Another one?!?!

We have yet another baby goat!!!  This one is a little boy.  He's a cutie!  His mother has decided that she doesn't want him nursing so he's staying in the house for now and being bottle fed.  The other mother was more than willing to take him on as her own and she just might get her way in a few days.  He was born just 3 days after his "sister."  What a week! 

I think I'm finally starting to get over this cold or whatever it is or else I'm just taking enough cold medicine now that I can't feel anything anymore.  I hope I'm getting over it, I can't take much more coughing this week.

Went and did some day after Thanksgiving shopping.  What a mess.  Those people are nuts!!!  I don't know if I'll ever, EVER get up to go shopping the day after again.  We had left the house by 6am and there were already people lined up at stores that didn't open until 8am.  Of course we thought we were the smart ones, staying nice and warm in our car but then once we got inside, which was immediately after the doors were opened, all the items that we wanted were gone.  So we went to Walmart and got basically the same thing, just not on sale.  Well, that's enough from me tonight, going to go sit in front of the humidifier and hope for sleep. 

We have a baby!

Well, we got a Thanksgiving surprise!!!  Yesterday I got an email from the shelter, we have a baby goat!  We were unsure as to whether or not some of our goats were pregnant and I guess we got out answer!  She's a lovely little white doe.  Mother and baby are doing very well.

I had a relapse with this being sick thing and didn't get to go to the shelter yesterday.  I awoke feeling like my chest was caving in.  I think I'm finally getting over it now though.  On Monday I got to meet the new arrival, Trace the border collie.  He's adorable and so sweet!  Absolutely not what we were expecting.  He just needs to be taught how to be a dog now since he's been in shelter's all his short little life.  I also met the black kitty that came in over the weekend.  I've never seen a more beautiful black cat.  He looks like a little panther.  I am definitely going to the shelter tomorrow (thanksgiving day) no matter how horrible I'm feeling.  If I can make it to my grandma's house for Thanksgiving then I can make it to the shelter.  I just wish this 'cold' would go away already so I can get back to everyday life.  Off to bed now!

Animal Radar

I swear, sometimes I think I have kitty cat radar or something.  They always seem to find me some how or another.  DH went to the gas station this evening and on his way home, he called my cell phone.  He said that there was a tabby striped kitty living at the gas station and that he gave the lady that works at the gas station my cell phone number in case she needed to find a shelter for him.  *Sigh*  I was on my way out the door at that time to make a run to Walmart.  All the way there I kept feeling more and more guilty for not immediately running up to the gas station to take this little kitty.  You see, it's rather nice in Indiana right now and we haven't yet had any REALLY cold weather, so the animals don't have much of a winter coat on yet but by Thanksgiving it's supposed to get really cold out, snow and all that good stuff.  On the way back I told my mom that we were gonna make a stop at the gas station just so I could talk to the lady.  We get there and I told her I was worried about the upcoming freeze and she agreed and I told her I'd be more than happy to take him tonight and then take him to the shelter tomorrow.  She said that'd be great, except I don't know where he is right now and haven't seen him for a few hours.  No sooner does she say that than a customer pulls into the station.  As he walks up to the door, out of nowhere, here's this stray kitty.  The guy tries his hardest not to let the cat get in and just when he thinks he's home free, he sneaks in the door.  I grab him up before he can get five feet into the store.  I told the lady that she could call me if she wanted to know how he was doing and if he'd been adopted or not and then I was on my way.  Thankfully, the only thing that's not great about this cat is that he hasn't been neutered.  Well, that's easily fixable, literally.  He's actually a HUGE cat, you just can't tell from the pictures.   Now, I'm off to bed, I actually get to go into work tomorrow so I'm sure I'll have stories to tell tomorrow.

