Hope you like it :lol:

My shift changed this week, and while I'm still doing what I had been doing last time around, my days have changed. Also, my counterpart has been on vacation this week, thus making it necessary for me to come in at her start time two days this week. This means I've been hauling my poor tired behind out of bed at 3:15 a.m. every day this week to be in for 4:30 a.m. - I am sooooooo tired!!! The only good thing about my shift is that I'm done for the day before most of the 9-5 world has even thought of making plans for lunch. ;) I do still have to work tomorrow, but I don't have to get up until 5 - that's sleeping in for me. :P

My darling girl is in desperate need of a trim, so I had to give her a bath today and blow-dry her so that tomorrow I can give her a haircut. I thought you might like to see the "before" pics of my little afro-dog, and tomorrow I'll post the "after" pics. :D

After removing this much hair...

I was left with a skinny little puppy girl who is too cute for words...

see more crazy cat pics

So funny... Just about fell off my chair... :lol:

We took the puppies for a walk at the local leash free dog park. It's a gorgeous place with lots of room for lots of dogs to run around and have a blast.

Not entirely sure how, because I haven't been actually doing all that much on the site other than reading blogs and commenting, but I seem to have made it to Level 24 - Golden Girl - yay me! :| :D

I borrowed a number of books from the library a few weeks ago, one of which was Switchcraft by Lowri Turner. It sounded good - typical chick-lit, which I don't normally read, but still, it sounded fun so I thought I'd give it a chance. Only problem was, on page three, there was a paragraph about receiving a lightsaber as a Christmas gift in December 1974. :? Huh?

That was it for me - I put the book down and returned it as soon as possible to the library. I can cope with a certain number of errors, but that?

Honestly, if you're going to reference pop culture, please, for God's sake get it right. Especially with something like that. Star Wars influenced an entire generation, and for me was the first movie I ever saw in the theatre and to this day remains one of my all time favourites. Don't mess with my Star Wars.

If you follow movies at all, and with the strike there's not a lot else to do at the moment, then you've heard of this one - two men in the hospital make a list of the things they want to do before they kick the bucket, and proceed to try to accomplish their respective lists. Nice, fluffy, feel-good type movie, and so not my kind of thing, even though I do really like Morgan Freeman.

If I ever needed a sign that my soon-to-be-ex and I have grown apart, I think I got it last night. I woke up at 1:30 a.m., and thought I could hear voices. I was confused, as I knew I didn't have the radio on, but then shrugged it off, and got up briefly. As I went into the washroom, I heard my ex talking on the phone (at 1:30 a.m.!!!) about what would be on his bucket list and I heard him mention sky-diving. That is so not the man I married. The guy I married thought that anyone jumping out of a perfectly good airplane was certifiable. I don't know who this guy is, but I do know this has been changing for quite a while, since before our separation even. I find it quite sad, really, as I don't even know my best friend any more.

I, on the other hand, went to see Cloverfield with Rod - so wonderful to have someone around who likes the same movies as I do - and it was loads of fun. I do have a recommendation for anyone who wants to see it - sit about halfway back. Not going to say anything other than that - it's one of those ones that if it's your kind of movie, you need to experience it, not be told about it.

Anyway, that's my thought for the evening, time to get ready for bed now, and hopefully I won't be woken by strange sounds at 1:30 a.m. again. :P

Before you head out New Year's Eve to that party you've been looking forward to, please take the time to read these cautionary notes...

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an idiot.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you have super-human fighting powers, resulting in you getting your butt kicked.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause a disturbance in the time-space continuum, whereby small (and sometimes large) gaps of time may seem to literally disappear.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that old friends and ex-lovers really enjoy it when you call them on the phone at 3:30 in the morning.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people, causing you to act like an moron, and/or causing you to get beat up, broken up with, even arrested.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to wake up on a sidewalk in a pool of vomit, wondering where your car keys, wallet, and automobile are.

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may be the leading cause of pregnancy!

As long as you remember these warnings, everything should be just fine. :D

Have a Happy New Year, everyone! *hugs and kisses*