http://www.towal.com Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:37:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every year we have some bird or another build or start to build a nest on the light outside our carport door. Many times the nest is started then abandoned, so my husband just pulls it down each year. This year he noticed the nest while outside doing something else so finished ... http://www.towal.com/2007/06/06/house-guest/ After 18 months of physical therapy, I "graduated" last night.   My therapist, Stephanie, is moving to Idaho and since I had met all my goals for improvement in terms of range of motion, I decided that I did not want to continue on with another therapist.   I don't do change ... http://www.towal.com/2007/05/24/graduation/ After about a week of doing nothing but comparing digital cameras, I finally bit the bullet yesterday and got a new Fuji Finepix S700 camera.  Since my friends are now going to be subjected to a constant flurry of pictures while I learn all the settings on this new thing (it's ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/19/my-new-toy/ Spring is upon us (although winter seems to be having a hard time letting go this year) and with spring comes thunder storms. If your dog is not storm phobic count your blessings.   Since most of my dogs are rescues that were unadoptable to the general public due to behavioral or ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/10/storm-phobias/ Well, as often happens with this site, I've made a few changes.   I decided to try out Wordpress instead of using Blogger.com for my adventures in blogging since I can install it directly on my site and not have to worry about being at the mercy of others in regards ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/03/a-few-changes/ (originally posted Jan 12, 2006) I recently got a bit of press for my store, Critter Circus. I was featured in the New For You section of the January 2007 issue of Bird Talk Magazine. My Stained Glass Pionus Parrot design was featured. This design is based on my friend Anna's Blue Headed ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/03/exciting-press/ (originally posted December 21, 2006)   (click to see full size card) Wishing all my friends and readers a wonderful holiday season and a great 2007! http://www.towal.com/2007/04/03/happy-holidays/ (originally posted November 2, 2006) Well this probably should have been my Thursday Thirteen last week, but better late than never ;) Things have changed a lot since I was a kid. My parents were very strict about my watching scary movies, I must admit now with good reason. When I was ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/03/thursday-thirteen-13-of-my-favorite-scary-movies/ (originally posted October 26, 2006 -- yes I know the 26th is before the 31st...it's been a long day)  Just a very quick update that I did today. We lost our old girl, Ruthie, on Mother's Day this year. She was our first Papillon to cross over the Rainbow Bridge and we ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/03/ruthie-memorial/ (originally posted October 31, 2006) Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I'm not very interested in most holidays, but how can anyone resist Halloween? A whole month where you can find great choices on tv with all the horror movies! I've been watching Monsterfest on AMC quite a bit ... http://www.towal.com/2007/04/03/spooky-thingys/