Let's hear it for our Furry (and not so furry) Friends Weekender 19-21st May.
saoutchik
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,203
Welcome to Weekeders least and Weev1!
Good to see you Trees, I hope you are well.
Tricky decision CreativeThinker, it depends how attached you are to the Pomeranian I suppose.
I am about so set of for home, it is still raining - I may have to swim for it.
Good to see you Trees, I hope you are well.
Tricky decision CreativeThinker, it depends how attached you are to the Pomeranian I suppose.
I am about so set of for home, it is still raining - I may have to swim for it.
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 9,029
I'm in, I have two cats, Edie and Marget. Edie is an elderly tortoise shell who, like Solarion's cat, comes running when I get home. More like a dog than cat. We also have a rabbit named Lola. Technically it is my daughter's rabbit but you all know the "but Mom, I PROMISE to take care of it! Please?!!!" She actually does an okay job.
And, I seem to have adopted some wildlife in my back yard. A very small possum started coming on my porch last year. Survived the winter. Now it's a bigger possum. Last night two possums were on the porch. Husband doesn't like them. I do. We'll see where this goes. The bigger one growled at husband so apparently it's a possum of discernment
And, I seem to have adopted some wildlife in my back yard. A very small possum started coming on my porch last year. Survived the winter. Now it's a bigger possum. Last night two possums were on the porch. Husband doesn't like them. I do. We'll see where this goes. The bigger one growled at husband so apparently it's a possum of discernment
Giving up is NOT an option.
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 7,809
I'm in!
Two cats and a dog here. Dog was a rescue - He's a papillon with some issues. Cute as heck, but doesn't have very good bathroom habits.
My cats both came from shelters, and are good girls. I have pictures of all of them but not on my work computer. I'll see if I can post pics later.
Two cats and a dog here. Dog was a rescue - He's a papillon with some issues. Cute as heck, but doesn't have very good bathroom habits.
My cats both came from shelters, and are good girls. I have pictures of all of them but not on my work computer. I'll see if I can post pics later.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,474
Our 4th Goldie over 40 Years, and an experienced RV Trailer Traveler. He's also been a good Ambassador insofar as meeting fellow Addicts at the local Dog Parks. The cadre of DUI Recipients I've come to know locally include the Gent who did all our Retirement House Stamped Concrete Patio Work. Also, a Handyman I hire. Thus, I'm helping both these Fellows pay off the usual $10,000 that seems to be the going Tab for DUI-related Expenses. A local Waitress Pal also got one, and joined our informal Sober Social Circle. I helped her find a House to rent when she split from her BF amicably.
Through our Dogs meeting up, I've helped a Sober local Vet find safe places to park his Full-Time RV w/o getting rousted, and run off.
All because of a goofy, People-lovin' Pooch at the Dog Park...
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Through our Dogs meeting up, I've helped a Sober local Vet find safe places to park his Full-Time RV w/o getting rousted, and run off.
All because of a goofy, People-lovin' Pooch at the Dog Park...
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 9,029
Sao, I wish we were having your rain even if I have to swim in it. It's been so dusty, warm and windy. Gravel was pelting my legs while waiting for the train this morning. We need it to be tamped down.
This day is almost, almost over but for a stop at the grocery store. milk, cat food, kale for the rabbit. Rabbit eats more healthy food than the rest of us.
This day is almost, almost over but for a stop at the grocery store. milk, cat food, kale for the rabbit. Rabbit eats more healthy food than the rest of us.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 3,010
This is Daisy. My little ball of fur and my little Angel. I have cried into her fur many times. Now she lives with my parents who take very good care of her. She loves my dad in particular and when I arrive for the weekend I am known as the "bunny-catcher" because I try to catch her for a hug while she runs away.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 3,010
Unfortunately I have had a very stressful week at work and again I did think about drinking tonight. However then I remembered that if my Grandmother had still lived, she would be 92 today. Her death was a huge shock to me and all of us as we did think she would live to be at least 95. And she was still very "with it" until the final day.
