Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Vote For Whimsical Animal Rescue!


Hi - I just voted in Care2.com's "America's Favorite Animal Shelter" contest to help my favorite local group, Whimsical Animal Rescue, Inc. of Sussex County Animal Association, win a grand prize of $10,000. Think of the homeless pets we could save with $10,000! But I need your help to get enough votes to help Whimsical Animal Rescue, Inc. of Sussex County Animal Association win. Please vote here: http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/70616/?refer=30296.14.1222172153.5194


Reminder: This is where we adopted Odie!


Monday, September 22, 2008

Still No Baby?!?

Well, DD still hasn't had the baby! She went into premature labor weeks ago. Her doctor put her on bed rest and gave her some medication to stop the contractions. When she reached 36 weeks (2 weeks ago), they took her off the medicine and immediately she was dilated 1 cm. Well, she saw the docotor today and she is STILL 1cm dilated. She will go again next Monday and if she doesn't have the baby before, she will go again on 10/6/08, which is her original due date. Little Emma is keeping her Mama and Daddy (and Grandma) waiting. Don't worry thoguh, everyone will know when she gets here because I will shout it from the roof top of NMH!! LOL

Friday, September 19, 2008

$1 Per Day Diet?

A couple named Christopher and Kerri are trying, for 30 days, to live off a dollar a day (each) for food. Their rules for this are;
1. All food consumed each day must total $1 for each of us.
2. We cannot accept free food or “donated” food unless it is available for everyone in our area. (i.e. foraging, samples in stores, dumpster diving)
3. Any food we plant, we pay for.
4. We will do our best to cook a variety of meals; ramen noodles can only be prepared if there is no other way to stay under one dollar. (We have six packages and will buy no more)
5. Should we decide to have guests over for dinner they must eat from our share; meaning they don’t get to eat their own dollar’s worth of food.

Interesting... I really don't think anyone in my house could eat on $1 per day. Maybe $1 per meal if we can use the McDee's Dollar Menu ;)

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Hannah - aka Callie




True Love Story

A story of reuniting ...
On our wedding anniversary, we went to the local crab house for dinner. WHile we were eating, a waitress runs by our table with a basset hound in her arms. Double take! Yep - a basset hound!
As it turned out, this little gal has been hanging around all day and had finally managed to sneak in the back door of the returant!
Well, Hurricane Hannah was scheduled to make herself known in approximately 18 hours and this little gal would be left out in the storm! DH & I took her home to keep her safe. This was Friday.
Hurricane related storms blew through all day on Saturday. Before it got too bad, I drove to the local Humane Society to have "Hannah" (our temporary name for her) scanned for a micro chip. They found none.
I called all the local vets, SPCA, pet shops, etc and let them know that I found her. I knew someone had to be looking for her. She was mostly housebroken and just the sweetest little girl! Even Odie fell in love (or was it lust?). Saturday continued on, not a word. Sunday of course was quiet, as most Sunday's are, except for the noise of a very young basset hound! Monday, I just knew someone would call. Nothing! Monday night, we decided we would keep her and if no one claimed her by the end of the week, we would take her to our vet.
Unfortunately - she had fleas, SO, WE had fleas! We treated her with Frontline. Luckily, she weighs almost the same as Odie and we could use his medicine.
On Tuesday, the SPCA called to tell me that someone was looking for her. I got his phone number and we agreed to meet at my house.When I walked in, she wagged her tail. When he walked in - she nearly through out a hip!!! She was wagging so hard! Tuens our, her name is "Callie" and she has a very loving family, consisting of Husband, Wife, 2 children, ages 3 and 6 and a cat! No wonder she had so much energy!!
I thought I would be terribly sad to lose her, but knowing that she went home to such a loving family sure helped. I actually felt great that I protected her from the storm and then was able to reunite her with those that love her most!
Good Luck to you and your family Callie! I hope you live Happily Ever After!!