Pets make me smile

Today's site just made me laugh. Gotta love pictures & inspiration.


& now for a joke...

Never talk to the parrot

Mrs. Peterson phoned the repairman because her dishwasher quit working. He couldn't accommodate her with an "after-hours" appointment and since she had to go to work, she told him, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dish washer, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check. By the way, I have a large rottweiler inside named Killer; he won't bother you. I also have a parrot, and whatever you do, do not talk to the bird!"

Well, sure enough the dog, Killer, totally ignored the repairman, but the whole time he was there, the parrot cursed, yelled, screamed, and about drove him nuts.

As he was ready to leave, he couldn't resist saying, "You stupid bird, why don't you shut up!"

To which the bird replied, "Killer, get him!!!"

(From here)

Exciting

Alright today was my lucky day.

Thankfully I didn't react quite like that lady! But I did win big in my eyes. I left work at lunch & was going to treat myself to a Chic-fil-a combo. Got there, went to the bathroom washed my hands, went to get in line & saw a few people doing the "I was here first" eye/body language show down. Waited it out & then when it was my turn in line I ordered.

The young girl got a strange look on her face & backed away from the computer. I thought what now. GRRRRReat. She made her hands into two circles & tapped them together. The manager went to the back & when he came back he whispered to a couple of co-workers. I began to wonder if I looked like some local thief or something. An older lady brought out a cow bell. Now things were REALLY getting odd. She began ringing it & they all started cheering....at me. um...thanks, but why?

The cashier told me I could put the debit card away since my meal was on the house. Seems I was the 100th customer!

So I won!

Woooooo whoooooo!

.....now where's Bob Barker to hug? ;)

Yes, Life is Funny!

Your place or Mine? Wait its OURS!

Tomorrow, April 22, is Earth Day.

Which means today's site is all about things you can do to help the environment.

Feel like telling me ideas on how you can help do your/our part?

Currently I use a reusable metal water bottle, a canvas lunch bag, reusable bags (but admit I do take some plastic & reuse them in cleaning up the bird cages & as bathroom trash can liners). I have now switched ALL lights in the house to CFL bulbs & use rechargeable batteries - there are still some old ones we are using up but any new ones are rechargeable! The out door path lights are solar powered & half don't work at night. I use any water that the birds, dog or I don't drink to water the plants. We got a French press coffee maker instead of an electric one this year. I recycle as much as I can in regards to house hold waste.

I feel like I am forgetting something. For me its more than just wearing the Its Easy Being Green Kermit Tee & carrying the Target Red Tote bag, its doing what we can to help conserve energy & clean up this place. Where else are we going to live? :)

Any other ideas?

Shake a tail feather

Just good clean fun...



go ahead, you know you wanna dance too!

The Old Place

A bit of fun today...

The health food cooperative that I worked at for so long & quit last week is in a contest & finally posted the video we made online.

The goal was to show how your co-op rocks....we went for the zany MTV Cribs style & just had fun with it.




Burgos & I are in the audience in the training video scene.

NO to HR669

So today's post is a plea for action.

There is a bill in congress right now that could ban any non-native species. This means that if you have pets that wouldn't naturally be found on US soil, you could be fined/imprisoned for buying, selling, breeding or transporting them across state lines!

Tell the fish in my aquarium not to breed because I can't afford the fine?! riiiiiight.

Want more info? So would I.



Check out the information & then decide for yourself.

I for one already have emailed my state representative & plan to continue to do so. I love my birds, fish & dog way too much to let this pass. Its just wrong. What next? Ship off all non-native people, we are animals too.

Legislation likes this makes me want to jump this ship anyhow! Argh!

Some links mentioned in the video above:

Pijac - Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council

& most importantly:
www.nohr669.com

Another great link is to Govit, where you can make your voice hear through an online voting, but you still should send your opinion to your representatives! You can do both at this site.

Honoring our Animals

So today back in 1866, the American Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) started up. Perfect lil fact for the day.


I took the new guy in my life, Bijou, in to the vet to get his check up & everything is looking great.

So in honor of all animals great & small, furred, feathered, finned, scaled, whatever, I wanted to have today's link be to the Animal Rescue Site.

Every time you click on their box (at the website), sponsors donate food & care to animal shelters. 100% of the money goes to the charities & you can click the links daily (as a bonus there are tabs where you can click daily to help with other causes like breast cancer, literacy, etc.).