Can you please help?
Remi
Thank you!
Friday, March 06, 2015
My friend and fellow animal rights advocate needs help!
Remi's mom lost her job a couple months ago. She is looking hard for a new one but in the meantime, she has a pup that needs cancer medication.
Can you please help?
Remi
Thank you!
Can you please help?
Remi
Thank you!
Friday, February 20, 2015
Kat requested Nirvana
at the elementary school's Spaghetti Western Dance.
I was surprised.
I was volunteering and taking photos.
I wanted to hear Beastie Boys, "Girls" but it was gently suggested that I go back into my corner.
I knew at that point there was no chance I'd get them to play some Skinny Puppy.
I was surprised.
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| Smells like teen spirit |
I was volunteering and taking photos.
I wanted to hear Beastie Boys, "Girls" but it was gently suggested that I go back into my corner.
I knew at that point there was no chance I'd get them to play some Skinny Puppy.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Chip Holds
Here is reason #429 to send in/update chip information when you own an animal.
This is Payton. He is 13 years old and his owner brought him in for euthanasia. He doesn't walk well and is in obvious discomfort.
Payton has to sit in the shelter for 7 days because the person that brought him in did not update his chip information. Payton's chip is registered to the person that owned him before. This family has to be contacted before the shelter can euthanize him OR Payton has to wait (by law) 7 days and if he is "unclaimed" during that time period, THEN the shelter can put him out of his misery.
Payton is housebroken. He is not allowed to go for walks because the shelter does not have confirmation on who owns him.
This is Payton. He is 13 years old and his owner brought him in for euthanasia. He doesn't walk well and is in obvious discomfort.
Payton has to sit in the shelter for 7 days because the person that brought him in did not update his chip information. Payton's chip is registered to the person that owned him before. This family has to be contacted before the shelter can euthanize him OR Payton has to wait (by law) 7 days and if he is "unclaimed" during that time period, THEN the shelter can put him out of his misery.
Payton is housebroken. He is not allowed to go for walks because the shelter does not have confirmation on who owns him.
So, here he spends that last week of his life missing his family, confused why he is there, scared and alone, feeling guilty for relieving himself in his kennel and in obvious discomfort from whatever ailment a 13 year old dog gets.
Update your chips, please.
and YES, there is the possibility that the person(s) that brought him in really isn't his owner and his "real" owners will be thrilled to find him. However, in my limited experience, that doesn't happen very often.
PACC will allow a finder of an animal the option of taking that animal home while a "Found Report" is posted on their web site. The finder just has to show a driver's license so when the true owner calls, a reunion between the dog and their real owner can happen.
I wonder if PACC could be allowed to give owner who requests euthanasia, the option to take the animal home for the 7 day time period IF the chip doesn't match the current owner?
Why make the animal suffer like Payton has to?
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
My name is Bowen.
I died alone on the cold, concrete floor at Pima Animal Care Center. I was only 18 months old and didn't ever have a chance at a normal dog life.
No one noticed that I was sick the last week before I died.
No one noticed that I could hardly walk the last week before I died.
No one noticed the putrid smell or my pus covered neck the last week before I died.
I am a Pit Bull mix, not a cute little Pug mix or a beautiful Shepherd.
I'm just a black and white Pit Bull. I'm just another Pit Bull in the hundreds of other Pit Bulls at Pima Animal Care Center.
Bowen was a field confiscate on 11/23/14. This means the owner was probably told that he needs to give his dog up or he'd be fined for neglect or for whatever irresponsible behavior the owner had with his dog.
Bowen's review date at PACC was 12/02/14.
He was reviewed on 12/03/14:
He weighed 55 pounds
BCS (Body Condition Scale) 4/9
No temp was taken
He was QAR (Quiet, Alert Responsive)
CRT was 2 seconds
Pulse 90
Resp 30
Intact male
Healing wound on right hind leg
Gingivitis
Everything else, within normal limits
He passed, looked good and was set for neutering the next day.
12/04/14 Neutering Day
Temp 103.9
Reported that he "has high temp and crusty eyes"
12/05/14
Notes: "Temp yesterday at S/N clinic was 103.9, but BAR, no nasal/ocuolar discharge. Recheck temp today 101.2, wt=49#. Ate meatball of canned food readily. No tx indicated."
12/11/14
Marked as "Adoptable"
12/12/14
I find him. He's brought to my attention by another volunteer. He can't walk. She's been instructed by staff to take him from the indoor kennels in the main room up to the tent but he won't go. He can't walk.
When I look at him, I can actually smell him first. It's the smell of infection and it's strong. I don't know where it's coming from. I look in his mouth to see if there is an infection in there and I notice his gums, they're very pale. His cheeks and lips are cold.
I pick him up and carry him to the vet.
This is when I realize it's his neck covered in pus.
Weight: 48.4
Temp: 101.3
Depressed, drooling. Ate canned cat food reluctantly.
Odorous fur
Moist dermatitis on ventral mandible/neck.
Seromucoid nasal discharge and ocular crust.
A: Severe URI
Dr. Wilcox treated him with antibiotics and SQ fluids IMMEDIATELY and IMMEDIATELY got a kennel ready for him in sick bay.
I carried him to his kennel and laid him down on his bed. I had to leave as I had pus on my clothes and didn't want to spread infection.
It was the last time I saw him.
I asked about him Saturday, Sunday and it wasn't until Wednesday, 12/17 when I was back in Sick Bay, that I was told he was found on the floor Saturday morning (12/13/14). Dead. There was a small amount of blood next to him.
I had many questions for the Live Rescue Coordinator at PACC, including:
The Live Release Coordinator's answer to this was honest. He was disappointed as well that this dog fell through the cracks.
Pima County, DO SOMETHING about this. This dog was confiscated from his owners for a reason. The reason was NOT so he could die alone on the cold cement floor. There is no proper excuse for this. NONE whatsoever.
