Lillie, part dog part goat

Lillie will be turning one next week. She sure has been a lot of fun since I got her. Now, don't get me wrong, she is not perfect. Lillie wants to play at night when I want to sleep. I taught her how to play fetch a few months ago. She loves it so much that she has become obsessed about it. If I sit down to watch TV, talk on the phone, use the computer, or even eat there she is with one of her toys wanting me to throw it for her. Lillie can now catch it in the air which is a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only I can teach her how to sit again!
Now here comes the part about being part goat. Just this weekend she ate one of my memory cards for my camera. I sat down at the computer to download the pictures I had taken the night before off of one card and had placed the other card on the desk to download some pictures off of it next. I guess when I sat my camera down I knocked the card off of the desk and Lillie snatched it up. She had been chewing on a rawhide so I didn't think much about the noise she was making. I found most of the card but not all of it. I think she ate the rest of it. The next day she found a ink cartridge. It was one with black ink in it. Our carpet is off white. Good thing the cartridge was empty and she was caught before she did much damage.
You can say she keeps me busy!

23 Things Kansas-Video on the web

I love watching YouTube so this wasn't new to me. I will admit that I've never made a video myself to post so that might be in the future. My favorite videos to watch on YouTube are music videos and videos people have made from concerts. Just this past Monday night I went to the Bon Jovi concert with 2 of my co-workers and my next door neighbor. It was the first time for one of my co-workers and my neighbor to see him. I had gotten my other co-worker to go with me two years ago to see Bon Jovi so this was her second time and for me it was at least my seventh time to see him in concert. Bon Jovi is a lot of fun to see in concert and I must say he gets better every tour. He played for 3 hours straight the other night. I've said before that I am a concert junkie! Here is a video that I found on YouTube that someone has posted from that concert. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the concert!

IM part 2

I moved to my desk computer at work to try Meebo there since it was blocked on the the other computer. It worked!!! I found it very easy to use after staring at it for a few minutes in bewilderment. I really shouldn't be leery of trying anything like this. I signed on through my Facebook account but unfortunately none of my buddies were on line at this time. While I was at the other computer I did IM with buddy who was on Facebook. I will try to keep signed on to Meebo during the remainder of this week and next in case any of you would like to IM me!

Puppies

My next door neighbor lost one of her 3 dogs a couple of months ago. Monkey was her name and she had gotten very sick. I really felt sorry for my neighbor since I had just gone through the same thing this summer. Last month I get an email from her telling me about a dog she saw in the paper that was out at the local Humane Society. I quickly told her that if she wanted me to that I would go with her to see the puppy. We went that Saturday and saw the puppy. My neighbor quickly put in an application and a few days latter she had been approved. I again went with her the next weekend to take her two remaining dogs to meet the puppy. They all got along so we left with the new puppy in tow. His name is JoJo and he is just over a year old. Since this has happened I have taken my puppy over almost every day so they can play. JoJo is about 3 times bigger than Lillie but she doesn't let him get the best of her. They chase each other around the yard. When they get tired of that they will wrestle with each other. Lillie has actually flipped JoJo over and stood on him. Boy did he look surprised! Since it has been cold we will move in her house when we think the puppies have gotten worn out. Most of the time it's really been because we are cold. This is usually a mistake. JoJo and Lillie seem to get their second wing and will chase each other around the house and jump all over the furniture. It is amazing how laid back my neighbor is, she just laughs and tells me how entertaining she finds them. Now that spring is getting closer I predict that Lillie will be spending more and more time over there. My neighbor's backyard is bigger than mine so they have more room to run and play!

IM ;)

I never really did this until I got my Facebook account. Of course I've sent text messages to my cousins and a friend on my cell phone but it usually was just a short message. Since I've been on Facebook I've "IM" with a friend in Alaska, Ohio, Malaysia, and Texas. Even some friends just in town. My friend in Alaska was telling me about a bear that was on his deck. It was a lot of fun to get the first hand account of what it was doing right then and not just hearing about it later.
I tried to sign into Meebo but our library has it blocked. I will try it when I get home. I was able to sign into #23thingsks IRC channel and "chat" with wizzyrea. We talked basketball. I hope to IM with some of you soon!

Cloud Computing

I was a little intimidated with this idea. After watching the videos and reading all the information I'm not as scared. I decided to do a slide show on Google docs. I've sent a couple of invites to two of my 23 Things Kansas buddies and to another co-worker. I've decided to do a slide show of my co-workers and how much fun we have together. At first I had a little trouble figuring out how to set up the slide show but after just taking a couple of deep breaths I jumped right in and found out it wasn't so hard after all. So far I've added pictures of us at work, of us just getting together after hours, at a rock concert, and dressing up at work for Halloween. I can't wait to see what the others add!

Twitter

Wow, things are really moving along with 23 Things Kansas. I choose to use Twitter. I've been tweeting for over a year on my own. What I found I liked most about it was at first it was really easy to see "live" tweets. I really was amused at what people would say. If something really amused me or I liked what I read I would choose to follow them. I'm slowly finding some of my fellow 23 Things Kansas tweeters and will be added them to my list to follow. So far I've found angelalovesart, hbraum, smnuss. Twitter is just another way of staying in touch with others. I've enjoyed using it. Happy tweeting!