that this generation has come to the age of mairage, there is a major problem.  There aren't enough women for everyone to marry.  So the women are asking the men for things like their own appartment, cars, and money for their families.  It makes sence and got me thinking about the problem with rescue groups in America.
   

Um.....Mom, you do remember that we were both from rescues?

    Right now, we have the opposite of the above problem.  Soo many shelter dogs, and so few families willing to adopt them.  A quick scroll through my Facebook feed breaks my heart because of the number of dogs that need homes (and financially we can only afford 2 pups).  But just imagine if we had the opposite problem....

     Imagine that there are soo many families that want to adopt mutts and pure bread dogs.  That there was competition to rescue groups as to who could adopt instead of who wants to adopt.  Imagine a shortage of dogs that needed to be adopted into loving homes.  (Ok, maybe I've spent too much time these past 3 weeks imagining a world where state standardized testing doesn't exist.)  But just imagine it for one moment.  What a wonderful world that would be........

     We're back from our picture's only blog posting break.  Happy Monday!