As the World Turns

I love to dress up my dog in dog clothes.  He has a little green t-shirt that says “Save the Earth” which I dress him up in every time we go for a walk.  Everyone always tells me how adorable he is in it and they like that we are so concerned about going green.  I even have a pink hoody that I put on him from time to time, but I don’t think he likes that.  I can’t resist though – he is just too cute in it!  My dog wears a size small (he is a Chihuahua) and he actually loves to wear the xs small dog clothes.  They don’t bother him at all.  Depending on a dog’s personality, they may or may not like to wear dog clothes.

My favorite TV. show is a relatively new show. The show goes by the name of Tiny and Toya. It is a show that I think inspires a lot of young female adults. It about two young ladies who both are going threw a lot, and have a lot of people in this world that tend not to like them just because there famous and are or were married to famous rappers. The show deals with a lot of family problems that a lot of us out here can relate to. One of the girl’s mothers is addicted to drugs, and the show makes us see how hard it really is growing up if you haven’t a parent that is addicted to drugs. The other young lady her dad has alzhiemers and it lets us to see what it would be like to live with a parent with this kind of disease. It’s just a show that has a lot to do with every day struggle!

The city that I grew up in is a very small and very boring little town. It’s a town where everybody knows most everybody and you can’t get away with anything without everybody finding out. When I was a teenager I remember my and my friends always complaining about how boring it was to live in Melbourne Florida. There are only the same very activities to do every weekend and they tend to get old very fast. There’s the movie theater, the bowling alley, and the beach. That was the only good thing about Melbourne. It was less than ten minutes away from the beach, and who can say that the beach is boring? That’s one place I would always go to ease my mind, or to just have fun with friends and go swimming or play volley ball. Even though it is boring this is still home and I love everything about this little town I call home.

If you’re a pet owner, or a dog owner, more specifically, you probably know the importance of dog collars for your dog.  They have multiple purposes, and they can also be a sort of fashion accessory if you wish.  Some dog collars have a loop so that you can fasten a leash.  You can attach your dog license to the dog collar, too.  Some people have identification tags made up so that if their dog wanders off and someone finds it, they can be notified without the hassle of contacting the dog warden.  Some dogs have bells attached to their collars too.  These can serve as a sort of early warning system if your dog comes running up behind you!  And some dog owners like to put a pretty collar on their dog just because it makes them look good, and when these dogs get paraded down the sidewalk, their jaunty walk would indicate they think so too.

I love that word – multi-tasking. One of my strengths and I am not shy about saying it, is that I excel in multi-tasking, either at home or at work. In fact many women will own up to the idea that the female gender is the better of the sexes in multi-tasking. It is the ability to do more than one task successfully at the same time or in progression, but nonetheless accomplished almost simultaneously. Take at home for example; the minute I arrived home from work, I go to the kitchen start dinner, while reviewing my son’s homework with and talking to him how his day in school went. While dinner is cooking I check the fridge to start planning for next day’s dinner and what son’s lunch for school next day. At work, doing three projects at the same time, albeit finishing in succession is not a problem. The secret, not quite a secret, is simply, planning and organizing.

The best place to shop, hands down is the Internet. The internet is literally, the world’s greatest mall. You can buy anything and everything for whatever price you choose. If you want a mermaid costume for a toddler for under $20, if you look online long enough, you will find one. Even if you find it for more than you anticipated paying, hundreds of websites have promo codes where you can get discounts, free shipping or even free gifts with purchase! I only shop online because I don’t have to worry about roaming all over town or the mall and not find what I am looking for. I don’t have to settle with Internet, there is always someone willing to make you a deal. In addition, there are local sellers who will meet up with you to haggle or even auction sites to find yourself a good bargain. Shopping online, in my humble opinion, is the best way to go.

Ever since man discovered that dogs could provide service, protection and companionship, we have bonded with them and included them as a family member.  Our goal should be to provide as much comfort to our canine friends as we can.  Dogs, like humans grow older and develop just as many problems as humans.  One of these infirmities happens to be arthritis.  When your canine friend can no longer be comfortable resting on its old favorite rug, it may well be time to investigate orthopedic dog beds. After all, if you had trouble sleeping on just any old mattress instead of one designed specifically suitable for someone suffering from arthritis; doesn’t your canine friend deserve the same? They come in various sizes from small to large and will make your dog’s life much easier.

My past week has been rather enjoyable albeit tiring. This was my first week back to college after summer vacation. I am taking Ecology, Cellular Biology, Evolution, General Biology lab, and Cellular Biology lab. I am really enjoying all of my classes. 42 I have not been assigned any homework yet, which I am very glad for because I have been feeling rather lazy this week. Also, in my labs we only met for about half an hour to go over the syllabus instead of having a full three hour lab, which was pleasantly surprising. I have been watching a lot of stuff online, including Dollhouse. It is a very good show and I finished watching the entire first season this week already. I plan on watching the sixth episode of the first season of the Colony, which is an excellent show on the Discovery Channel. As far as outdoor activities go, I went to a beautiful park called Elephant Rocks. There are huge elephant-like boulders all over the place, and most of them are at least one billion years old!

Every day seems to be a repeat of the last, and this morning was no different. I woke up to the sounds of my radio-clock telling me the most recent news at 6:30 AM. Instead of getting up to take a walk, I decided to hit the snooze button. One hour later, and numerous snooze button hits, and I finally rolled out of bed. Finding nothing to wear, I grabbed a white skirt and black sweater and ran out the door. Entering the office twenty minutes late, I sat down to read the newspapers for pertinent information and wait for the influx of customers. Around lunch, I found out I would have to attend a meeting…in the rain…on the side of the road to look at a local borough’s drainage problem. Arriving at the meeting in my skirt, with the wind blowing and rain falling, I was greeted by numerous men crawling in a hole by the side of the road.

My favorite music on the planet is that produced by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The first time I heard their version of the song from Home Alone (when he’s setting up his house for the final showdown), I thought I could never love any song more than that one. Then I heard the song “Requiem (the Fifth)” on their CD Beethoven’s Last Night, and managed to love it even more! They are simply amazing. Their music is a mix of rock, metal, and classical, which looks weird in print but sounds wonderful in execution! A special bonus, for a lover of Broadway-style voices like me, is that there are beautiful vocals on many of the tracks, vocals that cause goose bumps and inspire visions of snowy evenings beside a roaring fire.