This is what happens when Sunshine goes to stay at her Foster Mom's house for a week! She destroys a pop corm bag, plays with a stuffy, and falls asleep exhausted! What more could a vacationing puppy ask for?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Staying with Foster Mom
This is what happens when Sunshine goes to stay at her Foster Mom's house for a week! She destroys a pop corm bag, plays with a stuffy, and falls asleep exhausted! What more could a vacationing puppy ask for?
Friday, March 30, 2012
Summer goals
Time to start making my goals for the summer.
1. Relax more! For the past 2 years straight we've been running around at 180MPH doing this and that, traveling here and there... I need to learn how to just be still again!
2. Drink more! This ties into #1! LOL If I drink I can't drive myself for all these different projects
3. Read 50 books by the end of the summer. I've just started reading again with this ereader stuff. I used to devour 50 books in a couple months...
4. Save money! Not dip into my emergency fund once. I was bad about that last year due to all the projects.
5. Brush all the critters at least once a week. Even if it means pinning down yowling cats.
6. Keep blogging consistently even though we will be home less.
I think I should stop there since I need to keep it uncomplicated!
1. Relax more! For the past 2 years straight we've been running around at 180MPH doing this and that, traveling here and there... I need to learn how to just be still again!
2. Drink more! This ties into #1! LOL If I drink I can't drive myself for all these different projects
3. Read 50 books by the end of the summer. I've just started reading again with this ereader stuff. I used to devour 50 books in a couple months...
4. Save money! Not dip into my emergency fund once. I was bad about that last year due to all the projects.
5. Brush all the critters at least once a week. Even if it means pinning down yowling cats.
6. Keep blogging consistently even though we will be home less.
I think I should stop there since I need to keep it uncomplicated!
Scary noises!
Sunshine here!
Last year I had the most horrifying experience while shopping downtown at Gettysburg. We had just gotten some nummy ice cream and were walking along, pretty as could be.... Then these loud monsters came running by us in the street! There were at least 30 of them. So loud they made my ears hurt. I dropped to my belly, started shivering a lot, and let my eyes dart around looking for a safe place to run. Mommy saw how scared I was and she put both her legs on either side of me, bent down and hugged me tight. I like when she does that. It helps me feel safe.
Loud motorcycles have always scared me but that many all at once made me loose my brain cells as mommy would call it. The scary strangers on the sidewalk were even nice. Everyone froze and wouldn't walk by me so they wouldn't scare me more. Ever since then it's been very hard to be brave with those loud things...
Our new house has lots of buses and motorcycles that zoom by out back and scare me. I always run to the back door then remember that Mommy is my safe place and I run right to her second. Mommy says that I will eventually not be so scared at that noise but I'm not believing her.
This past weekend we were all out in the yard and Mommy was brushing us. I HATE the furminator but am so well behaved now that no one has to hog tie me. I can stand there like a lady. (Stop laughing everyone!) DBF was messing with some long thing a few feet away from us. I've never seen it before but he always has some fun noisy toys that he won't share with me! Rainy says it's called a weed whacker, but I have no idea what that is...
So here I am being tortured! My fur being ripped out by these ebil metal teeth! Then there was a motorcycle 2 feet from me! Holy pooping gerbils! I jumped and shied to the side, crouched down, then stopped to think.
DBF was holding this growling motorcycle thing... He saw me jump and just stood there with it. The big meanie that he is didn't turn it off! He just walked away with it so I could relax and kept making it growl over and over... It was so scary, but then he always has fun stuff for me like fishing poles. I'm not usually scared of anything he has. Rainy wasn't scared and neither was Mom, so I decided to stand back up and just watch him.
Mom finished brushing me and started on Rainy. Then that growling monster started eating my grass! My yummy spring grass! How rude! I kept watching and eventually Mom had to call us over to the other side of the yard so the monster could eat the grass where we had been brushing. I was brave and bounced right up to her!
No grass eating motorcycle growling monster is going to scare me in *my* yard! I actually think I might like this weed whacker thing, it makes it even easier to eat the yummy spring grass! *slurp* I wonder if all motorcycle sounding things leave yummy things behind them?
