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BP should be ashamed and embarrassed by the loss of lives and the mess that they've created in the Gulf of Mexico....but this is a bit ridiculous, don't ya think??
I took these pics in Elberta, Alabama a few days ago.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Results from the fishing trip...
She used that old chair (I caught
that thing over a year ago) to prop up her SpongeBob pole so she could make a mess of herself while waiting
for the fish to bite.
I had previously "caught" that board laying on the ground in front of her in the 2nd pic. It was way out and buried in mud...I thought I was going to have to cut my line, then it finally started moving...we were excited to see what it was I was wrestling to reel in. I thought it might be another old chair but Soph closed her eyes just before I pulled the board ashore because she was totally convinced I was pulling in a dead body. lol)
And here she is playing with her new "pets."*P.E.T.A. fanatics- please control your crazy selves. There are plenty more fish in the dirty canal...and besides, that big one didn't look like it had much life left in it anyway.*
I told her she was being morbid, but she disagreed and told me she loves playing with dead catfish because "you can make them do anything you want."
I have a video of her making them talk to each other that's comedy gold, I just can't figure out how to post it. O well.
This was the 1st time I ever brought fish home instead of releasing them. Soph had a fit to keep them for awhile, so I put them in the bucket that I use to carry all of our fishing equipment in...I had full intentions of setting them free after she was finished petting them (and feeding them large portions of the bait) but unfortunately they perished while still in the bucket.
Hey, at least they were being loved on when they died. And afterwards....lol.
We finally called it a day once it got so dark that we could no longer see the bobbers floating on the water. I would've stayed longer if I had been by myself, but Soph was getting nervous and jumpy every time the wind blew and the reeds and grasses around us rustled...she was certain it was alligators creeping up on us.
I assured her it was just the wind but she wasn't buying that story.
No way I was going to make her stay there if she was scared, and since there have been a few alligators spotted in Bayou Chico recently I figured she was right and we might as well head home.
She got so jumpy while I was packing up our gear that I walked her up to the top of the hill by the park and let her wait there - fully out of reach of the gators - while I went back down to the water and packed up.
Of course then she was afraid that I would get eaten by alligators, so I had to keep talking really loud to her so she could hear me until I got back up the hill and was with her again :)
I assured her it was just the wind but she wasn't buying that story.
No way I was going to make her stay there if she was scared, and since there have been a few alligators spotted in Bayou Chico recently I figured she was right and we might as well head home.
She got so jumpy while I was packing up our gear that I walked her up to the top of the hill by the park and let her wait there - fully out of reach of the gators - while I went back down to the water and packed up.
Of course then she was afraid that I would get eaten by alligators, so I had to keep talking really loud to her so she could hear me until I got back up the hill and was with her again :)
On another note, that is the LAST time I bring any fish home that aren't on ice and intended to cook & eat.
The aftermath of this adventure required triple bagging x's 2 ...and the next day I STILL puked while putting the 6 x's bagged fish into yet another bag -this time a heavy duty trash bag- before depositing in the trash can.
I was holding my breath, and the transfer to the heavy duty bag would've been successfully undertaken without any vomit produced except for the fact that when I picked up the bag of fish and attempted to quickly insert it in the larger bag...the wind blew...causing the larger bag to collapse shut.
When I reached down to pull it open again, the "drippage" from the bag 'o fish got on my arm.
I cried out in disgust - forgetting momentarily that I was supposed to be holding my breath.
All hope was lost then.
Not even Obi Won could've saved me.
Not even Obi Won could've saved me.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Weekend blah's and Moronic people
I can't believe it's Saturday.
The last week just flew by so fast....
This was supposed to be my weekend to go out by myself...but alas, Ape left last night to "go to his brother's house" and took only Elijah with him. (as well as several nice clubbing outfits that he refused to explain. lol)
Not that I mind having Sophia, she's the best company in the world, but now it's not MY weekend anymore.
Yeah yeah...me me me me me me. All I ever hear from Ape is how selfish I am, though he's NEVER here and has his own free time every single day. All day long. And mostly every night too.
