Wednesday, November 24, 2010

New Baby!
...today I adopted my second Beardie (and from the same place as my first, Kayla). Initial impression is a 4-month old male, but time and vet will tell.

When Kayla died, I realized that I needed to adopt again and soon. Dragons are excellent for anxiety and depression (which I have anyway) and mourning is no exception to that. I remember when Brownie died, that there was a window for adopting again and it passed by. I wasn't willing to do that again.

But I wasn't planning on adopting today (nor any other day I ever adopted). I just told myself to walk in to the 2 pet places in town and do my upmost not to be overwhelmed. It's part of the process. First stop had a Beardie who was under observation for illness (never ever buy a sick pet), next stop had one Beardie who was younger and a tad more skittish.

Apparently I was in there for an hour "whispering" until the little one came towards me, ate in front of me, tried to scratch some ear-shed off, licked at me, and then "climbed" at the corner. Like with Kayla, I was the one who got the liz into the box, after I called Mom in and held the little one for a short while.

At home, Dad had washed out all of Kayla's things back on the 18th, the day she died/we brought her body home. While on the phone with the local reptile rescue (finally called me back) I got licked and licked and licked until finally I got the "put down the phone and pay me some attention!" AHA! Paid attention while I gave a tour of the house. Still a bit scared by new surroundings tho. Store said it's 8 months old. Size says 4. Initially, I said it was a boy, but if it's really *that* young, then it could be a while before we know for sure.

Anyhow, the new dragon is here. Is already quite attentive and communicative (reptiles are *BY FAR* smarter than generally given credit for) and alert. Dad's taken 1 photo. Now I have to update my Flickr account. But not right now.

So small, so soft, so smart. <::sigh::> :-) <3

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R.I.P. Kayla
A post I had hoped to make 10 years from now.

Kayla developed an itchy spot which she *loved* to have scratched this spring. It got a little dark in color, and a little larger. She had on-again off-again eating habits, but showed no signs of distress. It wasn't until about 2 weeks ago that I discovered a berry-sized bump in her sinus cavity directly behind said spot. It had never been sensitive before now.

Her symptoms fooled me. She was shedding and brumating and appeared to have a sinus infection/cold. Even her tail faked me out. She would let me rub it and give her a warm bath, after she figured out I was trying to help her. It wasn't until the morning of November 17th...she became very limp, and liquid drained from her left nostril and mouth. Off to the vet, a stay overnight. I called "after nine" like they said, and she had died within the past hour.

We buried her in the backyard underneath where her fountain sits during the other 3 seasons. I'm still not completely over this (obviously) since it was so sudden.

She had gone on a 2.5 week trip w/Dad & me to Clayton New York and then to the Washington DC area. I had plans to get documentation from my pdoc saying that she was officially/legally my therapy pet.

She was my baby, my friend, my partner, and my first dragon. No need for "Rainbow Bridge" postings- I know I'll see her again in Heaven. And that she's no longer in pain. I also now know that the Bearded Dragon is the critter I need to have petwise, and that Beardies need to be listed and accepted as service/therapy animals on par with with seeing-eye dogs/horses and PTSD aids for returning vets.

Love you forever Kayla! All that "Dragon Whispering" has already paid off in multiple dividends...

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Monday, February 15, 2010

New NEWS
New Year, New Olympics, curling tomorrow afternoon, and the three that moved in have now moved out. Did I mention the 4 inches of snow we got? :-)

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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Wanna Visit TORCHWOOD?

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Say "Hello!" TO Capt. Jack for us! :-)

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Monday, September 07, 2009

When shopping Best Buy...
THEY SALE MATCH PRICES LISTED ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE! (& WalMart's & Target's)

So I got half off all of Dr. Who I bought* today! For the first time In my life, I'm collecting a tv series very slowly and completely out of order!

