Monday, May 30, 2011

Happy Memorial Day!

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Today is the last day to enter my Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap!  As of early yesterday afternoon, there are 10 participants -- still LOTS of room for others to join in the fun.  I'll email everyone sometime tomorrow with their swap partner info.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Half Full Friday - on a Saturday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)
~I'm happy because...
My daddy's home from the hospital!

Thanks to Sarge, I now have over twice the number of participants as I did last year for my Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap!  There's still plenty of time to get in on the action if you're interested!

I've gotten some new followers this week!  Welcome! 

My computer apparently didn't like Internet Explorer 9 any better than I did -- it was gone once I restarted my computer!

I got my haircut today!

While it's not exactly bright and sunshiny today, at least it's not raining!

Much thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my last post.  My father is feeling considerably better now than he was when he was admitted to the hospital.  He's still got a long ways to go though before he's completely healthy.
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To make a very long story short, the doctors found one problem and got it taken care of.   We thought he was good to go and his plan was to come home yesterday morning.  But then they discovered something on an x-ray and decided to do a CT scan.  That showed even more than what the x-ray caught.  My father has spots on both lungs and his liver.  The doctor said it's very likely cancer only they aren't sure what kind yet.  They tried to do a biopsy on him but he couldn't lay the way they needed him to because it was too painful as he has a bad back.  They couldn't knock him out to do it because for some reason or another they need him to be awake and coherent during the procedure.  I vaguely recall them saying they'd need him to take deep breaths for them or something.  They allowed him to come home late yesterday afternoon and he'll go back up this coming Friday and they'll try something else.  Once they have the biopsy, they'll be able to determine for certain that he has cancer and what kind it is.

If it really is cancer like the doctor thinks it is, this will be the third kind he's had now.   I really disliked my father a great deal as a child and as an adult when I lived with him but we've actually become much closer now that I live on my own.  I truly hope it isn't cancer or if it is, that the treatment won't be too difficult on him.  I'm not ready to lose him yet. 

I don't think it's all sunk in yet.

I've had trouble this past week with commenting on certain blogs.  So if I'm not commenting, please just know that I'm still reading.  Has anyone else had an issue with this or is it just me?  I can comment on some but not all.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

FYI

No Wordless Wednesday today.  I may be out for a few days - my father was unexpectedly admitted to ICU last night and we have no idea what's wrong with him.  Please keep him in your prayers.
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Monday, May 23, 2011

Third Annual Doggone Dog Swap

Yep, it's that time again!  I originally started this as a way to gain new followers.  It didn't exactly work out that way but it was fun anyways and I wanted to continue doing it.  I haven't had many participants in years past but hopefully this year will be different.

This isn't a swap for yourself, it's a swap for your dogs!  No, we aren't swapping dogs, although sometimes I wouldn't mind trading mine in, lol!  Basically, you'll each buy toys and/or treats for your swap partner and they'll do the same in return.  You never know what you might get.

The deadline to enter is Wednesday, June 1st which gives you almost 10 days.  Once your swap partner has been chosen, I will email you back from a different email address.

I've listed the ground rules below, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

1.  You can only swap for up to three dogs.  If you have more than three, don't despair.  You can still participate but you'll have to decide which three will join the swap.  I'll do my very best to match you up to someone who has the same number of dogs.

2.  The maximum you can spend before postage is $30.  You don't have to spend that much but you can't spend more than that!

3.  You'll need to let me know when you sent your package and when you get yours.  If I discover that you received one but never sent one out, you'll be outted and blacklisted from participating in the future!

4. You must post about the swap once you receive your package.  I want to see what you got!

5. You have until June 30th to get those packages mailed out.  That gives you one full month to go shopping and to get it in the mail.

6. This is the most important rule - HAVE FUN!!!!!

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, please email the following information to me at glitter.sprinkles@gmail.com:
1.  The name(s) of your dog
2.  Male or female
3.  Breed of dog and size (small, medium, large, xlarge)
4.  Is there anything your dog cannot have?
5.  Is there anything in particular that your dog really likes?  Examples of this might be a certain kind of toy or treat.
6.  Your address.  Your information will only be shared with your swap partner.

