Christy’s Ramblings

First time I’ve gotten them all in one shot…sort of. If Lois Lane had been looking up I would have called it good. I just can’t get that little twerp to sit still!

I’ve been chasing a pair of Red Shouldered Hawks that live down by the pond at work for a couple of months now trying to get some decent shots. Today as I was getting in my truck I noticed one of them in the tree by the pond. One had a rabbit and was perched on top of the light post in the parking lot and the other joined him. As I was changing my focus one of them swooped down and dive bombed me. I literally had to duck to my knees to keep from getting clocked. I just wish I’d have had my focus ready when s/he was swooping straight for me! It was quite exciting!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day that Jason and I spent most of the afternoon on the screened porch with the pups.  I got all the boys’ photos.  Lois Lane wouldn’t sit still (go figure).

This is Bailey.  He is cared for by our friends Eric and Teena.  A cute little chihuahua with a big attitude!  He’s actually a very sweet dog, but I think every photo I have of him has this look of “I dare you!”.  We saw Bailey tonight at a cookout/Last Game at Freedom Hall for the Cards party.  He’s  a cute little stinker!

We kicked off the first Pet Research Give-Away contest today and I took photos of the Doggie and Kitty Grab Bags that are the prizes to choose from for the winner.  Finally used my studio light kit again for the first time in ages.  If you’re a pet lover and interested in the contest, come visit us.

Here’s the promo for the contest:

Doggie Bag or Kitty Bag Give-Away contest has started! See how many Paw Points you can earn between now and April 6 and get your choice of a Doggie Bag or Kitty Bag for your pet! Visit the Pet Research site for full details.

I also screwed up and totally forgot to take a photo yesterday for the project.  So I’ll be taking two today to make up for it.  Cheating a bit, I know, but I want to continue on. 

Another two-fer.  Playing with the extension tubes for macro shots again.

And Blue, cleaning up after a yummy dinner.  Love that tongue!

We had a “team building” outing today at work for the eBusiness team and we got to leave work at 2:30 and spend a couple of hours at the bowling alley.  It was fun for a change, especially for a Tuesday.  I bowled a 96 and a 102.  Not great, but not bad considering it’s only the fourth time I’ve been bowling this year and haven’t been before that in forever.  One of these days I’ll get the hang of it again!

I’m hoping to get back into my regular photo scavenger hunt this coming month to help provide more interesting shots for my one a day project - we’ll see what happens!

Buddy has the best, big, brown eyes!  I wanted a macro shot for today’s photo and they pulled me right in!

This is yesterday’s photo.  Jason and Tom were having a Wii boxing match…and placing bets on the game as usual.  It’s been a great weekend!

Every day at 5:30 Buddy knows it’s time for dinner. If you dare stand up, this is what happens until you feed the Giant Dawg and his three side-kicks.

In other news:

I found out a couple of weeks ago that I have gall stones.  In fact, one third of my gall bladder is full of stones.  So I had a consultation with a general surgeon this morning and the gall bladder is coming out.  On March 11 I can say good riddance to that worthless organ and resume my beer and wing eating habit.  Until then I have to watch the fat intake else I end up writhing around in misery, so it’s a good thing to have yanked out.  Odd to think that up until 6 months ago I’d never been in the hospital for anything and now I’m going in for my second organ removal.  I hope this isn’t some new trend because I’m not digging it.

And - it’s Friday!  Going to hang with friends tonight, seeing Shutter Island tomorrow afternoon and hanging with friends again tomorrow night.  Gonna be a great, relaxing weekend!

Lois Lane is once again content now that we’re home from our weekend away.  Her and Buddy even got into it today over a piece of treat they both found on the floor.  Neither was any worse for the wear, aside from the massive amounts of slobber all over Lois.  (That’s a Buddy hair hanging off her lip, by the way - heehee!)

I know this is a lame project photo, but thought it would be interesting to share the madness we go through (and our pet sitter will be dealing with - God love them) daily with our dogs. We went from zero dogs on meds to 3 dogs on meds, possibly for life, in a matter of 4 months, all for different things. Tell me how this happens?

I would have attempted a better photo, however, it struck me kinda crazy what we do for our pets.  But I wouldn’t change a thing if it meant losing any of them!  They are all worth it. 

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!