Nothing wrong with having some time all to myself to relax....something I NEVER get.
I really try not to complain, I don't like bitchy people and don't want to be one....but damn.
He's going through his domestic violence classes (batterer's intervention) but he's seriously failing to implement any of that education into our daily lives.
Not that I really expected him to, but I thought he might at least TRY.
Wishful thinking. As usual.
I myself am attending the "womens education" classes...basically teaching exactly what domestic violence is and how to avoid it or deal with it from their partner and what one can do to stop it from happening to themselves.
I've learned a great deal from these classes even though I thought I already knew everything.
It's also been enlightening to look through Ape's class folder and see what he's been "learning" and the things he writes on his homework papers. lol.
Recently I learned that the reason I was stuck in NJ for 3 weeks with no money was not because he didn't have the $ to send me like he said he would, but because he just didn't feel like sending it.
Why? Because he (advised by his mommy) thought that I would just stay there and (I quote) "abandon the kids with me"
As if.
And then he himself left our kids in Arkansas with his mother while he returned to Pensacola....along the way trying to pick up strange internet whores to take home with him. For real.
And when the hypocrit's own abandonment of myself and our children wasn't enough to get rid of me, his mother went apeshit and accused my oldest son of raping his 3 younger siblings. lol.
Yep, the crazy smoked up bitch really threatened to call the police and DCF and make false accusations and ruin my child's life in order to get me to relenquish custody of my 2 youngest to Ape.
Didn't work.
Her bullshit would've (and was) found to be false, but in order to keep her from making from those calls and sparing my sweet boy from her sick accusations and the embarrasment of an investigation by DCF, I had to move back in with Ape w/ Elijah and Sophia.
That pissed her off beyond all belief.
Then she came up with the bright idea of offering Ape 60+ acres of her land and $ to build a house on said land IF he could get sole custody of the kids and move to Arkansas without me.
Didn't work.
Most recently, within the last 2 months, her scheme to buy our home (without my knowledge) from Ape and then evict me from "her house" failed miserably...because she's an idiot and didn't realize that he can't sell the house without my signing it over as well because my name is on the deed as co-owner.
Duh.
That was right after Ape had gone up to her place w/the kids for spring break....and her plan for him to just stay there and not return failed because she doesn't know that KIDNAPPING is illegal.
Oh, the day she dies will be a joyful one for me....if I'm still alive myself.
She's running out of ideas to get rid of me....I suspect that sooner rather than later she's going to resort to hiring a hit man.
Why does she hate me so much, you ask?
I have no idea. I've never done a thing to her. It's just the way she is.
Now I know why Ape didn't want me to meet her way back when we first got together....lol.
She's just one of those twisted women....acts like a jealous girlfriend rather than a mom to her son.
It's really rather sick.
I could go on and on with examples....even the pics he took during spring vacation.
I might post one later so you all can see. She's giving her own son the fuck me eyes in every picture he took of her.
Seriously, I couldn't make this shit up. It's all just too bizarre.
I'd really like to buy a small gun for protection, but I don't want a gun in the house...there's no where to really hide it and I wouldn't want Ape knowing that I have it. Much less the kiddos.
I'm thinking a taser would be nice. But once again, I don't want Ape to know about it and don't know where I'd put it. Hmmmmm....
So...enough of that rant.
I think Soph and I are going to go to the gardening center and buy some pretty plants for the yard.
Maybe a rosebush to plant over top of Sparta's grave. That would be nice.
Sparta was my beautiful Siamese kitten. I had her for about 2 weeks before Ape "accidentally" ran over her head with his truck.
Then I think we'll go fishing for awhile. Lots of huge catfish in the canal thingy next door to the house.
Or maybe the other way around, fishing then garden center, since it's looking overcast out there and if we wait too long we'll lose the opportunity to fish.
I don't mind fishing in the rain, as long as there's no lighting.....I rather like it actually...but Soph won't like it at all.
Then again, she might. Rain and rain puddles are her best friends :)
The last week just flew by so fast....