I didn't specify the first year whether or not people outside of the US could participate and had someone from Canada join in.  It never occurred to me that someone from another country might read about it and want to do it too.  So yes, even if you don't live in the US, you can still do the swap.  You'll likely be partnered up with someone else from outside the US although not necessarily, it all depends on who else decides to take part.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.   We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.   So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.   The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.   They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.   I'm determined to find something good in each day.   Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.
~I'm happy because...
My mom mowed the lawn for me!  In the rain!

I got an A in History!  My final grades for the semester are an A and 3 B's.

I've gotten  to sleep in almost every day this week!

I got a wonderful gift in the mail from the fabulous ~KS earlier this week!

I've started a little bit of spring cleaning!  Very little bit but hey, at least I started!

Shockingly, it didn't rain at all yesterday!

I've received numerous comments from various bloggers saying that Half Full Friday is their favorite post of the week.  If that's the case, why not join in?  I've hosted it for awhile now and the only one who ever joins me is Velvet Over Steel.  There's plenty of room for everyone!  I couldn't add the link this week because I finally upgraded to Internet Explorer 9 yesterday and I'm not impressed with it.  For one thing, it won't accept the HFF link for some reason.  I tried to uninstall the program but I can't even see on my system where it's even been updated.  You know how you can check your updates and stuff?  It's not even listed.  Gotta figure out how to remove it over the weekend.  Not liking IE9 at.all.
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So today I'll be volunteering.  I'm kind of curious as to what they'll have me doing.  Usually I just go in on Thursday's but lately they've been telling me they have too many people and don't need me.  Yesterday morning when I spoke to them, the girl said something to the effect of, "But you are coming in tomorrow, right?"  To which I replied, "I wasn't aware I was supposed to but if you need me, I can come in."  They don't typically hand out food on Friday's so I'm wondering why they need volunteers today.  Guess I'll find out in just a little bit.

Tomorrow I have to get up at the crack of dawn and help out with the other organization I volunteer for.  Since I've started school, I've done exactly jack squat for them and feel like I really need to get a move on since the big event is coming up in less than two months so this will be part of my contribution.  Not looking forward to getting up so early but hopefully I'll raise a lot of funds for them.

And then on Sunday probably, I'm thinking of making cupcakes.  Just for something relaxing to do and for something extra fattening to eat.  Because I want to put any weight back on I might have lost walking a zillion and a half miles (one way!) across campus 3x a week for 4 months as quickly as possible!  LOL  And of course, I'll be adding extra sprinkles.  Because everything is better with sprinkles...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Almost Wordless Wednesday

This is mostly what spring has been like so far and we're in for about another 3 weeks of it according to the weather man...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Goodies, goodies, goodies

A few weeks ago, I got my prize in the mail from Amber's live giveaway.  Wanna see what I got?  Well, too bad because I'm gonna show you anyway...
Powder, a makeup brush and concealor.
I love how the mirror and the powder applicator thingie are separated between the powder.
I won this forever ago from Life With Dogs.  It seems like it came just before school started which would've been sometime in early January.
The author autographed it and sent a bookmark and a card with it.
I got this book and the cards above and beside it from Deborah.  She was kind enough to pass the book along to me once she finished it and I'll keep the tradition going.  Now that school is out, I'll actually have a little free time to read.  The cards are from her card company which she started to help raise money for her best friend Penny who is suffering from cancer.
Chico is just as excited about this package from the lovely ~KS as I am!
And now we're doubly excited!  She sent House Rules and Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult, one of my 2 favorite authors.  ~KS spoils me way too much!  I have most of her books but didn't have these two and now I do!
This is the necklace I gave my friend as a graduation present on Saturday.  She majored in psychology.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day.  Be sure to link up here once you've posted your list!  (This isn't a blog hop so please only link up if you've participated by posting your happy list.  Thanks!)
~I'm happy because...
Blogger is finally back up!

I made it through the semester!

I got B's in my Psych, Government and Theatre class!  Still waiting on my History grade.

My History professor agreed to accept my report!  And she said I was a joy to have in class!


I'm going to my friend's graduation party tomorrow!

Another friend from school sent me a really sweet email at the end of the semester!
 
I got my free BBW stuff for the month yesterday!
 
I got a book and cards in the mail from Deborah!  I'll show them off next week, along with some other goodies I was lucky enough to receive.
 
