Adorably hilarious!

Below are two short videos of Brin (my mom's pit bull) holding Koala's leash in his mouth and walking her around the house. Enjoy!

Who is this guy?

If you click here and zoom in behind Obama... who is the man in the armchair next to Cheney? (No, not Bush - on the *other* side of Cheney.) Bush, Biden and Mrs Biden are the only people in armchairs (not even Michelle Obama, Clinton, Bush 1 or Carter - they all have folding chairs). Who is this guy?? It's driving me and my mom nuts.

Taking matters into my own hands

It seems that the people of the Waycross area need some serious education regarding how to take care of their domestic animals. I'm actually working on something which might help... but until I get that going, I figured I'd start by doing something simple. Now, I'm not much of a bumper sticker person, but they seem like a pretty good way to start spreading the word:

(That's Alley Cat on the car.)

Then there's this shirt, which I'm going to try to wear every time I go to Wal-Mart, or any other place which would be packed with locals:

Save a life - adopt a shelter pet!!

If you're interested in helping to spread the word, doghause.com has some excellent shirts and bumper stickers pertaining to spaying/neutering and adopting from shelters.

The new member of my family...

...is a dog. I bet you thought a cat lady like myself would never take a dog into her household, but I have. She came in to the shelter, abused and abandoned, and I didn't think she would make it through the night. I stayed up all night nursing her, forcing liquids and nutrients down her throat... and she made it. We thought she'd lost her left eye, although she has finally opened it. Not sure if she can see out of it though.

When I first brought her home

A sleeping beauty

Doing much better!

Meeting my mom's dogs

The SPCA sent me a towel, which I swear has my dog on it!

The funniest thing ever!!

(Probably not safe for work, though.) Click here.

Those damn beasts!

I wanted to do some work on the Spartan this afternoon, so, with Brin the pit bull and a tiny abused puppy that I'm pet-sitting for work, I drove out to the land. In the past, I've been able to open the gate and drive in without the horses coming anywhere near me. Today, Honey decided to charge through the gate (in between the fence and the car), and of course, Merlin followed after her. By the time I got out of the car, they were galloping down the road. Luckily, by "road" I mean dirt tracks through woods, which lead first to dirt roads through residential neighborhoods before getting anywhere near a highway. Still, they were going at full speed, and I didn't know what to do. In a panic, I called my mom, who sped over. It took us more than an hour (and the help of some people in the nearby neighborhoods) to catch them. I am exhausted...

In which I don't go to Connecticut

Melissa just got a job offer in Connecticut. For those of you who don't know, Melissa had been living in Orlando, FL. I had agreed to go with her to help take care of her baby until Alex (her husband) got up there in mid January. This agreement was based on me still being unemployed as of December 31st, the day we'd planned to leave. The humane society hired me on December 29th. Now we had simply assumed that given the economic climate, I would still be unemployed. As such, I had one of Melissa and Alex's cars here in Georgia. Alex has the other one in Orlando, and Melissa and the baby were car-less in North Carolina, where they were visiting Melissa's older sister. So on New Year's Eve, after I got off work, I drove Melissa's car to North Carolina. The next day, I rode back to Georgia with Melissa's sister who was going to Florida.... then this morning I went back to work. Meanwhile, Melissa and her niece left at roughly the same time to drive to Connecticut. Whew! Happy New Year everyone :-)

Melissa

Melissa and Madeline

Melissa's sister's super awesome dog