This was supposed to be my weekend to go out by myself...but alas, Ape left last night to "go to his brother's house" and took only Elijah with him. (as well as several nice clubbing outfits that he refused to explain. lol)
Not that I mind having Sophia, she's the best company in the world, but now it's not MY weekend anymore.
Yeah yeah...me me me me me me. All I ever hear from Ape is how selfish I am, though he's NEVER here and has his own free time every single day. All day long. And mostly every night too.
Nothing wrong with having some time all to myself to relax....something I NEVER get.
I really try not to complain, I don't like bitchy people and don't want to be one....but damn.
He's going through his domestic violence classes (batterer's intervention) but he's seriously failing to implement any of that education into our daily lives.
Not that I really expected him to, but I thought he might at least TRY.
Wishful thinking. As usual.
I myself am attending the "womens education" classes...basically teaching exactly what domestic violence is and how to avoid it or deal with it from their partner and what one can do to stop it from happening to themselves.
I've learned a great deal from these classes even though I thought I already knew everything.
It's also been enlightening to look through Ape's class folder and see what he's been "learning" and the things he writes on his homework papers. lol.
Recently I learned that the reason I was stuck in NJ for 3 weeks with no money was not because he didn't have the $ to send me like he said he would, but because he just didn't feel like sending it.
Why? Because he (advised by his mommy) thought that I would just stay there and (I quote) "abandon the kids with me"
As if.
And then he himself left our kids in Arkansas with his mother while he returned to Pensacola....along the way trying to pick up strange internet whores to take home with him. For real.
And when the hypocrit's own abandonment of myself and our children wasn't enough to get rid of me, his mother went apeshit and accused my oldest son of raping his 3 younger siblings. lol.
Yep, the crazy smoked up bitch really threatened to call the police and DCF and make false accusations and ruin my child's life in order to get me to relenquish custody of my 2 youngest to Ape.
Didn't work.
Her bullshit would've (and was) found to be false, but in order to keep her from making from those calls and sparing my sweet boy from her sick accusations and the embarrasment of an investigation by DCF, I had to move back in with Ape w/ Elijah and Sophia.
That pissed her off beyond all belief.
Then she came up with the bright idea of offering Ape 60+ acres of her land and $ to build a house on said land IF he could get sole custody of the kids and move to Arkansas without me.
Didn't work.
Most recently, within the last 2 months, her scheme to buy our home (without my knowledge) from Ape and then evict me from "her house" failed miserably...because she's an idiot and didn't realize that he can't sell the house without my signing it over as well because my name is on the deed as co-owner.
Duh.
That was right after Ape had gone up to her place w/the kids for spring break....and her plan for him to just stay there and not return failed because she doesn't know that KIDNAPPING is illegal.
Oh, the day she dies will be a joyful one for me....if I'm still alive myself.
She's running out of ideas to get rid of me....I suspect that sooner rather than later she's going to resort to hiring a hit man.
Why does she hate me so much, you ask?
I have no idea. I've never done a thing to her. It's just the way she is.
Now I know why Ape didn't want me to meet her way back when we first got together....lol.
She's just one of those twisted women....acts like a jealous girlfriend rather than a mom to her son.
It's really rather sick.
I could go on and on with examples....even the pics he took during spring vacation.
I might post one later so you all can see. She's giving her own son the fuck me eyes in every picture he took of her.
Seriously, I couldn't make this shit up. It's all just too bizarre.
I'd really like to buy a small gun for protection, but I don't want a gun in the house...there's no where to really hide it and I wouldn't want Ape knowing that I have it. Much less the kiddos.
I'm thinking a taser would be nice. But once again, I don't want Ape to know about it and don't know where I'd put it. Hmmmmm....
So...enough of that rant.
I think Soph and I are going to go to the gardening center and buy some pretty plants for the yard.
Maybe a rosebush to plant over top of Sparta's grave. That would be nice.
Sparta was my beautiful Siamese kitten. I had her for about 2 weeks before Ape "accidentally" ran over her head with his truck.