I can remember during my PACC Volunteer Orientation it was stated, that for some dogs, PACC is the best place they've ever been. Many dogs are kept in the cold with no water, food or shelter. When they come to PACC, they are warm and safe. I believed that and that is what made me come back to do the volunteer training and volunteer hundreds of hours over the last year.
Bowen was NOT safe at PACC. He was overlooked.
Bowen, I will not let your death be in vain. You will be the dog that sparks a change, that touches someone's heart, that helps make a decision that this will never, ever happen again.
ETA 1/28 3:00 PM: SOMEONE took off his E-Collar. He was wearing one in the first picture on his kennel card. Did that same SOMEONE NOT notice the smell? or the moisture? or the fact that he was so sick?
No one noticed that I was sick the last week before I died.
No one noticed that I could hardly walk the last week before I died.
No one noticed the putrid smell or my pus covered neck the last week before I died.
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| This is 1 of only 2 pictures of me. This was taken the day before I died. I did not feel good at all. |
I am a Pit Bull mix, not a cute little Pug mix or a beautiful Shepherd.
I'm just a black and white Pit Bull. I'm just another Pit Bull in the hundreds of other Pit Bulls at Pima Animal Care Center.
______________________________________________________________
Bowen was a field confiscate on 11/23/14. This means the owner was probably told that he needs to give his dog up or he'd be fined for neglect or for whatever irresponsible behavior the owner had with his dog.
Bowen's review date at PACC was 12/02/14.
He was reviewed on 12/03/14:
He weighed 55 pounds
BCS (Body Condition Scale) 4/9
No temp was taken
He was QAR (Quiet, Alert Responsive)
CRT was 2 seconds
Pulse 90
Resp 30
Intact male
Healing wound on right hind leg
Gingivitis
Everything else, within normal limits
He passed, looked good and was set for neutering the next day.
12/04/14 Neutering Day
Temp 103.9
Reported that he "has high temp and crusty eyes"
12/05/14
Notes: "Temp yesterday at S/N clinic was 103.9, but BAR, no nasal/ocuolar discharge. Recheck temp today 101.2, wt=49#. Ate meatball of canned food readily. No tx indicated."
12/11/14
Marked as "Adoptable"
12/12/14
I find him. He's brought to my attention by another volunteer. He can't walk. She's been instructed by staff to take him from the indoor kennels in the main room up to the tent but he won't go. He can't walk.
When I look at him, I can actually smell him first. It's the smell of infection and it's strong. I don't know where it's coming from. I look in his mouth to see if there is an infection in there and I notice his gums, they're very pale. His cheeks and lips are cold.
I pick him up and carry him to the vet.
This is when I realize it's his neck covered in pus.
Weight: 48.4
Temp: 101.3
Depressed, drooling. Ate canned cat food reluctantly.
Odorous fur
Moist dermatitis on ventral mandible/neck.
Seromucoid nasal discharge and ocular crust.
A: Severe URI
Dr. Wilcox treated him with antibiotics and SQ fluids IMMEDIATELY and IMMEDIATELY got a kennel ready for him in sick bay.
I carried him to his kennel and laid him down on his bed. I had to leave as I had pus on my clothes and didn't want to spread infection.
It was the last time I saw him.
I asked about him Saturday, Sunday and it wasn't until Wednesday, 12/17 when I was back in Sick Bay, that I was told he was found on the floor Saturday morning (12/13/14). Dead. There was a small amount of blood next to him.
I had many questions for the Live Rescue Coordinator at PACC, including:
- Why was he neutered at a 103.9 temp?
- Why was he marked as a "A" just two days before he was dead?
- What happened to him in the week between being neutered and death?
- Do the inmates not notice when they're trying to pull a dog out of his kennel and he won't walk?
- Do the inmates let someone know when a dog is sick?
- You could smell his infection from 5 feet away. Why was he being moved to the tent?
- Why was he NOT on the walker board? Another volunteer would have noticed he was sick before it was too late? (I asked a volunteer that is there nearly daily if she had ever put him on the walker board. The answer was no, meaning that he had not been released for walking. Dogs with a E-Collar are allowed to walk, just not as far)
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? HOW WAS HE MISSED???
The Live Release Coordinator's answer to this was honest. He was disappointed as well that this dog fell through the cracks.
"We are understaffed."
Pima County, DO SOMETHING about this. This dog was confiscated from his owners for a reason. The reason was NOT so he could die alone on the cold cement floor. There is no proper excuse for this. NONE whatsoever.
I can remember during my PACC Volunteer Orientation it was stated, that for some dogs, PACC is the best place they've ever been. Many dogs are kept in the cold with no water, food or shelter. When they come to PACC, they are warm and safe. I believed that and that is what made me come back to do the volunteer training and volunteer hundreds of hours over the last year.
Bowen was NOT safe at PACC. He was overlooked.
He was neglected at PACC the same way he was neglected by the owner he was taken away from.
Bowen, I will not let your death be in vain. You will be the dog that sparks a change, that touches someone's heart, that helps make a decision that this will never, ever happen again.
ETA 1/28 3:00 PM: SOMEONE took off his E-Collar. He was wearing one in the first picture on his kennel card. Did that same SOMEONE NOT notice the smell? or the moisture? or the fact that he was so sick?
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Why my house is a mess
It's Sunday afternoon and I'm trying to get the kids to do something productive.
They're both playing games.
Kat is on the computer playing on-line. Trent is playing the Wii.
I say:
"Kids, please turn off the computers/tv and Swiffer."
No response.
I repeat without using the word "please".
No response.
I repeat it.
No response.
I walk over to the TV and turn it off. I hear, "Oh, really Mom? Reaaallly?"
"Go Swiffer and Kat will follow behind you with the mop."
Kat turns off the computer because she knows I mean business.
Trent picks up the dry mop. This won't work because he doesn't clean off dog hair as he goes. And besides, I said, "SWIFFER!".
He insists he will clean it as he goes. Fine. Not arguing with him.
"Kat, you get the mop and follow behind Trent as he Swiffers".