Last year I had the most horrifying experience while shopping downtown at Gettysburg. We had just gotten some nummy ice cream and were walking along, pretty as could be.... Then these loud monsters came running by us in the street! There were at least 30 of them. So loud they made my ears hurt. I dropped to my belly, started shivering a lot, and let my eyes dart around looking for a safe place to run. Mommy saw how scared I was and she put both her legs on either side of me, bent down and hugged me tight. I like when she does that. It helps me feel safe.
Loud motorcycles have always scared me but that many all at once made me loose my brain cells as mommy would call it. The scary strangers on the sidewalk were even nice. Everyone froze and wouldn't walk by me so they wouldn't scare me more. Ever since then it's been very hard to be brave with those loud things...
Our new house has lots of buses and motorcycles that zoom by out back and scare me. I always run to the back door then remember that Mommy is my safe place and I run right to her second. Mommy says that I will eventually not be so scared at that noise but I'm not believing her.
This past weekend we were all out in the yard and Mommy was brushing us. I HATE the furminator but am so well behaved now that no one has to hog tie me. I can stand there like a lady. (Stop laughing everyone!) DBF was messing with some long thing a few feet away from us. I've never seen it before but he always has some fun noisy toys that he won't share with me! Rainy says it's called a weed whacker, but I have no idea what that is...
So here I am being tortured! My fur being ripped out by these ebil metal teeth! Then there was a motorcycle 2 feet from me! Holy pooping gerbils! I jumped and shied to the side, crouched down, then stopped to think.
DBF was holding this growling motorcycle thing... He saw me jump and just stood there with it. The big meanie that he is didn't turn it off! He just walked away with it so I could relax and kept making it growl over and over... It was so scary, but then he always has fun stuff for me like fishing poles. I'm not usually scared of anything he has. Rainy wasn't scared and neither was Mom, so I decided to stand back up and just watch him.
Mom finished brushing me and started on Rainy. Then that growling monster started eating my grass! My yummy spring grass! How rude! I kept watching and eventually Mom had to call us over to the other side of the yard so the monster could eat the grass where we had been brushing. I was brave and bounced right up to her!
No grass eating motorcycle growling monster is going to scare me in *my* yard! I actually think I might like this weed whacker thing, it makes it even easier to eat the yummy spring grass! *slurp* I wonder if all motorcycle sounding things leave yummy things behind them?
Thursday, March 29, 2012
New greyhound themed comment
Guy at Wawa was looking at my shirt and said "why would you want to adopt a bus? " *blink* LOL
Do these make sense?
Someone told me my picture post on the blog yesterday made no sense so I figured I would make sure my T shirt made sense before I get them printed! Sometimes my brain cells are off in their own world. *I* always understand myself. :)
Make sure you taste life
Laugh Everyday
Give your couch a greyhound
Embrace the craziness
Adopt a greyhound
Yard Projects
Sunshine has decided that any joint efforts in the yard are the best times! BF was building us a firelog holder while BFK and I were moving the logs down the hill to stack in the holder. Rainy was less impressed and just wanted ear rubs.
For a shy dog who's sound phobic she sure comes running anytime BF fires up a power tool!
She twitched and darted around for hours!
Not sure if it's the fun of getting new stuff in the yard to sniff or the fact that the whole family is working together on something... Sunshine sure is one weird happy pup!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunshine Says 3/28/2012
Sunshine here! I have lots of questions to answer... I'm going to do them in the order that I got them. One every Wednesday. The first one is from my friend Toby who has retired to the state of NJ within the past year. Clearly he needs help figuring out this retirement thing.
Dear Sunshine,
Toby wants to know why you like flip flops? Is this something he should look into??
Toby,
Only some flip flops are yummy! My Mommy's aren't too tasty while her BF's are deeeelicious! The key to good flip flop munching is to be like a ninja. If you can sneak them out from under someone while they are watching TV you have reached ninja status. Oh the rubbery bottoms make the best feeling against your toofers. That coupled with the smelly fabric tops make them blissful. The best way to use them is to chew on the top part first and remove that annoying thong piece. Once you have that piece out of the way you can really chew with the whole side f your mouth! The best place to chew is right in the middle of the big bed. That way the humans can admire your work as you crash from exhaustion on the squishy mattress.
