A Post About Posts

I love blogging, its like my own online journal along the way I have shared parts of my life, millions of photos, my opinion on the world and made attempts to educate.

I love that I have 22 followers while some of you don't comment and some of you do,

I am amazed that 22 people want to read my thoughts.

I quite regularly tell people about blogging especially pet blogging and I have gotten many different reactions some think it is really interesting, some like to read my posts once in awhile, some say the have read some blogs, and some think I need to get out more. No matter the reaction I know that as long as I enjoy blogging there will be posts to read.

I recently reread my first posts ever written but this

actually wasn't my first blog. I started a few before moving over here. I was a reader for awhile wondering if people would read what I had to write. I started blogging as a way to share my dog experience, then my foster stories and now it has begun to chronicle my life and my pets involved. It is interesting to start at the beginning and see how things have changed. I am positive and am starting to welcome more changes that are happening in my life.

I want to thank you all for commenting and showing me that there are good people in the world. I have been amazed by the generosity that bloggers have shown for one another. I enjoy reading your stories and am asked quite often what I am laughing at. I feel as though I have made life long friends.

Wordless Wednesday

In Memory of a Smile

I am going to post today even though I have pre posts up but blogging has become a way for me to get my feelings out.

Yesterday the world lost a wonderful girl and dear friend of mine. We may never know what happened aside from the news reports given out now, which makes my heart break. Korin was driving on the wrong side of the 401 major high way and hit another car. Both girls were killed on impact. I'm glad she didn't suffer. Either of them. My heart hurts for the family of the other girl and for her friends too.

Korin and I attended high school together even though she was two years older she never made it seem like it mattered. We played volleyball together, acted in school plays, and we partied together. Korin always had a smile and a laugh. Both I will miss dearly.

Dear Korin,

When we graduated we didn't see each other everyday anymore but I would like to think our friendship didn't change. I didn't feel as though it did because whenever I saw we caught up and shared some laughs. On new years eve it didn't seem like anything was different. I hope that you knew how much we all enjoyed seeing you and spending time with you. I will always remember you smiling and laughing over a story or a joke or something dumb we did that day. I have a lot of questions for you right now mostly I want to know why and what made you do such a thing. I hope we find answers but even so none of them will bring you back. I hope that you are at peace now and that God know what a great girl he has up there. Please share a smile or two and keep smiling down here on us as we muddle through this. We all have so many memories to look back on and I know we will get through this together. I'll miss you buddy!

Jumping In

It's hard to jump in the water with one foot out and one foot in.

I have been thinking on this for awhile, in fact many people have suggested this to me. After Fall 2012 I will be a certified ECE (Early Childhood Educator), provided I pass everything of course. I love to travel so why not put them together? Yes why not? Likely because I'm a big chicken about doing things on my own.

A friend of mine was telling me all about how her friend is an au pair in the summer time when she is out of school for 4 months. I of course got the information but didn't do anything with it. Until yesterday when a friend of mine from work came in to visit for the last time before she leaves to go to school in Australia. I was once again very interested in what she was doing. So since I only worked 2 days last week. (Yes I have been slacking on blogging and commenting and I was even off work) The site is Au Pair World, yes you can google it and yes if you have children and want me to come live with you please contact me! So I looked around, and looked at some potential families and thought why not sign up now. It is basically like a host family and au pair dating site, you have suggested profiles and have the ability to contact one another without giving out any personal contact information. I signed up and sent out some messages and then started looking into it further. I can officially say that I am superbly interested!

I am looking to become an au pair starting Janaury 2013 in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland or the UK. If you know anyone who is looking for an au pair in any of those places tell them to look up Au Pair World and me!

Journey Tales Saturday Shares

I finally managed to come up with a name for my saturday blog posts. Posting on saturdays is actually one of the new changes that you see in my blog. I will get around to organizing the changes for you all eventually. The last shares were about dogs and about kids, mostly saturday shares will revolve around things I have been moved by and hope to share that feeling with you all.

This week I would like to share this: BARBIE GOING BALD

I discovered this through Emma at Embrace the Chaos, a Canadian MSN lifestyle blog.

http://www.embracethechaos.ca/2012/01/bald-barbie-1.html

Two Moms are campaigning Mattel to create a bald barbie. They are doing this through Facebook and it is located here: http://www.facebook.com/BeautifulandBaldBarbie?sk=info

I think that creating a bald barbie is a wonderful idea. All children play with toys and usually play out what they are going through or experiencing in their lives. Bald barbie also helps to teach children by prompting questions about why she has no hair. This is a great conversation starter!

Please like the campaign on Facebook and show your support! Hope you feel as moved by this campaign as me.

Adoptable Thursdays

This week on Adoptable Thursdays we are featuring an adorable and adoptable kitty from Forgotten Ones Cat Rescue.

This is Pearl

Here is a little bit about Pearl which is also on her pet finder page:

PEARL and another cat were found in a small wire crate that had been dumped in a snow bank around back of the P.J.'s store on Yonge Street. There was no note explaining how they got there or why they were abandoned. Pearl was quite timid when she first went into foster care but is slowly making progress. Here is some words from her foster mom: "Pearl is very vocal and loves to have her belly rubbed. She is getting better with being picked up but only for a few seconds and then wants down. As soon as I get up in the morning she is at the top of the stairs yelling at me to come down and feed her. When I walk in the door from work she runs to the kitchen and makes it very clear that she wont has no patience and wants her dinner NOW! She loves to watch the activity on the back deck squirrels and blue jays that come for the peanuts and bird seed. Pearl is still a little timid but she no longer runs up stairs when the door opens. She is getting better with people coming in the house and lets everyone pet her now." Pearl is currently in foster care in Pickering. She would do best in a quiet, adult only home without any other pets. Her adoption fee is $175.00, she has been spayed, up to date on vaccines, microchipped, tested negative for FeLV/FIV

You can find Pearl at Forgotten Ones Cat Rescue located at

http://www.forgottenones.ca/index.html

Wordless Wednesday

ps. we are behind on posts and comments due to power outages and a lack of effort to pre-post