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10 Things I’m Loving Sunday!

November 22, 2009 | By Heidi | Filed Under: review | Leave a Comment

LOL I missed Saturday! I totally meant to do this earlier…*sigh*…oh well, I’m doing it now!

1. Sims 3

This is a love/hate relationship right now. I ♥ the Sims, I really do! Especially Sims 3…however, right now I have some stupid error that it seems like half the Simming world is getting!! EA games, you need to get your thumbs out of your asses and fix this mess! You’ve got a lot of unhappy customers out there!

2. My Camera

I love my camera! I’ve had it about a year and don’t even know how to do HALF the stuff it can do, but I think I’ve got time to learn since it will be a LONG time before I get another one. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my Canon PowerShot A570, but the Canon EOS Rebel Xsi is the shit! Now to learn how to use it without the “Auto” setting on! LOL

3. Caramel Bugles

Look at those! Caramel coated salty junk foodie goodness. I have NEVER seen them in the store…and trust me, I’ve looked everywhere…but every now and then they will have them in the vending machines at work. For 90 cents I can get a little taste of that sweet n salty goodness. Yum yum!

4. Rainbows

I have always liked rainbows. Long, long before they became the symbol for the gays. I *always* put my pens, markers, skittles, in rainbow order…even today. I’d SO have a rainbow sticker on my car if it wasn’t the gay symbol…not that there’s anything wrong with being gay. (heh, I’m a fan of the gays!) So yeah, I ♥ rainbows…don’t see them in real life too often, but they’re like magical or something. Beautiful!

5. Cinderella Castle

Beautiful. Magical. Disney.

6. Maneki Neko

Aren’t these little luck kitties adorable?? I have a few of them on the shelf above my monitor and a couple magnets on my fridge. I always buy them in Japan at EPCOT in WDW. I’d love to get one like this though…one day!

7. Blackberry Tour

This is my phone…well this picture isn’t MY phone, but this is the phone I have. I love it. I truly really do! I suggest everyone get one. Go now, I’ll wait.

8. Lily of the Valley

This is my birth month flower. They have such a sweet, distinct smell. They are tiny and delicate and I really love them. I need to plant them somewhere at my house. Maybe under the window to my computer room so I can smell them when a breeze blows through the window.

9. FarmVille

Yeah, it’s a FaceBook application. But it’s fun! I love the farming and the little animals and now they have flowers too! And yeah, that’s my farm. I’m growing grapes and sunflowers and have a load of trees and pigs lol I’m a dork, yes.

10. SLEEP

Yawn! I’m tired as HELL and am heading to bed…night all!

10 Things I’m Loving Saturday

November 14, 2009 | By Heidi | Filed Under: review | Leave a Comment

I read a few blogs that do this on Fridays or other days of the week, and I’m totally stealing it!! So here goes………in random order

1. Mt. Dew

I can’t help it. I try to stay away from the Dew. I wish I could, but there’s nothing like an ice cold mt dew from a can…mmmmm bubbly goodness and a caffeine rush all at once! Ugh, i am sooo addicted!

2. White Tigers

I like tigers in general, but I really like white ones. They are beautiful, regal animals. I’ve never seen one in person, but I’d really like to one day.

3. Vampire Diaries

I ♥ this show! It took a little while for me to warm up to it completely, but I have really been enjoying it. I haven’t read (or listened) to any of the Vampire Diaries books, but I may have to look into them…although, it may ruin the series for me.

4. And while we’re on Vampires…Twilight Saga Books

Guilty pleasure right here. Love, love, ♥ these books! LOVE them! I’ve listened to them probably 5 times each. Watched the Twilight movie at least 20 times and cannot WAIT for New Moon to come out next week!

5. Domo

No clue why, I just love this little monster. RAWR!

6. Christmas @ Walt Disney World

Disney is my most favorite place in the world, other than home, but Christmas at Disney is AWESOME! They really decorate the place up and go all out. It’s beautiful and magical and I wish I was there right now…

7. Fireflies by Owl City

I could totally turn into a electrica music lover over this song! It was a freebie from iTunes one week and I have been itching to buy the whole album. It’s a catchy little song.

8. Fall/Autumn

I love this season of the year! It’s starting to get cooler, the leaves are changing colors…it’s a beautiful thing. I like the crispness of the air, the smell of the leaves.