Good Luck my friend! Make sure you let me know if you can ever reach ninja status. It take LOTS of work to get there. Don't worry if the humans yell, they are just amazed at your awesomeness!
Dear Sunshine,
Toby wants to know why you like flip flops? Is this something he should look into??
Toby,
Only some flip flops are yummy! My Mommy's aren't too tasty while her BF's are deeeelicious! The key to good flip flop munching is to be like a ninja. If you can sneak them out from under someone while they are watching TV you have reached ninja status. Oh the rubbery bottoms make the best feeling against your toofers. That coupled with the smelly fabric tops make them blissful. The best way to use them is to chew on the top part first and remove that annoying thong piece. Once you have that piece out of the way you can really chew with the whole side f your mouth! The best place to chew is right in the middle of the big bed. That way the humans can admire your work as you crash from exhaustion on the squishy mattress.
Good Luck my friend! Make sure you let me know if you can ever reach ninja status. It take LOTS of work to get there. Don't worry if the humans yell, they are just amazed at your awesomeness!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Helping the humans learn how to...
use the camera better!
You have to make it challenging, or they won't learn anything!
see if you can catch my nose!
They wonder how I can fly over fences Sheesh!
You have to make it challenging, or they won't learn anything!
see if you can catch my nose!
They wonder how I can fly over fences Sheesh!
Contest Updates
The Logo Contest only has 19 more days. So far I have 3 awesome entries.
Blue Tag collar Giveaway/Sunshine Says Questions Contest is being edited. You get 1 entry for every question submitted. If you could send each question separately that would be helpful.
Blue Tag collar Giveaway/Sunshine Says Questions Contest is being edited. You get 1 entry for every question submitted. If you could send each question separately that would be helpful.
Monday, March 26, 2012
New Wednesday Idea
I'm stealing an idea that Sunshine's Foster Mommy gave! Every Wednesday will have an "Ask Sunshine Column" sort of like a Dear Abby column. Now we only need people to send in questions for Miss Sunshine to answer.
Any question will work no matter how silly or practical. You can reply on FB or Twitter, email me, or use the submission form to the right here.
Everyone who submits a question between now and 4/30/2012 will be entered to win a prize...... a blue tag collar. Same collar that the girls wear, only a different color.
Any question will work no matter how silly or practical. You can reply on FB or Twitter, email me, or use the submission form to the right here.
Everyone who submits a question between now and 4/30/2012 will be entered to win a prize...... a blue tag collar. Same collar that the girls wear, only a different color.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Num Num
This is the first time they's chosen to chew this close to each other outside. Normally they go to opposite sides of the yard and are only eating together inside.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
We have our own Tshirts and stuff!
Sunshine here! I'm on a quest to become famous so I opened my own Cafe Press store!
http://www.cafepress.com/chuckleatchaos
Mom has to figure out how to add it on the side of the blog... She's so slow with this computer stuff!
http://www.cafepress.com/chuckleatchaos
Mom has to figure out how to add it on the side of the blog... She's so slow with this computer stuff!
Friday, March 23, 2012
44 lbs of ground venison..
and 15 lbs of flour = Dog treats for at least 3 months (hopefully)
The more recalls that happen the less likely I am to be lazy and buy dog treats. I never do things halfway so I took 2 days to factory crank out dog treats. The worst part about making your own dog treats is that it takes forever to only make 24 or so treats on one cookie sheet. I need more bang for my time. So I got creative and I think it paid off.
First I slightly thawed out some ground venison in the microwave
Then cubed the half frozen meat and cooked it in a skillet
Threw about 5-6lbs of cooked meat into a bowl and added 3 cups of flour
Mixed until my arms felt like they were going to fall off. since I was cooking with venison I just let the grease help bond the flour to the meat. If I was using ground beef I would probably drain some of the grease off before mixing.
