{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.
The nightstand pile…how high can it go?! LOL what you can’t see is the other piles behind and and on the floor!
I’ve crossed one thing off of my to-do list (yay!!) and I’ve shaped up the “Reads” portion of my blog. I wanted to let you, my faithful blog readers know that I finally got my act together and updated everything !! I need to start reading more this year, as I mention in the intro to Reads: 2014… you really don’t get much read when you start really really late at night and read a page or two at a time!
So, pop on over to the home page with the link below or the bar above and maybe you’ll find something to READ that sparks your interest. And, PLEASE don’t forget to support your local public library !!
A quick check in on the ever so slight twitch away from digital to analog. I ordered the clocks, the clocks arrived in good order (thank you Amazon Prime shipping!) Clocks were set up and the girls were instructed on how to use them (move lever on the side UP to set the alarm and DOWN to turn it off)….
First morning: Girls not up….
child: “which way do I move the switch?”
me thinking: (obviously, the OPPOSITE way it is now!)
Second morning: Girls up! Yay!! Success! I do the happy dance down the stairs to make breakfast and pack lunches knowing the morning will be much less crazy since the girls are up on time, have plenty of time to get ready, eat, pack their (incredibly over-burdened and heavy) backpacks, and head out the door. Worked EXACTLY like I had dreamed!!
Third morning: Girls not up…
me: “Did you forget to set the alarm?”
child: “No, I set it”
me: “Did it not go off?” (uh-oh I’m thinking bad things about the little clocks)
child: “It went off, I just turned it off and went back to sleep”
And why do I get the sinking feeling we are going to have many more days like the third morning, and less like the second? *sigh*
I think this may be a first…two posts in one day.
Today I went analog in a digital world
I ordered these:
Yes, my exciting life….old school analog battery operated alarm clocks. They don’t flash, they only make one noise, they run on batteries, there is a FACE to read, not luminescent numbers, they don’t “dock” anything. They just tell the time and wake you up when you set the (one) alarm. And they cost less than $20 each.
In truth…the girls have been through several alarm clock/cd playing/cassette playing/ iPod docking clocks in the last twelve years. And, the last dock/clock they have (they each have the same one) we cannot figure out how to reset the alarm…every time they unplug it…which is all the time, SO we are going analog over here. Orange for Gwen, Ivory for Lily and the “classic” for me in my studio because I have no clock in here and need to know when to stop making stuff up here and head to the kitchen to make stuff to feed the fam.
Going analog in a digital world…*sigh* loving old-school.
As occurs on some occasions, I went down the rabbit hole this morning while poking around on my laptop and having that first critical cup of tea. I ended up weeding through old bookmarks and came across the one for Lucky Lab Rescue and of course I clicked on it. Lucky Lab is the organization where we found our dog Shadow, and I was kind of happy to see that they are still around and still saving Labs. It would be lovely if they had to close down because there were no more Labs in danger of euthenasia and responsible pet owners spayed and neutered their pets so only pets that were wanted were out in the world.
I was stopped in my tracks by a piece on the page that talked about black labs being put down at higher rates than yellow or chocolate ones…what?? really??
Shadow’s first meet & greet
Look at that face
Seriously how could you not love that dog?
stick of the day
Here is and excerpt from the Lucky Lab Rescue site:
The most popular color of Labs are yellow and chocolate. They tend to get rescued and adopted more often than black labs. Some shelters will automatically euthanize black Labs and some rescue organizations will accept the yellow and chocolate over the black Lab. We at Lucky Labs love our yellows and chocolates, but also feel very committed to rescuing black Labs due to their plight.
“The plight of the black dog refers to the low adoption rate and high euthanization rate of black dogs in shelters. Black dogs are often the last to be adopted from an animal shelter. You may not be aware of how doomed black dogs are when they are brought to the average animal shelter. Black dogs, particularly large black dogs like Labradors or Lab mixes,have a very difficult time getting adopted, and are euthanized at a staggering rate at many animal control facilities throughout the country. The sad truth
is, they are overlooked in favor of lighter colored dogs.”
Oh My word
Yes! all three of them fit in the crate… Shadow is in heaven…
We love your black lab. Please support your local dog rescue organizations and practice being RESPONSIBLE pet owners!! And don’t worry honey…we are NOT getting another dog…but it is fun to look at the pictures!!
triggsey 