Taz’s Birthday

Today, February 27, 2009 would have been Taz’s 15th birthday.  It’s coming up to a year since he’s been gone, so this blog is dedicated to his birthday.  Here are some pics of him from when he was little to his very last birthday pic.

Taz at 8 weeks old

Taz used to like lying on his daddy’s back. lol

Here is Taz being silly.

This is the very 1st time that Taz saw snow.

Here he is, looking out the window.

Sharing 2 chairs with daddy.

Sharing cake batter, with LadyBear.

One of the last pics he had with his LadyBear.

Just relaxing on the floor.

On the bed, one of his most favourite places to sleep.

Enjoying the warmth of outside, in the shade.

This was the very last pic that was ever taken of him.

This was his 14th birthday pic from last year.

He’s crossed the Rainbow Bridge now.

Happy Birthday, our dear Taz.

One of those days…

Have you ever had one of those days when everything you do or touch goes wrong?  Well that’s me this week.

On Monday, I had this thing for dropping stuff.  It didn’t matter what it was, I’d drop it.  I did get over that when the next thing happened.  I was burning a disc, when the program that I was using aborted the burning process.  No big deal, I thought to myself.  The disk must be bad.  I put a different one into the drive & the strangest thing happened.  It didn’t load the blank disk at all!  I tried to open the drive, but it didn’t want to even open.  So, I took a paperclip & pushed it into the little hole.  Well….what a sound it made!  I had to pull the drawer open to get the disk out.  It now does not work at all.  I’m thinking that the aborted burning process was the start of the drive dying.

On Tuesday, things didn’t get much better.  Chance had puked up some water.  This happens from time to time because she swallows too much air when she drinks.  Not a big deal.  I went into the room where we store the extra paper towels to get a new roll.  On the way out, I tripped onto the step!  In 16 years, I’ve never done that.  Well, I ended up stepping really hard with my right leg.  OUCH!!!  I had hurt my bad knee, again.  I could barely walk for the rest of the day.  I even ended up going to bed early because it was so sore.  Oh yeah, I was still spilling stuff.  I spilt some tea on my desk before I went to bed.

This morning my knee is still sore, but not quite as bad.  I had put a tensor on it overnight & for the morning.  I’m still limping quite a bit & if I’m not careful, it sort of twists & gets really owie.  I’m hoping that within a few days, it’ll feel better.  I’m still spilling, as of this morning.

To make the day/week better, here are a few new pics of Chance.  They’re always good to cheer up anybody.  Enjoy and thanks for listening to my bad week, so far.

Crazy February Weather

We’ve been having some really crazy weather here over the past few days.  It all started Sunday over night, into Monday morning.  We got rain & lots of it.  Freezing rain to be precise.  That made for most of Southern Manitoba to shut down.    The roads were like a shiny skating rink.  I didn’t take any pictures of that, but I did take some pictures of what our yard looks like right now.

Right now, the yard is like what it usually gets in mid-late March into April.  Icy, watery, slippery, wet.  Plain icky.  Chance’s kennel is almost completely flooded with the water that fell, as well as the snow that is melting.  Did I mention that our temps are hovering just about zero?  They are, which isn’t good at all, for this time of year.  The worst part is, the temps are supposed to start dropping today & all this rain/freezing rain is supposed to turn to snow.  Oh joy of joys.  How exciting.

Here are the pictures that I took.

This was last night, looking towards the driveway; right by the house.

This is standing on the step, looking towards the garage.

A path of snow was made in my flower bed, so that we could take Chance to her kennel.

I am standing on that snow path, looking towards Chance’s kennel.  The picture is a bit dark, but you can still see all that water.

Still looking towards the kennel.  Still lots of water.

I’m standing at the edge of the path, just before it goes onto the soggy, melting snow.

Tuesday’s pictures.  The daytime.  Here you can really see all that water.

This is taken from the step, by the house, looking towards the driveway.  Still a lot of water & ice.

Looking towards the garage.  My what shiny icy water/ice there is.

Here’s Marty, trying to figure out how to get some of that water out of Chance’s kennel.  She doesn’t even want to go in there, there’s too much water.

Same shot almost, different angle….same water/ice problem.

Last, but not least another picture of Chance.  I’m thinking she’s a bit confused at why there is so much of that icy water in her kennel & outside at this time of year.

That’s all there is for now.  I’ll keep you posted on how our crazy February weather is turning out.

Computer Problems Solved and a new Camera

Well, it’s been over a week & I’ve finally figure out & solved my computer problems.  I had to redo my pc again, all because I did something to screw it up again.  Now, it’s finally fixed & all is well.

I got a new camera this week.  New camera=new pics & a short video of Chance.  She isn’t the easiest subject to take a pic of because she keeps moving, just when you want to take it. lol  So, without anymore delay…..

Here are the new pics taken with the new camera & a short video named, “Chance at play”.  Enjoy.

These last 2 pics of her are the funniest.  You can see why.

Those are all the newer pics of Chance.  The 1st few don’t look very good.  They’re a bit out of focus.

Here is my best subject that didn’t move for taking a picture. lol

And  now, without anymore delay….the video

I hope you enjoyed this.

All in all, it’s been an interesting week.  From a new camera to a 3 day migraine to finally getting my computer to work the way I want it too.  Have a good rest of the week.

Edit in: The camera I got is a Kodak Z8612 IS w/8.1 mp & 12x optical zoom. Here's the link to the page of the camera.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=12460&pq-locale=en_CA