Comparison of a Dog's and a Cat's Diary


1 Excerpts From A Dog's Diary

Day number 181
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 pm - OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 pm - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 pm - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!

Day number 182
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 pm - OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
1:30 pm - ooooooo. bath. bummer.
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 pm - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 pm - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!

2 Excerpts From A Cat's Diary

Day 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another
houseplant.

Day 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair...must try this on their bed.

DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was...Hmmm. Not working according to plan.

DAY 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included burning foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

DAY 771 - There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call "beer". More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how
to use it to my advantage.

DAY 774 - I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird on the other hand has got to be an informant, and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his
current placement in the metal room his safety is assured.

But I can wait, it is only a matter of time...

Source Unknown

I'm launching my new blog PawHealing With Herbs. Lara is making my new blog template as I write. My new blog will be a listing of all my dogs (cats as well!), with their pictures, and a discussion of their problem along with what I did to help them.

How utterly fun right?

I couldn't wait show off two of my smallest patients. This is Zoey and Ellie. One weighs about 5 lbs and the other only weighs 4 lbs. These are the little girls I wrote about when I blogged about Kennel Cough vaccines and how bad they can be for little dogs.

I received this e-mail from the mother of these two sweeties, she is a very satisfied pet owner. I am just grateful that she trusted me with the health of these two little innocents.

I'm getting ready with her older Yorkie and his name is Brody!

Life is good....

Happy Holidays Holly,

The girls are doing great! Zoey, the baby, has not coughed at all and Ellie has only coughed about two or three times in a couple of weeks and the duration has been a lot shorter and milder. I am , however, not having the best of luck getting them to take the herbs, any suggestions! I manage, but there must be a magical solution.

I have been reading that book "Four Paws, Five Directions" and remember you mentioning "fire in the belly" being an issue for my other Yorkie, Brody. He is overweight, sneaks food from other bowls. We have him on a diet and he has not gained weight in a while but he seems pudgier. I do not understand the book well enough to start something with him, Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for all your help and interest. Chris



The baby Zoey


The older sister Ellie


Zoey and Ellie together

Here I sit, dogs, computer, and a Saturday night...what more could a girl ask for anyway?

So what have I been doin' during my semester break, besides NOTHING, and I mean that literally.

I have started spending the majority of my time working on my herbal formulas for very sick dogs. I'm so motivated, because I am having really exciting results. It appears that I am now a respiratory herbal specialist and I am getting a referral business going.

This is the perfect job, herbs and dogs...what more could a girl ask for?

I have to say that there is not a feeling like it as when you get that pet owner on the phone, and before you start the conversation, your saying "I hope it worked, I hoped it worked....and then...

They tell you that their little dog can breath again.

It makes it all worth while, the 2000 hours of TCM study, the almost four years of non stop studying, the complete stall of my life as I complete my Masters....

But what more could a girl ask for...but making dogs well again, what a rush!

My goodness....I don't know whats happened, but it's as if someone has pulled out my plug and forgot to put it back. I'm completely out of gas.

This feeling of total exhaustion started the night I went out to dinner with my mother. Maybe that had some thing to do with it, because going out to eat with my mom is quite a challenge.

Finding something she likes to eat on the menu, and then dealing with her irritable bowls can be extremely challenging.

Here we are at a very beautiful restaurant, with the best food, and she is bitching at me how much she hates "these" kind of restaurants. She punished me with her 8 trips to the rest room. O brother....

I have done literally nothing since Christmas. I sit down to read blogs, which is one of my very favorite past times, only to not have the energy to read or concentrate..I think it is a delayed reaction to my end of semester exams.

I'm starting another blog for all my dog patients. I am having tremendous success with my very sick dogs, and I want to start sharing it in the hopes that others can learn from it. But once again can't seem to get it in gear!

What about Mr. Eye Candy? Ummmmm, I've put the concept on hold for awhile, because I think it's a set up for a disaster. I do believe that in a prior post I said that the next time around was going to be different.

This would be a mistake I have already made....fun, but a mistake.

There is a saying "live and learn"....I am trying to do that.

Okay, I'm spent for the evening, I need my rest for tomorrow, because once again, I'm taking my mom out to eat for a family lunch with Aunt Sally and my cousin Ruth.

My mom is usually on her worst behavior during these outings...Wish me luck!

Ahh, I really don't know what to say, because actually I feel the situation is quite quite sad and for me very frustrating.

This is about that the very nice looking guy I blogged about a while back. (remember the way younger hot guy)

I think he may possibly be interested in me, but then again I'm thinkn' maybe he's just a really nice guy, whatever, I can't decide which it is.

