http://www.active.com/donate/kazoodogwalk/emilycutler

what: sponsor me & bella at the annual dog walk to support the kalamazoo humane society.

love you if you can, understand (and still love you) if you can't.

thanks!

so yesterday i had a total stranger crying on my front porch, begging me to take in her cat.  she said someone in augusta (like, three towns away) gave her my address?!?!?!
THIS IS NOT A DROP-IN CENTER.
i'm royally pissed at whoever gave out my address.

for anyone keeping track:

1. we traded in the p.o.s. 1996, 198k monte carlo for a silver 2004 dodge intrepid with 38k on it.  so in love!

2. we had a gas leak yesterday.  everyone is okay.  gas company had to be called, they came and found the leak (behind the stove) and shut it off.  now we can't use oven or stove until it's fixed.  not like we ever used it anyway.  now at least we have an excuse to eat out 7 days a week!

3. i haven't seen my therapist for about a month, and it's okay.  i'm on hiatus.  it's kind of nice to not spend so much time focusing on my problems.

4. we currently have 6 foster cats.  a litter of 4 that is 8 wks old, a 6mo old girl with cerebellar hypoplasia, and a 5yr old 18lb tabby with infected eyes.  lots of work, lots of love.


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GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU LAUGH!

oh grow up, mccain.



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i just saw this guy on the news.
how in the world does he ever get taken seriously...
with that mustache???


in other news, the bruises from the dog bite on my upper arm are fading, but now there are a couple big, hard lumps under my skin where the bruises were.  anyone know what this might be?  it still hurts.  i hope i don't have to go to the doctor.


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L to R:  emma, my mom's service dog puppy in training; daisy, 15y/o family dog; and bella, my 2y/o pibble mix.


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proof that peta does something useful now and then

i'm glad that video like this makes it out to the mass media to shed some light on the inhumane practices in slaughterhouses and factory farms.  kicking, beating, and raping animals does not need to be done in the process of sending an animal to slaughter.  but even if the animal is handled "humanely" the whole time, killing is still the worst form of abuse there is.


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dear mr & mrs average pet owner:

thank you, whoever wrote that.



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Frederick is one of my foster kittens.
And of course, Bella's my FIGHTIN' DAWG!!!


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what movie should i rent tonight, and why?

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well...
poor mamakitty :(
she had her babies yesterday but first she wasn't making any milk.  then she was making a little, but wasn't letting her babies nurse.  so i had to take her to the vet, where she remains.  she'll probably go to a different foster home from there where she and the babies can get more medical attention.
i miss her so much.  i wasn't ready to have her gone just like that... and i hardly got to meet her kittens.

my current foster children:

walter

nugget

adopt them.

there's another litter of kittens on the way in the next week or so, but they won't be fully cooked until mid-october.