Happy St. Patrick's Day ~

May the luck of the Irish

be yours today!

Pug hugs :)
Lauren

Too Funny Not to Pass Along ~



 

With time,

women gain weight

because we accumulate so much information

 and

wisdom in our heads

that when there is no more room,

it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.

So we aren't heavy,

we are enormously cultured,

educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt

in the mirror I will think,

“Good grief, look how smart I am!”

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Must be where “Smart Ass” came from!

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Pug hugs :)
Lauren

~ ~ ~ Pay It Forward ~ ~ ~

Pay it Forward

has swept through blogland today.

I read about it on Lori's blog

and decided I'd like to participate.

Here's how it works . . .

The first five people who comment

on this blog post

will receive a handmade gift from me.

In return, you must write a

blog post on your blog

explaining Pay It Forward 2011.

You, in turn, will send out a handmade gift

 to the first five visitors

who leave a comment on your post.

Take your time . . .

This should be a fun, joyful experience.

No pressure . . . just enjoy the process

of making and giving as I intend to do.

You will receive something

cross stitched,

needle punched or

hooked.

Let me know if you have a preference

and I will try to accommodate.

Pug hugs :)
Lauren

Spring Snow ~

Yesterday ~

we woke to a winter wonderland.

I am not a "winter" person,

but I love March snowstorms.

The snow is so wet and heavy

and clings to every twig and branch.

The best part is

we get to enjoy the beauty

for a day or two ~

and then it melts away :)

These pics are from my yard . . .

. . . and down the street.

Only 8 more days until spring!

Pug hugs :)
Lauren

Useless Information ~

"Stewardesses"

is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

And "lollipop"

is the longest word typed with your right hand.

(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)

No word in the English language

 rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

 

"Dreamt" is the only English word

 that ends in the letters "mt".

(Are you doubting this?)

Our eyes are always the same size from birth,

but our nose and ears

never stop growing.

The sentence:

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

uses every letter of the alphabet.

(Now, you KNOW you're going to try

this out for accuracy, right?

The words 'racecar,'

'kayak'

and 'level'

are the same whether they are read

left to right or right to left (palindromes).

(Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)

There are only four words

 in the English language which end in "dous":

 tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

(You're not doubting this, are you?)

There are two words in the English language

 that have all five vowels in order:

 "abstemious" and "facetious."

(Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)

TYPEWRITER is the longest word

that can be made using the letters

 only on one row of the keyboard.

(All you typists are going to test this out.)

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

(Some days that's about what my memory span is.)

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time

 for 1/100th of a second.

 

A shark is the only fish

 that can blink with both eyes.

 

A snail can sleep for three years.

(I know some people that could do this too!)

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some people like that also.)

Babies are born without kneecaps.

They don't appear

 until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

February 1865 is the only month

 in recorded history

 not to have a full moon.

 

In the last 4,000 years,

 no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you,

8 abreast,

 the line would never end

 because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person's left hand

 does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE 2,

moves only six inches

 for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented

 after a researcher walked by a radar tube

 and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

(Good thing he did that.)

 

The winter of 1932 was so cold

 that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

 

There are more chickens than people in the world.

 

Winston Churchill

was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Bonus!!

All the ants in Africa

weigh more than ALL the Elephants!!

Julia, Julia. Wherefore art thou, Julia?

Julia ~ I'm still waiting for your contact information so I can mail your little kit :)

My first spring flowers are starting to bloom!  I am so excited.  By the time I took this picture this evening, the eranthis (winter aconite) were starting to close up for the night.

Soon my snowdrops will also be blooming.  Woo hoo!

As you can see, I will have lots of yard cleanup once our weather gets a little better.  My trees lose their leaves so late in the fall that I never get them cleaned up before winter.

It's already March 8, so I thought I'd share with you the progress I've made on my Maggie B rug.  If you recall, my goal is to get it hooked during the month of March.  Uh, oh.  I think I'm in BIG trouble :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Pug hugs :)
Lauren

A Rug and some Pugs ~

~ WELCOME FRIENDS ~

This morning March decided to act like the lion.  Our rain turned to snow about 10 pm last evening and by this morning we had about four inches on the ground.  The wind was howling and it was just not a pleasant day :(

This Sunday evening I have a couple things to share that I have been working on.  I have finished the hooking part of my little tulip mat.  It is about 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" and not nearly as bright as the picture shows.  It will be bound at a {much} later date.

I finally started the birthday gift that was to be done a month ago.  Better late than never, right?

This is a picture of Hopscotch (nka Midge) that her forever mom recently sent me.  Those teeth just make me laugh! 

Here's a picture of the first pug (the black one) that I fostered through Ohio Pug Rescue in August of 2008, with my Loocie.  TeeJaye was dumped at a shelter and when I got her she was missing lots of fur from a bad infestation of fleas.  I almost didn't want to hold her because she looked so awful and at that point I had my doubts about fostering.  Let me tell you, she turned out to be a beautiful girl and the day she was adopted out I took a half day off work and spent it crying.  I was told you will cry when the first foster goes to her forever home, and you will cry when the second foster goes to her forever home . . . get the picture?

And now there's Peanut.  She's foster pug #9.  Since I don't have a fenced yard, I only foster one at a time.  She has turned out to be a total joy!!!  She was an adoption return (after two years!!!) due to aggression.  So far, and I know it's only been nine days, there has not been one sign of aggression.  Not one growl, not one snarl.  She is just a little lover.  The first few days we had some problems with separation anxiety/potty issues.  She is now crated when I leave and she has done just fine.  She is my shadow (aka velcro dog :) and is never more than a few feet away from me.  She sleeps with me at night and loves to crawl under the covers and snuggle next to my belly.  I hope she will soon find her forever home that truly is forever.

It's time to get on my soapbox again and ask that if you are considering a pet (be it a dog, cat, bird, horse or even a skunk), please consider rescuing an animal.  PLEASE!!!  Do not support puppy mills by purchasing from a pet store. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do hope you will come again soon!
Pug hugs :)
Lauren