Some people just don’t think

I don’t know how true this is but it was sent to me as true anyway.

There is a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The medical student quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital.

She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. Then the medical student told her that she had better bring her daughter in to the emergency room right away.  What was she thinking????

What an amazing animal!!!

The K9 above is Brutus, a military K9 at McChord. He’s huge – part Boxer and part British Bull Mastiff and tops the scales at 200 lbs. His handler took the picture. Brutus is running toward me because he knows I have some Milk Bone treats, so he’s slobbering away! I had to duck around a tree just before he got to me in case he couldn’t stop, but he did.

Brutus won the Congressional Medal of Honor last year from his tour in Iraq . His handler and four other soldiers were taken hostage by insurgents. Brutus and his handler communicate by sign language and he gave Brutus the signal that meant ‘go away but come back and find me’. The Iraqis paid no attention to Brutus. He came back later and quietly tore the throat out of one guard at one door and another guard at another door. He then jumped against one of the doors repeatedly (the guys were being held in an old warehouse) until it opened. He went in and untied his handler and they all escaped. He’s the first K9 to receive this honor.

If he knows you’re ok, he’s a big old lug and wants to sit in your lap. Enjoys the company of cats.
K-9 Congressional Medal of Honor Winner

Thought you’d find this interesting. Talk about animal intelligence and bonding with humans! Remember that they can’t do a lot of things for themselves and that they depend on you to make their life a quality life!

A PET’S TEN COMMANDMENTS………

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.

4. Don’t be angry with me for long and don’t lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.

5. Talk to me. Even if I don’t understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.

7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.

8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I’m not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.

9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.

10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please. Never say you can’t bear to watch. Don’t make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.

~Take a moment today to thank God for your pets. Enjoy and take good care of them.

Life would be a much duller, less joyful experience without God’s critters

Friend in Philly had a bad accident

I have a real good friend from college that now lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She was involved in a real bad car accident and it wasn’t her fault.  She was out of work for months because of her injuries.  Thank goodness she had enough sense to contact a law firm in Philadelphia.

Insurance companies try really hard to settle up with you as fast as they can so they don’t get ‘stuck’ paying for a lot of problems that occur even months after an accident.  It’s not right but that’s the way it is.  My Daddy always told me, make sure if you are injured, you contact a lawyer before you sign anything from an insurance company.

How about this?

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo DaVinci invented the scissors.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.

Amazing stuff, huh?

Friends going snowboarding

I have some crazy friends that love to go snowboarding.  All of them have Burton snowboards and want me to go with them this weekend and try it.  I know they have a blast because I have seen some of the videos of them on the slopes and I have to admit, it does look like a lot of fun.

The only problem is I have a hard enough time staying up on two skis and they want me to try on just one board.  I can’t even ride a skateboard.  I think I’ll go and give it a shot.  If I like it then I guess I’ll be getting a Burton snowboard too.  Well that is if I don’t break my neck first.

How about a joke?

GRACE, seemed sheepish as she visited her gynecologist.  ‘Come now,’ coaxed the doctor, ‘you’ve been
seeing me for years! There’s nothing you can’t tell me.’

‘This one’s kind of strange…’

‘Let me be the judge of that,’the doctor replied.

‘Well,’ she said, ‘yesterday I went to the bathroom in the morning and heard a plink-plink-plink in the toilet and when I looked down, the water was full of pennies.’

‘I see.’

‘That afternoon I went to the bathroom again and, plink-plink-plink, there were nickels in the bowl. That night,’ she went on, ‘I went again, plink-plink-plink, and there were dimes and this morning there were quarters ! You’ve got to tell me what’s wrong with me!,’ she implored, ‘I’m scared out of my wits!’

The gynecologist put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

‘There, there, it’s nothing to be scared about.’

(Ready for this?)

‘You’re simply going through the change!

