Operation Fishy #2

Operation Fishy Day 2

Jasper and I went to the beach after I got off of work today. The only bags they had down there were huge. I didn't think I'd fill it, but don't you fret! People are messy and there was plenty of garbage to go around. Unfortunately, my phone died towards the end so I didn't get to take any final pics. Bummer! I stuffed that bag FULL and it was colorful.There were so many more pieces of garbage shoved into that bag. I filled every nook and cranny. It was like an amazing junk bouquet! Stupid camera phone. :( So I didn't get to take a pic of those plastic tubey things I mentioned before. We shall try again next time.

On the trip North we walked the water line and looked at all the sea treasures that had washed up.

A sand dollar with its hair still on. These pics don't show it well at all but it's purple. A pretty shell.

On the trip back we walked closer to the hill where driftwood and crud washes up. That's where the Operation Fishy "treasures" are. One minute I was telling Jasper all the neato junk I was picking up. He would look at it and smile. The next time I tried to show him something he was like this.

My tired little baby.

Washed up garbage:
HUGE length of rope. It filled up my bag pretty full.
Swirly, curly Q plastic. Like it was drilled out of a big chunk of plastic.
Tent stake
Plastic tubies of multiple colors.
Lids - milk jugs, soda bottles, anything else you can think of.
Shotgun casing
Cap for plumbing
VHS case - half of it anyways. Who uses those anymore anyways? I guess that's why it was washed up.
More laundry basket chunks - different colors this time.
Styrofoam - bunches and bunches.
Plastic of all different kinds. I picked up hard, squishy, melted, soft.
Board from a building
Plastic industrial straps
Plastic bag - wrapper of some sort?
Cap to a seasoning bottle - salt or pepper
Spork
Lighter with fluid in it - in all fairness, it could have been sea water.
Grizzly tobacco chew container - the whole thing
And, of course, I'm sure I'm leaving some out.

Be a part of Operation Fishy and remember: Anemones aren't enemies!

Me Again

I like talking about myself. Hence the freakin' blog people. Things have a way of changing on you. It is because of these changes that I am telling you about me yet again. Most of the info is still the same. Same name, same wonderful husband. Of course we have Jasper now. Can you believe he'll be a year old in less than a month?! Note to self: plan birthday party. We got a puppy a few weeks ago. He is a great pyrenees and we've named him Appa. He's the cutest, sweetest, most mellow fluff ball you will ever meet. We are on the coast now with the beach as our front yard. It's amazing! I never thought I'd love living on the coast but I think I may be willing to trade it for the country. Whoa huh?! That's big stuff. We moved into our new home with my Mother-In-Law, Debbie. This way we all get a cool dreamy house and it's affordable. Complete awesomeness.

I am ridiculously happy. My crazy pills are working like a dream. We have an awesome house that is slowly turning into our home. We still have a bunch of unpacking to do. *sneer* I dislike that part.

Jasper is walking now! He talks quite a bit too. Justin and I are doing fantabulous of course! We're soul mates after all.

Okay, enough about other people. Let's talk about me in my "About Me" update. I'm spoiled by my husband and I like it. I spoil him too. I love walking on the beach and finding sea treasures. I've started to pick up the garbage that is littering our section of paradise. You can read about in Operation Fishy. Teaching Jasper to do our part to help keep the world sparkly.

I have bazillions of craft ideas bubbling inside me. I can't wait for my area in the garage to be cleared up so I can tackle them. I'm looking into a way to make a profit from home. Not an easy task and I'm sure it'll be years before I actually accomplish this. Plus, my job rocks so why quit it?

Let's see...I love our little boy so much I bust out smiling at just the thought of him. We have a new fishtank and getting things for it makes me excited. I'm a kinky person. I love to go to the movies. I can stare into tide pools for hours. Shaving my legs makes me feel pretty. I have a list of tattoos in mind. I'm already saving for Jasper's 5th birthday. We are going to Disneyland. It will be a bonus if my family can join us. Mountain Dew is my drink of choice. When I'm nervous I hum an annoying tune of three notes over and over. I'm addicted to ebay. I like to shop victoriously.

I love Disney! Nickelodian is getting some kick butt shows too now. My faves are Wizards of Waverly Place, iCarly, Victorious, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, Mighty B, I'm sure I'm missing some but you get the just of it. I like cartoons. Correction: I LOVE cartoons. Jasper is going to grow up with them just like I did. Good thing Justin is a movie buff too. :)
I'm excited for the future and all the fun things we'll get to show Jasper! Possibilities make me goofy happy!!!!

Appa yip yip!

Pay attention to the size.

This is the first day we brought Appa home. 8wks 3days

And this was taken last night. 10wks 5days

Wowza he has grown so much is such a short time!

On a different note, JASPER IS WALKING!!! That will be a post of a different color.

Operation Fishy

Day 1 of Operation Fishy

I love that saying from Disney to Make A Wave. Meaning do your part and help us create a better world to live in. We've been walking on the beach quite a bit since the move to our new home. I wasn't surprised to see all the garbage that had been washed up there. Our chunk of beach isn't frequented too often so along with the really cool treasures there is also a lot of crud. I got to thinking, you know, I could help make this beach cleaner.

You see, there is a little park area at the beach access point. Two benches, a fire pit, trash can and some signage. There is also a sign that has doggy doo-doo bags and a board with holes drilled into it. In the holes someone (plastic bag gods?) fill all the little holes with one plastic bag each. Like the kind you get from the grocery store. There's a small sign that says something about helping keep our beach clean. I can do that. Why can't I do that? So I did that. Did you get that? Lol, I'm rambling tonight and you needed to hear THAT one more time ...that.

This is only the beginning. How much trash do you think I'll pick up by the end of the year?

Washed up garbage:
Lots and lots of rope in many different colors.
Round plastic tubes cut up in half inch pieces. Anyone know what those are? I'll take a pic next time.
A bouquet of dead balloons.
Batting - like the kind inside of a teddy bear.
Hard plastic pieces all broken into palm sized chunks or smaller in different colors.
Toothbrushes - more than one. Eeew.
Plastic lids to containers of all different sizes.
Parts of a laundry basket.
Water bottle
A few other unidentifiables.

Be a part of Operation Fishy and remember: Anemones aren't enemies!

Appa

We got a puppy over the weekend! He's a pure bred AKC registered Great Pyrenees. His full name is Guardian Appa Thomas Prime de Shanook. We call him Appa. For those of you Mad Gab people, Appa Thomas Prime is Optimus Prime because Justin really likes Transformers. I wanted to call him Appa like the flying bison in Avatar: The Last Airbender. We had to add de Shanook because it's part of the contract the breeder wanted. Lastly, Guardian is because he is a huge guard dog. Or at least he will be when he grows up.

Him and Jasper are already best friends. Partners in crime is a better term for it. The two of them are certainly a handful. A messy, loud, obnoxious handful. But I love them!

He was weighed at his 8 week vet visit last Wednesday and he weighed a whopping 21lb! He's almost the size of Jasper! LOL!

Appa has the best personality and he's very smart. Currently we are working on leash training him, come and sit. He's already pretty house broken but sometimes he gives us a very short notice and he ends up going in the house.

If I can just keep him and Jasper out of the bathroom we'd be all set.