"Where's the mop? What does it look like?" It's a stalling technique I'm used to.
I hand the mop to her.
Within seconds, she is spraying the back of Trent's ankles with the mop fluid. Trent is yelling back at her and there are a few karate moves involved. I tell them to separate a bit.
"But Mom, you told me to follow behind him"
Trent goes into the living room and dry mops.
Kat discovers that the mop makes a squeaky noise when you pull the trigger. She starts to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with the mop trigger, getting excessive amounts of cleaning fluid in one area.
"Kat, knock it off and now you'll have to mop up the extra fluid."
Five minutes later, Kat is still in the same area moving the mop back and forth.
"Kat, you have to move around the room when you mop."
"You told me to mop up the extra fluid."
Kat drops the mop and walks away.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm thirsty"
I say nothing because I'm biting my tongue. Yelling at them just makes them laugh. I'm folding clothes in the laundry area. I'll just ignore them.
Kat is getting a second glass of water.
Still ignoring her until I hear a shrill scream.
"TRENT! You're getting dog hair all over the area I just mopped".
I look at Trent's dry mop and there is very little hair on the front of it. What the heck has he done with all the hair he has collected?
Well, he drug it over the wet mopped area, leaving hair everywhere.
I reach for my anti-anxiety pills and take a couple. I don't want to yell or scream or threaten. Just mop the fucking floor and move on. Why is it so hard? If I start yelling, then Erik starts yelling and then all HELL breaks loose and there goes our nice Simpson's Sunday evening.
"Trent, have you been cleaning the hair from the dry mop as you go?"
"Yeah, I just did"
*sigh*
There are clumps of dog hair everywhere.
Katrina quits mopping because Trent just covered her 5 foot square mopped area with dog hair.
They're arguing and it's starting to get loud.
"Is it really worth it? Shouldn't I have just Swiffered and mopped the damn floor, " I ask myself.
Kat does put the mop away (she only mopped half the dining room) eventually and goes out side to see what Erik is doing. Trent picks up the clumps of hair with the dry mop and soon I hear Erik screaming at Trent.
Trent decided to dump the contents of the dry mop over Katrina's head.
This is why my house is a mess. I give up. I climb up the anti-anxiety medication ladder and go back into my bedroom and study.
P.S. There are no pictures to this story. I always say that pictures are important. Today they are not. I'm curled up into the fetal position under the covers in my bed. Just picture that.
Most of the time they're very good kids. They're awesome kids. It's just when it comes to cleaning that I can't handle it.
Thanks for listening.
They're both playing games.
Kat is on the computer playing on-line. Trent is playing the Wii.
I say:
"Kids, please turn off the computers/tv and Swiffer."
No response.
I repeat without using the word "please".
No response.
I repeat it.
No response.
I walk over to the TV and turn it off. I hear, "Oh, really Mom? Reaaallly?"
"Go Swiffer and Kat will follow behind you with the mop."
Kat turns off the computer because she knows I mean business.
Trent picks up the dry mop. This won't work because he doesn't clean off dog hair as he goes. And besides, I said, "SWIFFER!".
He insists he will clean it as he goes. Fine. Not arguing with him.
"Kat, you get the mop and follow behind Trent as he Swiffers".
"Where's the mop? What does it look like?" It's a stalling technique I'm used to.
I hand the mop to her.
Within seconds, she is spraying the back of Trent's ankles with the mop fluid. Trent is yelling back at her and there are a few karate moves involved. I tell them to separate a bit.
"But Mom, you told me to follow behind him"
Trent goes into the living room and dry mops.
Kat discovers that the mop makes a squeaky noise when you pull the trigger. She starts to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with the mop trigger, getting excessive amounts of cleaning fluid in one area.
"Kat, knock it off and now you'll have to mop up the extra fluid."
Five minutes later, Kat is still in the same area moving the mop back and forth.
"Kat, you have to move around the room when you mop."
"You told me to mop up the extra fluid."
Kat drops the mop and walks away.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm thirsty"
I say nothing because I'm biting my tongue. Yelling at them just makes them laugh. I'm folding clothes in the laundry area. I'll just ignore them.
Kat is getting a second glass of water.
Still ignoring her until I hear a shrill scream.
"TRENT! You're getting dog hair all over the area I just mopped".
I look at Trent's dry mop and there is very little hair on the front of it. What the heck has he done with all the hair he has collected?
Well, he drug it over the wet mopped area, leaving hair everywhere.
I reach for my anti-anxiety pills and take a couple. I don't want to yell or scream or threaten. Just mop the fucking floor and move on. Why is it so hard? If I start yelling, then Erik starts yelling and then all HELL breaks loose and there goes our nice Simpson's Sunday evening.
"Trent, have you been cleaning the hair from the dry mop as you go?"
"Yeah, I just did"
*sigh*
There are clumps of dog hair everywhere.
Katrina quits mopping because Trent just covered her 5 foot square mopped area with dog hair.
They're arguing and it's starting to get loud.
"Is it really worth it? Shouldn't I have just Swiffered and mopped the damn floor, " I ask myself.
Kat does put the mop away (she only mopped half the dining room) eventually and goes out side to see what Erik is doing. Trent picks up the clumps of hair with the dry mop and soon I hear Erik screaming at Trent.
Trent decided to dump the contents of the dry mop over Katrina's head.
This is why my house is a mess. I give up. I climb up the anti-anxiety medication ladder and go back into my bedroom and study.
P.S. There are no pictures to this story. I always say that pictures are important. Today they are not. I'm curled up into the fetal position under the covers in my bed. Just picture that.
Most of the time they're very good kids. They're awesome kids. It's just when it comes to cleaning that I can't handle it.
Thanks for listening.
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Looking for a dog or cat you saw a picture of at PACC?
If you are here looking for more information about a dog or cat that I took a picture of, you can click above on the green bar that says, "Dog Walk 2014" or "Kitty Cuddles 2014".
