I decided I had some extra time on my hands and wanted to do something good.  We don’t live very far from the animal shelter so I went up there to see if I could maybe help in some way.  Guess what???  I get to play with puppies and walk some of the dogs that are there.  I’m having a ball too.  These poor doggies are usually left there because they got lost or their owners couldn’t take care of them anymore.  One lady brought her beagle in with a litter of 9 puppies.  She said she couldn’t afford to have her fixed and just couldn’t take care of puppies every time you turn around.  I really felt sorry for her because she was crying when she left.

Anyway, if you want to help but don’t have time to play with puppies or walk the dogs, you can make some donations.  Some of the items they need are things you might throw away anyway so put them to good use, okay?  I’ve noticed there are several other blogs that have this list too so maybe we all need to help out. Here’s a list of what they need:

• Clean, old newspapers to be used for litter and lining cages
• Toilet seat covers (cats love to lie on them in their cages)
• Any type of cat or dog toy (plastic or washable)
• Old bath towels and blankets
• Canned cat food, any brand
• Bagged, dry dog food (particularly desired is Science Diet but other brands accepted)
• Laundry soap
• Bleach
• Heavy ceramic food and water bowls
• Antibacterial hand soap
• Candles - citrus or spice
• Paper towels

My poor Daddy has had a bad back for as long as I can remember.  Mom found Takemi Jade Vista 5000 Massage Bed and has ordered one for her and Daddy.  He has to go to chiropractors all the time and Mom is hoping this will stop that.  With what they save on the doctor, it will pay for the bed.  I can’t wait till it comes so I can try it out too.

Well I call her Mamaw and have since I was a little girl.  She is by far the sweetest woman on the face of the earth.  It’s hard to believe she gave birth to my Daddy, just kidding.  My Daddy is pretty cool after all.  He grew up in those mountains and talks about it quite a bit.  Mamaw raised 5 kids in those mountains and didn’t drive until after Papaw was gone.

I didn’t know Papaw very well.  He was the total opposite of Mamaw.  He was very quiet and kept to himself most of the time.  The hardest thing is he committed suicide when I was real little.  He went to the doctor and they gave him some type of anti-depressant and within two weeks of taking them, he took his own life.  I’m not sure what type of anti-depressant it was but it back fired with Papaw.  He wasn’t the type of man to do that either.  He went to church every Sunday and……………I don’t really want to talk about that anymore.

It’s so darn hot here and for sure at the beach.  We decided to take a little trip to the mountains next week and stay all week.  I love it there.  My aunt has a house across the street from my grandmother and lets us use it anytime we want.  It’s beautiful there.  When you look down the driveway, you can see the river across the street that runs by my grandmothers house.  We go tubing down the river and have since I was little.  Daddy and my brother fish, and I do too sometimes.

It’s good clean fun and we don’t have to worry about anything but the animals that come out at night to go to the river.  We have seen bear, deer, fox and even heard bob cats holler.  That’s make you get your butt inside real quick!!!!  It’s like being in Heaven until you hear that.

A bunch of us got together and went fishing, (I caught the biggest one) we played music, we laughed and we just had a great time at the pond behind our house.  It wasn’t too hot and it wasn’t too humid.  I’m telling you it was a perfect day.  There’s nothing better than spending the day with friends and having a blast doing nothing special. Just being together makes it special.