I went to the Copa....Copacabana that is!!

For my mom's birthday, my father, sisters, and my husband and I gave my mom tickets to see Barry Manilow. She asked me to go with her.

The concert was tonight and it was awesome!! Our seats were great...not too far up, not too far down. The show was just great! He's an excellent performer. I had a really good time and I think my mom did too!!!

We always listen to the "Ultimate Manilow" CD when we list things on eBay. We put it in when there's no Christmas music on the radio or for a change from the radio. It gets us pumped and it's a lot of upbeat songs. I couldn't stand it in the beginning, but I'm a fan now, the album is even in my ipod.

Right now it's 1:58am and it's snowing like the dickens outside!! Will make for some pretty pictures in the morning! I can't wait to take some. The dogs love the snow, they are so funny too...they prance around in it and play.

It's Fana's first time seeing snow too!! And maybe Malcolm and Beans. I am not sure if they saw snow at the shelter or not. Alex (Fana), Malcolm, Jellybean (Beans) and Razzle are our kitties. I may take the Fana out to put his paws in the snow. That will be funny!

Oh, and the husband will get to play with his new/used snowblower (insert Tim The Toolman's grunt here). I'm sure he will LOVE that. Hopefully it works and everything for him, we have a lot of driveway that needs to be done.

Ohhhh!!! AND!! I almost forgot!! Another Christmas Miracle!! Kisses, another cat I NEVER thought would get adopted went home with her new someone today!!! There was this older gentleman who was looking for an adult female cat and he was at the shelter for HOURS today looking at all of our kitties. We have mostly females so there are a lot to choose from. He finally decided on Kisses!! She's a good cat, just moody and temperamental and wants love on her own terms. But I'm SO glad he adopted her. I think it will be a good match!! I hope anyways, she needs a chance to be in a home. First Buddah, now Kisses...and omg, maybe Ariel too!!! Now if we could just get Safari adopted!

Ok...I need to get some sleep...I get to sleep in (if the dog lets me!!) tomorrow!! AND I have no where to be, so I can have a lazy-take-my-time-doing-things kind of day! PURE BLISS!

This week's adoption

I volunteer at an animal shelter on the weekends and sometimes during the week...

This past weekend we had a pet adoption like we do every weekend.

This weekend was different and special because we adopted out at least 4 ... probably more that I'm forgetting ... adult or near adult dogs - including a couple who have been with us for a very long time. We also adopted out 4 older cats - one who I thought would NEVER be adopted.

Buddah was brought in feral and just did not trust people at ALL! She would hiss and swat at people and scratch and everything. She just didn't like anyone! Well this couple was adopting another cat, a little orange tabby female who is the sweetest thing and the man told the volunteer who was helping them that he wanted to give a second chance to a cat who may not otherwise get adopted. WOW! The volunteer immediately showed them Buddah and told them about her short comings. And they decided to adopt her as well.

There are still good people out there. And that was TRULY a Christmas Miracle if I've ever seen one...I have tears as I type this...and I had tears on Saturday too.

I wonder what Buddah is doing right now in her new home.

Thing about the weekend that was so cool...we had two litters of puppies there, and although a couple puppies did get adopted, it was mostly older dogs and the cats.

Just.Wow.

H