This was a busy weekend, ended up working an extra 5 hours on Saturday, was off Sunday then an 18 hour split shift on Monday. Good thing my job isn't all that hard...lol. And I know I am going to love that OT on the check.

Well I love my T-shirts with corny messages on them, and I ordered a new one this weekend:

Looking forward to getting this one. :-) Although, I don't think this one is corny...hehehe.

Finally the week is over

Well, we made it through another week! Don't have too many plans for this weekend. Going hiking on Sunday, that should be fun. I like going on the weekends. Last weekend I was a bit of a wuss, but that hike was more intense then I had expected...lol.

The neighbor guy came over today. Boy was he pissed! Was yelling at me, I was yelling back, finally Jeff came out, basically pushed me back in the house and talked to the guy. I admit I was in no mind to talk rationally to him. I felt like just in his face, luckily Jeff was the calmer head. And after about 20 minutes I went over and talked to him calmly, and sorta worked things out with him. Agreed with him, that I should have came to him first if I had a problem. He took it as me "tattling" which, whatever, he can think what he wants. And yes, I smoothed it over...he does live right next door to me, and...as I found out today..is quite the hic-country boy..lol. But, if I see it EVER again, I will call the cops!!

On a lighter note, only 6 more days till Jeff's mom comes home and we don't have her dog anymore. She's sweet, but it's defintely crowded! LOL.
Saw the Star Wars trailer today, I am so looking forward to seeing it! Jeff says he's not going with me, but I am going to drag him kicking and screeming! LOL

Ok, I just couldn't allow myself to just do nothing. I went over and spoke with Deb and told her what I had seen. She was planning on calling the landlord of that house anyway, since she was re-doing the fence and he was going to pay for half. She told me that he was quite angry to hear that. (he's an animal lover too) He said he was going to talk to the guy about it, and if we see it again he will be kicked out. Now, is all this best for the dog? I don't know. Hopefully it is, and that the guy at the very least realizes people are watching and that he can't do that anymore. And I am going to defintely continue to reach over the fence and love on this cute dog, I just don't understand, a dog gives you unconditional love; how anyone can't treat one like that?

Ok, I was a little bored at work and saw these quizes on other people's blogs...lol.



Which ArchAngel are you most like?
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Rafael. You're most like the ArchAngel of Healing.
You want people to shape up, and you nag. But
you mean well, and you're well loved despite
it. Or because of it. You bring the donuts
even as you tell people to eat more veggies.


Which Mythological Form Are You?
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You are Form 0, Phoenix: The Eternal.

"And The Phoenix's cycle had reached
zenith, so he consumed himself in fire. He
emerged from his own ashes, to be forever
immortal."

Some examples of the Phoenix Form are Quetzalcoatl
(Aztec), Shiva (Indian), and Ra-Atum
(Egyptian).
The Phoenix is associated with the concept of life,
the number 0, and the element of fire.
His sign is the eclipsed sun.

As a member of Form 0, you are a determined
individual. You tend to keep your sense of
optomism, even through tough times and have a
positive outlook on most situations. You have
a way of looking at going through life as a
journey that you can constantly learn from.
Phoenixes are the best friends to have because
they cheer people up easily.

Moral Dilemma

Have you ever had a situation where you just didn't know what to do? Today I had one.

Our new neighbors (have been there a few weeks) next door have a German Short Hair dog (about the size of a lab). He always seemed really shy to me. And it seems like they never let him in the house. Ok, I love animals quite insanely...to me they are children. But, I know lots of people have outside dogs, so I let it go...until today...

This poor dog sometimes tears things up in the backyard (wouldn't you if you were outside all the time?) And since this is a rented house that creates a whole separate issue. Well anyway, I noticed when I got out of my car this morning he had torn off some edging around some landscaping in their yard...I thought to myself..."Uh oh, he's in trouble" Thinking he might get scolded and perhaps a few swats with a newspaper. Well, this guy comes out, literally picks the dog up, slams him down, hold him by the neck and hits him about 5 in the head with his open hand. Keeping in mind he was giving it the full swing, I mean I could hear it everytime he hit the poor thing. I closed the door on my car and he looked up at me and stopped. He pulled the dog to it's doghouse and tossed him into it.

Here's the dilemma..WHAT DO I DO?? I know he saw me, I can handle myself if he wanted to try and thing with me, but there is only a chain link fence between our 2 houses, and it would take nothing for him to reach over and grab Biscuit or Flo and throw them against the wall. I mean look what he did to his own dog!! I called the Humane Society and they said I could file a statement and they could serve him a summons for animal cruelty, but she agreed and a said I had a valid concern about my own dogs. I just don't know what to do. In the mean time I've reach over the fence and loved on the poor thing, just so he knows at least someone cares about him.

www.usatoday.com

Doesn't he look like Robert Blake? LOL

I am not Catholic, so his election doesn't have a huge direct effect on me; however the fact that he is the spiritual leader of aprox 1 billion people frightens me a lot. His past in Hitler's army is particularly troubling...however "reluctantly" he served. As well as him being so ultra-conservative...kinda makes me feel the same way I did when I realized this country had ACTUALLY elected Bush for a 2nd term.

