Glow Ball!

One of the gifts that the boys received at Goldstock this year was Glow Ball from Auntie Carolyn. What a fun game that is! If you have a dog, you MUST play glow ball!

It's easy, just get yourself a glow in the dark ball and some glow necklaces, that you can find in the party section of Walmart. Activate the ball, by holding it to a bright light, then activate the necklace and put on on each dog. Then you go out in the dark and throw the ball and the necklaces allow you to see where they are. It's genius! As you can see, my boys LOVED it!!

My Scoot Scoot!

So last week, I finally went and officially took my test for a motorcycle learner's permit. I am finally legal. I will take my road test soon. Mr. Bruises hooked me up with one of the scooters that he sells at the shop. We agreed upon a silver and flat black one.

Imagine my surprise, when I came home last week and he brought this home. Looks familiar, huh? It looks just like Camilla! I promptly had a fit and told him to take it back. I didn't want a scooter that looked like his stupid car. So, he took it back and brought me home the correct one. I love my Scoot Scoot!

Speed Hump?

On my way to my Chiropractor yesterday, I saw this sign. Now, I've passed this sign every three weeks for about four years now and never noticed what it actually said. Speed Humps??? I always thought they were called Speed BUMPS! I guess in Elderton, bumps are humps!

Why?

So, it seems as though some people have a problem with the fact that Travis campaigned before he got to Goldstock. I thought the whole reason to campaign in the first place was to raise money for rescue. What better dog to campaign in his hometown, before coming to Goldstock, than Travis.

Travis' story, locally, is well known and Travis is very loved. People were horrified at his story and joyous when he received his forever home with us. Everyone wants to die and come back as one of the Kibuk pets.

People were very generous with their donations. Sure, they wanted to see Travis win the Sweetest Boy title, but most importantly, they wanted to help other dogs like Travis escape horrible situations and find better homes.

Advance campaigning wasn't against the rules and Travis brought $373 from Armstrong County PA to Lakewood, PA. I personally think everyone should come to Goldstock with money from those that want to help but can't attend.

Bottom line, money was raised and goldens are being rescued. That's what it's all about!

Travis comes home a winner!

We are home from Goldstock and exhausted! Travis won the title of Sweetest Boy with $555 votes! Thank you to everyone who voted!

His competition was tough, a senior, Irish, at 16 years of age, with an awesome Mom, Laurie, who's been through this a time or two. Somehow we pulled it off! All in all, everyone is a winner, since money was raised for rescue. Irish is totally Sweetest Boy in his Mom's eyes. Aren't they all Sweetest?

Travis competed in the Olympics and brought home a Bronze medal in Righteous Retrieving, Puppy Division. He swam for the first time and is a natural. We all had a great time visiting and meeting new friends.

Watch for a detailed, photo pictorial of the weekend coming soon. I am STILL on dial up. When I got home on Monday, DSL was working so Mr. Bruises talked me into rescheduling the Comcast appointment for next Monday due to some scheduling issues on our end. I did that and the next morning, DSL promptly quit working. I think it's a conspiracy. Living for Monday now!

Goldstock Bound!

Well, we almost have the car packed. The boys are ready for a fun-filled weekend at Goldstock!!! Thanks to a lot of friends, Travis has already raised $373 for his campaign for Sweetest Boy!

I will be entering Travis in the Olympics. I think he is going to medal in either Dock Diving or Righteous Retriever since jumping and running are his best traits.

I will be sure to get a full pictorial update up as soon as I can when I get home. I am still on dial up. Comcast is being installed on Tuesday.

Happy Labor Day everyone and THANK YOU to everyone who $Voted$ for Travis!

What to do.....

You are playing with your ball and lovingly carrying it around in your mouth. You are really thirsty. You don't want to put your ball down to take a drink. Oh, what to do......

Well, I'll tell you what Travis does, he drops the ball into his water bowl, drinks and then removes the ball, with water running out of it all over the place. It's funny to see him bobbing for the ball when the dish is realy full!

Hellions Photo Shoot

On Monday, I headed into the 'Burgh for a photo shoot with my team. The league is putting together a calendar and each team was assigned two months. The Hellions got March, since we are green and one other fall month. We planned to meet on 32nd Street in the Strip District.

The site was really cool. It was under a railroad bridge along the river. We used part of the structure, which was rusted with peeling paint. The sky that evening was gorgeous. I took some candids during the shoot. I can't wait to see the outcome!!!

Computer Issues

Well, I am having them once again! Back in December, all of a sudden, my DSL quit working. My ISP was able to ping my modem and everything looked fine, but I couldn't pull anything up. So they sent me a new modem. Still nothing. My ISP sent a technician. Nothing. So finally Windstream sent a tech. She couldn't get it to work either, iniatially. I then heard her on the phone. She then came out of my office and was all "It works" like it was working all this time. I am not stupid. I know she had someone fix something on their end when she called.

Fast forward to last Tuesday, it quit again. Same story. Same bullshit. Finally on Saturday, I was able to connect, however the DSL connection is SLOW, slower than dial up AND, I can't pull up 65% of websites. Sites like yahoo, google, paypal, ebay, mapques, hotmail, all the big ones, I can't pull up. I have to dial up to do that. I am on dial up now, because that is the only way to post to my blog.

I have decided, that after over ten years, I am leaving my ISP and telling Windstream to suck the big one. I only kept a phone line to keep my ISP. Well, after going a week with no call back. Then staying home all day, yesterday, waiting for them to call back, like they promised twice, I am finished.

I know it's the lesser of two evils, but we are going to go with Comcast. In my area, those are the two choices. It sucks that I will have a new email address after all this time and I have to work on moving my websites. It will be worth it in the long run. Some businesses just don't appreciate loyal customers. After awhile, it is no longer loyalty, it's downight abuse.

I hope to be posting regularly soon!

The End of the Doughnut

Tomorrow morning, Travis gets his stitches out of his nether region. The ones in his eyelid, are self-dissolving. So, as of tomorrow, he will no longer have to wear his Soft Collar, which we've lovingly named "The Doughnut".

Travis didn't seem to mind wearing The Doughnut. He figured out how to take it off. When I wasn't at home to supervise him, to ensure that he wasn't chewing his stitches, I would put it on. As soon as I would get home, he would promptly take it off and carry it around in his mouth. He's a smart little stinker!

I think I may just put it on him every now and then, just for shits and giggles. He looks like a little camouflage flower!!