Heart Like a Dog

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WTF Wednesday

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Welcome to WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday.

Some blog post or news article cross your path that left you shaking your head thinking WTF?  Or did you hear about something that raised your spirits and you screamed, Whoo Hoo?

That’s WTF/Whoo Hoo Wednesday.

My friend Julie from the Daily Dog Blog made me a nice spiffy badge.  Please feel free to use the badge whenever you’d like.

WTF!

Do you remember me?  My name is Jodi.  Back before I took the NaNoWriMo challenge in November I read everyone’s blog and answered every comment left on mine.

When I decided to take the challenge I knew I wouldn’t be able to put in the work for WTF Wednesday and sometimes the stuff that was coming my way was hard to write about, I happily gave it up.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great post occasionally but not for every Wednesday.

Along with dropping WTF Wednesday, I also struggled to keep up with all the blog reading I normally do, I wrote about it and let you all know that I was a bit behind.

Then I stopped answering all the comments on my blog.

WTF Jodi Stone?

This is exactly the reason why I insist on writing a daily blog post, if I miss just one day then I’m afraid I’ll stop blogging all together. 🙁

Any advice that will help me get my stuff together?

I Want a Dog Because….

Last night I saw this in my facebook feed.

Look at that face.

Look at that face.

 

Some asshole idiot went up to a woman on the street, handed her the dog’s leash, threw the adoption papers at her and left.

Really? WTF? Did you think they came already trained?

Here’s a thought. Let’s not buy/adopt dogs unless 1) you know the work and time required to put it into them 2) you’re in it for the long haul. 3) You’re not an abuser.

Thankfully the woman who the dog was handed off to lives next door to one of the Bully Project’s principals.  The pup is very ill and currently receiving emergency care.  The last I knew they still didn’t know what was wrong with her.

If you’re looking for an end of year donation, you can donate on their website here, I’m not even sure if she has a name yet.

Can I get a Whoo Hoo

Here’s my Whoo Hoo from this week.  The calendars arrived in time for me to get them out before Christmas, hopefully those of you in the states have received your calendars.  If you haven’t they should be arriving any moment, they were sent Priority Mail on Saturday with delivery promised in two to three days.

If you haven’t received them by Friday, let me know.  I’ll try to check the tracking later today.

That’s it for me, did you have any WTF or Whoo Hoos this week?

Merry Christmas!

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Today is a day of traditions.

We’ll start our day with a nice walk in the woods.

Three dogs walking.

Three dogs walking.

 

Settle in with a cup of Irish coffee.

And enjoy our time with family and friends.

We hope your Christmas is all of this and more.

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Whatever your traditions are, take a moment to thank our service men and women, many of them aren’t with their families this year.

Christmas Eve

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It’s Christmas eve, hopefully the majority of you who ordered are receiving your Blogville Calendars today.  I apologize to our friends in Canada and the United Kingdom as I could not get priority shipping to you.

I know everyone’s busy, so I want to keep this really short and sweet.

First I’d like to thank Julie Melfi.  Without Julie this calendar wouldn’t be.  So when you get your calendars and you love them, stop by Julie’s blog and show her a little love. 🙂 (And if you ever need any graphic art work done, I highly recommend her.)

For those who didn’t order (or those whose calendar will take a bit longer) here is a picture of the cover.

You remember Kori and Ryder, the won the spot on the cover.

You remember Kori and Ryder, they won the spot on the cover.

 

Then I’d like to thank all of you who ordered.  We sold 43 calendars and collected $952.79.  (Money exchange from the U.K. made the odd amount) some people wanted to donate more than the actual cost of the calendar which explains why we collected almost $100 more than expected.  Thank you!

We found a great printer that printed and shipped the calendars for $285.85, I spent $98.78 to ship them out to all of you, which left our donation at $568.16!!

You may remember the proceeds were to be divided equally between Life With Desmond and Champion of My Heart.

Grab a tissue now, because I want to tell you what happened.

I reached out to both bloggers.

Lauren had known about the fund-raiser, but Roxanne had no idea.  “I did NOT know about the fundraiser. Thanks so much. We’re humbled and honored by your efforts.”

I sent her half the money via paypal and received this message “Thanks so very much. That will pay for one round of Lilly’s chemo injections and one month’s cyclosporine pills.”

I still hadn’t heard from Lauren and damn it, I knew she was online. 🙂

Then yesterday afternoon I got this facebook message,

“Hey jodi, yes I am aware if the fundraiser. I’ve left a few comments on your posts. Perhaps they went to spam? In any case, I think what you and everyone has done is incredibly sweet and thoughtful. My honest feeling is that I really think Roxanne should benefit from the entire amount. The troubles she is facing are so much more intense and heart wrenching than ours. We are OK; we are displaced and will be for quite some time–we would like to fast forward 6 months and move on, but she is likely wishing she could stop time if not travel back in it to before the vaccine. Her vet bills are not going to be covered by insurance the way our house is. I really want it to all go to her. I would, however, love a copy of the calendar if possible. Again–thank you so very much.”

So I sent the rest of the money to Roxanne and am sending Lauren’s calendar out this afternoon.

I didn’t think you’d mind.

Isn’t this blogville family amazing?

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