TammyB

ha ha if you thought that one was emotional, you should have read what DH wrote when one of our fostered passed away.

Welcome to the forum and happy planning

Yeah we did, we (well Cain) actually had to be there at 5am on a Saturday. If I would have known you lived that close to MSW we could have met up for breakfast.. :-( And yes Max was also referred to as "Sir hump a lot"

Here is a picture of our new foster boy..

This is (supposedly) an actual letter sent to American company Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets rolling after the first paragraph... Dear Mr. Thatcher, I have been a loyal user of your "Always" maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the Leak Guard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants. Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from "the curse"? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my "time of the month" is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call "an inbred hillbilly with knife skills." Isn't the human body amazing? As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customers' monthly visits from "Aunt Flo". Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy! The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants... Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: "Have a Happy Period." Are you fu*ing kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything "happy" about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreen's armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like "Put down the Hammer" or "Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong", or are you just picking on us? Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly sales, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bull sh*t. And that's a promise I will keep. Always. Best, Wendi Aarons Austin , TX

Fall Classes for Men at THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED by Monday, Aug 30, 2007 NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM. Class 1 How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation. Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM . Class 2 The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself? Round Table Discussion. Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours. Class 3 Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub?--Group Practice. Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours. Class 4 Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics. Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks. Class 5 Dinner Dishes--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink? Examples on Video. Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM Class 6 Loss Of Identity--Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other. Help Line Support and Support Groups. Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM Class 7 Learning How To Find Things--Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming. Open Forum. Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours. Class 8 Health Watch--Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health. Graphics and Audio Tapes. Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours. Class 9 Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost--Real Life Testimonials. Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined. Class 10 Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks? Driving Simulations. 4 weeks, Saturday's noon , 2 hours. Class 11 Learning to Live--Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife. Online Classes and role-playing. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined Class 12 How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques. Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM Class 13 How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late. Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered. Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours. Class 14 The Stove/Oven--What It Is and How It Is Used. Live Demonstration. Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined. Class 15 Bleach--Friend or Foe? How to distinguish colors vs whites Power Point presentations, Lectures and Lab included Mondays at 7:00 PM, location: Laundrymat for Men, near the Firehouse Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.

Happy Birthday, hope you have a wonderful day

Quote: Originally Posted by ajncooter wow tammy thats awesome... we loved meeting max! im so glad he has found a new home with lots of love! so i hear you have yet another addition to your family... where are the pictures? AJ, our new foster is named Dodger, and he's sooooooooo sweet. His previous owners didn't have time for him so they kept him outdoors all the time, I was very surprised to find that his only behavior problem is not able to hold it, so we are working on that, and of course he has had no training. But he is fantistic, great with our boys. He is going to make someone very very happy one day.

everything looks great, I can't believe it's almost time for you to get married, man how time flies huh?

Since our wedding was small we greeted everyone after we walked down the asile and then Juan made an announcement that we were all going to do group shots on the beach right away. After the group shots, our WC led everyone to De Cortez so they could have a few drinks while DH and I finished taking pictures.

I'm so sorry for your loss..

Welcome to the forum and happy planning

Beautiful.. simplity beautiful...

Is there a way to set the system to no allow a certain size picture? Like maybe it comes up as invalid or something. I never have to change my avatar pic size it just fits in that area and sizes it down. So couldn't something like that be done with the sigs as well I love seeing pictures, yes sometimes they are a little large, but like Sarah I want to encourage people to post pictures. But with all that said I belong to another board and it's pretty well maintained for the most part and they have size limits on there sigs as well

******OMG********* So I told you guys that three dogs were chosen to be used to help raise money for our rescue group, well I found out what one of the other dogs were...... My foster girl that passed away a couple month ago, remember I did a memory book in her honor.. :-( I can't believe two out of the three dogs picked were our fosters.. how cool, exciting and OMG bank account draining.. lol

Why is it that this forum is so addicting?

Quote: Originally Posted by Heidi My question: Why can't things just work out like they're supposed to?!?! TELL ME ABOUT IT.. I know the saying "the best will come for those who wait" or "Everything happens for a reason" Well, I know it's hard for us to deal with that when we feel waiting is all we have been doing, but have faith and in the end it will all work out.

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine okay stupid question...well let me just say question (since I have to keep with the idea that no question is stupid) what am I ever going to do with all my freakin points? I think we should try to come up with more contests so that we can share our wealth.. :-)

OK I'll start.... some of you have links at the bottom of your signature, well instead of the link, you were able to change the words to IE "wedding slideshow" How did you do this?

I'm dying to see the finial project.