However when I think of her now, the grief and loneliness have lessened and nowadays I remember her and smile. And I do think of her every single day, mostly in the morning when I am getting ready for work and putting on my earrings and make up in the mirror. I can picture her in my mind's eye, with one hand on her hip and shaking her finger at me and saying "never be late and mind your good job!"
She would have loved hearing about my job as a P.A. to a busy consultant at a large hospital. (Side note: I always thought of myself as a secretary until one day my consultant phoned in sick and the whole place was in an uproar as apparently he hadn't taken a sick day in about 30 years. All of the other doctors were coming to me and saying jokingly: 'Tetra, where is he? You are the P.A. You should know! Send him some flowers!' Whatever he does when he is off hospital grounds is none of my business.)
"I am fooling only myself when I say my Grandmother exists now only in the photograph on my bedside table or in the outline of my hand or in the armful of memories I still hold tight. She lives on in everything I do. Her presence influenced who I was and her absence influences who I am. Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide."
I don't know where I found that quote but it is still my favourite.
It would be poor form of me to drink on my Grandmother's birthday - the woman who was a second mother to me. The person who loved me so much and the only person on my mother's side who cared about me and I cared a lot for her too.
However when I think of her now, the grief and loneliness have lessened and nowadays I remember her and smile. And I do think of her every single day, mostly in the morning when I am getting ready for work and putting on my earrings and make up in the mirror. I can picture her in my mind's eye, with one hand on her hip and shaking her finger at me and saying "never be late and mind your good job!"
She would have loved hearing about my job as a P.A. to a busy consultant at a large hospital. (Side note: I always thought of myself as a secretary until one day my consultant phoned in sick and the whole place was in an uproar as apparently he hadn't taken a sick day in about 30 years. All of the other doctors were coming to me and saying jokingly: 'Tetra, where is he? You are the P.A. You should know! Send him some flowers!' Whatever he does when he is off hospital grounds is none of my business.)
"I am fooling only myself when I say my Grandmother exists now only in the photograph on my bedside table or in the outline of my hand or in the armful of memories I still hold tight. She lives on in everything I do. Her presence influenced who I was and her absence influences who I am. Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide."
I don't know where I found that quote but it is still my favourite.
It would be poor form of me to drink on my Grandmother's birthday - the woman who was a second mother to me. The person who loved me so much and the only person on my mother's side who cared about me and I cared a lot for her too.
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Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 2,950
We have not seen Thumper or Jezebel for a while. Those would be the bunnies that were staying under our deck.
Getting some homework done, after a nap and some cleaning.. thinking about heading out for ice cream and such but I'm afraid to because outings are when the worst cravings hit me, when I am near a state store I can stop at. I most likely will stay in, water the plants, watch Grey's Anatomy.. do homework til I fall asleep.
Then once these assignments are done, I have to study, work on my care planning, and look up meds.. Trying to prioritize things..
Those would be the bunnies that were staying under our deck. Getting some homework done, after a nap and some cleaning.. thinking about heading out for ice cream and such but I'm afraid to because outings are when the worst cravings hit me, when I am near a state store I can stop at. I most likely will stay in, water the plants, watch Grey's Anatomy.. do homework til I fall asleep.
Then once these assignments are done, I have to study, work on my care planning, and look up meds.. Trying to prioritize things..
saoutchik
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,203
Welcome to Weekendets Caramel!
You all have such cool pets it makes me a little jealous that I can't have any.
Ruby, you or anyone else is welcome to some of our rain. It is monsoon like.
Bedtime for this primate.
You all have such cool pets it makes me a little jealous that I can't have any.
Ruby, you or anyone else is welcome to some of our rain. It is monsoon like.
Bedtime for this primate.
Sober-T- Dragon
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 8,761
This is my 'Scruffy Puppy'. He was not feeling very well on the day we took this.
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