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Only have the one dog ~ but she was horrible about running off if the door was accidentally left open, or she slipped her tie out. stare

Usually straight to the neighbors cow & horse pasture where she would roll around in the muck there stressed

And wouldn't come home for hours, or would pretend like she was coming, then zip right through your fingers. evil

Wet dog scent mixed with manure burning_eyes

Mine is now kennelled when we're not home ~ not that I really wanted to kennel her, but our managers insisted all dog owners had to build kennels.

After the runaway that left her pregnant ~ with 10 pups ~ and the subsequent trip to the vet to be spayed, she doesn't seem to want to run so much. And when she does, it usually to our other neighbor's house to roll in his very green grass ~ as opposed to mine that isn't watered every day.

Hello ~ we're all on the same well, and not getting so much rain in the summer ~ I prefer clean dishes, fresh clothes, and a shower every day over a green lawn. rolleyes

My golden brown lawn isn't dead ~ tis just having a summer nap.

Cabana boys seem to be MIA gonk

RANT:

Some stupid little *insert swear word here* didn't like an offer I posted so she sent me a PM accusing me of trying to rip her off, by about 2k, and then put me on her ignored list so I couldn't respond. Not my fault items in the vend changed prices within half hour and I was trying to be nice to the little vixen. Put her on my ignored list, too ~ and will never bid or bump her in the exchange again. Though I may outbid her on items just to be a *insert another swear word here*.

End RANT.

My husband and I were talking on the phone about gas prices on my way home from work today... they made another .22 jump from the prices they were when I left for work this morning. I was watching CNN at work a couple days ago and was listening to the amount of money the U.S. is giving to the most receint tsunami victims. I started ranting about how much money (our tax dollars) are given to other countries for anything that happens to them. Then on top of our tax dollars going to them there are tons of donation programs were we can give more to them. I have nothing against donating to those in need, when I do it willingly, it is the tax dollars that the government gets to choose how they spend that bother me. How about spending those tax dollars in the U.S.of A.??? We have natural disasters here and the U.S. citizens do not get as much help as other countries get. How about helping our poor and not giving so much to illegal alians that are here living off welfare because they cannot speek the language well enough to get a job? How about putting some of the billions of dollars the government gives away to other countries into regulating our gas prices??? Almost half of my monthly take home income goes into the gas tank of my vehicle, the rest goes to taxes that end up going to other countries. It's not worth going to work anymore.

My rant gets a lot worse, but I don't need to write it all down, I think everyone has felt the pinch enough to understand where I am going with it.

wheres my pina colada? crying

Lil-Jo, did the article mention anywhere where the profits of all those gas increases go? The upper management (CEOs, etc) of these gas companies are getting fat on all our gas pump misery.

*poking point thing at fat cat butts* evil

The CEO's make about $500 less than what the average worker makes in one year, in one day.

That fact makes it hard for me to sleep at night.

That's just not right. Gaia should prevent usernames being so close to someone elses. I'm sure there is a way to prevent that.