Then I think we'll go fishing for awhile. Lots of huge catfish in the canal thingy next door to the house.
Or maybe the other way around, fishing then garden center, since it's looking overcast out there and if we wait too long we'll lose the opportunity to fish.
I don't mind fishing in the rain, as long as there's no lighting.....I rather like it actually...but Soph won't like it at all.
Then again, she might. Rain and rain puddles are her best friends :)
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Bookworms rejoice!
I stumbled upon the niftiest website today where you can swap books with other book lovers.
You just list all of your books and then other members can request them.
You mail them the book and then you get a credit.
You also get 2 credits for listing your 1st 10 books.
With each credit, you can request a book from another member and they'll mail the book to you.
You pay the postage on books you mail to others, and others pay the postage on books they mail to you.
Saves an awful lot of $, since shipping a book is only a couple of $...if that.
Anyway, go here to check it out :)
You just list all of your books and then other members can request them.
You mail them the book and then you get a credit.
You also get 2 credits for listing your 1st 10 books.
With each credit, you can request a book from another member and they'll mail the book to you.
You pay the postage on books you mail to others, and others pay the postage on books they mail to you.
Saves an awful lot of $, since shipping a book is only a couple of $...if that.
Anyway, go here to check it out :)
Sunday, April 25, 2010
FL is a faggot and terrorists live in NYC
I'm a bit concerned about my last post....
I think it was done in good taste and it certainly doesn't reveal much of anything, now does it?
...there's so very much more that I COULD have put out there for the world to see.....
However...
The State of Florida is a total faggot and I have reasons to believe that such a simple posting would give a certain stupid loser all the "evidence" he needed to have me booted from the house, gain full custody of the children, obtain a restraining order against me and have me incarcerated forever, as well as sue me millions of dollars that I don't have. And win.
So, shhhhhhh, don't ya'll say anything to him about it. LOL.
Onto other items of a stupid nature......You all know of the recent episode of South Park that was aired with much bleepage and censoring due to Comedy Central siding with a bunch of crazy terrorist muslims, right?
The Terrorist Muslims threatened the lives of the Trey Parker and Matt Stone for depicting the image of Muhammed in their animated tv show.
Now, the group of Muslims claimed they DID NOT threaten anyone, simply stated facts. lol. Along with posting the address of the CC's NY office and CA production studio where SP is made.
Their website was removed from the web...so no one could go there and judge for themselves if it was actually a death threat or not.
However HERE is thier crazy blog....up and running and brimming with bullshit....
http://revolutionmuslim.blogspot.com/
Go ahead, read some of that shit and revel in the hatred and insanity and then ask yourself...WHY IN THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE LIVING IN AMERICA?
Then go DRAW a PICTURE of MUHAMMED!!!
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day May20th
I think it was done in good taste and it certainly doesn't reveal much of anything, now does it?
...there's so very much more that I COULD have put out there for the world to see.....
However...
The State of Florida is a total faggot and I have reasons to believe that such a simple posting would give a certain stupid loser all the "evidence" he needed to have me booted from the house, gain full custody of the children, obtain a restraining order against me and have me incarcerated forever, as well as sue me millions of dollars that I don't have. And win.
So, shhhhhhh, don't ya'll say anything to him about it. LOL.
Onto other items of a stupid nature......You all know of the recent episode of South Park that was aired with much bleepage and censoring due to Comedy Central siding with a bunch of crazy terrorist muslims, right?
The Terrorist Muslims threatened the lives of the Trey Parker and Matt Stone for depicting the image of Muhammed in their animated tv show.
Now, the group of Muslims claimed they DID NOT threaten anyone, simply stated facts. lol. Along with posting the address of the CC's NY office and CA production studio where SP is made.
Their website was removed from the web...so no one could go there and judge for themselves if it was actually a death threat or not.
However HERE is thier crazy blog....up and running and brimming with bullshit....
http://revolutionmuslim.blogspot.com/
Go ahead, read some of that shit and revel in the hatred and insanity and then ask yourself...WHY IN THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE LIVING IN AMERICA?