A Calm Day

Not much new today.  Spent the day Christmas shopping and relaxing!  I don't care for the Christmas shopping part though.  I'm not much fun in a crowd of people.  I went to clean out the foster kitties kitty litter boxes and decided to move things around in their inclosure, only to find out that they've been spilling their water repeatedly and now there's mold under the litter box.  I spent a lot longer cleaning out that cage than I thought I would need to.  The girls were happy though, they got to roam around while I was busy.  We bought some kitty toys for them as well today.  They're growing so fast!  Even the momma kitty seems to have gotten bigger.  She has an eye infection right now that isn't clearing up very quickly.  The first picture above is Claire and the second is Minka.  Minka is the momma cat.  Can you see the runny eye?  My youngest foster, whom was feral when I first took her in, has ringworm.  I don't know why I always end up with the ones that have ringworm.  This is my third cat in a row that has ended up with it though.  All of them had it on their ears.  Poor baby is loosing hair on her ears like crazy.  I hope everything is going well at the shelter.  We were supposed to get in a dog and a cat today but I haven't yet spoken to anyone at work so I have no idea how that went.  When I'm not there I'm always wondering how things are going and when I am there I'm wondering how MY animals are doing at home.  I have this deep fear that one day I'm going to leave home for work only to come home later on that night to find out my house has caught on fire and all my animals were stuck in the house.  I'm constantly wanting to call the house just to hear the answering machine so I know that everything is still ok.  For all you people out there, adopt an animal!  Things are going so slowly right now and not just at my shelter.  I've noticed a lot of the area shelters are moving animals slower than usual.  When  you're in rescue you keep up with all the other rescues around you and you try to keep a good relationship with all of them.  Well, I'm going to relax some more and maybe even play some video games, which I don't do very often but what the hell, it's a weekend.

Just another Day

Well, I made it into the shelter today for a little visit.  One of our dogs is going home tomorrow.  Unfortunately, he got into a fight with one of our permanent dogs and now has a rather large gash right next to his eye.  His new owners aren't worried though and will probably take him to the vet first thing Monday morning.  We got in two new geese.  I'm not real fond of geese myself.  The ones we have right now are rather mean but the two new ones don't seem so bad... yet.  We moved our rabbits into the barn while I was sickly.  It's going to be a pain to feed and water them come winter though.  The turkey seems to be doing a little better.  He's getting around on that foot a little better than he was on Monday.  I just hope he keeps getting better and doesn't suddenly go downhill.  That's my boy up above.  We're getting a new volunteer on Sunday.  She does parrot rescues.  I would love to have an African Grey myself.  In other words I'm going to be kissing this lady's butt the entire time she's volunteering for us.  (the reason I say the entire time, is because most of our "volunteers" come once a year and then we don't hear from them for another year)  DH would kill me if one day I came home and said 'Hi honey, look at the rather large bird I've brought with me.'  He's not real in love with my cockatiel as is. 

We won't be taking in the yorkie or one of the border collie's now.  The border collie is being fostered somewhere else and the yorkie's owners decided that they wanted to try and make their relationship with the dog work.  We will still be getting the black cat.  He's the same cat that the people said just to run it over.  Hopefully, his little sob story will get him adopted quicker. 

I'm trying to learn how to cross stitch.  We have a raffle coming up in December and I was going to donate two of these things to it but I have no idea what I'm doing.  Hopefully by the middle of Dec. I'll have figured it out and have them both finished.  I'm off to bed now.  Christmas shopping tomorrow.

Much better now

Well, I'm feeling much better this evening.  I think I had a very bad cold.  I could hardly get up out of bed yesterday and then poof, today I'm feeling almost 100%.  The body is a very strange thing, that's for sure.

At any rate, at the shelter it's going to be getting busy.  This weekend we'll be getting in 3 dogs, one yorkie and two border collies.  Lucky for us, one of the border collie's is a little on the crazy side.  We always end up with the nutty ones.  I think we'll be taking in that black cat as well.  I'm going to try and get up there sometime this weekend. I don't think there's anything else new.  Oh well, until next time...

I'm sick

Ok, I woke up from my very long (13 hours) nap and I'm definitely coming down with something.  You ever wake up not feeling well and no matter how old you are, your first thoughts are 'I want my mommy?'  That's how I'm feeling today.  I just want someone to do everything that needs to be done for me and then feed me while they're at it.  Hey, a girl can dream can't she?

Onto another matter, DH decided to call the vet himself today, apparently my explanation wasn't good enough for him.  They were very rude to him, claiming that he is not taking good care of his dog.  Um, excuse me?!?!  My animals all get the best care possible.  Most of the time they're fed better than I am.  It was one of the older woman at the clinic and she always seems to be in a mood so whatever.

Tomorrow, because of this cold or whatever it is, I will not be able to go to the shelter.  So, unfortunately, there will be no shelter news from me tomorrow.  Hope all is going well where ever you are and that you're not feeling sick like myself!