No matter what, this guy manages to initiate a conversation with me every time I see him, and I swear he seeks my out, or maybe I'm imagining it, who knows, I can't decide that either.

None the less, we seem to have a conversation every night no matter what.

I however, whenever I see him coming, always go the opposite direction and try to avoid him.

I find just totally avoiding temptation makes life so much easier, if ya know what I mean.

I have trouble just taking one bite of a yummy food and always end up eating too much of it, leaving me with a stomach ache, and wishing I wouldn't of indulged so freely.

Getting back to the story, I found out a couple of conversations ago, that the eye candy is only 28 years old. Let me do the math...uhmmmmmm that's a 24 years age difference. OMG...no can't do that...

On top of it, he's a dog lover.....


UPDATE ON POST...I WROTE THE ABOVE TWO NIGHTS AGO...THINKING...CAN'T BE....and I wasn't go to post it, but today adds more to the story.

I WILL POST IT TOMORROW WHEN I'M IN THE MOOD, I had dinner with my Mother, and I am exhausted....


And lets see what tomorrow brings!

Today I spent a nice morning with my mother. I actually got her out of her house and into a real restaurant for lunch. Usually when we get out, she can last a maximum of about 15 minutes at any one place, before she starts becoming twitchy and wanting to hit the nearest exit and head for home.

Mom filled me in on the latest about my Aunt Patty.
I blogged about her before, and that's when I told the story of her hanging up on me.

Patty hung up and has not spoken to me since October, because as usual I was harassing her to stop smoking. I was telling her about the new city law that says smoking in the car with children is against the law. And I was asking her; Why would you continue to do something that is so obvioulsy WRONG and harmful to yourself and the dog you keep???? Click went the phone.

I do this constantly because she has a horrible case of MS, and let me state the obvious; Smoking causes MS to get worse. No kidding!

AND the reason I harass her is because she continues to smoke while knowing that it makes her health decline so much so that she can't get out of bed, even to go to the bathroom.
Admittedly I am a tad militant about this kinda of thing...but why the hell not be, whats the difference between this and putting a needle in the arm? They both kill ya.

I cared enough to try and do something about it...

So okay, we all now stay away, just as she wants us to, and she continues to smoke.

But there is a new development, and its called FEAR.

Mom told me that Aunt Patty is scheduled for surgery January 7th. This surgery is being performed to remove multiple benign neck lumps which are growing very rapidly and are now causing a health threat because they are blocking blood supply to the brain.

Everyone is afraid that the surgery is DANGEROUS.....Ahhh...excuse me.....?

What does everyone think that drives the growth of those lumps that grow in her neck anyway? My family has a problem seeing the connection;

Why weren't they afraid for her while she was dragging on pack after pack of cigarettes for forty years? and they just would say; that's Patty being Patty....and now they are fearful;

I've been afraid for her all along...where was everyone then?


Now there is FEAR for the loss of her life....

Now Patty is afraid she is going to die...

But not fearful enough to stop smoking; What will it take?

On his radio show yesterday, Rush Limbaugh asked, "Does our looks obsessed culture want to stare at an aging woman?" In his own words:

So the question is this: Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?


Come On...talking about her looks at another attempt to slander her?

Can't everyone see that this is just another tactic to keep a woman from becoming the next President of the United States?

I was talking to my mom last night, and we were discussing Hillary Clinton, and she too was regurgitating all the cable news buzz words that have been used to describe this woman.

I said to her, "mom, regardless if you don't like her, don't you think she's competent to be president?"

My mom answered "yes".

Then I said to her, "If Hillary Clinton doesn't get get this chance, it will be decades before another woman has an opportunity to break through the glass ceiling. Isn't that enough to vote for her, when in fact it's really is a vote for all the young women of the next generations?

Her answer... "I really don't care".......That's my mother, what can I say?

Next, I was surfing the net and I happen to find a blog written by an obvious CONSERVATIVE,....and he had this picture: It was labeled as "Hillary without her pantsuit", and her ass was shaking in the picture.

So I left him a message, I said;

"Come on now, that's not nice...You don't see us Hill supporters sporting pictures of John McCain standing naked with his limp dick just hangin' there.

Shame on you."

He moderated my post and did not publish it.

There's that old saying, "What's good for the goose is not good for the gander"...

I think that my seaweed soup is a much better alternative to this weight loss option;



VideoJug: How To Avoid The Alli "Oops!"