Then go DRAW a PICTURE of MUHAMMED!!!
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day May20th
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Poop! (You'll get it soon enough)
So I haven't been on here in a while to share the joy (haha) that abounds in my life.
Like anyone has noticed.
Well, I'm here now, so just calm down.
Stop sending me emails wanting to know when I'm coming back and demanding to know wtf I'm doing and why I'm leaving you hangin' with no updates or info on my fabulous life of fun and adventure...ok?
I'm all for having myself a good stalker -if he's hot, and preferably shows up naked a lot- but come on....
ya'll wanna know all about my life, but can't even email me a nekkid photo or two?
Anyway, The-person-I-live-with has taken on a new job. Thank Gawd!
Previously he was only working a couple of days a week, earning maybe $100 or so.
Yes, you read that right. Per week.
I have no clue how he's been paying the bills...he doesn't tell me shit.
I would've killed to have a job...but it's hard to manage when one has to be home with the kids
and doesn't have $ for daycare or a manny.
And I'd only hire a manny. No girls or women.
For various reasons that I won't get into here cause it'll only serve to piss me off and I'm in a fairly good mood today so far.
I don't wanna ruin it.
Maybe I'll inform my legions of followers about those things in the future, but then again, maybe not.
I'm sure you're not idiots and can easily guess at least part of it by yourselves :)
Anyhoo, starting today, he's gonna have his hands full with actual work.....and be outta the house more often!
Not that he's ever here much, even when he isn't working.....
I really don't know why I'm even mentioning his new job....it has nothing to do with me really.
At least in his mind. lol.
What I mean is that it's not like he's going to be slinging extra cash around.
Not for anything here at our home, or for the kids, and certainly not in MY direction. Hahahahaha!
O well.....
So, my new puppy that I mentioned in the previous post....she's growing like a weed and gaining weight.
After hours of scanning online puppy name sites (you wouldnt believe how many there are, puppies and puppy care is like porn to some people out there) and trying out a few different names on her that just didn't fit - there was Luna, Egypt, Pharoah & something else I can't even remember now- I finally bestowed her with the name Gypsy.
It wasn't one I picked from a website...I was driving around town one day and she was riding shotgun in the passenger seat when the song came on the radio. I love Fleetwood Mac, so I cranked it up and then looked over at her and said "GYPSY!"
She looked back at me right away, like I had called her name that she'd heard 1,000 times before, and I swear she smiled at me. lol.
We took our first trip to the vet last Saturday.
I thought she'd be nervous, but no, she slept the whole time we were in the waiting room.
She was a spectacular patient, and didn't even seem to notice when the tech stuck a stick up her butt to get a fecal sample.
Nor did she give a rats ass when she recieved her 1st round of shots.
She ate up her dose of worming meds with great enthusiasm, and enjoyed it just as much when I gave
her the 2nd dose a few days later.
I figured that she had worms, being as all puppies have worms and she'd never been dewormed before.
She was also quite skinny, even though I was feeding her a bit more than recommended.
Ok, a lot more. So sue me, the poor thing was hungry dammit!
I'd never found anything in her poopies though, but then not all types of worms are easily visible.
And yes, I did poke around in her shit with a stick. lol.
No worms, but I did find a little yellow Lego man head once.
It was buried in there, smiling up at me...I wish I'd thought to take a picture.
So the vet tech took her poopy sample and went out the door to test it....while Sophie and I were ooohing and aaahing over the obligatory jar of heartworms exploding from the heart of a dead dog.
The jar of heartworms was THE main reason Sophie went with me to the vet. Seriously.
She's been itching to see the real thing for quite awhile now and it greatly exceeded her expectations.
Yeah, she's my special little girl :)
So while we were inspecting the jar from all angles, the tech - who was apparently doing the poop test right there on the other side of the door - suddenly yells out, "WOW! She is LOADED with worms!"
Then he nonchalantly comes back through the door and calmly says, "Ok, she does have a few hookworms, so we're going to send you home with another dose of wormer to give her 3 days from now."
