Stampede Redhead

My debut... I now exist in the viral video world. Weird!


Check out the rest of the "I Promise" commercials here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CalgaryStampede1912#p/a

Carrot Tops and Bloom

My first video! This is so funny - more interviewers should include conversations from message boards... am I right?

Bo-Red...

Reddy for beddy - Day Seven

I should be in bed already. I have to work tomorrow and I keep forgetting. You see my hubby is now on his way to Vegas (driving with his bro) and it feels like I should be on vacation today as well.

But I'm not.

I also packed my office up today so I could move to another office on the other side of the floor and so I got to come home early which also makes it feel like vacation should be starting.

But it's not.

So - this is the last day of our blog-a-day challenge depending on how we're counting.

Um, because we said we would blog for seven days but then we also said we would blog from Thursday to Thursday which is actually eight days... I'm so confused. Maybe the habit will be formed and we'll just keep posting daily...?

I feel like I should go out with a bang but honestly - it's late, I'm tired, I have to sleep alone tonight and work tomorrow - and I haven't done my dishes yet (did I mention we gave away our dishwasher this week?).

Is it vacation now?

Nighty-night.

I Heart Puppies - Day Six

Well, I promised an in-depth, investigative report on the plight of dogs in our fair city and it's coming but I don't want to rant without reason.
I have many friends who found their pets via a pet store or a breeder and I can't judge them for their choices - my dearly departed beagle was "rescued" from Petland, thus continuing their profits from selling dogs.


All I know is that there are a lot of dogs in this city looking for a home. Try surfing the dog category on kijiji - I stopped counting at 120 and the posts were only 8 hours old and still going!
Then add all the puppies in the windows of petstores and then add the dogs on the rescue websites. I confess to trolling all the rescue websites in the Calgary area and there are hundreds of dogs there too! How many new dog owners can there be out there?!

It makes my head spin and of course I want to save one or all! But I can't because I currently don't have a complete fence and my hubby is mildly allergic and "we" are enjoying our freedom without the responsibility of dog guardianship.
And that's another thing... all these dog owners trying to find new homes for their dogs because they "aren't giving their dog the amount of attention they deserve"... then why did you get a dog? Excuses, excuses... but I can't keep ranting about this or I won't sleep tonight.

On the bright side I will be spending the weekend in Creston with a whole herd of dogs; Chasey, Jake, Chief, Godfree and Jasper. This should help ease my dog-starved heart.

Do you want to save a dog? Here's where I found my list... and it's only a start:

www.canadasguidetodogs.com/abrescue.htm

Red Lights - Day Five

My hubby leaves in two days to Las Vegas, Nevada... for a stag.

From what I have gleened, the itinerary reads something like this:

Arrive in Vegas

Drink

Gamble and win money

Drink

Strippers

Drink heavily

Passout

Repeat for five days

Leave Vegas

Oh and they also want to fit in helicopter tours, airplane dogfighting, renting luxury cars, outlet shopping, and of course, stealing Mike Tyson's tiger. I don't know if they'll have time to fit all that in but if they win at the tables like they plan to then they'll be laughing.

One more thing - my hubby wants a tattoo while he's down there.

This was his first idea:

Veto?

He says I should like it because it's a redhead. Um, maybe if the maple leaf wasn't in her crotch...

Strawberries, Tomatoes & Beets - Day Four

What a fantastic Sunday!

After a rocky start at a very busy garden centre (we went pre-coffee and food - not good), hubby and I made it home with all our gardening necessities. And we proceeded to spend the next three hours toiling and planting and planting and toiling until... voila! A full garden!

Oh and did I mention the two hours the day before tilling and clearing the whole thing to remove the grass and weeds from years of neglect? I swung a pick axe! It was a proud moment...

Today starts to make up for the sting of my front flower beds. I actually planned ahead and

planted bulbs last fall (I love bulb plants - so easy) and low and behold the tulips started sprouting as soon as the last snow fell.

And then we proceeded to strip the house of it's layers of siding and even though we were careful, there were some flower casualties.

AND THEN the crews came in to trim the windows and stucco... and they were not as kind (although at first they tried). Now I have one tough tulip left, barely standing amid the ruin of tulip leaves. Sigh.

Okay wait - back to the positive. I will have tons of veggies and herbs to keep the family (and friends) fed through the summer and our kind neighbours across the street have offered some flower cuttings for the front beds so once the eaves are done, I can have flowers once again.

Life is good.