This morning I was talking "praying" to Jehovah about service telling him that I find it difficult where I am due to my work schedule, which makes mid-week service impossible, and the cost of gas for service, blah blah blah...and said that "I enjoyed online service before, so if I could do more of that it would be nice". WELL, I get up at 5am. I received a message at 5:30am from a client in China, saying that she would like to study the Bible and was wondering if I would teach her. Very happily I wrote back and said of course. Then at about 6am, I received a message from a man in the Middle East, saying: "I am Muslim, but I want to love Jesus and know about God and the Bible, could you teach me." I happily responded once again, telling him that of course I would. I told him to go to bed and when he got up in the morning I would have all the details outlined for him in a message. Anyway, I am pretty happy today because I am always amazed at how quickly Jehovah God answers my prayers. The Faithful Slave is correct in telling us to be dead specific. And despite my whining at moments he listens. Gotta love that. :-)
Hope everyone is having a great week,
love,
d :-)
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Cleaning The Dogs Pearly Whites
Okay, I am sitting here watching a pathetic scene. Harvey must have failed "puppy chewing class" when he was a young'n in Korea. When he was injured and at the vet the vet said that he needed his clean cleaned. But because he is older I don't want to put him "under". So some other vets online said the absolute best way to clean a dog's teeth is to give them raw rib bones so they can work the meat off and raw bones won't splinter or break . Sooo...I have been giving them raw bones over the last couple weeks. Pearl goes at them in a very rabid way. With Harvey he just stares at them. :-/ The best success I have with him is browning the meat for 5 minutes so that he thinks its cooked, then he will try to lick it off the bone...so if nothing else he should have a very clean tongue. But this afternoon on the way home from the meeting I stopped at the grocery store and there was a sale on big meaty beef ribs so a got a few of them for the weekly attempt at cleaning. Otto and Pearl are going at their rib bones like they hit the jackpot. Then there is Harvey out there "cleaning his tongue". Sad little dude. I have no idea how he missed out on learning how to chew. :-/
Meetings are great, but not always for the talk delivered or the WT covered. As usual this morning I was making Jehovah God's ears bleed as I told him how I missed riding my bike back and forth to work such as in Palm Springs, Vancouver and Korea. I have always liked exercise with a purpose. At the end of a day of teaching the thought of working out in a gym is just dreadful. So anyway, at the end of the meeting I slid up beside a sister, and asked her about life - I like her because she is very honest saying she is too tired sometimes to do much more than watch some videos, do laundry and wash a week's worth of dishes - basically do everything just to get ready for Monday again. Which pretty sums me up. Anyway, she was telling me a few months ago her boss which is an avid biker convinced her to start biking to work from Lake Country - 15 miles. It has been taking an hour and she is loving it. Inspired, now I am going to do it too. Every time I mentioned it before I got the side-eyed glance from people, so it was nice to find someone like me in the congregation. The sister's name is Erica, and really, if she can ride along a highway, and have a good time, I know I can do it too. I will keep you all posted on how it goes.
Okay, gotta go check on the bone-chewers. Love to all,
d :-)
Meetings are great, but not always for the talk delivered or the WT covered. As usual this morning I was making Jehovah God's ears bleed as I told him how I missed riding my bike back and forth to work such as in Palm Springs, Vancouver and Korea. I have always liked exercise with a purpose. At the end of a day of teaching the thought of working out in a gym is just dreadful. So anyway, at the end of the meeting I slid up beside a sister, and asked her about life - I like her because she is very honest saying she is too tired sometimes to do much more than watch some videos, do laundry and wash a week's worth of dishes - basically do everything just to get ready for Monday again. Which pretty sums me up. Anyway, she was telling me a few months ago her boss which is an avid biker convinced her to start biking to work from Lake Country - 15 miles. It has been taking an hour and she is loving it. Inspired, now I am going to do it too. Every time I mentioned it before I got the side-eyed glance from people, so it was nice to find someone like me in the congregation. The sister's name is Erica, and really, if she can ride along a highway, and have a good time, I know I can do it too. I will keep you all posted on how it goes.
