I live in Los Angeles and have recently been fostering dogs through a rescue called Paw’d Squad. They rescue cats and dogs. Here in L.A. there
are many abused/mishandled Rottweilers and Pit Bulls. I am currently fostering my third Rottweiler. His name is Jeffrey. He was rescued when he was just about dead from starvation and mange. Please check him out on the Paw’d Squad website. Also please read this and check out his pictures.
(Jeffrey, before.)
The reason I am asking you to take a look is because I have noticed you putting good charitable causes up on your journal so that your readers can donate if they want to. I am sure people would be
interested in Jeffrey’s plight. I would certainly appreciate it, as would Jeffrey and his non-profit rescue. Please tell people who donate to reference Vituperation /Bitchypoo so we can log how much gets donated.
By the way, Jeffrey has been with me for three weeks now. He is getting better and better every day. He has food, cozy beds, a roof over his head, toys, medicine and most importantly…love. None of which he has had before. He is kind and gentle, even with my nineteen year old cat Casper.
So, I never did make it to Publix yesterday. You know how a body at rest wants to stay at rest?
This body was WAY at rest yesterday and so I decided to stay in for the day, visit with the chickens once or twice, look for the bridge that got washed away in the great rain of Tuesday night (it’s a small bridge that goes over the ditch between the front of our property and the back forty. I never did find the damn thing.), snuggle with the cats, and watch TV.
I don’t know if it’s the rain or the briefly warm weather or what, but the birds were out in full force yesterday. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many sparrows and tufted titmice (titmouses?) at one time. I really like watching them flit around under the bird feeders, fly across the back yard, and generally drive the cats nuts.
Also I don’t know why it was, but the chickens were a lot more willing to explore their space yesterday. They tend to generally stay pretty close to the coop, but yesterday they were spread all across the back forty. We tend to see fewer hawks when the weather’s overcast like it was yesterday, so perhaps they felt safer. Or all that rain was bringing up the worms. Whatever, it was nice to look out and see them all spread out.
Yesterday morning Fred and I were talking about someone we know, and at one point Fred said “Well, you know, I wonder if she ever stops and thinks This isn’t how I expected my life to turn out and that’s why it’s so hard for her.”
Oddly, earlier in the morning I’d been half-listening to the radio station as I was getting dressed and the DJ (do they still call them DJs, even? The “morning radio personality”, how’s that?) talked about how her little girl had told her that she was going to marry some boy in her class when they grew up and they were going to move to Germany. And the DJ laughed and said “Well, I figure it’s a better life plan than anything I ever came up with, so she should go for it!” At the time I thought “Hmmm. You know, I don’t think I ever really had a life plan.”
So when Fred said This isn’t how I expected my life to turn out, I said “Did your life turn out like you expected?” He said “Not at all, but I’m pretty damn happy anyway.”
Turns out that Fred intended for most of his young life to grow up and be a scientist, with the test tubes and the white coat. That lasted until he touched his first computer, it was love at first sight, and he always knew he’d grow up to be a computer programmer. I know he never expected that, at the age of 41
(HOLY SHIT I’M MARRIED TO AN OLD MAN)
he’d be living on 4 1/2 acres with ten cats, ninety chickens, and occasionally a pig or two.
Any life plans I had for myself when I was a kid were kind of vague and ill-formed. I wanted to be a teacher for a while, then a veterinarian, then an orthopedic surgeon, but when it came down to it, I had no real calling to do any of those jobs, and I sure as hell never had a plan to accomplish any of that. (I would have been a kickass orthopedic surgeon, though.)
I think maybe I’m lucky that I never had a life plan, because now I’m not mourning that my life didn’t turn out the way I expected. Maybe I’m unlucky too, though, because I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
Does anyone’s life follow the path they expected it to? Did yours?
Brudderly love.
I just love the fact that even as adults, Sugarbutt and Tom Cullen adore snuggling with each other. Well – at least until someone gets too vigorous with the grooming, gets smacked in the face, and they stomp away from each other.
Previously
2007: Mister Boogers regarded me
2006: How these cats aren’t the size of Tubby, I will never know.
2005: No entry.
2004: And if I ever get the urge to go shopping at the mall on a Saturday two weeks before Christmas, I’ll lay down until it goes away.
2003: Thank god I’m not famous. I could handle being followed around by the papparazzi, but live interviews on the TV and radio? Fuck THAT.
2002: My favorite Christmas entry, ever. Chock-full of the Bitchypoo Christmas Spirit.
2001: Of course my world revolves around me and the people I care about. And yours revolves around you. Except when it revolves around me.
2000: I think they should hire me to play his girlfriend – the stripper with a heart of gold – because I just love that man right to pieces
1999: No entry.
There is a special place in hell for people who abuse animals like that. It breaks my heart.
I had a life plan, because my childhood was unstable and sometimes a nightmare. A plan gave me the strength to put one foot in front of the other. I could deal with anything — I had a plan.
And no, life didn’t work as planned. It’s better. So much better and completely unexpected and full of love! When I didn’t need it, the plan fell to the wayside, but while I had it, it helped me survive.
I still make lists, though, and to-do lists. And sometimes I even do them. But no plan. Well, I guess my plan is to be happy everyday in the life that found me!
OMG Tommy is so beautiful with that blue/black coat. Of course Suggs is mighty purrty too. I do love me some shiny black cats.
