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Is it bad that one of the coolest things I've ever seen is a dead animal?

When an animal dies or is euthanized, most owners choose to have it cremated - I guess the city frowns on people having pet cemeteries in their backyards. Anyway, when we have an animal to be cremated, we call a company who comes and picks the animal up. A man from the company came this morning to drop off some ashes and said he was having a busy morning because he had a Siberian tiger in his truck.

I have a friend who volunteers at the large cat sanctuary that is near here and she had mentioned that one of the tigers had been having seizures, so I asked the guy if the tiger had been having seizures. He said that yes, it was the same tiger and it had been euthanized yesterday and he picked it up this morning. So naturally, I said I was going to need to see it.

Earl, (the tiger), was wrapped in a tarp, the delivery guy said it took four people to get him into the truck. He was really beautiful. Most people won't ever get the chance to see a tiger up close, dead or alive, so I took a good look! Seeing Earl is now at the top of my "Cool things I've seen at work" list.

4th at Joe's House

Bilbo came, he doesn't like to be left out.

Chad playing croquet.

Chad likes to pretend he is a model, so I helped
him out by adding a little sepia effect here.

This is Chad's Uncle Joe - he is shooting off a
firecracker "gun" - notice the streamers in the air?

Poor Karen, croquet is hard work.
Also notice how beautiful Joe's backyard is!

Hair Ball

This is Camry posing with our 4th cat. His name
is Hair Ball. He only shows up after the other 3
cats get brushed, and he never hangs around
very long because he is scared of the vacuum.

Chad's Birthday Party

Dad always knows how to make the ladies laugh.

Tim, Kim, John and Chad

This is how dad spent the party.

Working on my car. Thanks dad!

John is terrified of cameras.

Dolly is such a show off.

Todd loves Darla.

Todd loves dad.

Todd loves Eva.

Gross

I have had a disgusting morning. I was peed on, anal glanded and chewed on, all before 8:30, and all by the same nasty little dog. - I don't know if any of you have ever had a dog express their anal glands on you, but it is one of the nastiest things I have ever experienced. I would rather be peed on a million times than be anal glanded. I had to go home and change my clothes, and while I was home I found a pile of kitty poo in the bathroom. The human bathroom, not the cat bathroom. And when I got back to work, I stepped in dog poo. It has been an awful and stinky morning.

Happy 4th!

Tomorrow we are going to Chad's uncle's house for the day. I just remembered that I promised to bring cheesecake and tortilla roll-ups, so I guess that it what I'll be making tonight! I want to find a fireworks stand to buy some sparklers, but I haven't seen any in town and I don't know that it is worth the drive to the country just for sparklers. Work has been great this afternoon. Both of the doctors have left for the weekend, so I am just catching up on stuff that needs caught up on. Like blogging. I hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday!

Success

I have never been so happy to have solved a problem as I am right now. I shall celebrate with a piece of blackberry pie. And by printing lots and lots of labels and receipts, just because I can!