Since I'm too lazy to scrub dishes I lined a cookie sheet with 2 pieces of tin foil so every inch was lined.
Dump the contents of the bowl and mush it down with your hands
Afterwards it should look like this. Then I got smart and sprinkled glucosamine powder and Kelp powder to the top. Hey that saves me 2 steps in my nightly feeding routine!
I cooked on 450 degrees for about 30 minutes.
The top was nice and crusty and the insides were still a little gooey. Almost like meatloaf.
After it cools a pizza cutter worked best. It was even easier to slide the tin foil off the cookie sheet and cut it while flat on the counter. I then put the cooled squares in a freezer bag and they are in the freezer for freshness. The cookies we are currently using are being kept in the fridge. I say this was a success and guaranteed not to kill my pups!
The more recalls that happen the less likely I am to be lazy and buy dog treats. I never do things halfway so I took 2 days to factory crank out dog treats. The worst part about making your own dog treats is that it takes forever to only make 24 or so treats on one cookie sheet. I need more bang for my time. So I got creative and I think it paid off.
First I slightly thawed out some ground venison in the microwave
Then cubed the half frozen meat and cooked it in a skillet
Threw about 5-6lbs of cooked meat into a bowl and added 3 cups of flour
Mixed until my arms felt like they were going to fall off. since I was cooking with venison I just let the grease help bond the flour to the meat. If I was using ground beef I would probably drain some of the grease off before mixing.
Since I'm too lazy to scrub dishes I lined a cookie sheet with 2 pieces of tin foil so every inch was lined.
Dump the contents of the bowl and mush it down with your hands
Afterwards it should look like this. Then I got smart and sprinkled glucosamine powder and Kelp powder to the top. Hey that saves me 2 steps in my nightly feeding routine!
I cooked on 450 degrees for about 30 minutes.
The top was nice and crusty and the insides were still a little gooey. Almost like meatloaf.
After it cools a pizza cutter worked best. It was even easier to slide the tin foil off the cookie sheet and cut it while flat on the counter. I then put the cooled squares in a freezer bag and they are in the freezer for freshness. The cookies we are currently using are being kept in the fridge. I say this was a success and guaranteed not to kill my pups!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Fishies!
These are the Convict Chilids. I'm hoping they are not all males so I might be able to have babies.
Our second pleco. Hopefully this one will live longer than 4 days! The tank is dirty we need a really hungry cleaner.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Design a Silly Logo and Win $50!
I came up with the idea to run a really BIG contest! I need a logo for this website. Since there are so many other creative people out there I'm thinking a contest might be fun.
1. Winner will get a $50 Amazon gift card or a $50 donation to any rescue group of your choice (except PETA, Grey2K, HSUS, and ASPCA. I'm staying far away from all that political craziness!) Your choice of prize will not be made public so no one has to feel bad for choosing the Amazon gift card.
2. Anyone can enter, even if you're not located in the USA.
3. Every entry will be asked to sign over the rights to the logo via contract. I will email you the contract and you can print, sign, scan, and email the contract back.
4. You can submit as many different designs as you can make
5. If you want to send over a sample and ask for my opinion, I don't mind thinking of changes that could be made before the close of the contest. ;) It might increase your chances of winning.
6. I would like the logo to somehow include one picture/drawing/likeliness of Rainy and one picture/drawing/likeliness of Sunshine. If you get motivated you can also toss in some kitty pics.
7. Don't care whether it's colored or black and white, feel free to be 100% creative!
8. Silly chaotic logos that are easy to understand and make you smile are the goal.
9. "Chuckle At Chaos" should be somewhere in the logo, even if only listed a below it.
10. There must be at least 15 entries for me to be guaranteed to pick a winner. Those entries could just be from a few people, but I cannot pick a winner unless I have some options. I also retain the right to throw out this rule if we have only 5 entries and I absolutely fall in love with one and decide that is the one I wish to use.
11. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at JAJameson2010@gmail.com
Entries must be emailed to me by 4/15/2012
Pictures are below for each chaotic critter
Rainy's 2012 Pictures Click Here
Sunshine's 2012 Pictures Click Here
Kitties 2012 Pictures Click Here
Dogs 2012 Click Here
Dewey Beach Pics for Pups Click Here
Kitty pics 2009 and Past Click Here
Dogs 2008 Click Here
Dogs 2009 Click Here
Dogs 2010 Click Here
Sunshine 2011 Click Here
Kitties 2011 Click Here
Rainy 2011 Click Here
1. Winner will get a $50 Amazon gift card or a $50 donation to any rescue group of your choice (except PETA, Grey2K, HSUS, and ASPCA. I'm staying far away from all that political craziness!) Your choice of prize will not be made public so no one has to feel bad for choosing the Amazon gift card.
2. Anyone can enter, even if you're not located in the USA.
3. Every entry will be asked to sign over the rights to the logo via contract. I will email you the contract and you can print, sign, scan, and email the contract back.
4. You can submit as many different designs as you can make
5. If you want to send over a sample and ask for my opinion, I don't mind thinking of changes that could be made before the close of the contest. ;) It might increase your chances of winning.
6. I would like the logo to somehow include one picture/drawing/likeliness of Rainy and one picture/drawing/likeliness of Sunshine. If you get motivated you can also toss in some kitty pics.
7. Don't care whether it's colored or black and white, feel free to be 100% creative!
8. Silly chaotic logos that are easy to understand and make you smile are the goal.
9. "Chuckle At Chaos" should be somewhere in the logo, even if only listed a below it.
10. There must be at least 15 entries for me to be guaranteed to pick a winner. Those entries could just be from a few people, but I cannot pick a winner unless I have some options. I also retain the right to throw out this rule if we have only 5 entries and I absolutely fall in love with one and decide that is the one I wish to use.
11. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at JAJameson2010@gmail.com
Entries must be emailed to me by 4/15/2012
Pictures are below for each chaotic critter
Rainy's 2012 Pictures Click Here
Sunshine's 2012 Pictures Click Here
Kitties 2012 Pictures Click Here
Dogs 2012 Click Here
Dewey Beach Pics for Pups Click Here
Kitty pics 2009 and Past Click Here
Dogs 2008 Click Here
Dogs 2009 Click Here
Dogs 2010 Click Here
Sunshine 2011 Click Here
Kitties 2011 Click Here
Rainy 2011 Click Here
How to get a greyhound to sit
Have a fire and open the closet door. *sigh* It was a bad day for Miss Rainy
Two birds
The saw horses outside are the only thing that saved two stupid fighting birds this morning. At this rate the girls might get some kills this spring.
Note to self... Must buy big flat shovel
Note to self... Must buy big flat shovel
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
More num nums!
So a weird quirk of Sunshine. No matter where she is or how comfortable she is eating. Her tail is always tucked!
Help!
You can see all my ribbies! I'm abused and need more food! Just make sure it's venison ;) I like that the bestest
Monday, March 19, 2012
I just saw a MONSTER!
Sunshine here! Mom said we need to start building up muscles for our trip to Gettysburg. We got extra food tonight and went for an extra long walk! A whole 45 minutes with not a lot of sniffing... Rainy and I both like the extra food part! Yum!
It was just dark and we passed kids on bikes, other people out for walks by themselves (they should get puppies so they have company) and we passed lots of cars. We even saw a homeless kitty! We've been walking by this place before so it wasn't too new to us. Some kid help yelling and pointing at me. He was my size and scared me, we didn't even get near him!
We were almost at the end of the walk and then this loud monster came by! It shook the ground! It was on the other side of the fence but only about 10 feet away. We all froze and Rainy looked at it with her ears perked up. I could tell mommy was surprised cause she forgot to breath... I did not try to run. I did not back up out of my collar. I did not buck up and twist around. I did not fear poop. I did not glue my tail to my belly. (it was a little tucked though...) I did not drop to the ground in a crap crawl. I did not even shake once!!!!!
I turned so my butt was leaning against mommy and stood there looking in front of us and in back of us while this monster went by. It was really really long...