I'm a little ticked at my Theatre grade.  We had to write 2 reviews.  I got an 86% on the first one and admittedly, put very little work into it.  The second one I'd worked on for several days and was quite pleased with it when I turned it in.  I got the same exact grade as on the first one!  I really felt like I deserved an A on it.  I got a high C on the final because I didn't really study for it.  It was an easy class so I chose to put my focus on other classes instead.  But the important thing is just that I passed!
 
Once I got back into town yesterday from taking my Psych final, I went over to my parent's house and from there, we all drove over to the vet's office.  They had a very old beagle named Angel and my father decided it was time to put her down.  She hadn't been doing well and he felt it was in her best interest.  She sat in the back with me and immediately peed on the seat as soon as my dad closed the door.  I didn't say anything to anyone about it though because I didn't want her to get yelled at in her last few minutes of life.  She cuddled with me on the way there and I kept telling her how much I loved her.  It was so hard to let her go.  We think she was about 15-16 years old.  My parents are having her cremated. 
 
The worst part of it all was when we returned home.  My parents have a young beagle and he was extremely upset that we didn't bring Angel back with us.  He just howled and howled and wouldn't let anyone comfort him.  I felt soooooo bad for him; Angel has always been there his whole life and he's lost without her. 
RIP, my sweet Angel

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

MIA

Yes, I'm still alive for anyone that might have been wondering...

This is finals week so last week was filled with last minute homework and this week has been focused on studying for finals.  I've done very little else and am so ready for it to all be over with for a little while.

I was going to do my Half Full Friday post last Friday after I got back from class since it was a short day.  Unfortunately, I had a really, really bad day with several things going wrong and by the time I got home, I just wasn't in the mood.  It's supposed to be a positive post and I was afraid my negativity would rub off so I decided to forgo it.

One of the things that happened is that because it was the last day, two of my classes had been canceled so I didn't bring my book bag and just grabbed a folder out of it.  My history professor has strongly stressed since Day 1 that we must do every single assignment in order to pass the class and that our final report was due at 10:30 AM Friday, NO EXCEPTIONS!  Late papers would not be accepted.  I grabbed the wrong folder and by the time I realized it, it was too late to go back home for it.  There wouldn't have been time to have anyone bring it to me because my friends would've been at work plus none of them have my house key.  If I'd have called my parents, I'd have gotten a 20 minute lecture on how irresponsible I am and I seriously doubt they would've made it on time anyways.  It's a 45 minute drive from my house to the university.

My professor is recovering from surgery so her husband has been substituting in her place.  We haven't actually been doing anything the last two weeks anyways other than oral presentation in front of the class so I guess the school doesn't care that he doesn't have a teaching degree?!  Anyways, I talked to her hubs and explained my dilemma.  He told me to email it to my professor as soon as I got home so I did.  I haven't heard a word from her so I still don't know if she accepted it or not.  I hope so because I have a B in her class and would hate for all that hard work to be for nothing.  We had a take home final and I was hesitant to even work on it because I don't want to put time into it only to be told I was going to fail since my report wasn't in.  I figured I'd still go ahead and do it though because I didn't want to find out at the last minute that she did accept it and my final wasn't done.  Got the multiple choice section completed, now I just have to pound out the essay portion. 

I told my mom about it and she told me that I have no one else to blame but myself.  True, but that's the last thing I wanted to hear after such a s#$%& day. 

We go in tomorrow to drop off our finals, then we have to have one final discussion on history.  Ugh, soooooo not looking forward to that!  It's going to be painful to have to sit there and listen to a lecture on the very last day when alls I really want to do is to drop off my test and go home!

Then Thursday is my Psych final and I am DONE!!! 

Monday, May 2, 2011

Flat George, Part II

More adventures with Flat George!  These were all taken last Wednesday, the only decent weather day of the week.  I was going to try and get some more shots on Friday but the wind was blowing and cold and a little wet and all I wanted to do was just go home and curl up with the chi's.  I'm thinking maybe next semester we'll do another post and get some shots of things around campus that I missed on Friday.  There's definitely more I would have liked to have shown you.
Tiptoeing through the tulips
Checking the flyers on the bulletin board
The Wishing Tree - click to enlarge
The Wishing Tree
Helping me study for the Psych final
 

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