Hello again!

Don’t worry everyone, I am fine. Just taking a bit of a break from this blog. For those who are interested, I started a new one here. It’s less of a religious blog and more of a personal thing, but basically the same concept. I guess I just wanted a fresh start after taking such a long break- boy, have I been busy! I probbaly won’t be updating this one anymore, so if you want to keep up with me, check out the new site. Thank you all!

Sorry, guys!

After re-reading my gay post and its comments, I realized I did come off a little judgy. Sorry to all those I offended! I didn’t intend to sound like that at all. God bless you guys! I love you all!

-STG

Hamster Emergency

Well, I haven’t posted in a while. Why? I’ve been sick. SPRING IS EVIL, I TELL YOU! I came down with a sinus infection, and the fact that pollen’s everywhere these days didn’t really ease my suffering. However, I’m a lot better now, for the most part.
Anyways, today I woke up to find something rather odd. My Campbell’s dwarf hamster, Binky, was shaking like crazy and could barely walk. We did some research, called the vet, and observed him more, and we’ve concluded he’s got diabetes. He does drink and urinate a lot, and shaking is a symptom, and his breed of hamster is commonly effected. I was crying my eyes out- he was in awful shape. He’s doing better now, though. He’s walking around, not shaking as much, and is getting back to his normal self. But we’re not out of the woods yet.
I’m really attached to the little guy, if you haven’t noticed (I’m a huge hamster fanatic). So please send your thoughts and prayers his way- I hate seeing him suffer. Thanks a bunch, everyone. Binky’s my baby, and I’d hate to lose him.

10 Important Things I’ve Learned

1. You can hold a hamster… but you can’t hold a fish.

2. It’s impossible to lick your elbow.

3. It’s also impossible to calculate how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. So don’t even try it.

4. Hand soap tastes funny.

5. Variety is the spice of life. And so is garlic.

6. You will never marry Zac Efron. Sorry, hon.

7. Shower regularly, or else people may avoid you!

8. If nobody laughs at your joke, it’s probably not funny.

9. Don’t eat food that looks like it may be turning green.

10. Honestly, folks! When a TV show says “don’t try this at home”, it’s probably best not to try it.

Books…

So right now I’m reading the Diary of a Teenage Girl series (by Melody Carlson). They’re really, really amazing. I feel A LOT closer to God after reading them. Anybody else ever heard of (or read) them? If not, I really suggest you do. I finished the Kim books, I read one of the Chloe books, and I’m on the second to last Caitlin book. You can get them at your local bookstore. Here’s the cover for the one I’m on. It’s really a great teen fiction read, and deals with a bunch of real issues. The dialogue can be a bit dated at times, but it’s still a very powerful book.

Another book series I’ve been reading is the Katie Parker series (another Christian book!). It’s about a 16-year-old girl who’s living with Christan foster parents. Of course, when Katie came to them, she wasn’t a Christian, but that changes in the second book (sorry ’bout the spoiler!!). Right now I’m anxiously awaiting the third (it comes out in April). Unlike the Diary of a Teenage Girl books, the Katie Parker series is HILARIOUSLY funny. Here’s the cover of the first book in the series. This may be one of my all-time favorite book series- the writer, Jenny B. Jones, has a real talent (and is laugh-out-loud funny to boot!).

Anyways, if you guys have any other good reads, let me know! I’m a huge bookworm, after all.

STG has gone to the dogs!

Today was certainly tiring. I had spend-the-night company (and we certainly stayed up too late), and after she went home I went to volunteer with a local animal rescue group like I always do. Every Saturday the group brings down the dogs they’re fostering and tries to adopt them out at our local PetSmart. I go down there and do whatever I can- direct the customers, walk the dogs, clean up, give them food and water, and anything else that needs to be done. Here are some of the volunteers (I changed their names just in case).

Dee: She runs the whole thing, and is a real sweetie.
Nora: Noel is amazing too. She fosters a big majority of the dogs.
Jane: Another one of the main adult volunteers. I absolutely LOVE her.
Jessie: Noel’s daughter. She’s 17 years old, washes dogs at PetSmart, and sometimes comes to volunteer with her mom. She very occasionally comes off as a bit controlling, but most of the time she’s pretty sweet.
Abby: She’s thirteen, nearly fourteen (like me!). I gained newfound respect for her after she let me draw really random stuff ALL OVER her arms (in Sharpie, no less) in red and black. Only a very courageous person would wear my drawings on their arms.
Jayna: One of my best friends! She’s another teen volunteer (age 14), although she doesn’t come as much as she used to. Grr.
Warren: This guy really bugs me sometimes. He’s always contradicting himself, and it’s kind of evident he has a crush on me. I figured that out when he timed how long it took for me to walk a dog.
Now, of course there are more volunteers, but I don’t feel like listing them.

Anyways, today somebody brought in a new little puppy. She’s a German shepard-beagle mix (we think she’s about 12 weeks old), and I named her Lucy. But the thing is, the woman said that she found little Lucy in her yard all alone with an embedded collar. Now, most of the fur on her neck where the collar was is gone. Her wounds look INCREDIBLY painful. It really makes me sick, knowing somebody would allow poor Lucy’s collar to become embedded into her neck. Honestly, it’s times like this that I wish cussing wasn’t against my moral standards, because I’d definitely like to shout a couple of colorful words at whoever did this to my Lucy Loo. However, Lucy was in good spirits- the woman who found Lucy in her yard was taking great care of her (but she can’t keep her, due to health reasons). That dog’s a real sweetie, and a cuddlebug to boot! I just hope she makes a speedy recovery, and that whoever did this to her does some serious thinking about proper animal care.

PS- sorry about the terrible blog title. Hah.