Finally mommy got bored waiting for it to pass and in a very loud (so we could hear her) voice told us to keep on marching. We kept walking while this loud monster shook the ground next to us and I was BRAVE! I never once shook or tried to hide.
When we got back home mommy hugged me and started crying while giving me cookies. Not sure why she was crying... The monster didn't hurt us. I think I'll be much braver this year in Gettysburg. Maybe some day those loud motorcycles won't scare me either...
It was just dark and we passed kids on bikes, other people out for walks by themselves (they should get puppies so they have company) and we passed lots of cars. We even saw a homeless kitty! We've been walking by this place before so it wasn't too new to us. Some kid help yelling and pointing at me. He was my size and scared me, we didn't even get near him!
We were almost at the end of the walk and then this loud monster came by! It shook the ground! It was on the other side of the fence but only about 10 feet away. We all froze and Rainy looked at it with her ears perked up. I could tell mommy was surprised cause she forgot to breath... I did not try to run. I did not back up out of my collar. I did not buck up and twist around. I did not fear poop. I did not glue my tail to my belly. (it was a little tucked though...) I did not drop to the ground in a crap crawl. I did not even shake once!!!!!
I turned so my butt was leaning against mommy and stood there looking in front of us and in back of us while this monster went by. It was really really long...
Finally mommy got bored waiting for it to pass and in a very loud (so we could hear her) voice told us to keep on marching. We kept walking while this loud monster shook the ground next to us and I was BRAVE! I never once shook or tried to hide.
When we got back home mommy hugged me and started crying while giving me cookies. Not sure why she was crying... The monster didn't hurt us. I think I'll be much braver this year in Gettysburg. Maybe some day those loud motorcycles won't scare me either...
This is what I woke up to
Apparently Sunshine was not fond of mornings today
She refused to get up until I ripped the covers off and forced her to stand up.
She refused to get up until I ripped the covers off and forced her to stand up.
Petedge.com
I've been ordering from them for years! They have awesome prices on bulk items, which helps economically feed Sunshine's chewing habit. Those chipmunk cheeks of her need at least an hour work out every day to keep her sane. I wonder if she will still have teeth by the time she's 10 yrs old? Petedge's shipping has always been pretty expensive, but their good prices have always made it easy to overlook that
I've never had an issue with Petedge! Until now... I placed an order Sunday around noon. They charged my card immediately for payment. I decided about an hour later that I did not need one of the items, so I sent an email off to their customer service department requesting that is be removed if possible. I received no answer even though they were open until 6pm.
I called first thing this morning at 7:30am as soon as they opened and was advised that they haven't shipped out my order yet, but they would be unable to change anything on my order since they already authorized my card. Only they authorized my card immediately, so is it impossible to change any order EVER? No, no, no I was assured that they can usually edit orders but since mine has been charged already that they could not edit anything. But again they charged my card immediately. So I was on the phone with a moron first thing this morning.
Honestly the item I needed taken off was only $15 so it's not a huge deal to me. I realize I was the moron who didn't think all the way through before placing my order and I should have. What is preventing them from getting my repeat business is that I hate being lied too and being talked in circles. It's just not worth the few dollars savings! I will find another wholesale website that wants my business.
I've never had an issue with Petedge! Until now... I placed an order Sunday around noon. They charged my card immediately for payment. I decided about an hour later that I did not need one of the items, so I sent an email off to their customer service department requesting that is be removed if possible. I received no answer even though they were open until 6pm.
I called first thing this morning at 7:30am as soon as they opened and was advised that they haven't shipped out my order yet, but they would be unable to change anything on my order since they already authorized my card. Only they authorized my card immediately, so is it impossible to change any order EVER? No, no, no I was assured that they can usually edit orders but since mine has been charged already that they could not edit anything. But again they charged my card immediately. So I was on the phone with a moron first thing this morning.
Honestly the item I needed taken off was only $15 so it's not a huge deal to me. I realize I was the moron who didn't think all the way through before placing my order and I should have. What is preventing them from getting my repeat business is that I hate being lied too and being talked in circles. It's just not worth the few dollars savings! I will find another wholesale website that wants my business.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
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