I don't know, I just thought that was kinda funny.
Like he had a holy shit moment on one side of the door and then it was no big deal on the other.
Then I got home and looked up hookworms on the 'net and had my own holy shit moment.
Go ahead...I dare you to google "hookworm pictures".
I was outside with the shovel searching around in the dark for any overlooked poop piles.
I was already picking the poops up, but only every couple of days.
Now I'm practically standing there holding the shovel under her ass to catch it before it even touches the ground.
So far, so good. No itchy red places on the bottoms of the kids feet, and no freaky spaghetti looking things crawling under anyone's skin....
Honestly, I really don't think the soil in our yard makes a very hospitable environment for said parasite larvae.
Technically, our soil isn't soil. It's sand. Lots & lots of dry sand.
There may be a little bit of "dirt" in there, but you have to dig for it.
Grass won't even grow in that mess.
Weeds and stickers and desert rose love it.....but it's not exactly the "warm, moist soil" condusive to keeping hatchling hookworm larvae thriving.
Sure, they might live for a little while, like after a good rain....but once the sun comes out they'll
be flash baked in no time. Ha.
What's that? Enough about the worms and poop?
Oh, all right.
I gotta go for now anyway.
Like anyone has noticed.
Well, I'm here now, so just calm down.
Stop sending me emails wanting to know when I'm coming back and demanding to know wtf I'm doing and why I'm leaving you hangin' with no updates or info on my fabulous life of fun and adventure...ok?
I'm all for having myself a good stalker -if he's hot, and preferably shows up naked a lot- but come on....
ya'll wanna know all about my life, but can't even email me a nekkid photo or two?
Anyway, The-person-I-live-with has taken on a new job. Thank Gawd!
Previously he was only working a couple of days a week, earning maybe $100 or so.
Yes, you read that right. Per week.
I have no clue how he's been paying the bills...he doesn't tell me shit.
I would've killed to have a job...but it's hard to manage when one has to be home with the kids
and doesn't have $ for daycare or a manny.
And I'd only hire a manny. No girls or women.
For various reasons that I won't get into here cause it'll only serve to piss me off and I'm in a fairly good mood today so far.
I don't wanna ruin it.
Maybe I'll inform my legions of followers about those things in the future, but then again, maybe not.
I'm sure you're not idiots and can easily guess at least part of it by yourselves :)
Anyhoo, starting today, he's gonna have his hands full with actual work.....and be outta the house more often!
Not that he's ever here much, even when he isn't working.....
I really don't know why I'm even mentioning his new job....it has nothing to do with me really.
At least in his mind. lol.
What I mean is that it's not like he's going to be slinging extra cash around.
Not for anything here at our home, or for the kids, and certainly not in MY direction. Hahahahaha!
O well.....
So, my new puppy that I mentioned in the previous post....she's growing like a weed and gaining weight.
After hours of scanning online puppy name sites (you wouldnt believe how many there are, puppies and puppy care is like porn to some people out there) and trying out a few different names on her that just didn't fit - there was Luna, Egypt, Pharoah & something else I can't even remember now- I finally bestowed her with the name Gypsy.
It wasn't one I picked from a website...I was driving around town one day and she was riding shotgun in the passenger seat when the song came on the radio. I love Fleetwood Mac, so I cranked it up and then looked over at her and said "GYPSY!"
She looked back at me right away, like I had called her name that she'd heard 1,000 times before, and I swear she smiled at me. lol.
We took our first trip to the vet last Saturday.
I thought she'd be nervous, but no, she slept the whole time we were in the waiting room.
She was a spectacular patient, and didn't even seem to notice when the tech stuck a stick up her butt to get a fecal sample.
Nor did she give a rats ass when she recieved her 1st round of shots.
She ate up her dose of worming meds with great enthusiasm, and enjoyed it just as much when I gave
her the 2nd dose a few days later.
I figured that she had worms, being as all puppies have worms and she'd never been dewormed before.
She was also quite skinny, even though I was feeding her a bit more than recommended.