Please note that my information on whether or not they are adopted may not be up to date. Also note that any comments I make is based only on my personal experience with that specific animal.
You can also visit Pima Animal Care Center on line for dogs HERE.
For cats, visit HERE.
On either page, you can click on "NAME" and have pets listed alphabetically by name. If they're not in the system, chances are they are probably adopted.
But, please, double check by calling Pima Animal Care Center at 520-243-5900.
Please note that my information on whether or not they are adopted may not be up to date. Also note that any comments I make is based only on my personal experience with that specific animal.
You can also visit Pima Animal Care Center on line for dogs HERE.
For cats, visit HERE.
On either page, you can click on "NAME" and have pets listed alphabetically by name. If they're not in the system, chances are they are probably adopted.
But, please, double check by calling Pima Animal Care Center at 520-243-5900.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Tips and Instructions for my December pages
Hello everyone! It's my turn to share my tips and instructions for the Creative Kit pages from My Creative Scrapbook.
Blake's First Christmas:
I really liked the background and wanted to leave as much of it showing as possible. This is a very simple page and I didn't take any extra closeup photos.
I first tapped some gold and red ink on the background. I didn't spray it, I just pulled out the spray top and flicked the end of the tube.
I chose just one sheet of patterned paper and chose green to help accent my grandson in his green pajamas.
After the photo was matted onto the green pattern paper, I simply just added stickers, carefully making sure I was making a few visual triangles.
I have a triangle with the wooden snowflakes and with the red stickers.
Some of the stickers are on 3-D glue dots to help them stand out more.
I used a little red rick rack to ground the photo.
That's it. Easy Peasy.
Merry Christmas 2013:
I was determined to use this picture, darn it, with this kit. My only issue was that I had a purple background and not a stitch of purple in any of the papers.
That wasn't going to stop me, though.
First, I sanded the background to make it look worn.
sand, sand, sand...don't make any holes.
Sprinkle some Heidi Swapp gold lame ink on the paper. I also used white ink.
Uh oh, it looks like the cat is on the prowl again. Don't let your cat mess up your project. If she steps in your liquid ink, she'll track it everywhere. Just blow on the cat. Yes, blow on her. She'll move along and your liquid ink will dry at the same time.
Then I added (my favorite) gesso and some purple paint. Ooops, I don't have a picture of the purple paint but it's a Tim Holtz distress paint.
I ripped up the background pattern paper that I wanted to use to highlight the actual photo. I inked it up and added it back in kind of the same order it was.
That red bow on top is made with a Tim Holtz die. It's really very cute and very handy. I made sure to use a visual triangle this time with the color red to move your eye down the page. I broke up the big solid chunk of purple with a garland sticker.
The washi tape was added at the bottom as part of the triangle.
The green holly and the tree in the bottom right are also a visual triangle.
Santa 2012:
Now that my children know the truth about Santa, I had to make a page on it.
In my house, Grandma is Santa. That is also my journaling that is written all around the circle.
"Santa is really Grandma"
My family comes over to my home every Christmas Eve and every Christmas Eve, my mother is late. My mother has never been late to anything in her life but my kids never picked up on that. Every year, she was scolded because Santa would come and leave and she would miss him EVERY STINKIN' YEAR.
"Grandma!! You missed Santa again! Where where you?"
"I forgot the olives", was her response every year.
Poor Grandma.
Once the kids figured it out, they no longer felt bad for Grandma.
Anyway, I wanted this page to be simple, too. One patterned paper strip down the center. A circle of green dotted pattern paper to highlight the photo. If you've read any of my posts in the past, you know I have just a plastic template for circles. I just trace it at the size I want and cut it out by hand. I'm tired of goofy machines. I don't have room on my desk for all these things, especially when the cat wants to visit.
I cut the doily in half and put each half behind the circle to accentuate the photo.
I added some stickers and called it a day.
Oh, and the journaling. Don't forgot the journaling.
We're ready!:
Everyone is ready for Santa but where the heck is he?
Standing on my fireplace, we have my son, my neighbor, my daughter, my grandson and my neighbor.
They're all waiting for Santa and they're getting impatient but I'm doing a good job of keeping them distracted by making them hold still for photos.
I don't know if you know this, but I'm kind of a texture girl. I like texture. I wanted to do something different for the background and since I'm in Vet Assistant School (did you know that?), we've been practicing folding towels for surgery.
My entire life, I have folded towels in thirds and this is wrong. You're supposed to fold them accordion style like my picture above. Of course, you don't need to make as many folds but I will say I was inspired by class for this technique.
After I folded it all up, I sanded the edges. You can't see them very well in my photograph, but there are little creases and white lines on the green background.
For the rest of the page, I just kind of put it together. The snowflake is on a punched piece of red pattern paper, the ribbon is tied and glued down and those nasty little puffy mint candy things are on 3-D glue dots. Does anyone even really like those candies?
That's it for this month everyone. Thank you for reading and please join and get a membership to this fabulous place. Pam really does an excellent job at putting these kits together and she is SO ORGANIZED! I love that about her. :)
Have a wonderful holiday season everyone.
Blake's First Christmas:
I really liked the background and wanted to leave as much of it showing as possible. This is a very simple page and I didn't take any extra closeup photos.
I first tapped some gold and red ink on the background. I didn't spray it, I just pulled out the spray top and flicked the end of the tube.
I chose just one sheet of patterned paper and chose green to help accent my grandson in his green pajamas.
After the photo was matted onto the green pattern paper, I simply just added stickers, carefully making sure I was making a few visual triangles.
I have a triangle with the wooden snowflakes and with the red stickers.
Some of the stickers are on 3-D glue dots to help them stand out more.
I used a little red rick rack to ground the photo.
That's it. Easy Peasy.
Merry Christmas 2013:
I was determined to use this picture, darn it, with this kit. My only issue was that I had a purple background and not a stitch of purple in any of the papers.
That wasn't going to stop me, though.
First, I sanded the background to make it look worn.
sand, sand, sand...don't make any holes.