Two deaths at Monster Truck show in about a week

I personally have never gone to a monster truck show and after reading about this, I don’t think I care to go.  Just a little over a week ago, a 6 year old boy was struck in the head by flying debris from one of the monster trucks and now this.

A promoter for the Motor Sports Monster Truck & Thrill Show has died from injuries after an accident at the Dane County Coliseum, just over a week after a 6-year-old boy was killed in a monster truck event in Tacoma, Wash.

The Dane County Coroner said 41-year-old George Eisenhart Jr. of Chardon, Ohio, died after an accident Saturday night in Madison. A witness told the Wisconsin State Journal that Eisenhart walked in front of one of the monster trucks just as it was about to pass by.

The newspaper said organizers immediately halted the remainder of the show. On Jan. 16 at the Tacoma Dome, Sebastian Hizey died after he was struck in the head by a chunk of metal that tore off a truck doing doughnuts during the Monster Jam show.

I don’t know how they could make these types of shows safer unless they were held in outside venues where they were not so close to the audience but then people would complain that they could not see the monster trucks good enough.  I think I’ll just stay away from them.  They are getting to be a bit too dangerous if you ask me.

Do you have allergies?

I didn’t have them either but I do now.  Mold and dust kills me.  I got a Honeywell air cleaner that has an ionizer on it and I’m a lot better as long as I’m at home anyway.  But when you have allergies, you’ll take any relief you can get even if it’s just at home.  Honeywell are darn good air cleaners too.  As long as you change the outer filter about every three months, the hepa filter will last for about 3 years.  That’s not too bad.  Some air cleaners have you change the hepa filter ever 3 to 6 months and that can run into some money.  I have tried them all and I recommend Honeywell.

I love dogs

I have had dogs for most of my life.  Right now I’m dog-less though and I hate it.  I have had everything from a mutt to some of the best pedigreed dogs there are, one of which was a German Shepherd Dog who’s parents had been imported from Checzlovakia.  Her grandmother was and still is one of the most highly decorated border patrol dogs and is still working from what I understand.  It really hurt me when she died.  Her name was Keziah.  I named all of the German Shepherds I had from the Bible because I considered them blessings.

Well it seems that AKC has put out their top 10 breeds.  Here they are:

  1. Labrador Retriever
  2. Yorkie
  3. German Shepherd
  4. Golden Retriever
  5. Beagle
  6. Boxer
  7. Dachshund
  8. Bull Dog
  9. Poodle
  10. Shih Tzu

I have had all of these dogs except for the Bull Dog, Golden Retriever and Labrador Retriever.  My favorite of the ones I had were the German Shepherd first, then the Beagle, then the Dachshund.  I am planning to get another dog this summer and the one I want and have had before is the West Highland White Terrier or Westie for short.  I love that breed.  They will not let you be sad at all because they are always so happy and comical.  I’m surprised they’re not on the list.

I love decorating

I have always loved decorating with Stainless Steel because it looks so clean and polished.  I found the most perfect stainless steel mailbox for my townhouse online.  With stainless steel, I won’t have to replace it again in a few years like plain old painted medal mailboxes.  Sure I paid more for it but it will save me a lot of money in the end.  They have several styles of blomus stainless steel mailboxes if you’re interested in something like that too.

I’m lucky enough to also have a fireplace in my townhouse.  Nothing warms you better than a nice fire on a cold day but a fireplace is more than that.  It should be a focal point in your room.  Well I got stainless steel fireplace accessories for my fireplace and it really set the room off.  I have the tool set, wood rack and even the glass fireplace screen.  It’s beautiful.

On my patio I also have blomus stainless steel fireplace accessories for my stainless steel fire pit that mount on my wall.  so I can enjoy my patio on cooler days too.  You can even buy stainless steel fireplaces that burn bio-ethanol fuel and is mounted right on your wall.  That makes me wish I didn’t have a build in fireplace so I could get one of those.  I like trying to help the environment and that would.