Here's a video of Dibs chasing a laser pointer. I just bought one today and I wasn't sure if she was going to react to it... Peeps - well, he wasn't really havin' it.
I wanted to create an online portfolio of sorts, of my photography. (non-professional, of course).
My Flickr.com site has over 3300 photos on it, and it's hard to look at everything. Great for storing though, since they store the original size and you have unlimited space if you sign up for the pro package (which is significantly cheaper than Google's Picasa Pro Accounts)
Picasa by Google starts you out with 7GB for free. Which is actually a lot of space, but if you take an exorbitant amount of photos like I do, and want to share them on the web in full size (or smaller)... 7GB ain't gonna cut it.
Here are the pricing plans for Picasa:
Flickr's free account provides only 100MB/month of uploading. That equates to about 1.2GB/year. Not great, but their pricing? Can't beat it.
I'm sure there are others out there, but Flickr has been good to me and I plan to remain loyal.
Anyway - this new site of mine, is not a blog. It's just a portfolio/web album. I plan to post my favorite photos on there. I also hope to be able to come up with some themes every month for photos to be taken. It will keep me occupied, b/c lord knows, I can't remain focused on one thing for too long.
I had originally had this logo in mind:
...But decided to go with something a little less personal.
The kids are asleep. YAY! Peeps (left) : Bichon Frise, Male, 4 years old Dibs (right) : Bichon Frise/Poodle Mix, Female, 2.5 months old
These little ones are such a JOY! Peeps has grown up so much since getting a new baby sister. He is very protective of her, and extremely patient. Anyone who's had a puppy knows how sharp their nails and teeth can be. Dibs will jump up on Peeps' face and grab ahold of his cheek with her teeth and hang from his face. He just sits there as if it doesn't phase him.
Today I pet sit for 2 of my fav's. Here they are. All fluffy and cute.
Pookie (Pomeranian)
and Gizmo (Shitzu)
Heading down their driveway to the street.
Walkin' them with 2 retractable leashes. Not the easiest thing. This is a very busy road (can't tell by this pic) and cars like to zoom through going almost 50mph. Coming over the small hill they have little time to react if one of the dogs is in the street. And Giz, he likes to walk in the street.
Pookie, on the other hand, loves to explore. Like in the woods for example. She always has ticks on her and I'm the lucky one who gets to pull them off her! It takes forever b/c she is just one big furball.
Oh my gosh, I've been wanting a haircut sooo bad, but with the economy and my current employment situation, scrapping up enough dough has been a bit tough.
I couldn't justify spending $70+ at my regular salon and I didn't want to go to the mall to get it done. I've had bad experiences there and at other small shops. I know it's bad to stereotype, but it's my hair and it's a big part of me! LOL
Anyway, today I got an email from Animal Alliance:
Hi Everyone,
This Sunday May 24, THEO'S SALON OF PRINCETON will be offering haircuts at the reduced price of $60 (normal price $100 and up) to benefit Animal Alliance.
100% of the proceeds of this special day will go directly to the 5 core programs of Animal Alliance: rescue, rehabiliation, pre-adoption spay/neuter, low cost spay/neuter outreach services, and adoption.
THEO'S is located at: 236 NASSAU STREET, PRINCETON, NJ 08542.
Appointments can be made by contacting the salon directly at 609-921-7999.
If you need a haircut, here's a great way to make a contribution to Animal Alliance.
Hope to see you there!
I'm psyched! I just made my appointment for 12pm this Sunday. Can't wait!
The price is kinda high still, and well, the original $100 is a bit insane...but hell, this haircut, this day will be for a good cause!
Found this site via StumbleUpon . It's called Cut Out + Keep, you can make and share step-by-step craft tutorials!
I find myself needing to be inspired, a lot. And this site inspired me to try a few things. So I hope to get to them in the next few weeks and have something to show for it. :-)
Check it out and if you make anything from the site, share!
It was a nice time. A lot of prep work, but good times had. It was really great hosting it at our house this time around. I enjoy being a host, to a degree, I think it's the comfort in knowing that I can do what I want within my own place and I don't have to worry about getting too tired or having to leave at a certain time.
I have been sick lately. Don't have a diagnosis just yet, but it has something to do with my lungs again.
I can't breathe all that well. It started out as just allergies, and my asthma is usually triggered by those.
After the allergies were gone, I still couldn't breathe. This is not the norm for me. I clutched my rescue inhaler 24x7...and used it at least 10x's a day. I knew it wasn't right...but I dealt.
This is all started about a month ago. So finally, a week ago, I went to the doc and told her what was going on. She thought I might have bronchitis, however I had no coughing or fever or other signs of infection. I just couldn't BREATHE. She did happen to find a double ear-infection going on though. Hmmm. Guess the breathing issues kept my focus away from that little doozy. Also my blood pressure was pretty high at abt 130/93... Usually I'm in the LOW 100's/70ish. High blood pressure could be due to using the inhaler so much though. Doc recommended that I "find a neighbor who might have a blood pressure cuff to check on me every-other-day". Uh. Hello? What?! ... anyway, it made me paranoid enough to go out and buy a blood pressure cuff that does everything automatically.
I was put on Prednisone (steroids) to open my lungs up. Z-Pak (antibiotic) to help with bronchitis (if I had it) and the dbl ear infection. Cymbicort (like Advair) for daily maintenance help for my asthma. The Cymbicort seems to help a bit. I the past few days I've only used my inhaler about 5x's a day or so. The steroids didn't seem to really do anything. I can breathe in A LOT but can't breathe out. I cough and I have to catch my breath...and doing so usually leaves me choking and reaching for my inhaler. The antibiotic didn't do crap, b/c my ears hurt so bad now.
So... now I'm on Augmentin (penicillin) and Cingulair. We'll see how that goes. Also, she called in a prescrip for some nebulizer meds, but I will have to go out and by the actual machine or rent it. So I'm not so sure I'll be doing that anytime soon at least. If i'm not better or if I'm worse by Friday, I go to see her physically, again.
She lives near the shore...it's kinda far from me. So she is gracious enough to call in prescrip changes for me if a visit isn't particularly necessary.
It's been a long time since I've updated on any lung-issues. Looking back, things were kinda crazy.
Since 2007 I've been going to the doc once a year in June (well I guess that would make that only 1 time then) for a full on check up at NY Presbyterian Hospital's - Pulmonary division.
Anywho -- I'm going to try and keep my medical stuff out of this blog, again and on to my CaringBridge.org page
Just crossing my fingers in the meantime, hoping that I just need to get my asthma in check and it's nothing else!!!
I'm pretty terrified right now, b/c I've never felt so helpless and out of control. I fear being home alone one day, not able to breathe. Choking and not being able to make a sound. Not being able to call 911 and let them know where I am and what's wrong with me and that I need help. I fear that one day my rescue inhaler just isn't going to cut it...
Pick a theme. Invite guests. Guests all bring a theme related dish and dress according to theme. Music/Movies/Games etc... related to theme. Fun times!!!
