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This ‘N That Thursday

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Today we join our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs blog for This ‘N That Thursday.

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The 2 Brown Dawgs created This ‘N That Thursday for the days when you want to post a little bit about one topic, then a little bit about another.

It’s a Bummer

I had yesterday off, it was a planned day.  You know, just to extend my time away from work. 🙂

Tuesday evening I got up off the couch and had incredible pain in my right knee.  There went all my plans for my day off.

Sampson and Delilah desperately wanted to go for a walk, but I had to defer and wait for Hubby to come home so he could walk them around the block.

I literally cannot stand on my leg for more than a minute and there are times just hobbling about where I can barely stand.

I did go to the Dr. and I did have x-rays and nothing showed up.  I am resting the leg and taking Advil, if it is not feeling better by Monday, I will go to the Orthopedic Dr.

BlogPaws

I saw a notice from BlogPaws that they are looking for speakers for the upcoming conference.  Public speaking is my gig.  I love it.  It was the Public Speaking class in college that changed my major from Computer Programming to Communications.

There is a strict criteria for speaking at BlogPaws and I’m not sure I’m qualified for it.  I’m thinking a basic beginner class in how a beginning blogger grows their audience.

I need honest opinions here, we all know I’m not the greatest with technology, but if you don’t like this idea, is there something you think I’d be qualified to offer as a class?

Windows Live Writer

I found this little blogging tool from my new pal Gizmo from Terrier Torrent, he got it from Dawn Miklitch from NEPA Pets.

I’m hoping this post came out alright because I’m just now experimenting with it.  Besides being a program for blog writing, there are other features such as gathering all your mail accounts in one place, photo albums, messenger, scheduling your blog posts, (even though I know WP has the same feature.) etc.

The program is free and if I hate it, then I’ll uninstall it.

Sampson’s Website

I spent most of the last two days working on the redesign of Sampson’s blog.  He’s published his first post (with a bit of help from me) and I’m currently deciding if I will make a blog from Delilah’s viewpoint.

Check out my blog.

Check out my blog.

 

I think Delilah’s voice is easy for me to find, as I think of her as sassy and snappy.  Almost like a New Yorker or a Jersey Girl.

If you want to check out his site, you can find it here.

That’s it for This ‘N That Thursday, many thanks to our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs Blog.

Hunting Bigfoot

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I have big feet.

It’s mostly due to their width, if they were hairy and dirty they’d be Hobbit feet.  But they’re not. Hairy and dirty I mean, nor are they Hobbit feet.

Sorry, I digress.  For the sake of the post, let’s just call them large.

Before we had the huge snowfall this past weekend, we had a slight covering on Christmas morning.

One of the things I love about walking in the fresh snow is observing tracks of creatures two and four-legged that have traveled the trails before us.

We discovered someone or something bigger than I, had already been through the trails.

That's a big foot!

That’s a big foot!

 

I called the dogs to me.

Sampson, Delilah listen to me.  There may be something very large on these trails.  We need to be sharp if we’re going to catch this wily creature.

Roger that mom, never fear, we’re on the trail.

So you're saying it's large and hairy and probably smells bad?

I'll go first and see if I can pick up his trail.

I’ll go first and see if I can pick up his trail.

 

You go that way Sampson, I think I smell something back here. Oh wait, that's just mom.

You go that way Sampson, I think I smell something back here. Oh wait, that’s just mom.

 

He's definitely been in these leaves.

He’s definitely been in these leaves.

 

Well he's not down here.

Well he’s not down here.

 

It looks like there's been a fire, do you think he knows how to start one?

It looks like there’s been a fire, do you think he knows how to start one?

 

Mom sprang a trap that Bigfoot had set to catch dinner. Lucky we were here to save her.

Mom sprang a trap that Bigfoot had set to catch dinner. Lucky we were here to save her.

 

Oh NO! His foot prints are all over these sleigh tracks. I hope he didn't eat Santa.

Oh NO! His foot prints are all over these sleigh tracks. I hope he didn’t eat Santa.

 

Piss on you Bigfoot! Stay out of our woods.

Piss on you Bigfoot! Stay out of our woods.

 

We've sniffed and searched mom, I think we're safe.

We’ve sniffed and searched mom, I think we’re safe.

 

Well after almost an hour of searching we had to come to the conclusion that either Bigfoot was good at hiding, or there is in reality, no Bigfoot.

Did you ever encounter something odd on any of your walks?

The New Year’s Ball Dropped

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(Once again, Technorati PAY ATTENTION THE BLOODY TOKEN IS RIGHT HERE 5XRHW22GZDXX).

Happy 2013!  That sound you heard?  Yup that was me dropping the New Year’s ball.

I wish I’d thought about making a “Best Of” post, but I didn’t. So I’m officially putting that on my 2013 ‘to do’ list, along with a myriad of other things, which I’ll outline in a future post.

All of us at Heart Like A Dog hope your New Year’s Eve was safe and fun and we are wishing you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year filled with everything you love.

Speaking of things I love, here’s two of them for your viewing pleasure.  You may want to turn your volume down a bit, the camera was right in front of me and they were not. 🙂

This video was taken the morning after the 8+ inches of snow we got this past Saturday. (More to come on that in a later post.)

Thank you for a great 2012, you’ve taught me so much and helped me grow in so many ways.  You’ve hung with me when I moved to self-hosting, read my posts, listened to me whine, comforted and cheered me when I was down, picked me up when I struggled, the list is endless.

I am truly blessed to have all of you in my life.

Happy New Year from all of us at Heart Like A Dog!!!

 

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