Sorry for the large picture.. WOW it's almost life size.. lol

So you all remember my last foster boy Max right? Well we get an email this morning from the head person in charge of the rescue group, apperently their is an artist (does paintings) that is starting this thing that she is going to paint one pet a day. And the first week of every month she is doing it of only shelter/rescue pets, all proceeds from the sale of her paintings goes to the rescue group. SO back to this email we got,, they asked us for another picture of Max and a blurb about him he's going to be one of the three Bostons that will be featured by this artist. I'm so pround.. Here is a picture of Max and the letter we submitted about him.... Max, a 2 year old male Boston Terrier was found as a stray, twice. He somehow manged to loose his family, but was lucky enough to find his way to a kind family in Flushing, Michigan. The family put an ad in the local paper in the lost and found section. Max’s owners came to pick him up and didn’t even say thank you. A week later, Max showed up at this kind families front door yet again. The family knew that they had to find Max a good home as they already had their hands full with pets of their own. The kind family contacted Midwest Boston Terrier Rescue. A couple days later, my wife and I drove an hour and a half north to pick Max up. The kind family told us about Max and said that he was very smart and loving. When I first saw Max, I didn’t know what to think. He was skinny, not fixed, and full of energy. We put him in the back seat and drove him to our house. When we arrived at our house, we brought Max inside to meet our two other Boston Terriers. The first thing that we noticed was that Max likes to mount the other dogs, including our cat. It was kind of funny at first until our dogs started hiding from Max. We knew that we were going to have our hands full with him. He didn’t know any commands but displayed the signs of being a quick learner. We played with Max for a while and then put him to bed because he was going to have a long next day. I woke Max up at 4:00AM and loaded him in the car. Much to his lack of knowledge, Max was on his way to the MSU vet school to get fixed and thoroughly inspected. He was given a heartworm test, rabies shot, and the rest of his shots on top of being neutered. The one thing that I’ll never forget is when Max was waking up from his anesthesia. Max was lying in his kennel at the Vet’s office and when he stared regaining consciousness he literally started signing the blues like I’ve never heard any other dog do. He had everyone in the whole office laughing so hard, that it was making them difficult to do their jobs. On the car ride home, Max couldn’t sit still and before I knew it, he was laying upside down on the front seat. I knew then that Max was an original character. The next day, we started with Max’s training. We started with sit, lay down, and leave it. He picked them up with the greatest of ease. He picked them up quicker than any other dog I’ve ever trained and over the next few weeks, Max learned that mounting the other dogs, and cat wasn’t a good idea and he learned how to play nicely with them. Max also learned how to play with toys as I believe that he never had any with his original owners. One of Max’s favorite things to do was go to the dog park. He loved playing with the other dogs of all sizes. He would find a dog and play with them the whole time, and when it was time to leave, he would sleep the whole way home. Max came to a “Dog Carnival” with my wife and I where we had set up a Midwest Boston Terrier Rescue tent. It was kind of a slow day until a family stopped by and was instantly in love with Max. They stayed for a while and asked questions while their 3 kids played with Max. A few days later we received a call from the family saying that they wanted to adopt Max. My wife and I visited the family at their house. The kids were so excited that they came running to our car doors to great Max. I knew at that point that Max was going to have a great life. The family had a very nice, fenced in backyard. The kids had as much energy as Max, making them a perfect match. The family filled out the adoption paperwork that same day. When we were leaving, the kids wanted to take Max for a walk so we all walked out the front door at the same time. The kids went one way with Max while my wife and I walked the other way. I looked back at Max and he sat there starring at me. I couldn’t help but feel sad that I was leaving Max. He lost his original family, his kind family, and now my wife and I. I walked over to Max one last time, told him that I love him with all my heart and told him that he was going to be taken care of better than he ever has and that his new family already loves him. I said “be a good boy for your new family ok”. I gave him one last kiss on the head. He then turned around and went walking off with his new family. I still think about Max and yes I still miss him. He gave our family a lot of love in his time with us. He showed us that as much love as we give these rescue dogs, that they give the same amount of love back. I know Max is doing great and I’m excited to hear from his new family with an update.

Ugh I hate when they say "normal", why can't they just give you what the results are so that you can research it more if you wanted to..

Today, September 28, is Ask A Stupid Question Day. What question have you been afraid to ask, because you think it might be stupid?

Quote: Originally Posted by David and Laura Right, but when I look in my control panel under "edit signature pic" the picture shows up, but not when I post. I also posted it under "profile pic" just to see if that would change anything, but it (obviously) didn't. Not sure what's up. I think I had that problem before and noticed that I either was using something else that the URL addresss was in that big white box or their is a spot that the field needs to be checked so that it knows you are going to attach you sig pic using the browes button.. (I think I'm confused reading that, but maybe it will help you,,lol)