Archive for February, 2008

New Widget

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Last night while surfing I found a neat relatively simple way to add some of the music I enjoy to my blog.  Right now it’s not updating to show the tracks I added this evening.  I’m not sure why.  There may be a step I left out.  I changed it to play the list in random order too, but for me at least it’s still playing in order.  If you don’t like the music and it somehow starts on it’s own on you, just click the stop thing in the top left corner of the green play list.

“I’ll be there” is very special for me.  I added some more Joni Mitchell, and two more special tunes -Chris de Burgh’s “Lady in Red” and Lori Morgan’s “Something in Red” tonight.  So far they’re not showing up. Hope the list refreshes soon, or I figure out what I’m doing wrong as I add them, so they play.  No hard rock or hip hop I’m afraid, but some classical, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and the Boss will eventually show up as I gather.

Hope ya like it….

New Name

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Pinto (the name given to my new kitten by the vet) has officially been changed.  Skrapskallion has moved in.  He’s gonna be a long haired boy, but for now he hasn’t grown his indercoat to match his long silky guard hairs, so he often looks scruffy.  He absolutely loves to explore under things and up in places I rarely get to, so many times I find him covered with dust bunnies or cobwebs I never knew existed.  He likes to eat spiders and their webs I’ve discovered, which is gross, but a plus.  I don’t want to see it, but having a new and gleeful spider killer is a plus.  He’s a bit of a rapscallion in that he tests limits.  He’s learning slowly that no means no, but it’ll be a while before it sinks in completely - for now he is subject to occasional whaps and scolding by Mini toes when he fails to realize she means it when she swats his nose for straifing her tail.  He’s catching on that his jingle balls are safer playthings than she is once she’s had enough play.  He’s scrappy though.  Hence the name scruffy, scrappy rapscallion - Skrapskallion.

Rare quiet time….

Oh yeah, I’m tidying up Winter Wonders 9.  I hope to have time to get it ready to post sometime this week.

 

OMG

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Take a look at all the new Patty Paddles

What do you think of the new designs?

R.I.P my Flicker Account

Monday, February 18th, 2008

I noticed last week that my Flickr badge kept displaying “no such pictures.”  Yesterday I decided to check out why that was so persisent.  It seems that my Flickr account was deleted with no notice or explanation.  I had it protected as adult content, but apparently someone didn’t find that sufficient and nuked it.  They’d better have nuked the other Flickr galleries that had pirated my artwork too lemme tell you.   grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Just Because

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Here’s something that just dropped into my in box.  I thought some of you might like it too .. click the Irish blessings link 1st and enjoy, then close that window and scroll down the rest of this post… lovely to funny to just plain silly.  all worthy of smiles…. I hope

Irish Blessing

And then came this

A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class.  She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.  It’s hard to believe these were actually done by first graders.  Their insight may surprise you.  While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic! 
   

   

1. 
Don’t change horses 
until they stop running. 
2. 
Strike while the 
bug is close. 
3. 
It’s always darkest before 
Daylight Saving Time. 
4. 
Never underestimate the power of 
termites. 
5. 
You can lead a horse to water but 
How? 
6. 
Don’t bite the hand that 
looks dirty. 
7. 
No news is 
impossible 
8. 
A miss is as good as a 
Mr. 
9. 
You can’t teach an old dog new 
Math 
10. 
If you lie down with dogs, you’ll 
stink in the morning. 
11. 
Love all, trust 
Me. 
12. 
The pen is mightier than the 
pigs. 
13. 
An idle mind is 
the best way to relax. 
14. 
Where there’s smoke there’s 
pollution. 
15. 
Happy the bride who 
gets all the presents. 
16. 
A penny saved is 
not much. 
17. 
Two’s company, three’s 
the Musketeers. 
18. 
Don’t put off till tomorrow what 
you put on to go to bed. 
19. 
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and 
You have to blow your nose. 
20. 
There are none so blind as 
Stevie Wonder. 
21. 
Children should be seen and not 
spanked or grounded. 
22. 
If at first you don’t succeed 
get new batteries. 
23. 
You get out of something only what you 

See in the picture on the box
 
24. 
When the blind lead the blind  
get out of the way. 
25. 
A bird in the hand 
is going to poop on you.  
                      And the WINNER and last one!    
26. 
Better late than 
Pregnant 

 

And then this

 Heads up on this OSHA directive  


   

GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING      

   

DO NOT SWALLOW CHEWING-GUM  !!  

Mooned Ya… lololol

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

A Valentine Moon
2008, by patty

 

   

   

 

A wonderous Valentine moon

Is certain to make Spankos swoon

So lest we forget

It’s not too late yet

To get out that old wooden spoon

Happy Spanking Valentine

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Happy Valentine 2008

by patty

 

My wish for all you sweet folks

Is a day of smiles and spank jokes

Fun spankings a plenty

One hundred times twenty

Just enough that each spanked bottom smokes

 

Yes candy and flowers are nice

But please take this bottom’s advice

Spankings by candlelight

Offer you both delight

The icing of closeness your slice

 

I’m wishing you all that you need

And hope that I’m sowing some seed

For dreams to come true

And spankings touch you

So often they exceed all your greed

 

 

Quick Hello

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Don’t want anyone thinking I’ve dropped off the earth or any thing.  It’s been a whirlwind this past week and a half.  I’ve officially accepted the job offer and tendered my resignation from my current job.  I’ve agreed to stay on until mid March and tie up all the loose ends I can so that there’s a smooth transition.  I don’t have to, but that’s me.  I did my job with a bit of perfectionism, so I will leave it ready for someone new to slip right into. 

I’m very excited about my new job.  I’m now the Director of Quality, Risk, and ‘Education’ for two campuses of an up and coming healthcare company.  As now, quality, risk, infection control and employee health will report to me, but I get to trade the monster of medical staff credentialling for education which was what I did for 7 years before transitioning to Quality and Risk.  Who would have guessed there was a job out there where I could blend all of my job loves and talents?  I literally can’t wait to teach again.  When I interviewed with the owner he stopped at one point as we were talking and said “Who are you? Where did you come from?  You’re exactly what we need.  You’ve done education, critical care, quality, risk and infection control!”  Instead of a 30 minute interview we chatted for 90 minutes.

Of course the perfect job for me would be one where I could blend art, spanking and writing, but for now I’ll go with this one.  Good people, fun work, variety and good money too. I’ll miss my team, but I know I’m leaving them well situated.  They’re the real worker bees and the true engine. 

And I had my check up in Houston last Thursday and Friday.  I got through all the tests including the bone marrow, and so far all looks good.  The scare I had this past summer and fall has been crested, so I can talk about it now.  I remain in remission. 

Yes I owe many answers to comments and Chapter 9 of WW.  With luck I’ll get time to catch up right within another day or so.

Love

patty

Meet Pinto

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

He’s 3 months old, a foundling that children found in the rain and brought to my vet.  He’s been de wormed, de fleaed and started on his vaccinations.  He’s cute as a button and pretty laid back.  For now he’s spending unsupervised time im Murph’s old kennel, and slowly but surely Minitoes is letting him get closer so in a week or more I’ll be like he’s aleays been here.