Sprinkle some Heidi Swapp gold lame ink on the paper. I also used white ink.
Uh oh, it looks like the cat is on the prowl again. Don't let your cat mess up your project. If she steps in your liquid ink, she'll track it everywhere. Just blow on the cat. Yes, blow on her. She'll move along and your liquid ink will dry at the same time.
Then I added (my favorite) gesso and some purple paint. Ooops, I don't have a picture of the purple paint but it's a Tim Holtz distress paint.
I ripped up the background pattern paper that I wanted to use to highlight the actual photo. I inked it up and added it back in kind of the same order it was.
That red bow on top is made with a Tim Holtz die. It's really very cute and very handy. I made sure to use a visual triangle this time with the color red to move your eye down the page. I broke up the big solid chunk of purple with a garland sticker.
The washi tape was added at the bottom as part of the triangle.
The green holly and the tree in the bottom right are also a visual triangle.
Santa 2012:
Now that my children know the truth about Santa, I had to make a page on it.
In my house, Grandma is Santa. That is also my journaling that is written all around the circle.
"Santa is really Grandma"
My family comes over to my home every Christmas Eve and every Christmas Eve, my mother is late. My mother has never been late to anything in her life but my kids never picked up on that. Every year, she was scolded because Santa would come and leave and she would miss him EVERY STINKIN' YEAR.
"Grandma!! You missed Santa again! Where where you?"
"I forgot the olives", was her response every year.
Poor Grandma.
Once the kids figured it out, they no longer felt bad for Grandma.
Anyway, I wanted this page to be simple, too. One patterned paper strip down the center. A circle of green dotted pattern paper to highlight the photo. If you've read any of my posts in the past, you know I have just a plastic template for circles. I just trace it at the size I want and cut it out by hand. I'm tired of goofy machines. I don't have room on my desk for all these things, especially when the cat wants to visit.
I cut the doily in half and put each half behind the circle to accentuate the photo.
I added some stickers and called it a day.
Oh, and the journaling. Don't forgot the journaling.
We're ready!:
Everyone is ready for Santa but where the heck is he?
Standing on my fireplace, we have my son, my neighbor, my daughter, my grandson and my neighbor.
They're all waiting for Santa and they're getting impatient but I'm doing a good job of keeping them distracted by making them hold still for photos.
I don't know if you know this, but I'm kind of a texture girl. I like texture. I wanted to do something different for the background and since I'm in Vet Assistant School (did you know that?), we've been practicing folding towels for surgery.
My entire life, I have folded towels in thirds and this is wrong. You're supposed to fold them accordion style like my picture above. Of course, you don't need to make as many folds but I will say I was inspired by class for this technique.
After I folded it all up, I sanded the edges. You can't see them very well in my photograph, but there are little creases and white lines on the green background.
For the rest of the page, I just kind of put it together. The snowflake is on a punched piece of red pattern paper, the ribbon is tied and glued down and those nasty little puffy mint candy things are on 3-D glue dots. Does anyone even really like those candies?
That's it for this month everyone. Thank you for reading and please join and get a membership to this fabulous place. Pam really does an excellent job at putting these kits together and she is SO ORGANIZED! I love that about her. :)
Have a wonderful holiday season everyone.
We've talked about this before...
It's one of the reasons I wanted to go to vet tech school.
One of the hardest situations at the Help Desk is when the working poor come in to euthanize their family pet.
They've spent 10+ years with this animal and because they don't have $200-$300 for euthansia, they have no choice but to drop their suffering animal off at PACC. For $15, PACC will euthanize them. However, before that happens, their beloved pets will sit on a cement floor next to the cooler that reeks of death. The animals can wait for hours, sad, alone, scared and confused.
The family doesn't get the option of sitting with their animal and holding their paw while they pass.
They don't get their ashes back but they can ask for the body.
Animals are killed usually during a scheduled time. Animals may have to suffer a bit before they are put down at scheduled euth times.
I don't know if everyone knows this, but since it was brought up in the vet's euthanasia meeting that I had to miss, I'm going to share it here... catheters aren't always used. A catheter will get the poison to the place it needs to be quicker. Miss a vein, it hurts and the tech tries again until they get a vein. It's not always "humanely done". "Humanely done" would be at least be with a catheter. Unfortunately, shelter life does not give time for this. Too many animals need attention and care. This is also an emotional drain on the tech that has to do so many of these in a day.
I can't even imagine how difficult it is to leave your suffering pet with strangers and walk away with nothing.
Today my mother donated air drying clay and several copies of the Rainbow Bridge poem.
The other volunteer and I made paw print impressions for the families that had to bring in their pet for euthanasia because they can't afford anything else. Each paw print also got a Rainbow Bridge poem.
It was the first time I felt like I was helping people. We're not just there for the animals but we're also there for the families.
I'll never forget today the large woman bending over her dog and saying goodbye. She was bawling and her family was crying. She didn't want to leave and the family was coaxing her to go. The coat she wore was tattered, dirty and coming apart at the seam in the back and I could see the lining. It was just falling apart in front of me.
People leaving their animals at PACC to die should never leave empty handed. I'm glad I was able to help her with the smallest of tokens...a paw print impression of her beloved dog.
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I always add a picture to my post. This is Gigi and Shannon. Gigi died last month and we had to pay nearly $400 for her euthanasia, cremation, and return of her ashes.
Crayola makes an air drying clay if anyone would like to donate to this cause. Michael's sells it and you and buy it in a tub for $7.00. Use a coupon, and you'll get it even cheaper.
Thank you.
Low Cost Euthanasia
Better Low Cost Euthanasia
Improved Low Cost Euthanasia
One of the hardest situations at the Help Desk is when the working poor come in to euthanize their family pet.
They've spent 10+ years with this animal and because they don't have $200-$300 for euthansia, they have no choice but to drop their suffering animal off at PACC. For $15, PACC will euthanize them. However, before that happens, their beloved pets will sit on a cement floor next to the cooler that reeks of death. The animals can wait for hours, sad, alone, scared and confused.
