Friday, October 05, 2007

Steven is SAFE

... BEEEEEE-CAUSE, after the 35th or so "take"
of a 5 line scene,
I have decided NOT
to throw my hat into the ring
for the "Spielberg heir" elections.
This movie making stuff is not as easy as one might think.
On the other hand, we DID get 58 seconds of
really great footage.
Yeay, US!!
Coming soon...

Monday, October 01, 2007

Time flies!!


JIRO IS ONE YEAR OLD ON OCTOBER 1st!!

Unbelievable!

Within a couple of weeks of being 1 YEAR OLD!!


9 months old

7 months old

5 months old

3 months old

2 months old


7 weeks old.



(Hey, everyone does it for their kids...)


:-)

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Would I do it again after 19 yrs?

Anytime, Anywhere, in any Season,
& once again for the
EXACT same reason!!
with every fiber of my being...
I Love You.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

cough, cough, sputter, sputter, AHEM!!!

Dang, It's dusty in here, but I'm getting geared up to do some updating. For the time being, just so you all don't think I've completely vanished, I want to share a couple thoughts that have really come to mean A LOT in the last few months,

"Oh ME of little Faith!!"
"The smallest good deed is
MUCH better
than the grandest good intention!!!"
Now, I'll get back to my "little" project, but hopefully, it won't be long until I can clear the spiderwebs out and start blogging with you all again!!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Hostess with the LEASTEST

Thankfully, our meal was very good, our server was very attentive and efficient and willing to make the few adjustments that we asked for. And in the end everything wound up being fine.
BECAUSE...
The hostess on duty, (06-19-07 @ 12:00pm) was extremely cold, most unfriendly and was an outwardly unhappy person. Definately NOT hostess or greeter material. I very much hope that something drastic had not just happened in her life because if so, she should have been at home dealing with that situaion instead of being the "first impression" for Ruby Tuesday. Seriously, we tried to give the benefit of the doubt, (maybe she was having a bad day, or her cat was sick, or something) but the longer we sat there and watched her roll her eyes at every request made by other customers, and noticed that she never once smiled, or acted as though she remembered that we diners were the ones providing her income, the more we felt that the situation needed to be addressed. I work with the public every day and I was taught that no matter how I feel, my customer should NEVER know it. Instead, the customer should feel welcome, and important, no matter the situation!!

Just thought you should know!!!

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK/PLANT

Just wanted you to meet the 5 newest residents at the camp:
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo,
and
Jeffery

These guys are baby Praying Mantis' and they are soooo cute. I saved them from certain death in the "back room" & moved them to their new home on my sweet potato plant. I have NO idea what they eat, but with my luck they HATE sweet potato's, but I have a feeling that they are more likey carnivorous than not, so maybe they can find plenty of "no-see-ums" in the dirt around the plant.

THE NURSERY


See how small & defenseless they are
(that's Meeny I think)



LOOK!!! There's Jeffery
That's 2 of them...,
there WERE 5 of them yesterday...,
HMMM???...
did I mention that I think they might be
Carnivorous?


Monday, February 26, 2007

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I PUT THAT RECEIPT???

I’m thinking about seeing if I can exchange the new Security Guard for a different model.

Ya wanna know why? Let me start by saying, I am by no means an expert at this, but I’ve been working with dogs for a couple years now, with some success. However, I think I must have done something dreadfully wrong with this one. Oh, he’s cute as all get out and ton’s of fun at times, but something seems to have gone really wrong with his circuitry.

In the last couple weeks, I’ve seen THAT look in the eyes of my 4 month old security guard. It’s the one that says
I’m looking at you and I see your mouth moving, and I know you’re wanting something, but all I hear is BLAH-Blah-blahblahblah-BLAH
I’ve been staying up beat and happy and trying different things and EVERY now and then I see a spark and I think I’m onto something, and we finish our session and all is well. But then the other day, THAT look took over again and wouldn’t go away. SOOOO, I mentally hit rewind and listened to the recording of what to do in instances like this…

“When training, it’s very important to be consistent, gentle but firm, and keep the sessions short and happy so as to avoid burn out. When you do reach a point where it seems as if the student’s mind might be wandering and he quits paying attention, then you want to either quit the training session completely, or, as another trainer puts it, “wipe the chalk board clean” by changing tactics.” (As you can tell from the reference to a Chalk Board, the other trainer has been at this a LONG time, so I trust her completely and I always try to keep her advice in mind.)

… and I decided it was time to wipe the chalkboard clean…

Here’s the problem, MY security guard is obviously NOT a “chalkboard” model. Instead, he must be one of these new fangled “computer” models. And instead of simply wiping the chalkboard clean, I must have hit CONTROL –ALT- DELETE and ESC at the same time, because I think I saw a puff of smoke, and now, instead of the cute, fuzzy, smart, interested puppy I used to have…

… there is a tall, gangly being who is all legs, big feet, floppy ears, lolling tongue and drool. And whose only interests seem to be food, fast moving objects, chewing on things, playing with balls, licking himself and humping…

OH CRAP!!!...

I’ve got a
(gasp!!!)
13 yr old boy…


NOW WHERE’S THAT RECEIPT?...

Sunday, January 14, 2007

What a shower!!

01/14/2007
Jiro's Puppy Shower!!


On the way to the paaarteeeee!!


Alpo - (aka: chili) & Treats appropriately served in Doggie Dishes

Puppy Cakes, Puppies and People

Puppy & the GANG!! Only TRUE friends throw Puppy Showers!!


One tired Pooch who was thoroughly showered!!

IF, as they say, a picture is worth a THOUSAND words,
then here are 10 thousand words to show what wonderful friends
I'm blessed to have and to say...
THANKS 10 THOUSAND!!

Monday, January 01, 2007

There's a new TOSA in town

Meet JIRO,
the new SECURITY GUARD
@ Camp WHATTALOTTALOVIN

After loosing our beloved security guard Niko back in March of 2006, and after interviewing possible candidates from around the world, (literally), on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006, were finally able to fill the position with this ferocious predator named Jiro.
Beware!!
Anyone who visits the camp may be in danger of melting due to excessive licking and/or suffer bruises dealt by a viciously wagging tail!!