So my life kinda turned out the way I thought it would. I went into the sciences, specifically medical technology, so I could work anywhere for anyone. I wanted to live overseas and lived in Australia for a couple of years and was able to work, thanks to the Med Tech degree. Of course that is where I was introduced to the evil that is the Tim Tam. Now I am back in the US working for big Pharma using my lab background. I have lovely husband and wonderful friends and lots of furry friends. Some might say its boring but it works for me. I have stress but it is workable, usually. I thought about being a teacher. I was never officially a teacher but ended up teaching in all my other jobs. I do a lot of training.
Uggh it makes me sick how people mistreat animals, thanks for posting the info – I just donated. I have 3 beautiful dogs I adopted and rescued so this touches that special place in my heart and I have to help!
Nope, no life plan and I am still trying to figure out what I want to be at 53! I guess I am more into the journey along the way.
Didn’t really have a life plan per se…but I wanted to be a nurse or a teacher when I grew up..and even though I never really followed through on those plans, I am now a preschool teacher..and it took my 10 year old son to point out to me that I was doing exactly what I’d wanted to be when I was growing up. It took me until I was 48 and was definitely not a direct route…but I am doing exactly what I wanted to do. On top of that..my life is full of love and it seems as though each year it gets better and better..so in a way..it is even a better life than I had planned on when I was younger!
I had a life plan. I’m not living it, but I’m not unhappy. I love my family, I just wish that I could have another kid.
As I was growing up,I didn’t know what I wanted, but I did know what I didn’t want. I never wanted to get married or have kids. Thankfully I completely failed to achieve my objectives and I am now happily married with a wonderful son. Lately I have started to wish I could have another child, but at 38 there are so many obstacles – including my husband not wanting any more kids and having the surgery to ensure it! We were on the same page at the time – but now I’m not so sure. Anyway I start a new career on Monday, so things are exciting.
My life plan was to be a wife and mother. I have a great husband (of twenty-eight years), a nice home and three sweet fur babies (2 dogs and one cat with many other cats and 4 other dogs along the way). I am infertile and treatment didn’t suceed. That is the biggest disapointment of my life. I worked retail for years and at a car repair shop. I am laid off. I’m doing the housewife thing but should go back to school. Not sure what for at 49 either. I do miss the money and being with people out in the world. Don’t miss the crazy nasties but you’ve gotta’ take the bitter with the sweet.
OMG!!!! I got my Daisy (her name was Sylva) from Paw’d Squad! I adopted her back in March of 2006! She is the love of my life! She has her own blog, and everything. She also has a face book account and we have been posting on Jefferys page!
Hi Robyn,
I know you get asked this all the dang time, but Dave would like to know what camera you use. He loves your pictures.
Now that the supercoop is finished, how about another project for Fred:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/11/funny-pictures-spoiled-yur-doin-it-rite/
Robyn, would you send Fred to Cowgirljules site and see if he can help her. He is the only one I know of who has the skill set she needs.
Glad to know I’m not the only 53 year old that still doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up! I never made it to college, but don’t regret that decision. I’ve got a job I love and a husband that loves me. Also 2 great cats. Life is good here!
Glad to know I’m not the only 53 year old that still doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up, Pat! I never made it to college, but don’t regret that decision. I’ve got a job I love and a husband that loves me. Also 2 great cats. Life is good here!
That is funny, I am currently wondering at the age of 42 what I want to be ‘WHEN’ I grow up, heh.
When I was young I wanted to be a Princess. Yeah, that didn’t work out so well. But I did get pretty much everything else I wanted. An education, a great husband, kids, a home and a part time job that I enjoy. All good.
I always wanted to get married, have two children, work part time in the medical field, housewife first, and now enjoying my first grandchild (3 yr old) at the age of 50!
So my lifeplan did happen along with alot of good extras I never anticipated.
I had a big plan mapped out in high school. Move to LA after grad, live there for a year to establish residency, grad. from UCLA & be a professional singer. Get married around age 30 or so, didn’t think about kids too much. Became a bit of a homebody after being released from hospitalization for anorexia at age 19 (never made it to LA). Figured I’d become a music teacher, marry in my late 20’s & have kids. I’m now 37, married at age 24, child-free (by choice), teacher’s aid, church choir director. I have a college degree in vocal performance, but you can’t do much with it. I think about getting another degree sometimes, but it seems like an awful lot of work. Now I can hardly see past next week, let alone the future. But somehow it’s better this way.
Oh my, life plans, what a great topic. I had many, but ended up not even coming near any of my plans. Everyday I am sent messages of how great my life turned out. You don’t have to look far, to see that if you have your health and live in a safe environment above the poverty level that happiness abounds. I so enjoy coming to bitchypoo everyday. You seem to be long term angst free. Nothing a good “****-it” can’t cure. You remind me of my husband. Except for the fact that you are female and don’t have a noticeable beard. On that note, In my life plan, I never expected to have so much unwanted facial hair. Yikers! Everybody enjoy the holidays.
I’ve never had a life plan – my mind has never worked that way. When I was a kid I thought maybe I’d be a teacher, or a nurse, or a truck driver. When I was a kid, I also thought I’d have children someday. When I was 17 I decided I didn’t want children, and that same year, when I graduated from high school, I decided not to go to college because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. Now I’m about seven weeks away from my 32nd birthday and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. I admire people who have goals and dreams and work toward them … I guess I just don’t work that way. That’s one of the things my therapist gets on me about all the time, but I don’t know how I can set goals for myself if I have no idea what I want to do with my life!