Okay, gotta go check on the bone-chewers. Love to all,
d :-)
A Bunch of Sleepy Heads Here
It is 6:30am and I am sitting here with Otto, Harvey, and Pearl. They are all sacked out after having breakfast. I would have like to have slept until 6 or 7, but it is REALLY hard to ignore Pearl once she decides it breakfast time. :-/
Anyway, it rained, rained, and rained more this week. Sometimes I think it rains here almost as much as Vancouver, but now it is Sunday and we are supposed to have sunny skies. I really hope so. On the gray, wet days, I constantly fight the inclination to plot my escape.
I am house-sitting for dad and mom. They were able to go down to the coast for a young relative's grad party. Would have been nice but when a person works full-time the long drive and quick return is just too much. So I am dog-sitting for mom and dad so they can go down and enjoy it. And it is going great. I was pretty worried about Harvey playing a lot, but his back is holding up good. Yesterday was very cool. Pearl spotted a big deer that came up to the fence-line. She started running in circles barking, which alerted Harvey and Otto, so all 3 of them stood face to face with it barking through the face. The deer wasn't fazed at all and stood there with its face over the fence chewing, seemingly intrigued by the 3 little crazies.
I pushed my motorcycle under the awning yesterday and did my best to do an oil change on it. Saves about $150 every few months, but this time I couldn't get the filter screws off. Grrr...will have to wait til dad gets home to apply some brute force to them.
Okay, must start thinking about the meeting...WT..what to wear, etc. So everyone have a great day.
Love to all,
d :-)
Anyway, it rained, rained, and rained more this week. Sometimes I think it rains here almost as much as Vancouver, but now it is Sunday and we are supposed to have sunny skies. I really hope so. On the gray, wet days, I constantly fight the inclination to plot my escape.
I am house-sitting for dad and mom. They were able to go down to the coast for a young relative's grad party. Would have been nice but when a person works full-time the long drive and quick return is just too much. So I am dog-sitting for mom and dad so they can go down and enjoy it. And it is going great. I was pretty worried about Harvey playing a lot, but his back is holding up good. Yesterday was very cool. Pearl spotted a big deer that came up to the fence-line. She started running in circles barking, which alerted Harvey and Otto, so all 3 of them stood face to face with it barking through the face. The deer wasn't fazed at all and stood there with its face over the fence chewing, seemingly intrigued by the 3 little crazies.
I pushed my motorcycle under the awning yesterday and did my best to do an oil change on it. Saves about $150 every few months, but this time I couldn't get the filter screws off. Grrr...will have to wait til dad gets home to apply some brute force to them.
Okay, must start thinking about the meeting...WT..what to wear, etc. So everyone have a great day.
Love to all,
Monday, May 28, 2012
This Squirt Was Born Without A Brain
This weekend Linda Bielby told me that even though she is an animal lover she doesn't mind eating quail because “they do such stupid things, they were obviously born without a brain”. Mmm...well I felt sad momentarily, but then Sunday afternoon I think her point was proven. I was working in my yard with Harvey and Pearl and out of the corner of my eye I saw a peanut roll across my yard. But peanuts don't usually roll across my yard so I decided to take a closer look. It was a newborn quail out for a run by itself. :-/
Since Harvey and Pearl also saw it I quickly grabbed the garden hose because that is Harvey and Pearl's cue to run and hide – as they are not keen on baths. Then I ran and got the little thing and put it through the fence. I only hope he develops somewhat better skills at where to hangout for future outings. I... just found the most incredible thing at the Women Shelter Shop (where I like to wander and browse on some of my lunch hours). A lady dropped off a doggy booster seat including the seatbelt and harness, and I scooped it for $3..yay!! Anyway, now no more fighting over the one booster seat I already have. :-)
And finally here are some pics of where Harvey and Pearl and I walk everyday. Pearl has turned into quite the little “farm dog”. The blades are taller than her but she loves to run through them. And Harvey's back is healing good now and I haven't had to carry him home for about 5 days straight now. So that is a great thing too. :-)
So anyway, life is good, and hope it is for you all too. Have a great week.
