The way you lend to relatives (& friends, for that matter) is not to give them more than you can afford to lose, comfortably--w/o any hard feelings, then hope they actually do pay it back.  But all the while you should consider it gone!  After all anything you can afford give away is better spent on people you know tha...more

If MSN can't"fix" this ad display, you'd think the sponser would complain.  Trying to look past it is so annoying, it makes you wonder what else abt. "Jeep" is annoying!!!

The very best way to build a library on the cheap is to buy a Kindle  (& "No", I don't work for Amazon, or any of their subsidaries...)!!!

Here, in the mountains, spay/neuter opportunities are not available cheap; let alone, free.  But my next door neighbor   (a1/2 mile away--"next" is relative in the country)has had a lame stray bitch for over 5 years now.  He religiously puts her up in 'hospital' stall when she is in heat--she's never got pregnant yet.....more

You're making a mountain o/o a mole-hill & discouraging ordinary people who might give a outcast dog a home.  All it really needs is to be fed & loved.  Sure, it would be better it you gave it vaccinations, a balanced diet & spayed it.  And it would probably live longer if it's owner can afford expensive medical care  ...more

Just this past summer, I spent just over $160 for 3 days at the local Vet's just to stabalize my dog who had a broken pelvis, trying to decide if she would benefit from an operation.  Another $240 at an animal ER to have the damage properly assessed, then a $2000 deposit at a animal speciality hospital only to find out...more

Hey man!  Nurses & ancilliary nursing personel have ALWAYS worked 24/77; holidays & all.   And that, at some of the messiest & least appreciated jobs of all.  You don't have to GO shopping if you don't want to!!!!

Cute, cute!!!  ALMOST as cute as my own little min.pin.'s with his pumpkin top hat & orange harness.  And, as for the critics; Ya'll forgotten how to play?!?

I am proud to say(write) that my litle min.pin., Cpt.Jack, is all ready for Halloween with a punpkin hat & halter.