Monday, December 22, 2008

Jail Bait

Sorry!....how many of us have received this picture in an email? Cute? Do NOT let it fool you! Sorry? I hardly think so!
When a beagle grows up, this is where they end up!

Pepper the very bad beagle.....

Beagles have a very strong sense of smell and an instinct to eat anything and everything they smell. Candy hiding in a leather brief case hidden in a closet? Hah! Cat food way up high where only the cat can reach it? Whatever! A metal garbage can with a lid on it? Nothing will stop Pepper! She knows she's not supposed to get in the garbage, or the cat box, or your bedroom, or any of the hundreds of other places there might be food....but she just can't help herself. The temptation of food overcomes all sense of right of and wrong. It's an instinct she simply cannot control. I swear she would eat herself to death if left to her own volition. Of course, this little fact was not known until after said beagle was lovingly taken home. She is like having a one year old in the house who cannot be left alone for one minute. The minute you turn your back she is off on a search and destroy (by destroy I mean EAT) mission. We try to "pepper proof" the house, but you just can't think of everything! I have a neighbor who had a beagle with this very same problem. He drove her crazy! He finally grew old an died. So what did she do? She went out and bought another beagle! Is she crazy???


Thursday, December 18, 2008

Brave Sir Robin

Our brave little Robin had to have surgery today to remove some screws that were put in her knee a few years ago to keep her right leg from growing faster than her left leg. She came through just fine and shouldn't be an invalid for too terribly long....

WHY ARE YOU TAKING MY PICTURE???? GRRRR!!!!!

"I am not feeling so brave right this minute."

Yay! It's over and I just want to go home! Am I awake?

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Battle of the Bulge

I know what you’re thinking…this was a famous and bloody battle of World War II where many lives were lost. However, it’s not the battle I refer to, but rather the one that so many of us, including Oprah the billion dollar woman, fight every day of our lives. Like its namesake, this battle also causes the loss of millions of lives, but due to obesity related (and preventable) illnesses every year. I have fought my own battle with weight my entire life. We are blessed to live in a country where food is plentiful and easy to obtain. Unfortunately, it’s also a country that is out of control! Portions are “super-sized”, fast food is increasingly convenient but full of fat and bad carbs, and we are surrounded by succulent treats that tempt us, please us, and betray us at every turn! It's an addiction every bit as damaging as drugs, alcohol, or smoking. Help me! Where is the will power? I know you know what I am talking about.