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Bad things happen to dogs who get into trash!!!

Posted by leisa on June 29, 2008

Tonight I went outside to watch the lightening bugs and discovered the dogs had gotten into the trash.  Does’t that annoy the heck out of you!?!  I hate when they do that!  So while I am picking up the trash and placing it back in our trash can, our small chiuaua comes up to me like this:

Dog loves peanut butter.

Yes that is a Jif peanut butter jar stuck on his head.  I still can’t imagine how he did that?  The worst part of it all is that I couldn’t pull it off, I had to cut it off his head.   Guess karma works for dogs too!  Get in the trash, get a peanut butter jar stuck to your head, any questions?????  :)

Namaste!

 

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Impulsive again!

Posted by leisa on March 24, 2008

So, when I discovered I had ADD, there were a few things that finally made some sense to me.  I can’t count the times I did something spur of the moment without thinking about it.  Not just small things, like ordering something different than I usually get from a favorite restaurant; but big things, like buying a house.  Yes I did buy a house right after looking at it.  I also bought my Jeep Rubicon the same way.  I told my friends I was going to leave work early and buy a Jeep, and that is just what I did.  I love that jeep!  I even made much larger decisions impulsively, like divorcing my husband. 

 With each impulsive decision, I never looked back and regretted it.  It is something that kind of amazes me now, but it’s true.  I don’t regret the decisions that I made quickly and without much thought.  I think my intuition sort of took over during those times and did what it had to.  

Today I did it again.  I made one of those impulsive decisions.  I signed on-line this morning and went to a local radio station’s website and looked through some classified ads.  I saw an ad that captured my interest, toy poodles, black, $200 for male.  There was a number to call and yes I did call and go there and bought one.   And yes we already have 4 dogs.  (One good thing about living in the country, there isn’t a 3 dog limit!) 

Now, I know that I shouldn’t have gone out and spent money on another dog when we already have four.  I know that I shouldn’t be spending the money on something that is actually going to cost more money in the long run.  I know these things but I did it anyway.  The voices inside my head said so what.  So what if we already have 4 dogs.  So what if I really shouldn’t be spending $200 right now.  So what if my relatives will think I have lost my mind again.  So what…

Being ADD, I have gotten used to people shaking their heads at me.  Always asking what was I thinking.  And me always saying that I wasn’t thinking, and feeling guilty for doing whatever it was that I impulsively did again, but not regretting it.  Just feeling disappointed that people constantly believe I am crazy while I continue through life believing I am normal. 

Because realistically, after-all, isn’t everyone just a little crazy normal once in a while. 

NAMASTE!

By the way, I am naming the tiny guy  ”Little Buddha”

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