The family doesn't get the option of sitting with their animal and holding their paw while they pass.
They don't get their ashes back but they can ask for the body.
Animals are killed usually during a scheduled time. Animals may have to suffer a bit before they are put down at scheduled euth times.
I don't know if everyone knows this, but since it was brought up in the vet's euthanasia meeting that I had to miss, I'm going to share it here... catheters aren't always used. A catheter will get the poison to the place it needs to be quicker. Miss a vein, it hurts and the tech tries again until they get a vein. It's not always "humanely done". "Humanely done" would be at least be with a catheter. Unfortunately, shelter life does not give time for this. Too many animals need attention and care. This is also an emotional drain on the tech that has to do so many of these in a day.
I can't even imagine how difficult it is to leave your suffering pet with strangers and walk away with nothing.
Today my mother donated air drying clay and several copies of the Rainbow Bridge poem.
The other volunteer and I made paw print impressions for the families that had to bring in their pet for euthanasia because they can't afford anything else. Each paw print also got a Rainbow Bridge poem.
It was the first time I felt like I was helping people. We're not just there for the animals but we're also there for the families.
I'll never forget today the large woman bending over her dog and saying goodbye. She was bawling and her family was crying. She didn't want to leave and the family was coaxing her to go. The coat she wore was tattered, dirty and coming apart at the seam in the back and I could see the lining. It was just falling apart in front of me.
People leaving their animals at PACC to die should never leave empty handed. I'm glad I was able to help her with the smallest of tokens...a paw print impression of her beloved dog.
I always add a picture to my post. This is Gigi and Shannon. Gigi died last month and we had to pay nearly $400 for her euthanasia, cremation, and return of her ashes.
Crayola makes an air drying clay if anyone would like to donate to this cause. Michael's sells it and you and buy it in a tub for $7.00. Use a coupon, and you'll get it even cheaper.
Thank you.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Merry Christmas
Well, here it is.
The final product after fighting with the kids for what seemed like hours the other day.
I originally wanted a sunset in the background, but I've decided that I really like the green of the saguaros instead.
Both liked and wanted the serious face pose.
Sorry, again no card from us this year.
The final product after fighting with the kids for what seemed like hours the other day.
I originally wanted a sunset in the background, but I've decided that I really like the green of the saguaros instead.
Both liked and wanted the serious face pose.
Merry Christmas
Sorry, again no card from us this year.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
The annual Christmas card photo shoot
It's that time of year again where I spend the day yelling at the kids to take a shower and brush their hair.
We gather up the photo equipment, make Kat change into normal clothing, make Trent take off his favorite skull t-shirt and find a place to take a picture.
We didn't go to our normal spot this year. We just drove west on Ina until we got to Saguaro National Monument. We waited for the sunset.
I wasted the normal amount of time yelling at the kids to stop goofing around.
I took the goofing-around-photos to get them out of the way so I could get some normal ones later.
Here are the ones the kids chose as their favorites. Of course, none of these will be used as the Christmas card. These are just the photos I have to take as required by Kat and Trent.
Mom, take a picture of us like this!
OK. Done?
No MOM! This is a Kenpo move. Take a picture of us like this!
They both run over to look at it on my camera.
Are you done?
NO MOM! Take a picture of us like this!
They both run over to look at it on my camera.
Can we take a nice picture now?
OK. Both of you need to look at me at the SAME TIME.
Maybe this was an accident on Trent's part, but I can pretty much guarantee that Kat did this face on purpose.
Now, I'm getting really pissed. I'm cold. I'm hungry.
CAN WE TAKE A NICE PICTURE NOW?
Sure MOM!
It was OK, until Trent grabbed her neck.
This is when Erik stepped in and started threatening lives.
I did get my picture but you won't see until Christmas.
In case you missed other year's photo shoots, here are some links:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
There will be no hard copy Christmas cards this year. Thank you to all of you that have sent me Christmas cards. I have them all displayed and I love looking at them.
It's been a very, very financially tight year. We are borrowing our neighbor's Christmas tree it's so tight. Thank goodness I had so many prescriptions this year that I acquired 100,000 points at Walgreens which equals $100 worth of gifts to put under our borrowed Christmas tree!! WOOHOO!!
We have each other and a roof (right now anyway) over our head so we are OK. I'm going to school to hopefully get a decent job in the next year or so.
The official Christmas Card photo that I'll send to all of my friends and family will be on my blog on Christmas day.
XOXO,
Heather
We gather up the photo equipment, make Kat change into normal clothing, make Trent take off his favorite skull t-shirt and find a place to take a picture.
We didn't go to our normal spot this year. We just drove west on Ina until we got to Saguaro National Monument. We waited for the sunset.
I wasted the normal amount of time yelling at the kids to stop goofing around.
I took the goofing-around-photos to get them out of the way so I could get some normal ones later.
Here are the ones the kids chose as their favorites. Of course, none of these will be used as the Christmas card. These are just the photos I have to take as required by Kat and Trent.
Mom, take a picture of us like this!
OK. Done?
No MOM! This is a Kenpo move. Take a picture of us like this!
They both run over to look at it on my camera.
Are you done?
NO MOM! Take a picture of us like this!
They both run over to look at it on my camera.
Can we take a nice picture now?
OK. Both of you need to look at me at the SAME TIME.
Maybe this was an accident on Trent's part, but I can pretty much guarantee that Kat did this face on purpose.
Now, I'm getting really pissed. I'm cold. I'm hungry.
CAN WE TAKE A NICE PICTURE NOW?
Sure MOM!
It was OK, until Trent grabbed her neck.
This is when Erik stepped in and started threatening lives.
I did get my picture but you won't see until Christmas.
In case you missed other year's photo shoots, here are some links:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
There will be no hard copy Christmas cards this year. Thank you to all of you that have sent me Christmas cards. I have them all displayed and I love looking at them.