Love to all, d :-)
Since Harvey and Pearl also saw it I quickly grabbed the garden hose because that is Harvey and Pearl's cue to run and hide – as they are not keen on baths. Then I ran and got the little thing and put it through the fence. I only hope he develops somewhat better skills at where to hangout for future outings. I... just found the most incredible thing at the Women Shelter Shop (where I like to wander and browse on some of my lunch hours). A lady dropped off a doggy booster seat including the seatbelt and harness, and I scooped it for $3..yay!! Anyway, now no more fighting over the one booster seat I already have. :-)
And finally here are some pics of where Harvey and Pearl and I walk everyday. Pearl has turned into quite the little “farm dog”. The blades are taller than her but she loves to run through them. And Harvey's back is healing good now and I haven't had to carry him home for about 5 days straight now. So that is a great thing too. :-)
Love to all, d :-)
Monday, May 7, 2012
Oh Yes, Don't Forget
$25 per month for pet insurance is worth it for situations like this, especially for people on limited incomes. I know I have mentioned it before, but it has saved me tons and given me peace of mind, so want to encourage others with pets to have it too. :-)
Love,
d
Love,
d
I Didn't Suspect This Could Happen
Hey hi everyone :-) Hope everyone is having a great week.
Everything is going o-k-a-y here...actually good, when thinking about situations in the world. But it has been a tiring week. Harvey pickled his back. After seeing a picture the vet showed me, I am sure it was when he was having a great time playing with Otto – doing the tug of war thing, but the whipping back and forth caused a disc to rupture in his back. I feel very fortunate because the vet said many dogs lose all feeling and ability to walk for several weeks while it heals. Harvey has just had severe pain when being touched ANY place on his body. The first couple days he just stood to go to the bathroom and then laid back down in a small area I made for him in the kitchen. Now he does walk around but is wobbly and weak. As the disc heals the vet says the symptoms will alleviate. It is a big adjustment for him because we were walking over two hours a day. So even though he can't walk right now he cries and whimpers to go, so I decided our walks would become strolls. I put him in the big buggy I have and push him along the route. He does seem to understand though, because he waits for me to pick him up to get in the buggy or out of buggy rather than jumping like he used to. Even though jumping is forever out of his life due to the risk of re-injury, the vet said the goal is to get the blood vessels healed around the disc so that we can be walking our long routes again. ...Pearl is doing okay with it. The first few days I had to lock her in the bedroom because she would hop all over him wanting to play and he couldn't get up. Now with the stroller, when she gets tired she hops in the grocery basket underneath the main buggy and looks like she is in heaven as we stroll along. Meanwhile I have built ramps in my place so that Harve can start walking around my place again. The one off the back deck area was the most challenging because after I built it I watched out the window as Harvey went out the door. Instead of using the ramp he did a full blown leap off the edge of the deck. Heart sink. So I took our gogo pen for traveling and boxed the deck in with it and left only the space where the ramp is open – now no choice to go up and down. So hopefully things will heal quickly. He is on Tramadol and Metacam to control the pain and making the swelling on the spine go down. For the first couple days it was breaking through and I found him laying just absolutely vibrating with pain and his eyes looking very scared, day and night – I would just massage him until the pain meds kicked in. But now they seem to have kicked in full force. In 10 days we will start to wean him off and see how he does.
One thing I learned though, is that dogs can still sense their toe nails being cut even when they are high. I got the idea that when Harvey was sleeping on his drugs, which are very strong, I would use the opp to cut his nails. Will have to wait for assistance. Even in a stupor he knew what was going on. :-(
….So as you can see this has pretty much consumed my life this week with no tons of other stuff to report. :-/ We had one nice day of weather, and another day that made me think the second coming of Noah's flood had arrived. The WT studies have been particularly good lately, and I am looking for ways at work to encourage ones to think about the Bible.