How funny is that video anyway....I don't know if it is a spoof or if it is a real advertisement for the product.

But the thing is, that it's taking out fat, but its not just the fat making people fat. Its the huge number of carbs that we Americans eat...or how about just the huge amount of food we consume in general.

Alii only takes out 25% of the fat, thats about 400 calories a day, based on a 2000 calorie a day diet.

It might help, but I'm pretty sure the side effects make it pretty uncomfortable to use...Yuck...

Last week I received The Golden Rose Award from Angel over at Curious Animals.

Today Angel has the cutest set of cat paw pictures, but then she always has unusal animal items....anyway she gave me this rose and that was very nice. Thanks Angel.

Since it's the holdiays, and since it appears that there are only two of us who are single in my small blog world... I want to pass on the Golden Rose Award to Lone Chatelaine.

At least we can give each other flowers!

I love to read her blog because it is so nakedly honest, which makes me look forward to all of her new entries every day.

Good job Lone Chatelaine.

How true is this picture? courtesy of http://ourworldasweseeit.blogspot.com
The persons name who writes on this blog is Debonair Dude.....hmmmm, what do ya think he looks like? With a name like that I have high expectations, but who wouldn't, right?

I wasn't going to do a weigh in video again until January, but I thought that I should keep track of my progress or lack thereof because I'm in the "maintain" stage of my physical reshaping journey.

I decided that NO PROGRESS is better than LOST PROGRESS, especially during the holiday season with all the many tempting shier delights!

This is the month that I said I was going to eat maintenance calories so that when January rolls around, I can take off the final ten pounds. My body goes into starvation mode very easily, so the break was a necessity since no matter what I was stalled!

I was looking at my video, and of course I was not happy with what I saw...UNTIL...I went back to around Sept 15, which was only two weeks into this journey...WOW.

I can say this, I can hold my weight pretty good, because I was a BIG girl.

Here is the clip from Sept. 15, 2007



Here is the clip from today...Sunday Weigh In Dec 16, 2007. I can really say that WHAT you eat can make a huge difference. The last three weeks have been unlimited fruits and vegetables, with lean meat. I will do my next weigh in the first Sunday of January of 2008.

I hope I can stay out of the desert store cause right now it sounds reaaaallly gouuud...Yum chocolate cake...

I had an Eastern Nutrition class this semester....the final was to have the class over to my house for a Chinese nutrition food fest.

Anyhow, it reminded me of a story about this particular class, and it gives me a chuckle every time I think of it.

Dr. Wang is the instructor of the eastern nutrition class. She is very old school Chinese and is wealthy with knowledge. The down side to this fountain of wisdom, is that her English is very broken and it's extremely difficult to understand.

It was about around our third class meeting that Dr. Wang and I started to know each other. That night I helped her out to her car. It was at that time that we took some time to get to know each other. During the conversation is when she discovered that I lived very close to the school.

That very next day after the class, I received a call from Dr. Wang and a message she had left on my voice mail.

Dr. Wang told me that somehow she had forgotten her "red bowl" from that previous night's class and would I so kindly go over to the school and retrieve it for her?

It was right away that I made a special trip to the school, because I know things have a way of disappearing, and I thought that this particular"red bowl" must be very special.

I'm thinkin', it must be a family heirloom or something like that because it appeared to be really important...I also wanted her to know that I could be someone she could find trustworthy and depend upon.

So when I get over to school, I rush to the room this "red bowl" had been left, but as I walk in I could see that there was absolutely nothing left behind from our prior evening class.

I even went so far as to ask everyone in this room if they had seen the missing "red bowl" ... Nope...just blank stares.

I then went to every conceivable place this "red bowl" could of gone, I checked the lost and found,...no "red bowl" to be found.

I felt bad that my first mission for Dr Wang was a failure, but I knew in my heart I had done my best.

I then picked up the phone and called Dr. Wang's direct line, but her husband Jeff picked up the telephone. He barely speaks any English, but I went ahead and explained to him that I had looked every where for the "red bowl" and sadly it could not be found.

That same week while walking down the hall at school, I happened to see Dr Wang, and I said to her that I was really sorry that I couldn't find her "red bowl". She wondered at the time who would take her "red bowl", and couldn't understand how it could disappear so fast, she made mention that she thought maybe the the janitors must have stolen it.

That next week during class, Dr Wang made a big announcement that her "red bowl" had disappeared and did anyone know about it?

She also went on to tell the class in her pin yin English that I had been nice enough to make a special trip to the school to retrieve her "red bowl", but she guess it had been stolen by the janitor.