Ok, a lot more. So sue me, the poor thing was hungry dammit!
I'd never found anything in her poopies though, but then not all types of worms are easily visible.
And yes, I did poke around in her shit with a stick. lol.
No worms, but I did find a little yellow Lego man head once.
It was buried in there, smiling up at me...I wish I'd thought to take a picture.
So the vet tech took her poopy sample and went out the door to test it....while Sophie and I were ooohing and aaahing over the obligatory jar of heartworms exploding from the heart of a dead dog.
The jar of heartworms was THE main reason Sophie went with me to the vet. Seriously.
She's been itching to see the real thing for quite awhile now and it greatly exceeded her expectations.
Yeah, she's my special little girl :)
So while we were inspecting the jar from all angles, the tech - who was apparently doing the poop test right there on the other side of the door - suddenly yells out, "WOW! She is LOADED with worms!"
Then he nonchalantly comes back through the door and calmly says, "Ok, she does have a few hookworms, so we're going to send you home with another dose of wormer to give her 3 days from now."
I don't know, I just thought that was kinda funny.
Like he had a holy shit moment on one side of the door and then it was no big deal on the other.
Then I got home and looked up hookworms on the 'net and had my own holy shit moment.
Go ahead...I dare you to google "hookworm pictures".
I was outside with the shovel searching around in the dark for any overlooked poop piles.
I was already picking the poops up, but only every couple of days.
Now I'm practically standing there holding the shovel under her ass to catch it before it even touches the ground.
So far, so good. No itchy red places on the bottoms of the kids feet, and no freaky spaghetti looking things crawling under anyone's skin....
Honestly, I really don't think the soil in our yard makes a very hospitable environment for said parasite larvae.
Technically, our soil isn't soil. It's sand. Lots & lots of dry sand.
There may be a little bit of "dirt" in there, but you have to dig for it.
Grass won't even grow in that mess.
Weeds and stickers and desert rose love it.....but it's not exactly the "warm, moist soil" condusive to keeping hatchling hookworm larvae thriving.
Sure, they might live for a little while, like after a good rain....but once the sun comes out they'll
be flash baked in no time. Ha.
What's that? Enough about the worms and poop?
Oh, all right.
I gotta go for now anyway.
Friday, April 02, 2010
Puppy Love
My puppy is here now:)
Isn't she just total cuteness, sittin' there munchin on a leaf?
She's amazingly intelligent too, which is most awesome because training her isn't the huge chore I thought it was going to be.
I was all prepared for the trials and tribulations of house breaking a puppy...and she hasn't had but 2 accidents in the last week since she came to live with us.
She's doing great with the sit command too, plops her butt down immediately almost every time.
She doesn't run off or wander away when we're playing in the yard. She stays RIGHT THERE next to me at all times...unless we're playing fetch, and she comes right back with the tennis ball every time.
She doesn't like walking with a leash too much right now...she bites it and tries to carry it in her mouth or chew it off. ha.
She doesn't really need to use one right now because I'm not taking her out of the yard until she has all of her vaccinations, but she's going to have to wear one eventually when we start going for walks so she might as well get used to it now :)
I have tons of stuff to do today, so that's all I can post for now.
Isn't she just total cuteness, sittin' there munchin on a leaf?
She's amazingly intelligent too, which is most awesome because training her isn't the huge chore I thought it was going to be.
I was all prepared for the trials and tribulations of house breaking a puppy...and she hasn't had but 2 accidents in the last week since she came to live with us.
She's doing great with the sit command too, plops her butt down immediately almost every time.
She doesn't run off or wander away when we're playing in the yard. She stays RIGHT THERE next to me at all times...unless we're playing fetch, and she comes right back with the tennis ball every time.
She doesn't like walking with a leash too much right now...she bites it and tries to carry it in her mouth or chew it off. ha.
She doesn't really need to use one right now because I'm not taking her out of the yard until she has all of her vaccinations, but she's going to have to wear one eventually when we start going for walks so she might as well get used to it now :)
I have tons of stuff to do today, so that's all I can post for now.
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