9. My iPod Classic

I ♥ my iPod!!! I listen to it everyday at work. It’s chocked full of audio books, movies and all my music. ♥!

10. Tulips

Simple. Beautiful. One of the first signs of spring. Need I say more?

So there you have it. 10 things I’m loving today. 🙂

The Silent Killer of Pets – Article on Pet Food Recalls

October 27, 2009 | By Heidi | Filed Under: recall, zoo | 1 Comment

I follow a page called The Truth About Pet Food that lists the pet food recalls and other things of that nature.

Today’s article is about how the pet food manufacturers are now treating recalls and pet deaths in a different manner – Silence.

The 2007 pet food recall taught Pet Food and the FDA something BIG. The 2007 pet food recall taught Pet Food and the FDA that Pet Parents go a little ballistic over news of a pet food recall. It’s been referred to as ‘pet food hysteria’. Instead of just going on as usual, panicked ‘hysterical’ Pet Parents turned to blogging and Tweeting about a tainted pet food. We (pet parents) want to learn everything we can and want to share every bit of pet food news the best way we can hoping to save the life of our or someone else’s pet. This blogging and Tweeting told Pet Food and the FDA pet parents have lost trust in pet foods and have serious doubts of the effectiveness of the FDA. The apparent new method of handling pet food recalls, is not handling them at all. The new recalls are silent.

Did you know there have been 3 recalls or recall-esque events in the past few months besides the one I blogged about earlier this month? Probably not. The FDA does not have the authority to authorize that pet food manufacturers issue recalls. Read this blurb:

Why was there not a prompt FDA recall press release of these pet foods? Why were these products (and many others of late) ‘withdrawn’ from store shelves instead of publically and promptly recalled? What is the difference between a pet food withdrawal and a pet food recall?

The FDA provided me the following explanation to the difference between a pet food withdrawal and a pet food recall…
"FDA does not have statutory authority to require manufacturers to initiate pet food recalls. Therefore, the initiation of such recalls on the part of manufacturers or importers is voluntary.

Please see the following for additional information on recalls: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm049070.htm
Recalls classified as Class I require a press release which is typically issued by the firm. FDA posts those releases at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm.
Companies have conducted recalls that were not classified as Class I and issued press releases which is their prerogative but only Class I classified recalls require a press release."

The original blog post http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/480/1/The-Silent-Killer-of-Pets/Page1.html goes into a bit more detail on the FDA…it’s worth taking the time to read the entire article.

It goes on to say this:

There is a GAPING HOLE in the pet food withdrawal and recall system that everyone of authority seems to be ignoring; Notification of pet owners. Ya know…the people that purchased the pet food…they’re called CUSTOMERS! Customers and their pets are falling into this GAPING HOLE and no one seems to care.

Thanks to the Internet and a world of concerned pet parents, news of pet food withdrawals does get out sooner or later…but I have to wonder how many times has the news of a suspect pet food arrived too late? How many pets have fallen into the GAPING HOLE? One sick pet due to NOT INFORMING A PET OWNER is too many.

OMG this is SO true! Without the companies letting US, the pet owners, know, how the heck are we supposed to know WHAT is going on in our pets’ food? How do we know we’re not feeding out pets tainted, moldy, contaminated, TOXIC foods? We put our trust into these companies thinking they know what they’re doing! And then they don’t have the decency to INFORM us??? That is OUTRAGEOUS!

Be mad people, be outraged. DEMAND change! The Truth About Pet Food has a suggestion to take action:

Let’s take matters into our own hands and ask (ok, perhaps demand nicely) Pet Food Companies initiate a notification system for pet food withdrawals and silent recalls! This isn’t brain surgery…this is a very simple system that can Save the lives of Pets! Perhaps your pet!

Please take a few minutes, copy a letter and email it to your Pet Food Company. Click Here for the very simple instructions.

I am going to do this myself this weekend. This is just crazy and I’m tired of it. No pet owner should have to go through losing a pet because of the food they chose to feed their pets. And no commercial or premium food seems to be safe anymore. I’ve lost ALL faith in the entire industry.

Article in its entirety: http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/480/1/The-Silent-Killer-of-Pets/Page1.html

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