Category: Saturday Stuff

random stuff, Saturday Stuff

Simon’s Sister’s Dog: Fed Up

Karen

As you all know, I’m not a big animal person. I don’t dislike them, per se, I just don’t have a desire to own one any time soon.

With that said, I LOVE looking at pictures and watching videos of animals – animated animals are no exception.

I have to say, this is one of the (and I said ONE, there are MANY), turnoffs I have with dogs: the begging. It drives me insane to be eating somewhere and someone’s dog is looking up at me with those expressive, sad puppy dog eyes just begging me to drop them a scrap or two.

And this is just an aside, but the way this dog balloons at the end of the video reminds me of my neighbor’s dog – that poor thing is MORBIDLY obese. So much so, that it waddles when it walks and it’s head is about 1/4 the size of her body. The owner is an older lady and she has trouble getting out herself. Luckily, I’ve been noticing a young girl walking the dog lately, but it doesn’t seem to be helping very much. I’m not an animal lover, as mentioned, but even I think this is cruel. 😦

You can find out more about the author of this animation, Simon Tofield, at his website.

Saturday Stuff, Twitter Messages

Twitter-esque: Catching Up

Karen

Because I have nothing else to blog about, here are a few of my favorite tweets from this past week:

(I amuse myself, hush).

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~ Listen up wordpress.org users: hackers are on the loose and breaking blogs. Upgrade and secure today: http://bit.ly/3qjgL3 (via @inkyelbows)

~ Does anyone else burp out loud and like a sailor whenever he/she is alone? I’m just askin’. I don’t DO that, of course. *cough-burp*

~ I’m itching to write. There must be something wrong with me. Or maybe I have a rash. That sounds more plausible, actually.

~ I feel skinny! ……………. Oh, I have my fat jeans on. Rats.

~ And just for the record, I do not heart gummy bears. I don’t know, I think it’s the whole I’m chewing on plastic thing. http://bit.ly/2TOoHE

~ Personally, I don’t have a problem with my kids watching Presidential address – it’s a good lesson on independent, and critical, thinking.

~ Since youngest will be marching at several football games, I bought a sweatshirt w/ school logo to show support. Yep, I’m THAT mom.

~ The whole slapped my kid in WM thing: I don’t know how that woman didn’t go mental on that man. I’d be all Jerry Springer in 0.2 seconds.

~ Just call me marching mom. Yo, waz up. *nod, lip curl*

~ And we wonder why women are STILL not taken seriously: http://bit.ly/13EWZV Duh.

~ Man, I hope my kid gets his marching band uniform today or I’m going to be seriously bummed. (I know! I’m trying to get a life, lay off).

~ “Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” Adam Smith

~ Well crud-o-la. Son didn’t bring his uniform home. They had practice and didn’t have time to hand out. NOW what am I going to obsess about.

~ And yes, I’m working in between Tweets. Or is that tweeting in between working? I get confused.

~ In case you’re interested – this is the site I’ve been working on: http://sps.k12.mo.us/field/

~ By the way parents, have you seen this cool Stop Bullying Now! website?

~ What a fun night! My ears are still ringing, but wow, Kevin played great. I think that was the best he’s played. Now I’m dead. ‘Nite.

~ Reading my Google Reader from the bottom up. Do you do that? I do that because I feel sowwy for the lower-letter peeps – they get forgotten.

~ There is nothing like soft, gooey donuts and fresh, tart juice to make a Saturday morning complete. Mmmmm …

~ I’m sitting here with wet hair waiting on a bathroom to open up — who knew teenage boys could take so long in the shower? (?!?)

So yeah, that’s all for today. If you feel compelled, you can follow more of my random, inane tweets over here:

What am I going to do now? Well, I’m going to wash the boys’ sheets, then wash bathroom rugs and mop floors, then I’ll take a nap (cause I didn’t sleep worth a crap last night), and then I’m going to write, and pre-post, blog posts for this next week so I can actually get some REAL work done and not obsess over “What am I going to blog about today?!”

Have a great Saturday, ya’ll. Talk to you soon.

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Maybe Iz Can Help?

Karen

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Okay Internet. Enough about me. Let’s hear what’s on your mind. It’s time to get that thing off your chest.

Tell Aunt Karen what’s bothering you. 🙂

(Please feel free to remain anonymous. The only person who will see your email is me and trust me, it ain’t going anywhere.)

So, spill it. What’s bothering you?

Saturday Stuff

Yay! It’s Saturday!

Karen

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WARNING! This comic is totally fake. Men CAN NOT read our minds ladies.

No matter how much we think they can.

Just a little public service announcement for my peeps. 😀

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So. Yay. It’s Saturday. I try not to post anything more taxing than a comic on Saturday (do you realize how much brain power it takes to post these in-depth articles the rest of the week? I only HAVE so much to give, people).

BUT …

I’ve been keeping track of posts that have touched my heart, or made me laugh, in some way so that I could eventually share them with you all. Click over and read them if you have time.

What are you doing still here? Click over.

Shoo. 🙂

–> Chatty Cathy from Stop Screaming I’m Driving!

–> A Good Mother from Is There Any Mommy Out There?

–> Why Parenting Is Like An Underage House Party by Bad Mommy Moments

–> Beyond Expectation by Where Am I Going and Why Am I In This Handbasket?

–> It Won’t Last Forever by Queen of Spain

–> This is Mother’s Day. This is Mother’s Day on depression. Any questions? by The Mom Slant

–> We’re Gonna Need Better Insurance by Sandcastle Momma

–> I Cried Yesterday by The Big Piece of Cake

–> A Nice Smoky Flavor by Being Michael’s Daddy

–> sometimes at the end of the rainbow all you have is rainbow colored poop by Is it 5 o’clock Yet?

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