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Almost Done Packing

Okay… Saturday I took a break and was a bum all day. :) Yesterday (Sunday) I went to the laundry and washed a dog bed and a huge comforter that is too big for our machines, so I can take the comforter to camp with me. I have my packing list, and I’m getting it all ready. My car is 80% packed. I only have left the things I can’t do until the last minute, and don’t want to leave in my hot car. Like my camcorder and camera, and the dog’s food. Since I feed raw I bought some patties that are frozen and I want them to stay that way as long as possible.

The car shouldn’t need any body shop supplies as it’s in good shape, I got it cleaned and an oil change.

I have x-pens, crates, my trolley, and clothes all packed! I haven’t had much time for blogging this weekend, as you can see.

Anyway, I’m excited. The house is almost ready, also, for the maid service to come on Wednesday. Oh crap! I just remembered my husband and I were going to go to my Dad’s today to set up his wireless… well, I was going to get into my PJs but not yet!

Cynthia
August 27, 2007
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Things To Do Before Camp

OH MY GOSH! Camp is only one week away. One week from today (Saturday) I’ll be on the road for camp.

I have to clean the house, because a friend from Colorado and a friend from Richfield are coming Friday night to stay. Fortunately the maids are coming Wednesday so hopefully the house will be semi-decent. We will have 10 dogs here that night. Our four, our two fosters, and they each have two they are bringing to camp. It’s going to be a packed house.

I have to get stuff ready for Jessi to go to her new home. Hopefully she will still be going. I never know until it’s done. Anyway I want a toy to go with her, a couple of clickers, a couple of bully sticks, and a package of jerky treats. I don’t usually send so much with a new adoption but since she’s going to a really good friend I thought it would be a nice thing to do.

I have to go shopping and buy meat mixes for the boys to eat. Since I feed raw it’ll be mostly frozen, and I’ll probably have to go shopping half way through like I did last year, too.

I have to get my clothes washed, which is in progress. I have 3 big blankets washed and one has to go to the laundry mat because it’s too big to fit into our washing machine. Fortunately they have wireless at the laundry so I can blog while I’m waiting. LOL.

I have to go buy some other things too. I wrote them all down on my list. I packed some today, x-pens, crates, chair, trolley (last year it was a pain to make 5 trips to the cabin from my car)… I will pack clothes after it’s all washed.

I am more nervous this year about camp than I was last year. It’s an awesome camp and I’m excited to be going! Check them out… Camp Winnaribbun in Tahoe, Nevada!

Cynthia
August 25, 2007
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Cottage Cheese Day

I don’t know if the dogs like Cottage Cheese Day better than raw meat days… but Wendy Volhard recommends that the dogs have a day off meat to let their bodies relax and clean out.

Thursdays is usually Cottage Cheese Day at our house. The dogs love the stuff, and ate their breakfasts heartily. I hate the stuff. I try it every time I feed it, and every time I hate it. Actually, there was one brand that wasn’t too bad, but now I don’t remember which it is.
:)

Cynthia
July 26, 2007
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Nasty Dry Crap

Nasty Dry CrapTo read what it says, click the image for a full sized view. It’s very cute… well, at least to the raw feeders out there. :)

My dogs still get some kibble, occasionally with dinner, and also as treats when they are getting their nails trimmed. I don’t think it’s all nasty dry crap, but I do think this is a funny pic! It’s a door mat, or dog feeding mat, whichever you want to use is for. Just put down the bowls in the circles!

Cynthia
July 24, 2007
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Where do you hang your leashes?

Okay.. maybe you don’t hang them, maybe you put them in a drawer. We have a leash hanger by the door, and it is full of leashes and collars. Too many of them! Oh and some toys, too. They clutter up the kitchen and I’m thinking of moving them to the garage. I would love to put them on a metal pegboard and be able to organize them there.

I would like some white 16 by 16 inch metal pegboards to organize our leashes and collars with. I really should organize our garage, it’s a mess!

Cynthia
July 19, 2007
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Smooth Collie Tattoo

Collie Tattoo Well I posted this over on my other blog, but I had to put it here too because it’s dog related. I have a new tattoo on my upper left thigh. I have another tattoo, a sun, on my left ankle. But when someone gave me the idea to have this smooth collie image tattooed, I had to jump on it. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this myself.

I didn’t draw this image, the guy over at Smooth Collies.net did so, and isn’t he talented? I have a sweatshirt and a T-Shirt with the image, too. the tattoo artists put Levi’s name in the image. I love it. It’s high enough to hide at work under skirts, and hopefully low enough to show under shorts. For now I’m careful with it and keeping it clean, dry, and lubricated so it heals.

I love it!

Cynthia
July 18, 2007
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One year of Raw

Check out this old post of mine from July 5, 2006. That was when I started to feed the dogs raw.

Very cool, it’s been just over a year.
I think the dogs are doing very well on raw, and I plan on keeping it up! They do get kibble once in a while, Avoderm, when I’m out of town as the husband hates feeding raw. Finding good prices is the hardest part of it all, I think.

Cynthia
July 10, 2007
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Yay we are back up and restored!

Woo Hoo.
Bluehost restored the database, and so my right menu bars are back and good as new. It would have been a pain for me to mess around in the raw backup code to get them out. I would have done it, but it would have been a pain in the rear and time consuming.

Bluehost got the backups. I had backed up my posts between now and their last backup, so they are also restored.

The Bluehost servers have been down for four hours, though, so if you tried to reach me and couldn’t, that was why. Hopefully they are fixed up and no more down time! If you may have commented and don’t see it anymore, probably it didn’t get restored… I backed up a while ago so sorry about that. :)

*runs off to do my own backup*

Cynthia
July 10, 2007
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