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Tuesday, 14 February 2012

  • (GRAPHIC WARNING!!) REDNECK QUEEN SKINS OUT V-day Supper!

    Well I know I havent been around much and yall have forgotten who I am...so let me remind you. Around here, we waste nothing and we speak up for those who cannot...so tonight when the truck in front of me hit a doe and kept on going as if nothing happened. I pulled over to be sure she was dead. She wasnt, but her back leg was badly broken..and she could only get up on her front legs. I had my friend, who lives a few houses down from the drive by ride back with me to put her out her misery with a rifle shot to the head. It would have taken her days to die from a broken leg....why are people so inconsiderate and wasteful?
    After that Adam went back and picked her up in the truck, and brought her home where I gutted her, skinned her out, and butchered the meat for one fine Valentine's Day Supper. That tenderloin is going to taste pretty good with some biscuits, gravy, and a big glass of sweet tea!
    THE PICS BELOW ARE GRAPHIC AND BLOODY, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART OR VEGETARIANS!!!!...SO DO NOT PROCEED IF THAT IS YOU!!!





    Until Next Time, Misty

Thursday, 09 February 2012

  • Cute dog

    When life stinks or when I have had a difficult day...I get to go home to faces like these. These faces are found on death rows in local shelters, and depend on me save them from imminent death. The most rewarding part is when I match them with perfect families that I can be assured will care for them for forever!

    The dog above is Kisses, one of many that cycle thru my house and my life. You can see the rest of our adoptables on places like Petfinder.com or Adoptapet.com, or facebook.com under Hickory Level Hound Rescue.
    Until Next Time, M

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

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    On Gettin' Schooled by an 8 year old

    Often times when my son Maverick is tired, he has a huge problem making decisions. He will ask me can he do something and as soon as I say yes, he will change his mind and say "nevermind". He will do this to a point where I am so frustrated from having him annoy me, that I will tell him what it is that he has to do....and most of the time that is "Go to Bed!".

    Prime example of this behavior, that happened tonight and not only landed Maverick in the bed....but with a spanking from our friend wooden spoon, also known as "Woody"!

    Maya, my daughter, has been banned from TV until her room is clean. She is in the process of transferring all her clothes etc to a new dresser...so I have given her some leeway to go thru things thoroughly. She got the dresser the weekend before last though, and I am starting to lose my patience. I wouldnt allow Maverick to watch TV in the living room because Maya can see it from there, and she will watch it instead of doing as she is asked. I told Maverick he could watch TV upstairs or do something quiet in his room. He chose to play basketball, not quiet....so I asked him to stop that or go to bed. He stopped, came into my room and asked me if he could take the foster puppy, Kisses, out to potty and then play with her in the living room.

    Even though I was frustrated, I said yes. It took him about two seconds to lose interest in that,and we all know that pups have to be supervised. So I told him to put her in her crate and get ready for bed. He went into some sort of fit of RAGE!! To me that says , "I'm tired, way past my limit!, and I need you to be the Mom and put me to bed!"

    Apparently he did not agree. He turned blood red, starting screaming "I want to play with Kisses, I'm not tired, I'm not going to bed, I not going to sleep I'm just going to sit here!"...and then he foamed at the mouth like a rabid dog. He did get up and head in the direction of his bedroom, but when we got to the door he pushed me. It didnt hurt, he only weighs about 45 pounds, but the fact that he thought he could made me so mad! I tell that kid all the time that if had been first he would be an only child. He knows I'm kidding, and that I love him. He rarely gets in trouble, but I think lately he is going thru some kind of phase. He is acting out more often.