She then asked me to stay after class and wait for the janitor and ask if they had seen the "red bowl"...It was apparent that she was determined to find it

Again the very next week at class, Dr Wang was sitting there as usual, and then out of the blue she asked the class if we noticed anything different?

We all looked at her and said no.....

She then held up a blue ball, and so very proudly showed us her replacement to what she said was the "red bowl"...

Dr Wang had never lost a "red bowl"....she had lost her "red BALL", one of those balls you sit on so as to have good posture....

Mystery of the "red bowl" solved.

I about died on the spot!

Dear Fellow Dog Person,

I go to the park each day to enjoy my dogs. I don't go to have fellow dog owners patrol my every move and comment to me each and every time Orbit decides to be a dog.

What is with you people anyhow? Do you come to the park to patrol the actions of others, to gossip about other people and their dogs, or just to harass other fellow dog owners?

Clearly us dog owners who frequently visit the local dog parks need to post a list to the other more "involved" pet owners, a list of basic common courtesy and etiquette rules in which to live by so that all of us may enjoy our day at the dog park;

1) You are NOT the dog park police. So if my dog happens to growl at another dog, please do not look to me as I have committed some social fou paw

2) You are not the authority on dog health, if I chose not to vaccinate my dogs, please respect my decisions. I do not have to hear about your thoughts on the subject, as if YOU are somehow the higher authority.

3) You do not have all the answers about what is best for my pet, this includes the "best dog sitter", the "best Vet", the "best dog diet" and so forth. Please fellow dog owner, don't tell me what is "best" for my dog.

4.) You should not come to the park to gossip about others. Did you know that it is obvious to us who are being gossiped about that you are engaging in such negative social behavior?

5.) You are not the park police. If I should dare to park in an illegal spot, that is my choice and my risk, not yours, so butt out or get a badge.

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I'm off this week...and maybe even for the rest of the month. But I did pretty good and did not totally pig out over two birthday dinners. It seems I am starting to learn moderation...

But I wanted to talk about these pictures....This is Jennifer Lynn Hewitt...not even sure who she is exactly. But the buzz on the Internet is that she is a fat girl with cellulite......

There was a guy that posted a comment that said he is a woman lover, but that her ass grossed him out. I just wonder what that jack ass looked like naked...

Okay, for her age, she is what I call skinny fat, which means that she is not toned, but she is not fat. I can't believe that these pictures were circulated to show all of her flaws.

You have to wonder what things are coming to. Can you imagine what its like today to be a young woman, what they must live up to in order to be considered attractive?

How about us that are "more mature"... here a young girl is getting torn apart for not presenting a perfect ass....where do we fit into the scheme of things?

Jennifer has said "a size 2 is not fat"...now I think she is taking that a little too far, she is not petite in the rear, but she is defiantly not fat.

We also have this fascination with looking a people's rear ends...I wonder why? We also have a fascination with looking at fat people in general.

I love watching those shows on TLC...one in particular that just memorizes me called the Thousand Pound Man.....and I always watch the shows where they are getting that stomach surgery, where they get the stomach stapled, don't ask me why, but I do.

Since I am speaking of odd fat habits, here's another weird thing to watch; (Over weight individual on a roller coaster)

Today was my 52nd birthday. That sounds like a good many years...but really, I don't feel different from where I was, say 25 years ago. I'm healthy, I'm not losing my memory, my hair is not grey and I have been avoiding the dowdies....

Ahhhhh, another year.......

To now be 52 is somewhat like having an out of body experience. I feel like the years are marching on, but I've somehow been left behind somewhere in time, and I feel as if I need to catch up but my head is spinning.

Where in the world does all that time go?

I was born December 7, 1955. At one time that date did not sound like a long time ago because it was a youthful time, but now what can I say?

Now my generation its becoming the years of "do you remember when.....?"

Today my Aunt Sally forwarded this e-mail to me. I think it fit the day......

Do you "remember the time when?";

Those Born 1930-1979

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS
OUTSIDE PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.


We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

If YOU are one of them.CONGRATULATIONS !

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good .

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.

I was just over on You Tube collecting my weigh in video URL and I had to laugh. I have 296 views from my last weight loss video. How funny.....Ohhh noo....I'm being viewed in my undies with all those holes. How will I ever meet Prince Charming under those circumstances?

Whats new...I broke with tradition this week, and slipped on an old bathing suit. It was on the big side, so I look a little weird, along with the added shoes and socks because it was so damn cold this weekend. So don't laugh when I look so dorky.