Oh, there is something I did different a couple weeks ago. Mom and I went downtown and painted on the street corners. Mom of course is very good, and I was there basically for the excellent cookies and sandwiches she brought along. I did produce something, but a little too scary to post. :-) Anyway, here are a couple pics of that too. And there is a pic of the patient too. I plopped him on his pillow and gave him his squirrel. He can lick it for hours. He was very good and laid there and watched me barbecue.
Okay, I better run and make breakfast. Have a wonderful week everyone.
Love to all,
d :-)
Everything is going o-k-a-y here...actually good, when thinking about situations in the world. But it has been a tiring week. Harvey pickled his back. After seeing a picture the vet showed me, I am sure it was when he was having a great time playing with Otto – doing the tug of war thing, but the whipping back and forth caused a disc to rupture in his back. I feel very fortunate because the vet said many dogs lose all feeling and ability to walk for several weeks while it heals. Harvey has just had severe pain when being touched ANY place on his body. The first couple days he just stood to go to the bathroom and then laid back down in a small area I made for him in the kitchen. Now he does walk around but is wobbly and weak. As the disc heals the vet says the symptoms will alleviate. It is a big adjustment for him because we were walking over two hours a day. So even though he can't walk right now he cries and whimpers to go, so I decided our walks would become strolls. I put him in the big buggy I have and push him along the route. He does seem to understand though, because he waits for me to pick him up to get in the buggy or out of buggy rather than jumping like he used to. Even though jumping is forever out of his life due to the risk of re-injury, the vet said the goal is to get the blood vessels healed around the disc so that we can be walking our long routes again. ...Pearl is doing okay with it. The first few days I had to lock her in the bedroom because she would hop all over him wanting to play and he couldn't get up. Now with the stroller, when she gets tired she hops in the grocery basket underneath the main buggy and looks like she is in heaven as we stroll along. Meanwhile I have built ramps in my place so that Harve can start walking around my place again. The one off the back deck area was the most challenging because after I built it I watched out the window as Harvey went out the door. Instead of using the ramp he did a full blown leap off the edge of the deck. Heart sink. So I took our gogo pen for traveling and boxed the deck in with it and left only the space where the ramp is open – now no choice to go up and down. So hopefully things will heal quickly. He is on Tramadol and Metacam to control the pain and making the swelling on the spine go down. For the first couple days it was breaking through and I found him laying just absolutely vibrating with pain and his eyes looking very scared, day and night – I would just massage him until the pain meds kicked in. But now they seem to have kicked in full force. In 10 days we will start to wean him off and see how he does.
One thing I learned though, is that dogs can still sense their toe nails being cut even when they are high. I got the idea that when Harvey was sleeping on his drugs, which are very strong, I would use the opp to cut his nails. Will have to wait for assistance. Even in a stupor he knew what was going on. :-(
….So as you can see this has pretty much consumed my life this week with no tons of other stuff to report. :-/ We had one nice day of weather, and another day that made me think the second coming of Noah's flood had arrived. The WT studies have been particularly good lately, and I am looking for ways at work to encourage ones to think about the Bible.
Oh, there is something I did different a couple weeks ago. Mom and I went downtown and painted on the street corners. Mom of course is very good, and I was there basically for the excellent cookies and sandwiches she brought along. I did produce something, but a little too scary to post. :-) Anyway, here are a couple pics of that too. And there is a pic of the patient too. I plopped him on his pillow and gave him his squirrel. He can lick it for hours. He was very good and laid there and watched me barbecue.
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| Mom Painting |
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| Mom's Unfinished painting...pretty |
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| The patient licking his squirrel and watching me barbecue |
Okay, I better run and make breakfast. Have a wonderful week everyone.
Love to all,
d :-)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Life is Humming Along Just Great Here
Even though it is raining torrents today, the weather has been generally nice these last 10 days – sunny and warm. I even got inspired to put more grass down in the yard. Got out there with the hand-hoe and chopped up the ground then seeded it...and amazingly grass actually is growing! :-) However, to prepare for more rainy days that may lay ahead I am going to stop at Canadian Tire tonight on the way home and buy a neon orange plastic suit, for over my motorcycle armour. If someone hits me on the road it will truly be because they are blinded by my brightness. :-)
School life is great too. Love going there everyday and now that the weather is nice I am using Friday afternoons for field trips or outdoor activities. Adds some extra fun to the week.
