Dog poem: where do pets come from?

Check out this cute poem about dogs that I found


And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me." And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."

And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility." And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not always worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam. And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved. And Cat did not care one way or the other reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility. . And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved. And Cat did not care one way or the other.

heartwarming story of the day

funny video of the day

haha

happy thing of the day

Incase you're having a bad day watch this. It's pretty much 100% guaranteed to make you giggle like a small child. Skip to 1 minute for the best part

heartwarming story of the day

I saw this story online and thought it was adorable

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could, so she dictated these words:

Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith.

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, “To Meredith” in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called,“When a Pet Dies.” Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away. Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.

Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I am wherever there is love.
Love, God

owl camo

this is why Eastern Screech owls are so cool.

Pilots N Paws

My mom wants to start doing this. here's the website if you want to look around

cool article

some journalism students here at MU are doing a 'dirty jobs' type of project. If you aren't aware of the show 'dirty jobs' it follows around a guy named Mike Rowe who does various "dirty jobs" for a day. It's one of my favorite shows on Discovery Channel.

Apparently these students had to find dirty jobs around Columbia and report on them. Here's the pretty cool article. I love the article because the wording they use is perfect, and I laugh because throwing rats around is just a part of my daily routine. And plus my friend Michelle is quoted in it saying "ah, I don't want to use the monster rat" and I literally laughed out loud because that's completely something she would say and I read it in her voice.

My main point of this article is that if you scroll through the pictures at the bottom there's a few of me holding Emma, one of our red tails.

pretty much awesome

So, there's usually hawks on the road to the Columbia Airport. When I was on the road to the airport I saw a bird up in the tree and thought "Wow that's a really big hawk"...well it turned out to be this huge bald eagle. I've seen bald eagles before, but it was really cool seeing one when you don't expect it. I think it's a girl cause it's so big.

I stopped the car (don't worry there weren't any other cars on the road) and had to get a few pics. Iphones aren't exactly made for amazing pictures so excuse the grainy-ness


this second one kind of gives a bit of perspective on how big it was

in honor of valentines day

pedigree

just for the heck of it I looked up my horse's blood lines in the Thoroughbred Stud Book. the stud book is a record of every thoroughbred ever foaled, their names, and their blood lines. It's pretty cool especially for Toby cause his grandfather is Seattle Slew and great-great grandfather is Bold Ruler, two of the best race horses in history. But, clearly Toby didn't inherit the amazing racing genes. Here's his pedigree. You might not find it interesting at all, but it's kind of cool to at least see where my horse was born.

By the way his racing name is Jaguar Song. Every horse is given a racing name (or in the case of non-thoroughbreds, a show name). And his is Jaguar Song.

eulogy on the dog

courtesy of the daily what:

Heartbreaking Loyalty of the Day: “A dog, “Leao”, sits for a second consecutive day, next to the grave of her owner, Cristina Maria Cesario Santana, who died in the week’s catastrophic landslides in Brazil.”

"Gentlemen of the jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it the most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

Gentlemen of the jury: A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master’s side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death."

eagle release

we're gonna take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to show you this. Yup, I was totally there.