I stayed on the Weight Loss Soup Routine...I modified it and added lean meat to the recipe, which has made it a really easy way to continue to trim down. Here is the link if you would like the receipe and seven day program

Here is a picture of the last batch...that's sea weed floating on the top...yum!




I missed the show I was going to do...I am way too far out, and I needed another month. Usually there is a local show every month, but it is the holiday season, so I missed the window and the next one is March.

That's okay, because I have changed my paradigm of thought. I am using this journey to learn how to live lean...I like the feeling that only eating only fruits, vegetables and lean meats, I feel really light, and very comfortable.

ENOUGH.....on with the show;

This is a video of my young friend Michele and her new boyfriend Mike, whom she just met on her vacation to Hawaii while visiting her brother and sister in-law.

Ohhhh my.....This is so romantic.

Michele is picking up and high tailing it out of Cali to make a new life, and she's doin' this by moving to Hawaii. She leaves us at the end of January.

Michele has fallen in love (seven short days on a beautiful tropical island can do that to ya)and she is going to move to this new strange place to be with "her man" and live happily ever after.

I remember those days, when I could get swept off my feet, and my world could get rocked... but not anymore, and I say it with a sigh of sadness.

Ahhhhh to be young and in love again; if only to feel the sweet heady flow of estrogen, as well as that strong sexual attraction from those pheromones that are running amuck....

Such is Love.......

I'm feeling really excited today and I feel like doing a Scubby Dance.

Remember back when I posted a blog about the new formulas I had just sent out for the little dogs with the disease called Collapsed Trachea that were having trouble breathing?

Well , I have two very nice things happen since I sent out that batch of modified formulas, which if you recall, were of my own design.

To review, I made that particular batch of herbs in order to treat the cough that comes with that disease of Collapsed Trachea, but I formulated the herbs to treat the cough as if they had human Whooping Cough.

Today I received a call from one of my dog patients owner whose name is Joe. He tells me that his Maggie has been 100% cured of her cough and he said it was a miracle. Joe thinks I should market the stuff and he was thrilled...how neat is that?

Well, Joe was a smart man, because his dog's cough had not gotten as far as advanced as to cause the necrosis of the trachea. It is the dog owners that try antibiotics and other such things that don't work, and the owners that keep getting the dogs re vaccinated, which I believe reinfects those poor dogs, and for them, they will not be as fortunate.

The other really positive occurrence was from a woman who received my special formula, but she had accidentally spilled it and needed some more. Well, this lady had rescued this very old and sick dog for which she had bought the herbs, and she did this because she is trying to make his last days as comfortable as possible. Auwwww....

Once I found that out, I decided that I would send her the herbs free of charge along with a goodie bag of every trick I could think of in the book to help this old and very sick dog.

You know what she did? She sent me $100 through PayPal for doing nothing and thanked me for caring.

Wow.....these are the things that make you keep going and these are the types of things that let you know your heading the right direction when sometimes your feel lost.

Lady Banana has passed on a new badge and it's call called Blogging Buddies...It's been really nice to become part of a blogging community, thanks Lady Banana I appreciate it, I like these badges....

It's a good thing that I have blogging pals, because I'm not sure if my other friend would consider me a good buddy at all.

After making my list of "things that bug me" yesterday, I decided that I was tired of being annoyed, and that I needed to start removing some of those pesky issues from my life.

So I thought a good place to start was to tell a friend that the reason I don't ever call her back, and that the reason that I obviously avoid her, is because all she wants to do, is talk about herself, and I find it incredibly Annoying.

She appreciated my honesty and was glad to know the reason why I had been obviously ditching her and she acknowledged that she had indeed become very self absorbed recently. As we discussed why this self absorption had become so pathological, she admitted that she felt as if she was "fading away"..

This friend dates boys that are in their 20's, and I mean "boys"....she likes em' young. She is very thin and wears very modern type clothing, you could say she's "with it". Her hair is very long, dark and curly, thanks to the sexy hair extensions, and she has a fabulous full busty figure, compliments of her plastic surgeon. Next, she wants to get a face lift....

Oh yes...I forgot to mention that the reason I was avoiding her calls is that all she wants to talk about are these young boys that idolize her.....yawn.

Ahhhh, I think its safe to say that she is having a mid-life crisis.

I'm trying to feel sorry for her.....but geez get over it already, it happens to all of us. Anyway I tried to be the patient friend but I could not help but being Annoyed.....

