Inside her mind..
31 year old gal. Lives in Boulder, CO. Eats non-dairy powdered coffee creamer for fun. Surrounds herself with dogs, horses, friends, and one hot boy. (this is a temporary blogger template - stay tuned for major changes)Friday, November 28, 2008
New corgi girl: Beau Reanard's Ring Around the Moon, aka ? Button?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Last Saturday's SNL with Paul Rudd & Beyonce (with an appearance from Justin Timberlake) was seriously the funniest episode ever. It was so over the top GAY GAY GAY with so much gay references, gay kissing, and gay sex.. I had a few tears coming down my cheeks from laughing so hard.
The whole episode was hilarious, but Justin Timberlake's cameos stole the show. I cannot get the image of him in a black leotard, panty hose, and black pumps doing Beyonce's weird puppet dancing out of my head..
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mY6tosSM-o
The whole episode was hilarious, but Justin Timberlake's cameos stole the show. I cannot get the image of him in a black leotard, panty hose, and black pumps doing Beyonce's weird puppet dancing out of my head..
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mY6tosSM-o
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Vaccine reactions galore.
Last Thursday morning I recieved my Tetanus booster. Thank the Lord this vaccination is only required every 10 years! My body reacted pretty strongly to it and I am finally starting to feel normal today. Even still, at the vaccine shot site there is a pronounced red dot surrounded by lighter skin where everything around it has swelled. Below my shoulder muscle, it is surrounded by red blotches.. like the vaccine has travelled and pooled below the muscle area. Very disturbing. Not only did my upper arm feel like it was lacerated, I felt like I've been crawling outside of my skin the past few days and super tired. Very similar to a prescribed drug withdrawal I had a few years ago that I will never forget.
Isabella and Maria also had their fall shots this past Friday. Maria recieved the vaccines unscathed, but Isabella was a mess. She had huge swelling at every injection shot: flu/rhino, west nile/tetanus, and rabies. My poor little girl. I am going to check with the vet for next spring to only give her the bare minimum vaccinations needed, because this hasn't been the first time she's been affected by her routine shots. Next time I must be a better mom and spread these shots out as well.. I gave her bute for a few days but I am now much more sympathetic to how crappy you can feel after getting your shots. :/ Like poop!
Last Thursday morning I recieved my Tetanus booster. Thank the Lord this vaccination is only required every 10 years! My body reacted pretty strongly to it and I am finally starting to feel normal today. Even still, at the vaccine shot site there is a pronounced red dot surrounded by lighter skin where everything around it has swelled. Below my shoulder muscle, it is surrounded by red blotches.. like the vaccine has travelled and pooled below the muscle area. Very disturbing. Not only did my upper arm feel like it was lacerated, I felt like I've been crawling outside of my skin the past few days and super tired. Very similar to a prescribed drug withdrawal I had a few years ago that I will never forget.
Isabella and Maria also had their fall shots this past Friday. Maria recieved the vaccines unscathed, but Isabella was a mess. She had huge swelling at every injection shot: flu/rhino, west nile/tetanus, and rabies. My poor little girl. I am going to check with the vet for next spring to only give her the bare minimum vaccinations needed, because this hasn't been the first time she's been affected by her routine shots. Next time I must be a better mom and spread these shots out as well.. I gave her bute for a few days but I am now much more sympathetic to how crappy you can feel after getting your shots. :/ Like poop!
Friday, November 07, 2008
This really sweet piece was stolen from Karen's site.
To commemorate our new addition in 2 weeks! Both Matt and I cannot wait..
Here in this house……
I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs ‘out there’.
I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed.
I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I’ll eat.
I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat.
I will feel the sun’s heat, and the rain’s coolness,and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose.
My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted.
Here in this house…
There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level.
I will be talked to and, even if I don’t understand, I can enjoy the warmth of the words.
I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many.
My name will be used in joy, and I will love the sound of it!
Here in this house…
I will never be a substitute for anything I am not.
I will never be used to improve peoples’ images of themselves.
I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone’s idea of who I should be.
I will never suffer for someone’s anger, impatience, or stupidity.
I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all.
If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.
Here in this house…
I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch…knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me.
If I am ill, I will be doctored.
If scared, I will be calmed.
If sad, I will be cheered.
No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and thought to be of value.
I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough.
My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought.
I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair as dogs.
Here in this house…
I will belong.
I will be home.
~unknown~
To commemorate our new addition in 2 weeks! Both Matt and I cannot wait..
Here in this house……
I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs ‘out there’.
I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed.
I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I’ll eat.
I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat.
I will feel the sun’s heat, and the rain’s coolness,and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose.
My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted.
Here in this house…
There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level.
I will be talked to and, even if I don’t understand, I can enjoy the warmth of the words.
I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many.
My name will be used in joy, and I will love the sound of it!
Here in this house…
I will never be a substitute for anything I am not.
I will never be used to improve peoples’ images of themselves.
I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone’s idea of who I should be.
I will never suffer for someone’s anger, impatience, or stupidity.
I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all.
If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.
Here in this house…
I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch…knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me.
If I am ill, I will be doctored.
If scared, I will be calmed.
If sad, I will be cheered.
No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and thought to be of value.
I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough.
My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought.
I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair as dogs.
Here in this house…
I will belong.
I will be home.
~unknown~
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Maria seems to be 90% better! This weekend she was trotting out well, even though I couldn't see an exit site for the abscess. I couldn't resist the beautiful fall weather yesterday and threw a bareback pad on her with just the halter and hopped on for all but 10 minutes, just walking her around. She is doing so much better about mounting, although we'll see how she is with an actual saddle and bridle on her. She seems to get very amped up with the saddle/bridle on. Maybe a roller bit would help? She is a bit of the anxious type.
Halloween was fun and quiet. Matt and I stayed in and watched 2 terrible scary movies, 'Doomsday' and 'Rogue'. Could've been better.. through the two movies only once did they illicit a jump from me (and Matt wasn't scared at all.. he's the one who wimps out at scary movies).
Halloween was fun and quiet. Matt and I stayed in and watched 2 terrible scary movies, 'Doomsday' and 'Rogue'. Could've been better.. through the two movies only once did they illicit a jump from me (and Matt wasn't scared at all.. he's the one who wimps out at scary movies).