click for a good cause!

sorry for two posts in a row about animal rescue....i don't know what's gotten in to me...maybe it's time to get Leonidas a sibling, haha.

anyways, the organization we adopted Leonidas from (Homeward Trails) is in an essay contest to win $1500, and all they need is people to click to vote. no registration or anything, just clicks. whenever they do things like this, i like to pass around - we don't have a lot of money to throw their way, but i'm happy to help them win some from someone else :)

so if you get a chance, click here to vote. thanks!

Rover rescued!

yesterday on my way home from work, i saw this little puggle (pug/beagle) wandering by the side of the road without a collar. after turning around and driving past him 4 times, i decided to stop. he appeared to be well fed (i.e. kinda fat), neutered, nails clipped, not itchy (i.e. no fleas), so i decided he must be someone's lost pet.

well, i couldn't leave him by the side of the road, so i picked him up (no leash/collar), put him in my car, and drove him to my vet, where i knew they could scan him for a microchip. turns out, he had one! they called the owner and left a message, i left the dog with the vet, and they promised to call me and let me know what happened.

about an hour later, Rover (his name) was picked up by his owner! apparently, they'd been visiting cousins and he'd wandered out of their backyard. now he's all safe and sound!

feeling tech savvy?

this weekend, alex and i made the switch to our own family phone plan, and with that, we were able to get a good deal on new phones! we were excited to shop because we had decided to make the switch to Andriod smart phones and say a fond farewell to our old faithful "messaging only" phones.

we both ended up going with the new Samsung Facinate, which just came out for Verizon a few days ago (we felt so trendy, haha). i've got to say, i love it. seriously love it. it's touch screen only, no keyboard, and the screen is super responsive and easy to use. it's also got the biggest battery of any android phone, so in theory it's supposed to last the longest (so far, i've been impressed - 36 hours and i still have half a charge left).

but, what i'm MOST excited about is i finally have access to the games that previously i could only play on my dad's iphone, like Jewels (similar to Snood) and Paper Toss (requires you to flick crumbled paper into a waste basket, paying attention to the wind speed of the nearby fan). after all, that's what phones are for right? no? well anyway, it's fun and mindless and keeps me from doing what i should be doing like reading...oh wait...haha.

anyways, if any of your are considering a phone upgrade, the Facinate has my vote!