Turning to a subject that is not annoying, I would like to do my duty and pass on the Blogging Buddy badge to BJ from the blog A Bead A Day. I do this on behalf of Pink Pinkerton, Daisy, Orbit and That Bad Dog Chico Martini.

BettyJo you always ask about my pooches, and I think that although you are a "cat person" that my pack of dogs is winning your heart. Thanks BettyJo for being a Blogging Buddy to me and my dog pack family.

I was tagged by Lady Banana and Angel from Curious Animals.

They've asked me to discuss 7 items that might be considered interesting about me and that others might find interesting or amusing.

These two requests caused me a couple of days of concern, since all the things that I could think of that were fun and interesting should definitely not be written down on a public blog for future reference!

I really didn't know what meming was until I looked it up. It's suppose to give a blogger the opportunity to talk about things that they may not have ordinarily had any reason to write about...

So... That being said, I'm going to change the rules of this meme;

I'm tired of nice...lets get down to what's really easy to talk about and that's the things that bug us the most.

So what better then to talk about the things that really make me wanna go postal?(get it? the picture of the little dog?).

Heres my list and I wanna let you know I enjoyed making it;

#1) I get annoyed with people, particularly myself, I find me irritating most of the time.

#2) I get really annoyed with my friends and family who will not take the time to read my blog....

#3) I get annoyed with my friends who call me just to talk about themselves...Their the worst! I wanna pull my hair out and hang up on the blabbermouths.

#4) I get annoyed with the people I go to school with...some of them are real idiots and take themselves waaaay too seriously, they're a bunch of "know-it-all's who know nothing.

#5) I get annoyed at the people who honk at me just because I drive slow.

#6. ) I get annoyed at the people who I accidentally back into while attempting to park. They get so upset about the whole thing! Its usually a very small scratch...They need to take a pill and get over it.

#7) I get extremely annoyed just having the simplest conversation with my mother.


The new list is to include your very top 7 annoyances, and then pass the meme assignment onto another lucky blogger. Remember to link to them or whatever the hell else we're required to do when tagged. (your suppose to write out the rules), and I think you have to do it to 7 other writers and you have to notify them..etc etc etc etc etc etc

I'm tagging BJ at A Bead A Day since I know she can serve it up with the best of them and
I'm kicking back the tag to Lady Banana because I know she can do this list in a heart beat.

Others who I'm tagging and I think will do a good job making this particular list interesting are;

JD blogging at "I Do Things So You Don't Have To..."
Honeysuckle Rose "Not Much Southern Comfort"
Angel from "Curious Animals"

Okay, have at it and let it rip.....don't hold back, and don't worry who's reading your blog, speak from your heart, because YOU ARE YOUR BLOG!

I have been given a really pretty badge from JD who blogs at I Do Things so you don't have to....which is a very funny and witty blog about our day to day living and the short comings that we all seem to have in common with one another.

This morning I happened to be doing my usual blog reading, which I love to do with my hot cup of steaming coffee....when I flipped on over to visit JD's blog. I was surprised to find that she had given me a blogger badge award....what a nice thing in which to start my morning, thanks JD!

Here it is and what symbolizes;

What does it mean to be one’s blog? According to MeAndMyDrum (who came up with the award and the colorful badges):

"[it] really sums up what a successful blogger does. And what I mean by successful is that they make it their own, stay with it, are interactive with their readers, and just plain have fun."

JD herself then goes on to gives this advise about our blogs, which I think is really so true and makes for an interesting blog for the readers;

If you want to be your blog:

• Have fun
• Say what you want to say, not what you think you should say
• Write for yourself and for your readers
• Try not to think about what your great-aunt might be thinking when she reads about you visiting a nude beach
• Be original
• Be yourself
• BE YOUR BLOG!

I would also like to say another big thanks for JD for calling me "brave."...when just recently I have been feeling so extremely boring.

But not today; because someone called me "brave" , so I walked with my head held a little higher and felt just a little bit more special.

I would like to pass on this badge to BettyJO...that's Betty-JO not Betty Ho, her blog is A Bead a Day (she makes beautiful jewelry pieces), she was my first reader and she is responsible for me starting to read other peoples blogs, which by now is starting to become somewhat of an addiction...thanks for that BJ....(well maybe not...because now I get absolutely NOTHING done)

BettyJo tells a great story and her blogs give us a little slice of her life through a style that is distinctly "BettyJO". She is also incredibly active with her community and has built up quite a following.

Next I would like to pass this on to Honeysuckle Rose at Not Much Southern Comfort.
What a great blog, she writes about her family with a biting wit that is really very funny and an interesting read.