*(Torchwood was more expensive...oddly enough)

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Saturday, September 05, 2009

Brain Fart
There was a third thing I was going to blog about, but now I totally forgot what it was! :-P

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Kayla Sheds & Tears
The tears were mine because I was so happy! We're in the middle of Kayla's summer shedding and I was helping her with head & beard. We were so totally communicating with each other the whole time! I needed to get into a tough spot, she'd move so I could get to it. I needed to even things up and give her some rest, she'd literally move to her opposite side. I needed her to not quit on me and to be patient, she hung in there.

I'm so proud of her! :.-)

It didn't go as beautifully with the arms/legs & tail. But at least we had one beautiful long moment.

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My First Tarantino
The house was loud for about a week, so my folks & I decided to "dinner & movie" it off and on that week. "Inglourious Basterds" was one of them. Now I'd never seen a Quentin Tarantino film before, but what I knew of him was "too much sex, violence, and mobseters". Well, I'd forgotten he directed this film until the opening credits.

The sex lasted about 5 seconds, the violence...I've seen worse (but I don't recall seeing scalping before), and there were no mobsters- just Nazis (as if there were much difference there). The comedy was well-balanced with the drama/war and I liked the "chapters" bits. It's based on a fantasy WW2 novel cuz Hitler just didn't die that way- which was a shame.

There should be awards for the cinema set decoration, the music, and if Christoph Waltz doesn't get *at the very least* an Oscar nomination for Col. Hans Landa then we're going to have problems. Brad Pitt may be from Oklahoma but does a damn good job of pretending to be from Kentucky.

Overall, I think it was a great film and I'd buy it. Just close your eyes during the "craftsmanship".

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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

I wondered why Kayla was so quiet...
True to form, Kayla'd been climbing the walls for days, hotter than hell on days I could take her outside to potentially dig, and wetter than stink on days when I felt good enough to take her outside to take the whole 5 hours to dig her hole.

Then I cleaned the cage yesterday.

Today she was quiet. Too quiet.

I look in on her and...7 eggs! A personal best for her with us!



I'm such a proud Mommy: Good Girl Kayla!

PS: that's 50 eggs total

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Night the Lights Went On
The appartment has light! And the painting's almost done! Does this mean I can move in soon?

Heck no.

Place is being used as a construction storage unit. The other construction in at least one other area before the stuff can be moved out.

But the lights work!

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Shell Game
Yes, the sidebar's changed. No, no salad bar yet. (if salad=support ribbons) Expanded reading tho. (Good Luck on playing ketchup Gumby!)

We're painting in the appartment now! Paint cans & paint brushes are getting swapped out often. Only one of the dozens of flies trapped inside have fallen into any standing paint.

Saw Half-Blood Prince, not at midnight (I forgot about midnight). I still think there isn't enough Snape in there. Movie did well in the adaptation, but the fire @ The Burrow is confusing.

Too bad Michael Jackson had to die in order for him to get his respect back. There also aren't enough iTunes gift cards on the Planet Earth. I hate rationing.

I also hate how BestBuy.Com lists singular seasons of Doctor Who at around $80 friggin' dollars a pop! Important imports indeed.

Do I Tweet? No way my sweet. Short bloggings together? But of course!

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Dragon on the Edge
Kayla is a dragon of extremes. First she says a grand total of 36 eggs, then lately she's taken to hunting anything with a stinger in our backyard. Yummy. Dad says she even caught one in mid-air during a jump down. Woo! Go Kayla!

But I'm drawing the line at extreme sports. At least until the extreme shedding is over with.

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Paint Me Right
Rule of Thumb for Painting #1: If paint can get on your shirt, it can get under your shirt (and all over what's under your shirt).

Rule of Thumb for Painting #2: When you buy the darkest black the store has to offer, and you are painting in a room with a floor fan- do not attempt to pour said paint [into anything] when you are sitting directly in front of said fan.

Fashion Tip #1: Tie Dye is great, but not when it comes from painting accidents. Besides, no one's gonna see your bra anyway.

Music Tip #1: Roxette still rules.

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