5 posts tagged “pets”

After the loss of his beautiful pyrenees Malcolm in 2006 to cancer, Luke Robinson organised the fundraiser: 2 Dogs 2000 Miles.

With his two dogs, Hudson and Murphy, Robinson will be walking from Austin to Boston, respectively 2,400 miles, to raise awareness and money for a nationwide epidemiological canine cancer study to find the reasons behind what causes cancer in animals and people. This study will be managed by the Animal Cancer Foundation.

Please visit the website 2 Dogs 2000 Miles for more information and links concerning this event, the fundraising, and what you can do to help.

Bailey's friend's birthday party - Bailey bowling

On Saturday, Bailey's friend and classmate had a birthday party at the bowling alley. Her first time bowling, she had a fantastic time. Since her friend is the sister of one of Eddie's friends and classmates, I really should have brought Eddie.

On Friday, I had a court hearing so I took a few pictures of downtown Punta Gorda.

After picking the kids up from school, we stopped at Kiwanis Park in Port Charlotte. Michael and Eddie had their cameras with them so they also took photos. Unfortunately, it began to rain within the hour, so our stay was brief.

Kiwanis Park - kids on bridge

Today has been a very relaxed day. Apparently, there's some kind of football game on later. Hey, I don't really care if the Bears aren't in it and we know how often that happens. If there was any question, I think this season proved that my husband won't ever quit rooting for the Dolphins. That might change when he's in unfriendly waters (or mountains) where there are no fellow fans sympathetic to a nearly zero-win season. But I doubt it. Who's even in this year's Superbowl?

Here's a picture of Indiana. On Wednesday, he will be one year old:

Indiana - 12 months

He's a gorgeous golden retriever and a very good dog, if a bit of an attention monger.

We're coming closer to this bothersome 2200 mile drive. Today was too busy to think about it.

Bailey had her Christmas party at CCD, for which I was responsible for brownies, and the children made homemade cards and ornaments for their school teachers. We used Crayola Model Magic and it took forever to harden! The good news is that we have left-over brownies.

Earlier in the day, I cleaned out Michael's fish tank. He'd mentioned a couple days ago that "the blue sponge thing needs replacing" and I told him to talk to Tom. I got curious and checked on it today, seeing that nothing had been done. I cleaned out the filter and let the motor cool down so it could all run smoothly again. In just a few hours, you could see improvement in the tank. I've posted a reminder for him to clean out the filter once a week, on Thursdays, from this point on.

I'm staying up far too late this evening so I'll say G'nite.

Which breed of dog is your favorite? Post a picture of it. 
Submitted by Melissa.

Boredom

Golden Retriever

Wikipedia article

American Kennel Club Breed Standards

Golden Retriever Club of America

Golden Retriever Weekly

As an early Christmas present, and to help off-set the untimely passing of Michael's betta fish, Samurai, Michael has been given a large comet goldfish with a complete tank that he keeps and maintains in his room. Allow me to introduce, Silver: