kaleid

My boy ;)

2005-03-06T05:08:42Z

Having a puppy has been amazing this past little while...just what I needed. Sure, at times he is infuriating and a rebel, but most of the time he is making me laugh so hard I can hardly breathe. Bring on the dogs - I don't want kids. :)

He's home!

2005-02-23T04:18:28Z

Meet our son - Lightning. He will be 11 weeks old on Thursday - keeps us on our toes and laughing pretty much all the time!!

http://www.digitalslump.com/stoptakingmypicture.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/nosewarmer.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/yummypaw.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/walking.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/grrr.jpg

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-02-18T05:16:30Z

We leave tomorrow to pick up our new son - breeder has named him Ruckus but we aren't sure if we are keeping the name...should be back super late Sunday night...until then, here are the pictures his breeder sent the other day:

http://www.digitalslump.com/ruckus.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/ruckus1.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/ruckus2.jpg

kaleid101 @ 2005-02-16T20:40:00

2005-02-17T04:40:20Z

If you woke up and I was in bed with you, what would be your first thought?

(Now post this in your LJ and find out what mine would be)

emotional roller coaster.

2005-02-14T07:15:33Z

So you know those puppies? Super sad story. Mom dog went into labor, water broke, etc - but no puppies. So our breeder rushed her to the vet for a c-section today. Turns out one of the puppies broke through the uterus and ruptured it - caused a massive infection that ended up killing both the pups inside, and almost killed the mom. Mom is still in the vet hospital tonight on antibiotics and IV hoping to make it through the night. *sigh*

So after being devastated about Mom - then the realization sunk in about no puppy for us (which is more than fine...Mom's life is way more important) but it's still kind of upsetting. Our breeder felt so bad about "letting us down" (silly girl - not like she could have predicted this stuff) - that she emailed all her breeder friends in the area to see if anyone had puppies that they could sell us.

She found a sweet little boy in Alberta - he's 9 weeks old and as cute as can possibly be. That breeder and I are currently communicating back and forth in regards to contract and stuff. But this could quite possibly be our little boy! :)

So it's been a trying day...up, down, up, down...I figure I won't say another word until I have a dog in my arms and am coming home with it.

Millions of Iggy's, Iggy's for me!

2005-02-12T20:50:07Z

My dear sweet momma dog (not MINE - I just claim her since one of her puppies might find its' way to our house!) is ready to pop ANY DAY! Could even be TODAY!!!

Very exciting!!! Will update for sure once we know if we get one for sure and as soon as I know WHICH one, y'all will be the first to know! (like how I slid some redneckspeak in there??)

Ciao bella!

...some silliness...

2005-02-05T05:48:23Z

1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The Stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says,"Dam"!

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in The craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says "I've lost my electron." The Other says "Are you sure?" The first replies "Yes, I'm positive."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were Standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After About an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.
"But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.
He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.
Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good).....
A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them smile.
No pun in ten did.

kaleid101 @ 2005-01-21T22:28:00

2005-01-22T06:33:58Z

First go many huges to hannunvaakuna - my thoughts are with you right now, sweetie.

Second - breeder is fairly certain Kenzie isn't pregnant, but Sage (another girly she has right now) is definitely a hippo - http://www.digitalslump.com/sage.jpg - so we might end up getting our sweet poochie from Sage. Doesn't matter to me - I've met both dogs in person and they were both absolute sweethearts. Would have been kind of cool to have a dog from "Kenzie" living in "Mackenzie", but that's a form of uber cheese I can live without.

Ever since reading Kate's post I can't stop thinking about death and family members. Every time I visit my mom she is seeming older and older - I can't be my usual sarcastic/tough/whatever self with her anymore, she gets upset. *sigh* I know all of us in this house (ok, it's just me right now) are thinking of you and your Grandmother Kate. As I have found when reading doggy forums - they talk about a "Rainbow Bridge" and how that is where our pets go when they pass on - they wait for us on the bridge to run and play with them once more when we are ready to join them. It may be cheesy and the like...but to me it makes me smile - maybe think of your Grandmother with any and all pets she may have encountered in her life - it will make you smile because no doubt those animals made her smile in her life.

(or I could be talking out of my heiny and she didn't have any pets..either way...I'm sorry, we all love you lots and are here for whatever you might need - sweetie)

Puppies?

2005-01-19T07:38:40Z

Soo...I get this email from my breeder in the hopes that our 'mom' dog is pregnant (meaning we might get a puppy out of the deal...)

What do you all think? I think I'm just REALLY HOPING to see a bump in her tummy so i see one? She is an Italian Greyhound...so just like a Greyhound but smaller...so that nice high piece of her body seems to be a little fatter to me...what do you all think?

http://www.digitalslump.com/preggo.jpg

Resolutions - well sort of.

2005-01-04T21:53:12Z

Last night Tim asked me if I had any resolutions this year, and I said yes. He looked at me questioningly since whenever I have set resolutions in the past I never keep them. And I smiled slowly and said "To get a dog".

He laughed for a couple of minutes straight and said "I like that one. I think that's a resolution we can actually both stick to".

:)

On the dog front - it appears as though our "mom" dog is pregnant, but we won't know for sure until a couple of weeks from now. If all goes well, puppies should be born around Valentine's day (or later, depending on the actual conception date) and ready to jump into our awaiting arms 10-12 weeks after that...

kaleid101 @ 2005-01-01T20:41:00

2005-01-02T04:43:09Z

Greetings to the land of LJ (yes it's been a long time).

Happy 2005 and all that goodness...

Love,
Mrs Dressel

...borrowed from Miss Kate....

2004-09-18T00:38:32Z

Your Political Career by amitiel

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Political Party

Date of Election:

March 3, 2017

Your Vice President:

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First Lady:

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Attorney General:

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Secretary of State:

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Chief of Staff:

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Intern:

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Scandal:

You accidently hit the red button that says: Warning, do not push on pain of Nuclear War.

Americans will...

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kaleid101 @ 2004-09-13T03:20:00

2004-09-13T10:22:06Z

Nobody is around or up for me to share...but that is ok...

I am trying to stay up as late as I can because SHUTDOWN looms tomorrow...13 hour nightshifts start tomorrow. Tim came to say goodnight because he has to work at a normal time tomorrow...and he gives me a huge bear hug and says:

"See you in two weeks."

It was so touching and sad and wonderful. Because I will work from 7pm-8am daily until the shutdown is done. It made me feel so sad but nice at the same time.

Silly men. You'd think after 9 years I'd be used to this!!!

YAY!!

2004-09-04T05:01:52Z

I think we finally agree on our first dance wedding song!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bad joke of the night...

2004-08-22T05:27:50Z

Four fonts walk into a bar. The bartender immediately yells "Get out! We don't want your type in here!"

mmm Tank Girl....

2004-08-09T00:18:32Z

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No dog for us...

2004-07-16T00:47:25Z

Budgets really suck ass. So does being broke, paying for a $24000 car, $20000 worth of school, $30000 worth of "old" school (no pun intended), and a wedding.

This means dog gets sacrificed and I sit here bawling about it like a frickin 5 year old.

Stupid life.

OH MY.

2004-07-14T04:11:03Z

This little miss precious could be mine. Soon. Wow.

WOW.

Must. finish. fence. SOON.

http://www.digitalslump.com/baby.jpg

...he backed it in, just for me?

2004-06-07T01:55:13Z

http://www.digitalslump.com/redneck.jpg

...heading into OT...

2004-06-06T02:45:07Z

Come on Flames! Bring the cup to Canada! :)

kaleid101 @ 2004-05-30T21:58:00

2004-05-31T05:00:30Z

I type this from our new bedroom in our new house. :)

Wow...very cool. Not EVERYTHING is moved yet...master bed, tv, computers heh..the important things are here. But we have the whole month of June to move out. YAY :) This place felt like home as soon as Tim and I sat down to our Chinese take out....I have pictures but my comp is being flaky so I'm on Tim's work laptop (wireless internet rules)....

That is all for now ;)

....burn hollywood (or tampa) burn....

2004-05-26T06:02:31Z

One down, 3 to go. :)

yeah.

2004-05-21T04:35:41Z

BOUNCE
Baby out the door.
I ain't gonna take this no more.
Just
BOUNCE!

Diva Nite Pictures

2004-05-03T04:48:50Z

Go to:

http://www.gallocreative.com

Click on "albums" (far right)
Click on folder called "Diva Nite"
Click on "April 23, 2004"
Click on "Esne" (yes they spelled my name wrong)

And you shall see the photos of when 3 of us girls had our hair and makeup done, then our photo taken...

The best reaction I got was Tim's - "Woah these are awesome! I want *this* one, and *this* one...oh and *this* one - all for my desk at work ok?"

*sillyredfacedgrin*

A day of stupidity?

2004-04-11T18:40:21Z

Turned out to be longer than I thought so it's behind ze cut...

I was a little sheepish about telling this story yesterday in my lj - embarrassment and all. But today I can laugh about it.

So yesterday I'm on a cleaning spree while Tim is gone. I tackled the storage closet and took 4 empty boxes (why he kept the microwave box we bought over 6 years ago is beyond me), 2 garbage bags full and a bin full to the dumpster. Go me! Storage closet still looks cramped because of the tv box (now this box I can see keeping until the warranty is up - we did just buy that last month tee hee).

So as I was taking all this stuff out to the dumpster - I had a glimpse of my Ford. It looks horridly filthy. "I should wash that" I said to myself - and figured there was no time like the present. Went upstairs to grab my keys/purse and some windex and off I went to the carwash (one of those bay jobbies with the high pressure wands). I pull in and was diligently cleaning the garbage out of it in preparation to vacuum when I spotted all the winter gear still in the back (extension cord, ice/snow brush) and figured it was time to put that in the trunk. Since the car is old you can't just pop the hatch from inside, you need the key. I have my keys on a ring like this I had the ignition key on a ring separate from the other keys (so I could leave the car running in the winter while taking the rest of the keys with me) but they are all attached to that pink clip thing. I usually attach them to my belt loop - and had done so this time. I was reaching for it on my waist and to pull the clip off my belt loop when I hear a clang then a sploosh.

It is at this moment a resounding "OH SHIT" was heard in my head.

I look down to the drain under the car and see nothing but water. Then I look at my key ring to find out what dropped. Ignition key. All my other keys were there (oh thank someone). So I sit there wondering what the hell to do. I go find the kid that works there to see what can be done - he seemed to feel pretty bad for me but couldn't help smirking and trying not to laugh. He got this long stick thing with a hook on the end but with all that water in the drain and not being able to see the bottom it was kind of useless. So he took my name and number and was going to ask his boss later if there was anything that they could do. *crossesfingers*

Then I sit there, looking at my still dirty car wondering how the hell I'm going to get it home. We have one spare key...but guess where that is? (with Tim about 1300km's south of here) THEN I remember that we have BCAA plus because we own this hunk of junk, and that includes free service. So I call a tow truck, and get the beast at least towed home. Call Tim, tell him to courier me his key as soon as they are working because of the holiday weekend, have a good chuckle and go on with my day.

It's not that big of a deal - I can hitch rides to work and back - the real test will be if the key doesn't make it here by Saturday because I have to get to PG to hop on a plane to Vancouver for more wedding planning. I can always just take the bus Friday night and stay in a hotel.

*sigh*

So that was my embarrassing story that I can now laugh at! I think I shall put this behind a cut - ended up being longer than I expected! :)