Currently listening to: : "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefanie

That's odd

Ok, there was something wierd going on with my previous posting. I had a pic from apple's website concerning Tiger release, fully credited and now it's gone. I've made sure my HTML code was right and even redid it, and yet it won't let me post. I guess the powers that be think I am stealing images or something, H-E-L-L-O I was praising Apple, being excited about it's release of the new OS. Oh well, I guess there was rules on here I didn't know about. :-p

~Added a few hours later: Ok, scratch that, I figured it out...LOL ;-)

Anyway, other than that, pretty average day, little bit of this, little bit of that...little bit more of this. ;0)

current song: "Play" By:Jennifer Lopez

www.apple.com

Those wonderful guys at Apple have released the new Ver of OS X! Ok, ok, I am a big ole dork, but Mac supporters are almost cult like! LOL. And really it does have some great new features. And as Jeff and I were "bickering" over the fact if we were going to buy it or not, I noticed on one of my other boards that someone had ordered it with an educational discount..well hmmm...we are both students...and HELL YEAH we ordered it 50% off!!
I admit it, I just like my new toys, I am a big kid that way, but I know that about myself, and I like it about myself. ;-)

I really feel like I've gotten things acomplished this weekend. I finally got that spare room cleaned out. So now we can proceed to get the office moved over there, and use this room as the guest room it was kinda meant to be. The backyard is getting progress...Deb and James got the whole fence done...well they still need to do the part in the middle, but that will be easy. I got all the extra dirt spread out over that stupid dip in the yard that the people who were here before had put in, I don't even know what the hell for...a garden maybe? Who knows...anyway, it's going to look great once the sod goes in. :-)

This really was a good weekend, let's hope it continues into the coming week. :-D

Ride the Pain

I downloaded a song by Juliet yesterday called "Ride the Pain". Part of the chorus goes, "Ride the Pain into the Pleasure" Now, I realize this is just a catchy dance song, but those words really hit me as a metephor for life. We really do have to ride the pain in order to get to the pleasure. The pain is what makes us grow, with out it we would never learn the lessons set before us in this life. Whatever those lessons may be.

PS: on a naughty note, to bottoms and vers guys~this holds a special meaning. ;-)

Pope and Circumstance

Ok, I understand the Pope was a very important person in the world, and to catholics especially. But I've never understood huge extravagant funerals. Even for world leaders. The dearly departed is gone, they aren't there. The funeral is for those left behind. Does doing all that make you feel better? Just think how many hungry mouths could be fed, or cold bodies could be given shelter with the amount of money that was spent on that funeral. I mean no dis-respect, just my perspective.

1/2 way thru the week

Here we are at Weds! Only a couple more days till the weekend, woo hoo. We have to go down to Denver this weekend to get Jeff's mom's dogs, we are baby sitting for 2 weeks..ugh. They are good dogs and all, but that means we are going to have 4 dogs in the house, going to be interesting...LOL.

So the DH are actually fighting now, huh? We all knew it was only a matter of time. Wonder if that show is just going to implode after it's first couple seasons, it has been known to happen.

Todays quiz: A farmer goes to town on Weds; stays 2 days and then rides home on Thursday...how is this possible?

Advocate.com | News | Dutch gays couples divorce at about the same rate as heterosexuals

Advocate.com | News

Imagine that? More proof that gay people are just as normal as straight people in their relationships? How can that be? :-p

Well this weekend was a great time! I have to admit when Jeff first got into birding my first reaction was "Oh lord" But it's really becoming a great time, we saw some wonderful birds this weekend. The cranes were amazing!! And we both saw our first cardinals today.

That drive to Nebraska is long and flat though...lol.

This is a pretty short entry, but my head is bouncing off the keyboard as I type this, so I bid thee au revoir.

TGIF

Well, here we are at Friday. Jeff and I are leaving in the morning to go to Nebraska, I know doesn't sound like much fun...but it's going to be. I've just become such a nature lover and to see thousands and thousands of cranes rousting, then taking off together, is just going to be amazing!

They say the pope is almost gone. I'm not a catholic or anything, but it still is sad. He's a good man, I may not agree with his political ideals, but nonetheless, he is a good man. And I wish him nothing but the best in his journey into the spirit realm.

Is anyone surprised? LOL

Gay Bear


Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You?
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Ok, I love quizilla..How did I know this is what my result would be? lol