Last and not least, I want to pass on ANOTHER badge to Lady Banana, who is extremely interactive and is always on top of her blog with postings everyday of something interesting and unique.

Lady Banana gets a award a day...but she really deserves this because she is her blog.

I have been memed by a couple of different people, I am not shruking my blogging responsibilities, I'm just trying to think of something about myself that is not...."boring". I will post them tomorrow after much thought as to what would not put people sound to sleep...yawn

I can't believe it....I am now into week ten of my weigh in Sundays and I have only two more to go.

Last week I took on drastic measures...I cut out my diet cokes, I went to eating just the special cabbage soup and then a little later in the week I just added chicken to the menu. There was a little fruit along the way, but all in all it was a damn HARD week.

I did slip a bit on Thanksgiving and thats only because Jose was whispering in my ear as to how moist and utterly delicious the chocolate cupcakes were, and not to mention his dissertation about the banana nut bread frosting.

I cracked....and I knew he was doing it on purpose, he's like the Pied Piper, he loves to have people follow down the road through gluttony land.

But I think I honestly held my ground pretty good and ONLY had three measly pieces of banana bread and ONLY two cupcakes (which I wolfed down in less then three minutes). Compared to Thanksgivings of the past , I would consider this one a "piece of cake" HA!


Jose The Diet Corrupter
Notice the smirk on his face?...From the very minute I set foot into his kitchen he was bound and determined to knock me off the wagon....because his food is absolutely wonderful...

Getting back to the matter at hand here;

The burning question is how did I do this past week...I lost 1 and 1/2 pounds and that's it!

That damn diet promised me 15 pounds...say whaaat happened to me? Clearly I have a deficient thyroid or something.

However there is a silver lining, I can brag that this seven day extra special diet did slim down my hips from a large 35 to a large 34", which is really small for this heifer! (large means I have to pull the tape measure REALLY tight)

Ta daaaaa here are my pictures;

And yes that is a hole you see in my undies...Pinky and Daisy regularly play tug of war with my underwear when I get into the shower. Plus who cares about holes anyway since Pinky and Daisy are in that shredding stage and there is no one around this house to impress!

Lucky Me!

I just won this award....I received it via E-Mail...I wonder where I should spend my million?

I had to post this picture....it was too funny to pass up and anyway;

For the first time in a very long time...I saw someone who piqued my dwindling interest where the where the opposite sex is concerned.

I'm not sure why its become so diminished, perhaps it's because of that failed past relationship which absolutely broke my heart.

Or maybe its because now I'm at the end of the most current five year relationship which went absolutely nowhere and was a complete and utter drag.....

And just maybe perhaps at the end of the day; I've just given up thinkin' there's anyone out there suitable or that can meet my own particular needs.

I believe that it's because most women of my age group have been aging gracefully with someone they met at a much younger age.

But not to digress because that topic is for another blog, today my point is...I actually saw and met a very desirable man.

So alright maybe he doesn't qualify as my "perfect mate" because:

First of all he's not age appropriate; Twenty years younger...Call me PawHealer the cougher.

Secondly he most likely doesn't have a cent...forget it; been there done that.

And lastly, he's just a bodybuilding gym rat...NO WAY!

None the less what great piece of eye candy; and now at least I know there's still a glimmer of a flame and that my pilot light is still lit and not blown out....

Click to enlarge!I snapped this picture of Pinky licking the wall as they were lounging the other day.....Click to enlarge to see what he's doin'.....what a character.


Today is the end of day three....I have one word for this diet; BRUTAL.

However if you can withstand the total blandness of the menu, its not that bad as far as hunger, but your body is definitely freaking out by this time, which is now the end of day three.

Today was veggies and soup...I cheated and had a tiny bit of fruit, an apple and two small tangerines, I might have died if I didn't do it.

Tomorrow will be interesting; all the non fat milk I want to drink and three bananas... along with that soup that I am starting to hate.

See I think this diet is structured for very heavy people who do not exercise, so that's why I feel like my back is about to break...

I went shopping today, and I fit into size 4's and 6's although the 6's were a wee big large. Clearly this diet is doing the job and I am pretty sure that I will make my goal of 124 lbs by Dec
7Th, the day of my 52ND birthday...OMG am I really that old...shit.

Okay, I'm off to the gym for cardio, and to do some acupuncture on a dog with a crushed C-5 vertebrae, poor thing, plus it will keep my mind off the buzzing sound I am hearing in my ears which is obviously due to food deprivation.

