back again...

Well, I am back!  My computer decided to completely die on me and after weeks of seeing if it was at all fixable I gave in and bought a new one.  So weird to go almost 2 months without having a working computer.  I missed a lot of what it offers but it was also sort of ok to just be completely unplugged during the summer months.  I am very glad to have it back though, no denying that.  And, despite my love of my old computer this one is amazing!  Being the mac lover I am I got a MacBook Pro, but I went with Apple's refurbished deal and got it for the same price as a regular MacBook, quite the deal!  A lot has happened in my life since my last post so now that I am computer-ized again I will be updating this blog more regularly.  But for now, it is time for me to go to 148th annual Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Fair!  Sheep sheering, rides, funnel cakes, veggie judging, ax throwing, alpaca petting, here I come!

fun times great cause!

Last night was the official launch of Vineyard Pinup's first calendar, Fish'N'Chicks! It's a great 40's style pinup calendar with a fishing theme and 20% of the proceeds go towards the Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group, a wonderful non-profit organization that I worked for all through high school. Of course I couldn't say no to being a part of the fun and photos, so here I give you the official Miss August, none other than yours truly! Please go to the website, www.vineyardpinups.com and buy a calendar for all those fishing fanatics you know and help out a great cause at the same time.

dead computer

My computer's hard drive has decided it doesn't want to work any more. I am borrowing an external hard drive and hoping to get a new one of my own. I will be back up and running soon, I hope! And thank you all for your comments on my last post.

my first iHeartFaces entry!

My sis-in-law A found a great blog site for anyone who loves photos, it is iHeartFaces and they have weekly photo contests on all sorts of themes.  This week's theme is "Wedding Bells" and my brother J insisted that I enter a photo I took at J & A's wedding, so here goes my first attempt with the iHeartFaces contests.  I'm sure more will follow...

sorry...

I know I have been neglecting the blog recently.  I apologize and there will be more to come soon, I promise.  A blog is in the works...but I am taking a brief vacation since Noops is coming to visit me in 2 days!!!

On a side note, Tug is home and healthy and eating well.  He even manned it up really well when I gave him a bath, no scratches!  Poor wet, drowndy Tug.

Ironic...

Not that I believe in horoscopes, but this one seemed too spot on to not mull over it for a moment...here it is:

"An idea about a big change could surface in your life now - one related to work, or a relationship, or a big trip, or a living situation, or all of the above.  So it's a whale of a concept; that doesn't mean you have to panic and start raising the alarms on the ship of your life.  Watch it calmly and see how you like the looks of it.  What you should do will become clear in the fullness of time."

Hmmm....ironic?!

The ups and downs of pet ownership...

My pets are the little joys of my life.  I have 2 dogs, Buckley Roo and Pearl, a cat Tug Boat, and some random fish.  Buckley and Pearl are both rescued abused dogs and the most kind and loving dogs in the world.  Tug Boat is also a rescue but unlike the other guys I actually got him as a tiny kitten.  Growing up we were known as the family with the zoo.  We always had a plethora of different species, from sheep and chickens to your run of the mill "normal" pets like cats, dogs, hamsters....etc.  My dad (hmm he needs a nickname, we shall call him The Old Man) used to threaten to move out into the shed if we got one more pet, we always told him that we hoped he would be warm enough out there and kept bringing in more.  He never actually moved out on us, and now even after he has no more fatherly duties to our pets he got one all of his own, Sancho Sunshine the cat, so I think secretly he loved all the animals.  My mom (from henceforth MomBear) has her own little animal collection, a dog, Star, and several birds of different species.  J, A, and Baby C have 2 wonderful cats, Sir Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.  Just Noops is pet-less right now but he's not happy about it.

This weekend has not been a good weekend for Tuggy, but it has been an informative weekend for me in terms of some thoughts I had for the future.  I have been thinking about training to become a vet tech, well I got myself a quick course in cat care.  I came home on Saturday to find Tug howling in pain, so made a quick call to the on-call vet and raced him over there.  I don't want to gross anyone out, but basically male cats don't have the best designed urinary system so he was completely blocked and needed a belly shave and drugs and minor surgery of sorts.  I tried to make the best out of a difficult situation by plying the vet for information about becoming a tech and she was great!  She said given my history of animals and various previous animal injuries and treatments that I would be more than qualified for this sort of career.  She also taught me how to care for Tug for the rest of the weekend till I could get him to his normal vet on Monday.  I was responsible to do what Tug's poor little bladder couldn't do.  Like I said flash course in being a vet tech.  It was very motivating for me to really start looking into some schooling.  I will be much happier to work on an animal that isn't mine though, very nerve wracking and upsetting.  Little Tug is now staying for a few nights with his normal vet, so though I am thankful to be getting the sleep I missed out on over the weekend of care I am very freaked out about what the vet bill is going to look like.

If anyone has any information on good schools or programs, let me know!  But for now I will end this post with some fun pictures of my "kids", enjoy! (umm posting the pics at the end of this post doesn't seem to be working so they are on top now...)