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Sunday, 07 March 2010 14:27 |
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 If you are my friend on Facebook, you know all about the loss of my wedding ring. The TEMPORARY loss, that it. I have misplaced my engagement ring...and the durn thing was so expensive, I wear it as my wedding ring, too. When we bought it, I chose a pretty, large sapphire for it, thinking that would be less expensive than a diamond. I like color and the band was necessarily platinum (I don't like gold and I am HARD on pretty things), so I thought choosing a stone other than a diamond would save us some money over a diamond. Not so much. To add insult to injury, when we switched homeowner's insurance a couple of years ago, my husband forgot to add a rider for my ring. So it's not completely insured. And no, I am not going to commit insurance fraud, people! Karma!
Look to the upper left and you will see the style of my Scott Kay ring...isn't it purty? Platnium, .55 carats of flawless baguettes, and instead of that diamond center stone, it has a 2 carat princess cut sapphire. If you find it, there is a BIG reward. Ironically enough, my husband, who has never really worn his wedding band, recently lost enough weight for his to fit again. He starts wearing his and I lose mine. Maybe it's a cosmic thing that we can't both wear our rings at the same time...
I am thinking of having a cleaning/organizing/find-the-ring party at my house. Anyone interested? I would feed you really good food and drinks (not too strong; we have a ring to find!) and have a nice prize for the person who finds the ring! Then when we find the ring, we can break out the 50 year old single malt and par-tay! I am thinking one to two people per room should be about right. Anyone?
I've also considered hypnosis to see if I can remember where in the $*@% I put it, an animal communicator to see if the dogs know where it is, and buying a plain wedding band. I would imagine that the instant I buy something new, my ring will magically appear ON my finger.
To explain this entry title, when the ring went missing (2 weeks ago this Wednesday), we were dogsitting a standard Schnauzer who is somewhat famous for eating weird stuff. So, in keeping with my new rule that nothing leaves this house to go in the garbage without being checked, I have a giant bucket of poop to check through. Originally, I was going to crumble through it, double gloved. Then, I thought about a metal detector. Then, Guadalupe Rivera suggested I get a bucket of hot water to dissolve the poop and if the ring was in it, it would fall to the bottom. I am pretty sure that would be Hot Poop Soup and I think I'd rather just buy a new ring.
It's always something goofy around here. Wish me luck; I'm gonna need it. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:11 |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 08:34 |
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 So, I had a funny dream between waking up (early) with the puppy and getting back up for the day. I am pretty sure it was meant to be a nightmare, but my glass is half full these days, right??
In the dream, I went to a friend's house and Jody stayed home with the zoo. Somehow, the zoo had a horse added to it and the horse was living in the house. The friend I was visiting had her computer up and the webcam (lol) in my house was trained on Jody, sitting on a dining room chair in the middle of a roundish room that had nothing in it but a beautiful Oriental rug. And the zoo was, at varying times, milling around. There were other people in the house with Jody; four, I think, but I don't know what they were doing or who they were. I think they were some of my dog friends. So my friend and I were watching the webcam, talking about the addition of the horse and that Jody should take her out to potty (again, lol). Suddenly, she squatted like a dog and peed a lake. We were screaming that she was peeing, but Jody, immersed in the newspaper, didn't realize it until it was too late. I commented that he was going to be really annoyed about cleaning that up (it was pooling on the hardwood by the walls) and I turned off the computer so I didn't have to watch the webcam anymore. I got home and the room was totally clean and the people with Jody had
helped him clean it up. I think I dreamt this because I have been cleaning up added pee nonstop between my 10.5 week old pup and Topanga, one of our visitors. Pang is a big submissive peer and she's submissive to EVERYONE. LOL! Just call me the dream interpreter! ~So clever!~ ROTFL! |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 10:56 |
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So the other day, between my instant (and barky) zoo, all the health problems that friends and family are having, and the Dachshunds in my little extended "dog family" that have died or been ill in the last couple of months, I sort of had a miniature mental meltdown. Jody, sweetheart that he is, hauled my leaky self to the gym and afterward took sweaty me to the Morrison Inn for $42 worth (exactly 78 ounces including ice) of Juan's fancy Margaritas (OMG!). This little dive bar is in a quaint little foothills town that is famous for it's Red Rocks Amphitheatre; right up the road from us. In retrospect, I am lucky Coach Mean Devil didn't march me over to Red Rocks to make me run the stairs. :)
Anyway, I digress. Even though nothing directly was happening to me, I had this suffocating feeling of being completely overwhelmed and had a whole bunch of whiney "why-me" type crap floating around in my noggin...which is funny, since, again, none of this was happening directly to me, but to dogs and people I care about. It was so much. Why ALL these people? And then, in the giant 32 ounces of my favorite margarita in the world, it came to me, as clear as glass - the circle of people and dogs who have become an extension of my family is getting so large; so wonderful, that it's probably always going to feel like this. There are always going to be people and dogs I care about struggling, being ill, and even dying. There is beauty and courage in the struggle, regardless of the outcome. Because of the struggle, steadily around me like a heartbeat, I can learn to appreciate more of what I have and yearn less for that which I don't.
So there is my glass half full lesson for my life, I suppose. Delivered in a 32 ounce margarita mug on a crisp Colorado winter's night. Cheers, my friends! |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:01 |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:08 |
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How's that adage go....God never gives you more than you can handle? Our load certainly isn't huge, but it gives new meaning to "zoo"!
Our dear friend Carol Henning's mother, Jean, was rushed to the ER Sunday night. It turned out she has influenza (H1A1, maybe?) and bacterial meningitis. She is one sick lady, but today appears to be much, much better. Since Carol and her husband, James, are spending most waking hours at the hospital, 2 of Carol's dogs and both of Jean's dogs are here. Which would not even be a blip on the radar were all four dogs Dachshunds. However, only one is. There are also two Manchester Terriers and a standard Schnauzer. LOL! Evie and Ryan are completely torqued that "their" house has been invaded by dogs who aren't Dachshunds. Poppy (a Manchester) is enamored of Dali, the puppy. Dali isn't thrilled with Poppy "boxing" her. Bounce (the other Manchester)...well, her name says it all. She also has had a bark reduction, so she sounds funny to my bossy bitches, and when she barks, everyone barks. Tula (the SS) is obsessed with squirrels and isn't quiet about it. Topanga, the Dachshund and a Maximus daughter, is a submissive peer. And Finn is *convinced* that Payton is in season (not). So it's been 24 hours of peeing and whining and barking; the" red alert" kind and the "squirrel" kind. OMG. I keep 99% of the barking inside, so at least we aren't bothering the neighbors. Quite frankly, it's good for the younger Dachshunds, who have never lived with big dogs. However, my brain could do with a little less "good for the Dachshunds". I won't even give you dog totals. It's way past the point of "now you have so many dogs you need a kennel". I'll try to get pix of the players later.
btw, EVIE IS NAUGHTY!
Anyone want to borrow a Dachshund for a couple of weeks? LOL!
ps...Tibére is coming on Thursday for an overnight and Axel the same day for a week! Oy! |
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