It's been a very, very financially tight year. We are borrowing our neighbor's Christmas tree it's so tight. Thank goodness I had so many prescriptions this year that I acquired 100,000 points at Walgreens which equals $100 worth of gifts to put under our borrowed Christmas tree!! WOOHOO!!
We have each other and a roof (right now anyway) over our head so we are OK. I'm going to school to hopefully get a decent job in the next year or so.
The official Christmas Card photo that I'll send to all of my friends and family will be on my blog on Christmas day.
XOXO,
Heather
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Dogs of Sickbay 12/10
These aren't all the pups. Just the few that I was able to interact with. Not all of these pups are even in Petharbor or showing as available for adoption.
Sweet Agatha - A502607. Rottweiler and Sharpei mix.
1 year, URI
I think this is Cameron - A502614
1 of 18-20 chihuahuas that were confiscated.
2 years, URI
Dodger - A503540
2 years, Male, URI
Kenneled with Scout
Dottie - A502710
3 years, tumors on her belly, URI
Judy & Dottie - A502710
3 years, tumors on her belly, URI
Ghost - A501361
Beautiful and Elegant, a volunteer favorite.
18 months?, possible amputation of front left limb
Ghost - A501361
Beautiful and Elegant, a volunteer favorite.
18 months?, possible amputation of front left limb
Hooch - A503445
2 years, Male, URI
Phoebe-A502621
2 years, 7 month, URI
She is in a video on my Facebook page. She can barely breathe, but she wants to shake my hand. Very, very sweet girl that is soooo soft like a teddy bear. Kenneled with Agatha.
Savannah - A502036
4 years, URI
I love her T-rex leg
Kenneled with 4 other chihuahuas. She was part of the big confiscation.
Scout - A503070
8 years, URI
What a sweet and loving dog. Kenneled with Dodger.
Ruby-A502342
5 months, broken leg
Marked as a black lab but I see Sharpei.
There is something about this dog that reminds me of my sister in law's ex. Don't know.
Unknown male. No paperwork
Unknown male with broken leg. No paperwork
Unknown chihuahua.
There were 4 or 5 in a separate kennel. Part of the 18-20 that were confiscated.
Toby - A501071
1 year, URI
Now Toby is a dog that is really full of energy. He was bouncing all over everywhere. BUT, all I had to do was to tell him to knock it off and he sat down nice and still for that picture. He is ready to play but listens well. He'd be a great dog for a family with older kids.
and that's all I have today. Pass this around please. Not all the dogs are on Petharbor or showing as available for adoption.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
CaliDogz
A few weeks ago, I attended the Pet Expo in Tucson.
I was walking around with Cassie, trying to get her acclamated to the scene when I heard a voice from behind me:
"Take my picture, send it to me and I'll send you something!"
I turned around and there was a gentleman surrounded my smiling balls.
How could I not take his picture?
So I did.
I took his picture, emailed it to him and thought I wouldn't hear back.
But, I did hear from him!
He asked me for my address and within just a few days, I received one of his smiling balls!
It was an orange tennis ball sized ball with giant smiling teeth. I turned it around and noticed that it had a hole for treats to place inside. It also bounced like a tennis ball.
My dalmatian LOVES tennis balls. Was she going to like this one?
We went outside and I threw it. It took her a few tries before she accepted it as one of "hers" but eventually she took it on.
I love this ball. It's very durable and the best part is that it doesn't absorb water. It was a rainy day today and tennis balls always get wet (usually with dog slobber) and muddy. I just bounced the ball on the bricks and wiped it off with a towel and it was clean.
Here are some pictures of Zoe playing with the Grinz Ball. You can order them here: Grinz Ball.
I was walking around with Cassie, trying to get her acclamated to the scene when I heard a voice from behind me:
"Take my picture, send it to me and I'll send you something!"
I turned around and there was a gentleman surrounded my smiling balls.
How could I not take his picture?
So I did.
I took his picture, emailed it to him and thought I wouldn't hear back.
But, I did hear from him!
He asked me for my address and within just a few days, I received one of his smiling balls!
It was an orange tennis ball sized ball with giant smiling teeth. I turned it around and noticed that it had a hole for treats to place inside. It also bounced like a tennis ball.
My dalmatian LOVES tennis balls. Was she going to like this one?
We went outside and I threw it. It took her a few tries before she accepted it as one of "hers" but eventually she took it on.
I love this ball. It's very durable and the best part is that it doesn't absorb water. It was a rainy day today and tennis balls always get wet (usually with dog slobber) and muddy. I just bounced the ball on the bricks and wiped it off with a towel and it was clean.
Here are some pictures of Zoe playing with the Grinz Ball. You can order them here: Grinz Ball.
Saturday, December 06, 2014
New December pages
at My Creative Scrapbook!
Here are my pages. Be sure to go to the above link to check out all the others. It was a great kit! A fabulous selection of paper and oodles of embellishments!
Here are my pages. Be sure to go to the above link to check out all the others. It was a great kit! A fabulous selection of paper and oodles of embellishments!
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Instructions for My Creative Scrapbook November pages
Hi everyone,
Here are the instructions/tips for my November pages from the fabulous Creative kit at My Creative Scrapbook.
4 kittens:
I had a small pile of ribbon collars sitting on my dining room side table and knew I better do something with them before they were lost.
While we were fostering kittens, my daughter gave each one a pretty ribbon. We took them off before we took them to Petsmart for adoption.
If you've ever considered fostering, DO IT! It's so worth it. These kittens and mom were going to die if someone didn't step in and rescue them.
Anyway, I printed the picture as shown and set them on top of some scrap patterned paper from a previous layout. I inked the sides.
The title was placed at the top and the little pink "Hello Kitty" tag is from one of my daughter's shirts.
I used the computer to type out the rest of the title "grew out of their ribbons", cut them up and inked each piece.
I added some heart stickers here and there to help move the viewer's eye down the page.
The ribbon is just tied in a bow and stuck down with glue dots.