Today is the end of the second day of this last resort diet technique. I have to say that it is working like a charm and I am stuck no more!

Saw Aunt Sally today, and she was wowed at the difference. She said my videos are not doing me justice... she loves me because shes my aunt...bless her!

Yesterday was day one.....only soup and fruit....no problem.

Today, only the soup and fruits and veggies... a treat of a baked potato with butter ...yummy

It was pretty extreme earlier before the potato, but I made it through.

Tomorrow is going to be tough, only soup and veggies, no fruit.

What's very interesting is that the diet does take out extra fluids, and thats what its designed to do. Water is streaming out of my body, my hips and abs are deflating..hurray!


I think it is giving the Liver a holiday, and letting it do minimal work. Its somewhat like a cleanse.

Okay.....tomorrow is day three! wowzer....wish me luck!

I included a pretty daisy picture....isn't she just the cutest?

Before I get started I wanted to make it clear that I do see improvements because just looking at my first video shows me that. But I am determined to get svelte hips and legs and I am far from that!

I have always been "thick" and to be where I want to be, I have to get much more defined. So I need a plan and I decided to follow my own philosophy which is to rid my body of that "sticky phlegm and damp".

To do this I went to the store and bought all the ingredients to my rapid fat loss soup that I have featured on this blog a few times before. This is a diet that they give to people who are going to have surgery but need to lose fast weight before they can operate. Okay....

It says I have to give up my coffee and diet soda.....NOPE can't give up my coffee, but I will forgo my diet soda....eeeeek!

Day One (today): I can eat all the soup I want and all the fruit my heart desires.

So whats in this soup? Basically nothing by chicken stock, mushrooms, and lots of green vegetables and a few spices.

I like this diet because I can eat all the soup I desire, not sure how the soup tastes at this point....looks a little bland.

But the important concept and the idea that appeals to me is the notion says that if I don't cheat, which I won't, I don't cheat on diets, I will loose 10-15 pounds in seven days, for me because I am not really heavy should mean about 8 pounds.

So here we are this past Sunday........I did show off my new jewelry from BJ at a Bead a Day, its really pretty, I don't think the video does it justice, I love the new earrings and anklet and the FREE pair of earrings I also received just for ordering the first time.

.....But this this video is too cute to pass up.

We go through this life and for some of us, many of life's questions will unfortunately remain unanswered.

Therefore I am pleased that I can at least answer one of life's many mysteries and I can do it right here on the Spiritual Dog Blog;



THE ANSWER IS YES!

I have been working with small dogs that have a disease called Collapsed Trachea. I started out using a formula recommended by a very well known veterinarian to treat this very sad disease and its not working for them, and I am having to modify the formulas to find a better remedy.

This disease usually strikes older small dog breeds. It causes these dogs to go into spasms of coughing when they get excited or when they drink water. It gets so bad, that eventually they can't breath at all.

Just the other day, I received an unusual request from a woman that had a ten month and one year old Yorkies. Her little babies were experiencing the symptoms of Collapsed Trachea. I thought at the time of how unusual this was, because these were just puppies.

I called her to about her case and to do a review of the symptoms. A couple of things jumped out at me.

These little dogs had been recently heavily vaccinated, and even more recently, they had just had the boosters for prevention of Kennel Cough.

I told her that it sounded as if her puppies were having reactions to these vaccines, and I gave her my rendition of what I believed these boosters were doing to the immune systems of these very small little dogs, who only weigh 4 pounds each.

Anyway, now not only did I have old dogs with this coughing, there are also now small young dogs with identical symptoms.

So I started thinking......these symptoms sound just like human Whooping Cough.

So I looked up Whooping Cough because I wanted to use the Chinese herbal formula for the treatment of this particular disease.

What I found astounded me.

Human Whooping Cough is also caused by the germ Bordetella, I never knew this.

This is the same germ that causes Kennel Cough in dogs, which is also the Bordetella bacteria.

This is also the same germ (partially active) that is injected into the puppies for the prevention of Kennel Cough, which is caused by the bacteria Bordetella.

Now these dogs have a disease that is exactly the same as the symptoms for people that have human Whopping Cough, which coincidently is also is caused by the Bordetella bacteria.

This vaccine for Kennel Cough is not recommended by Vets unless it is needed. What the hell does that mean? Then why in the hell are they doing it?

Dog and Cat owners beware....it is important to be your own health advocate on behalf of yourself and your pets. Money talks in the human health industry as well in the pet industry.

These shots are given to drive revenues, this is sad but true.

Things that SHOULD make you go hmmmmmm.