I did look through the dogster site. I was kinda fun, but I don't think I would spend much time there.
I chose not to make a blog profile for my pets. They are fat and lazy and not very interesting.
So unless you wanted to hear about how they ate....slept....ate....slept....ate....slept....well... you get the point.
I checked out a few of the other sites...I clicked on some of the message board discussions.
There were some interesting comments/stories/questions to be found there.
And as usual...lots of cute pictures of pets.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Pets #73: Losing a Friend
Oh....how timely....
I just found out yesterday that our cat has a large "growth" (aka: tumor) in her abdomen.
We are going to have to decide when to have her put to sleep. Right now she is just lethargic, but
still eating and not in any apparent pain. I guess we'll just take it day by day and see how she does.
I did go to some of the websites about pet loss and grieving....and they made me all teary-eyed.
I reckon I'll be doing a bit more surfing on these sites in the near future.
I just found out yesterday that our cat has a large "growth" (aka: tumor) in her abdomen.
We are going to have to decide when to have her put to sleep. Right now she is just lethargic, but
still eating and not in any apparent pain. I guess we'll just take it day by day and see how she does.
I did go to some of the websites about pet loss and grieving....and they made me all teary-eyed.
I reckon I'll be doing a bit more surfing on these sites in the near future.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Pets #72
...and the results say......
That Lucy is 82.3 years old!
She's fat and she's lazy.
She sleeps a lot....snores even more....doesn't wake up when I come home.
She would eat anything she could get her paws on.
We don't know when she was actually born since she was a rescued dog, but she is getting old.
A lot of her black hair has turned white and she just "looks" old.
But she is the sweetest old dog we know!
That Lucy is 82.3 years old!
She's fat and she's lazy.
She sleeps a lot....snores even more....doesn't wake up when I come home.
She would eat anything she could get her paws on.
We don't know when she was actually born since she was a rescued dog, but she is getting old.
A lot of her black hair has turned white and she just "looks" old.
But she is the sweetest old dog we know!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Pets #71: Finding a Pet
Exercises:
1. ...and the quiz says: That I should have a reptile.
hmmmm.....we have two dogs, a cat, a parrot and lots o'fish.
We had a turtle....REPTILE!....and it was my least favorite pet.
He grew so fast and got his tank so dirty. He was a pain to take care of.
He is now happily making new friends in the lake at Meyer Park.
2. I looked at Petfinder...but not for long.
I didn't want to get too attached to anyone!
3. I looked for pugs....
We got one of our pugs...Lucy...from a local Pug Rescue Society.
She is great! and I would do it again.
My daughter and I recently started volunteering at a no-kill shelter.
I'm afraid I'm gonna want to bring home oodles of new pets...my daughter
has already begun pitching me for another cat.
I'm afraid at this time all we can do is make sure the poor homeless dogs
and cats have clean cages and get played with.
1. ...and the quiz says: That I should have a reptile.
hmmmm.....we have two dogs, a cat, a parrot and lots o'fish.
We had a turtle....REPTILE!....and it was my least favorite pet.
He grew so fast and got his tank so dirty. He was a pain to take care of.
He is now happily making new friends in the lake at Meyer Park.
2. I looked at Petfinder...but not for long.
I didn't want to get too attached to anyone!
3. I looked for pugs....
We got one of our pugs...Lucy...from a local Pug Rescue Society.
She is great! and I would do it again.
My daughter and I recently started volunteering at a no-kill shelter.
I'm afraid I'm gonna want to bring home oodles of new pets...my daughter
has already begun pitching me for another cat.
I'm afraid at this time all we can do is make sure the poor homeless dogs
and cats have clean cages and get played with.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Genealogy #70: Genealogy 2.0
I did the Celebrity Collage using various pictures of myself and my family.
I would post some of the results, but I have no idea how to "use the widget" to do so.
The closest match to me (at 73%) was Natalie Merchant. I don't see it, though....
Then I went to Footnote....I think that is pretty useless...sorry....
I would post some of the results, but I have no idea how to "use the widget" to do so.
The closest match to me (at 73%) was Natalie Merchant. I don't see it, though....
Then I went to Footnote....I think that is pretty useless...sorry....
Genealogy #69: Database Researching
I went to Heritage Quest and looked up my father's family name.
I found my greatgrandfather and his family on the 1910 census.
I then went to the 1930 census and found my grandfather and his family, including
my dad who was then 5 years old...that was cool!
I found my greatgrandfather and his family on the 1910 census.
I then went to the 1930 census and found my grandfather and his family, including
my dad who was then 5 years old...that was cool!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Genealogy # 68: Detective Work
Exercises:
I tried to look/listen at Tejano voices, but it kept locking up the computer for some reason.
As far as doing an oral history, most of my older relatives are deceased.
That leaves my mom and an aunt of my fathers.
The aunt always reminisces about the family, so I have learned a great deal from her stories.
I did go to the Find-A-Grave site. I looked up the cemetery where my dad and most of my relatives on his side of the family are buried. None of them were listed as of yet.
There is a very interesting marker in the cemetery....
I don't know if you can read it....it says that Paul is the illegitimate son
of Nelson and Leona.....and he was apparently adopted by his
aunt and uncle. He's not dead yet...so did he put up his marker himself in preparation?
I guess he wanted the truth to be told....
Did you look at the section for "interesting epitaphs"?
There are some funny markers out there....LOL!
I tried to look/listen at Tejano voices, but it kept locking up the computer for some reason.
As far as doing an oral history, most of my older relatives are deceased.
That leaves my mom and an aunt of my fathers.
The aunt always reminisces about the family, so I have learned a great deal from her stories.
I did go to the Find-A-Grave site. I looked up the cemetery where my dad and most of my relatives on his side of the family are buried. None of them were listed as of yet.
There is a very interesting marker in the cemetery....
I don't know if you can read it....it says that Paul is the illegitimate son
of Nelson and Leona.....and he was apparently adopted by his
aunt and uncle. He's not dead yet...so did he put up his marker himself in preparation?
I guess he wanted the truth to be told....
Did you look at the section for "interesting epitaphs"?
There are some funny markers out there....LOL!
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