I used the Mini Attacher to staple down the kittens' ribbons.
Hello Sunshine:
I positioned the photo on the right with her looking up. I then added the yellow circle to represent the sun and added a few butterflies.
After I finished, Kat said that it looked boring and too simple so I used the masks to spray some gold ink around the page. I sprayed some on the saying (and then added a bow).
I had already arranged my photo and stuck it down, so I used another piece of paper to protect it from the spray. I used the mask two more times around the page and I think it gave it some more interest.
I used some Stickles around the triangles in the patterned paper and then added the journaling under the photo.
Mickey & Me:
I'll never forget this day. Trent was almost 6 and we were in line at Disneyland for a ride. We had waited quite a while and Trent had become friends with the very young ladies in front of us. He was trying to make an impression on them when he asked me to take his picture with Mickey Mouse. He leaned up against the rock and had that very serious smile on his face.
I kept the cut off border on the red and white dot paper. I turned the stripe paper horizontal and attached it to the red and white dot.
I decided where I wanted the photo and then used my Martha Stewart anywhere punch to cut out the stars. If you don't have an anywhere punch, you can use any punch and add the punched parts to the page.
I arranged the cameras around the photo and turned the red & black circle stickers into a Mickey Mouse head.
I just kept adding stickers until I felt it was balanced.
Pirate Patti:
When I was a kid, I would babysit for Patti who lived 2 houses down. She and my mom were best friends. All of us stayed in Tucson, but years later we moved to different neighborhoods. We had always kept in contact with Patti and her family. We love them like family.
Patti had always had some health issues and things seemed to be getting worse for her. She threw herself a giant pirate party on what she thought for sure would be her last birthday. She even invited Jack Sparrow. You can see him behind my son. ;)
The party was a blast and it was her last birthday party. We will never forget Patti and I'm grateful that my kids got to know her, too.
BTW, the page isn't that crooked in real life. The flowers make it bumpy on the scanner so it scans weird.
I wanted to do something different with the masks this time. I used some modeling paste and swiped it over the mask to give the corners some texture. After it dried, I add some distress ink to help it stand out a bit more.
I sprayed gold ink on the flowers and arranged them on the page. The other flowers were cut from the patterned paper. Some of the flowers are on 3-D dots and others are flat. Distress ink was swiped on the edges of the flowers.
After arranging the flowers and photo, I added the title and used stickers around the page.
The bow is tied and I just used a glue dot to stick it to the page.
That's all I have for now! Thank you for reading and have a great day!
Here are the instructions/tips for my November pages from the fabulous Creative kit at My Creative Scrapbook.
4 kittens:
I had a small pile of ribbon collars sitting on my dining room side table and knew I better do something with them before they were lost.
While we were fostering kittens, my daughter gave each one a pretty ribbon. We took them off before we took them to Petsmart for adoption.
If you've ever considered fostering, DO IT! It's so worth it. These kittens and mom were going to die if someone didn't step in and rescue them.
Anyway, I printed the picture as shown and set them on top of some scrap patterned paper from a previous layout. I inked the sides.
The title was placed at the top and the little pink "Hello Kitty" tag is from one of my daughter's shirts.
I used the computer to type out the rest of the title "grew out of their ribbons", cut them up and inked each piece.
I added some heart stickers here and there to help move the viewer's eye down the page.
The ribbon is just tied in a bow and stuck down with glue dots.
I used the Mini Attacher to staple down the kittens' ribbons.
Hello Sunshine:
I remember waking up in the tent and seeing this. I grabbed my camera (yes, always kept close) and took the picture of Katrina peeking through the screen. There is just something so serene about the photo for me.
I positioned the photo on the right with her looking up. I then added the yellow circle to represent the sun and added a few butterflies.
After I finished, Kat said that it looked boring and too simple so I used the masks to spray some gold ink around the page. I sprayed some on the saying (and then added a bow).
I had already arranged my photo and stuck it down, so I used another piece of paper to protect it from the spray. I used the mask two more times around the page and I think it gave it some more interest.
I used some Stickles around the triangles in the patterned paper and then added the journaling under the photo.
Mickey & Me:
I'll never forget this day. Trent was almost 6 and we were in line at Disneyland for a ride. We had waited quite a while and Trent had become friends with the very young ladies in front of us. He was trying to make an impression on them when he asked me to take his picture with Mickey Mouse. He leaned up against the rock and had that very serious smile on his face.
I kept the cut off border on the red and white dot paper. I turned the stripe paper horizontal and attached it to the red and white dot.
I decided where I wanted the photo and then used my Martha Stewart anywhere punch to cut out the stars. If you don't have an anywhere punch, you can use any punch and add the punched parts to the page.
I arranged the cameras around the photo and turned the red & black circle stickers into a Mickey Mouse head.
I just kept adding stickers until I felt it was balanced.
Pirate Patti:
When I was a kid, I would babysit for Patti who lived 2 houses down. She and my mom were best friends. All of us stayed in Tucson, but years later we moved to different neighborhoods. We had always kept in contact with Patti and her family. We love them like family.
Patti had always had some health issues and things seemed to be getting worse for her. She threw herself a giant pirate party on what she thought for sure would be her last birthday. She even invited Jack Sparrow. You can see him behind my son. ;)
The party was a blast and it was her last birthday party. We will never forget Patti and I'm grateful that my kids got to know her, too.
BTW, the page isn't that crooked in real life. The flowers make it bumpy on the scanner so it scans weird.
I wanted to do something different with the masks this time. I used some modeling paste and swiped it over the mask to give the corners some texture. After it dried, I add some distress ink to help it stand out a bit more.
I sprayed gold ink on the flowers and arranged them on the page. The other flowers were cut from the patterned paper. Some of the flowers are on 3-D dots and others are flat. Distress ink was swiped on the edges of the flowers.
After arranging the flowers and photo, I added the title and used stickers around the page.
The bow is tied and I just used a glue dot to stick it to the page.
That's all I have for now! Thank you for reading and have a great day!
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