    And right now I'm tired, so I dont have too much patience. The fit happened less than fifteen minutes ago and he is already asleep! I have spanked that kid maybe seven times in his whole life, and now looking back maybe I reacted to quickly. I try very hard to try every other possible way to reason with them, and or discipline them without spanking them. When I do spank them, it always on the buttocks..and only two licks. I dont use any kind of negative punishment with the dogs at all, because I know that their minds dont work in the way humans do....so does that also mean that I'm a hypocrite for spanking my kids? What say you Xanga, do you spank your kids? Why or why not?
    Until Next Time,
    Misty
    PS ..Maya just came to tell me that she has a rough draft of an essay due tomorrow, and she isnt finished. Nine O' clock is bedtime around here for kids under 12. I asked her why she wasnt done, and she said "you told me to clean my room". She has me there, but she did tell me earlier that she was done with her homework. She is having a hard year , grades wise. She went from being a Beta Club student to having two C's on her midterm. Maybe I'm the one at fault here????

Friday, 03 February 2012

  • Raising them right!

    I like to believe that I was always a person who knew exactly who she is, and what she wanted in life. I feel like I was born walking to the beat of my own drummer.....and I think there were little moments when I got, and still  get side tracked, but seem to always fall back on what has worked for me.
    My sister and I , like to blame it on the way our mother raised us.......we come from a broken family, and yes we had father figures, but as far as molding of personalities I think that was Mom. We often times stand up for what we believe in to the point where others exile us, and that can be hard, especially socially.
    Most of my very close friends know that I will not be influenced easily, unless whatever position I'm trying to be persuaded to take can be proven and will directly benefit me. And after that, I still wont say..."you are right" until I have watched your version in action.
    Lately, in the wide world of dog rescue, I have really tried to branch out. Dont get me wrong....I know there are hundreds of methods and philosophies, and schools of thought on animal welfare etc......but I wanted so badly to share my FIGHT with others that I let my guard down. I looked at it as turning over a new leaf, as a way to help more and gain new friends with common interests. All people are individuals....and when it comes to the dog rescue world, most of them are hard core believers in whatever it is that they believe. My endeavors to expand left me with minds among the group that rocked my boat, and caused lots of inner conflict.....leaving our original concern, the dogs on death rows, on the back burner.
    I finally had to end it, and it didnt end pretty. I have lost friends, and resources......and it will take time to rebuild what has been destroyed. I know this though, lesson learned! I wont ever jeopardize 15 years of experience and hard work for the sake of letting someone in on what they thought was a good idea.
    My heart is heavily convicted for the dogs, and it shall remain so. Every day I speak with my children (Maya 10 and Maverick 8) on the importance of being an individual, and about standing up for who they are and what they believe in. It is hard and complicated knowledge for one so young to comprehend, but a conversation that I had on a daily basis with my own mother.
    I love the person I am today, and I hope my kids will as well. There are down sides to this behavior.....my sister and I often find ourselves shouting out profanity in public, but blame that on the REDNECK in us. We bounce thru life at alarming speeds, making snap decisions that would take most a week to decide. One thing is for sure, we wont be left behind wondering what to do when McDonalds puts those annoying chopped onions on our cheeseburger.............
    Until Next time, M

Thursday, 29 December 2011

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    Set Fire to the Rain
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    Growing Up

    As a child I was one of "those"....the one who never fit in, the one who nobody understood, blah..blah...blah effin blah. I was once attacked here on Xanga by one of those southern "honey, bless your heart, we aren't in high school anymore" kinda bloggers...thing is, she was still in high school!
    Whatevs...as she would say, the point I'm trying to make here is that I always looked forward to growing up. I think that might be part of the reason why I married and had children so young. I am also one of those who has to learn things the hard way, make her own mistakes....so I cant say that many didnt try to warn me. I know "life" isnt supposed to be easy, but I had no idea that even at 33 I'd still be "tested".
    I will put my "I'm so thankful" posts with the smiling pictures of family on facebook.com, because I know that there are many people who are in worse condition than me.



     Sometimes though, and I know I shouldn't, I compare myself to those more fortunate....often wondering why them and not me. I work so hard, deal with all the hands I've been dealt with maturity, and yet here we are without a dollar to our name again!
    I believe in a higher being, and the power of positive thinking.....but I also believe in karma, and that you get what you give. I give, and give, and give..and it doesn't seem to get my anyplace. We have our patches of times when we dont have to "worry" about money, health, etc...but they are far and few between.
    I wonder, if this thing that everyone likes to refer to as "life" will ever be less hard?

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