TabbyCat

I never said my chi couldn't injure my grandson. I *know* she could. And therefore, I do not leave them alone together--ever. Same with my Corgi and my mutt. I am a *responsible* pet owner, and as others have said here, I never trust any animal not to act on instinct, no matter how much I trust them. I started this thread, and the post you quoted expresses how I feel. It's not JUST the dogs or JUST the owners--it's a combination of both--an unpredictable dog an an idiot owner. Anyone who denies that, in general, some breeds are clearly more unpredictable than others is in denial. I nam

I watched the news story...they gave a bit more detail. The boy was getting out of the car, and the dog just attacked him. They didn't give his condition. They just said he had lacerations on his face and the back of his head. It's just disturbing. I don't blame the dog so much as I blame the people who keep them as status symbols and deliberately try to make them as tough and as mean as they can. And pits are unpredictable, especially when they have been raised to be "mean" dogs. Other dogs can be unpredictable, too. Chows and Shar Pei are notoriously unpredictable, and especi

Yeah. Surprise, right? Story

I see no difference between a child orphaned by AIDS or drug abuse or neglect or the need of food whether that child lives here or in Africa or in Afghanistan or Haiti or Pakistan or Iraq or Japan. I see a child in need of food and love and medicine and compassion. At my most incapacitated point as a single Mom, I could give my kids more in a day than many of those kids get in a month. I don't begrudge any aid I am able to offer those kids--and their Moms--who my day's wages would feed for several months. If you do? Well, then we are clearly very different. I'm not fo

IF the numbers are correct, and 2 MILLION people prematurely die EVERY YEAR from the smoke created by "traditional" cook stoves... AND IF it is true that "Nearly half of the world’s population" – 3 billion--"are affected by exposure to smoke from traditional cookstoves and open fires." AND IF--- There is something we can do that will not only appreciably impact that horrific immediate damage to THOSE SPECIFIC people WHEREVER they live and also make the planet safer for the rest of us-- I'm good with it. I'm not only good with it, I also think it's a good idea. The planet do

You are so much more patient than I could ever be. Someone would have been not only missing dangly parts but ALSO licking the remaining stubs in some ditch or some jail cell (either would work for me) had my pleasant Mother's Day evening in my backyard with my family been similarly disturbed. I'm a nice person, but the redhead in me doesn't tolerate that kind of stupid. I hope you can move soon.

My daughter and my new SIL took me out for dinner at La Parilla. It's the first I've seen them since the wedding. We came home and went upstairs to my guest room where I'd stored all of their wedding gifts since the wedding two weeks ago. We had some wine as they opened all their gifts. It was lovely. They just got back a few days ago from their honeymoon in Hawaii. All of my gifts from them were delicacies from there. I was pleasantly spoiled. Happy Mother's Day!

Great Minds Think Alike.

LOL RR! GMTA!

Me too! I have specifically grown "old fashioned" gardens so that I always have SOMETHING in bloom and always have fresh cut flowers from my yard on my dining room table and coffee table. Sometimes its hard for me to bring them in though, because I love having them in my yard so much. Right now I have some amazing glads blooming out in front of my bay window, and every day I think I ought to cut some to bring them in...but they looks so pretty in my yard! I think tomorrow I'll cut some things to bring in, though. I have some amazing Peonies blooming, and some Calla lilies, and

I would recommend Irises too, except that you need to plant the bulbs while it's still cold if you want blossoms. I have a ton of Irises, and they are nearing the end of their bloom now. By Mother's Day, it's too late to plant bulbs if you want any blossoms this year. Dahlias are another good choice, but they need to be in the yard soon if you want them to bloom this year. This one is one of my favorites in my dahlias. It's called "Bodacious," and it's not too late to plant it, but it's probably too late to order a tuber for Mother's Day. This thing gives me 12" blooms, over and ov

For ease of care and season-long blooms, you can't beat a knockout rose. And the price is great. BUT...if she can't do it herself, she'll need someone to trim it for her, or it will take over. The first year or two, it might look like a shrub. After that? If they are happy where they are planted, they grow like madmen. Gerberas never grow taller than about 8-10 inches. And they come back every year. I do zero maintenance to the Gerberas, except for lopping off the old blooms so they keep blooming all season. Every year for about the last 12 years, my family has given me plantable p

We turn ours into STUBS in the winter, and they come back HUGE. >>shrug<< But thanks for the advice. Things grow. And one of those things is knockout roses. This one? This picture is from last spring. This rose is out near my veggie garden. We cut it down to stubs this winter. Now? It's three times this size and needs to be cut back again already, and it's only early May: And this one planted up by my front door? We have to trim this one SEVERELY 5 times each spring/summer or it takes over our front walkway. So...in MY experience, it's not a good

Here's what the plant looks like. As long as you trim off the old blooms when they die, these things bloom ALL SPRING AND SUMMER! And here's a picture of the bouquet I got just before the first freeze. YES, all of these came from my yard and were cut to bring in so the freeze wouldn't kill them (there are some dahlias and shasta daisies in there, too, but it's mostly Gerberas):

I have about 5 knockout rose bushes, and they grow HUGE! I would not recommend planting them under a tree. Gerbera daisies are beautiful, produce TONS of flowers, and LOVE full sun. They are perennial, and they don't tend to grow huge. And they make beautiful cut flowers for your home. OH--and they come in a rainbow of colors. Editing to add--they are the first flowers to bloom in my yard (after the thrift) in the spring, and also the last to bloom in the fall.

I'm not a "TV Crush" kinda gal. But HIM? ::drool:: Stephen Moyer is equally HOT. IMO.

If everyone felt the same about every contestant, there wouldn't be much use for a contest, would there? Me? I hope Scotty wins. I really enjoy hearing his voice.

WAY overdue!

Perfectly said! When they came out, I said to my son, "WHAT is that she's wearing?!?!" And he answered, "It looks like she needs to do laundry!" (meaning she was out of "good" things to wear...)

I did.

Did you all hear their group singing at the beginning of the show? I almost threw things at the TV. It was off-key and DREADFUL!

While I can understand why some might want to see, I DON'T. I believe he was killed by a shot to the head and the heart. I believe that. In no way would I buy into a conspiracy large enough to make this victory false. In addition, for about 8-10 years before I went back to school and jumped through the hoops that made it possible to do what I do now, I worked in emergency rooms. I have seen people who either were shot/shot themselves in the head, too many times. I have no interest whatsoever in EVER seeing another one, even a national enemy. I wonder about what those who would demand t

A student who gained honors should know how to test well in any environment, not just in the local school. "Honors" should mean something. If you're the best because everyone around you can't read or write upon graduation and you can, that doesn't make you "special" to the rest of the world.

Exactly. I used to teach remedial English classes at a local Technical College. Wanna guess how many "Honors Students" were in my class each quarter? That's no discredit to those students, who by and large worked hard to learn what they'd missed that put them into a remedial class based on their skills. Place blame where it belongs. A student who can make honors in a subject that they aren't able to pass on a statewide standardized test isn't the one at fault for the skills he or she lacks when trying to compete beyond the local level.