Meetings and service are fine too. Haven't got any spectacular calls in the territory but I did have a very nice stimulating conversation with one of my students about deteriorating world conditions and how the Bible used to give people guidelines, but now many people float aimlessly because of not knowing anyone who is wise to help them. I think I mentioned before the students that told me they made decisions about life by watching television. :-/
Since Pearl's bee sting nothing serious has happened to them. They are presently laying like doggy-potatoes on the couch probably. We have increased our walking time another 30 minutes in the evenings. A man in the resort inspired me. He told me a couple weeks ago that in the last 11 months he has lost 103lbs only by using his dog as an exercise program. They walk two loonng walks each day. I don't have 103 lbs to lose, but I do want to stay fit. :-)
Okay, will go. Students are pouring into the room.
Love to all,
d :-)
School life is great too. Love going there everyday and now that the weather is nice I am using Friday afternoons for field trips or outdoor activities. Adds some extra fun to the week.
Meetings and service are fine too. Haven't got any spectacular calls in the territory but I did have a very nice stimulating conversation with one of my students about deteriorating world conditions and how the Bible used to give people guidelines, but now many people float aimlessly because of not knowing anyone who is wise to help them. I think I mentioned before the students that told me they made decisions about life by watching television. :-/
Since Pearl's bee sting nothing serious has happened to them. They are presently laying like doggy-potatoes on the couch probably. We have increased our walking time another 30 minutes in the evenings. A man in the resort inspired me. He told me a couple weeks ago that in the last 11 months he has lost 103lbs only by using his dog as an exercise program. They walk two loonng walks each day. I don't have 103 lbs to lose, but I do want to stay fit. :-)
Okay, will go. Students are pouring into the room.
Love to all,
d :-)
Monday, April 16, 2012
One Detail More On That Last Post
Baking Soda is highly toxic to dogs so after a person applies the paste make sure to cover it with sock or cloth bandage of some sort.
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I Like The Internet
Hey hi everybody :-)
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
I am sitting here on the couch a little bleary eyed - got my taxes sent this weekend, my place cleaned out after a water problem, and the window on my truck fixed using one of the in-store products (dreary story on how that happened :-( )
Was planning to wash the truck and motorcycle yesterday afternoon but decided to take Harvey and Pearl to the lake instead - which lead to a heavy duty evening and night. They were playing on the beach when suddenly Pearl started yelping and crying. People were coming from all directions to see if she had broken her leg. I couldn't see a thing so with her crying at high pitch stuffed her in my coat and thought that maybe she had twisted her leg and it would wear off. But no. The pain and loud wailing escalated after an hour, and the swelling grew.
I started to think that maybe a snake was in the grass that I didn't see, or maybe something else was...so I left Pearl laying on the bed crying and ran the 15 minutes back to the beach myself. It was almost completely dark but I got down on my knees and felt for ANYTHING that could have done this. Finally I picked up a bee in my fingers and knew this was the culprit. So ran back home at high speed. The internet said: make a baking soda paste and apply to entire area to draw toxins out and neutralize pain. And give plain Benadryl to stop swelling. It worked. Before the internet people would have had to go to the vet, because bee stings are often dangerous for dogs - so yay internet! But by this time it was quite late and I got up during the night to make sure the skinny white dog as responding well to the treatment...therefore, a little tired this morning but had a big smile when I saw her bouncing into the yard a few minutes ago to do her business.
Other than this a splendid talk by Chris Docksteader yesterday. He has a great way of painting mental pictures. Now, off to work. Looking forward to a great week. :-)
Okay, hope everyone else has a great week also.
