Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Which came first - the Muskoka Chair or the Adirondack Chair?

What a furr-tastic success! Ok, furr-tastic is not a word and I promise you will never see it here again. But, the Humane Society Fur Ball was a night to remember and best of all - $70,000 was raised for the animals!!! A sincere thank you to everyone involved, (if I had a tail, it would be wagging right now) and to all who attended and helped to raise much-needed funds for the Humane Society emergency services program. Thank you to Jefferson Sukhoo, ‘designers on Dalhousie’, for dressing me for the evening.

We better not get one of those weird spring snowfalls. All my patio furniture is out. Dining table, lawn chairs, Adirondack chairs…oooops, I mean ‘muskoka’ chairs. Who invented these chairs? The Adirondack people or the Muskoka people? One has clearly stolen from the other.. but WHO? These are things I like to ponder. I even have a muskoka/Adirondack chair that reclines like a Lazy-Boy chair. Hope it doesn’t snow.

The new line-up of teachers has been announced for the upcoming ‘Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp’. This summer, it takes place in August in New York City. If you’ve always wanted to be a rock star, check out the website www.rockandrollfantasycamp.com ! For the reasonable price of $8500 U.S., meals included, you will learn how to ROCK!!!! Teachers include: Jon Anderson from ‘Yes’, Levon Helm from ‘The Band’, George Thorogood, Dee Snider from ‘Twisted Sister’ and Max Weinberg from ‘the E Street Band’! And, if you want to bring your spouse, that only costs an extra $500. Wow! I’d love to go to this camp just to make s’mores around the campfire with Dee Snider.

When my husband and I decided to get digital satellite tv, I wanted it for one reason only. To get the channel ‘Animal Planet’. So far on Animal Planet, it seems that there are just three shows. ‘Crocodile Hunter’, which is not about animals, its about a man who has lost his mind. Then there’s ‘Animal Cops’, which is just like the show ‘Cops’, except this time they are arresting people who have animals. And the other show is about meerkats.
At least the show about meerkats is an animal show. Its just that, after having ‘Animal Planet’ for two weeks now, I know enough about meerkats. I would like to move on to some other animal now. Even a show about ants would be fine.

If you and your dog have some spare time on Sunday, April 9th, come on out to the K-9 Spring Fling! It takes place from 10 to 4 pm at ‘Forever Friends Dog Training School’, for details check www.nccpd.org.
Crafts, dog treats, get your dog’s photo taken for just $5.00, all proceeds to support dog rescue in Ottawa!

Speaking of dogs, its time to stock up on this year’s supply of ‘Skunk Off’! It gets rid of the stink right away! Vets sell the stuff in the bottle, and keeping it on hand is a whole lot better than dealing with your freshly-skunk-sprayed dog at 3 in the morning. 5 out of 5 dog owners agree…’Skunk Off is the best product ever invented!!! Dogs don’t seem to mind the smell, though. Then again, dogs love rolling in cow poo.