Love to all,
d :-)
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
I am sitting here on the couch a little bleary eyed - got my taxes sent this weekend, my place cleaned out after a water problem, and the window on my truck fixed using one of the in-store products (dreary story on how that happened :-( )
Was planning to wash the truck and motorcycle yesterday afternoon but decided to take Harvey and Pearl to the lake instead - which lead to a heavy duty evening and night. They were playing on the beach when suddenly Pearl started yelping and crying. People were coming from all directions to see if she had broken her leg. I couldn't see a thing so with her crying at high pitch stuffed her in my coat and thought that maybe she had twisted her leg and it would wear off. But no. The pain and loud wailing escalated after an hour, and the swelling grew.
I started to think that maybe a snake was in the grass that I didn't see, or maybe something else was...so I left Pearl laying on the bed crying and ran the 15 minutes back to the beach myself. It was almost completely dark but I got down on my knees and felt for ANYTHING that could have done this. Finally I picked up a bee in my fingers and knew this was the culprit. So ran back home at high speed. The internet said: make a baking soda paste and apply to entire area to draw toxins out and neutralize pain. And give plain Benadryl to stop swelling. It worked. Before the internet people would have had to go to the vet, because bee stings are often dangerous for dogs - so yay internet! But by this time it was quite late and I got up during the night to make sure the skinny white dog as responding well to the treatment...therefore, a little tired this morning but had a big smile when I saw her bouncing into the yard a few minutes ago to do her business.
Other than this a splendid talk by Chris Docksteader yesterday. He has a great way of painting mental pictures. Now, off to work. Looking forward to a great week. :-)
Okay, hope everyone else has a great week also.
Love to all,
d :-)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A Couple Fun Things To Do
Hey hi everyone :-)
Hope all is great. The weather is finally warming up. Was about 70 yesterday, which is definitely moving in the right direction. :-) Now, I know everyone is pretty busy with service activity and meetings and LIFE everyday, but if you want something a little fun to throw into the mix there are a couple things we started doing at the college that I think fit the bill - the first one is called GEOCACHING. It is kind of like treasure hunting using GPS coordinates. There are routes planted in most cities now. I was amazed that most places are already really active with this - and it is free! Yay!! I am kind of hoping we can use it for a congregation outing. In Kelowna there were over 400 and in Palm Springs there are over 500 routes. A team or individual follows the coordinates to the final "treasure". Then you leave it where you find it (hidden for the next seeker) or take a picture of it before you leave. ...The second is SCVNGR. Both these website can be googled. This one is more like the Amazing Race where a team or person does challenges around the city or landscape earning points. Anyways, just wanted to share because sometimes it is fun to do something a little different when one has some time.
Harvey and Pearl are doing great. At this moment Pearl is doing a sausage sprawl across the couch giving me the sad eyes hoping I will break down and give her something from the fridge. And Harvey is still curled up in bed. Ahhhh a dog's life!
Hope everyone has a great day.
Love to all,
d :-)
Hope all is great. The weather is finally warming up. Was about 70 yesterday, which is definitely moving in the right direction. :-) Now, I know everyone is pretty busy with service activity and meetings and LIFE everyday, but if you want something a little fun to throw into the mix there are a couple things we started doing at the college that I think fit the bill - the first one is called GEOCACHING. It is kind of like treasure hunting using GPS coordinates. There are routes planted in most cities now. I was amazed that most places are already really active with this - and it is free! Yay!! I am kind of hoping we can use it for a congregation outing. In Kelowna there were over 400 and in Palm Springs there are over 500 routes. A team or individual follows the coordinates to the final "treasure". Then you leave it where you find it (hidden for the next seeker) or take a picture of it before you leave. ...The second is SCVNGR. Both these website can be googled. This one is more like the Amazing Race where a team or person does challenges around the city or landscape earning points. Anyways, just wanted to share because sometimes it is fun to do something a little different when one has some time.
Harvey and Pearl are doing great. At this moment Pearl is doing a sausage sprawl across the couch giving me the sad eyes hoping I will break down and give her something from the fridge. And Harvey is still curled up in bed. Ahhhh a dog's life!
Hope everyone has a great day.
Love to all,
d :-)
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