I've got a new part time composter!!!!

Hahahaha, seriously, what I do have is a puppy I've fostered for a few days while my parents are out of town.

Recently, my parents adopted an adorably cute little big dog. It's a great little thing. Great temperament. Cuddly. But crazy shreddy nails!

Anyway, I've taken on the responsibility of providing food for it. That is, I have been buying kibbles for the dog. So so far, my father has been feeding it kibbles. Which I thought was of good quality already (pet shop store brand).

Until he came over here and I decided I would like to keep my legs (his nails are crazy!) and brought him to Cerys' schoolmate's mom's Pet Boarding/Care shop. This place is called Pet Epicure. One of the most comfortable pet places I've been to! In fact, the most comfortable. You take your shoes off outside. And inside, her kids roam free, has a little play area even, and the boarding kennels look so much more comfortable than anything I've seen in other places.

Anyway, back to my point, Alicia, the proprietor aka Cerys' schoolmate's-mom, gave me some pointers on how to train the dog but most of all she talked with me about giving raw food to it!

I wasn't quite sure about this until she took out some for Rocky (the dog) a plate and he gobbled it up greedily! Actually I've read it before, but looking at that, it's very interesting. What more, she lent me some books on this. I flipped through it very very quickly when I got back (still very busy working to complete some work in time for the deadline) and decided to jump in. Alicia also gave me to boxes of the food she prepared.

When I went out later to run some errands, I decided to get Rocky some meaty chicken bones (raw) as recommended as the main food component (60%). I wasn't quite sure about this. But decided, well, better try it here rather than when he gets back to my parent's place.

Chopped it up.

The results are amazing. He loved it!!!

The book says more about vegetables, fruit and etc to feed dogs. It's called the BARF diet (see Barf World) It's really exciting coz this means that I have now got another potential food 'composter'. Heeee heeeee. And he'll be better off from it too!

Pressies... OOoh... dilemma

I recently held a birthday party for my just turned 3 daughter. And like any proud mummy, I wanted her to have a 'wonderful party' she'll love. And thankfully, I had wonderful friends who helped make this happen. It wouldn't otherwise have happened. But anyway, here's the deal.

At the end of the party, both hubbie and I was shocked to see the heap of pressies that our lovely guests brought for Cerys. I would be lying if I said I wasn't delighted. Pressies are FUN! It would also mean I can do away with buying her gifts for the rest of the year if we play it right. Hahaha...

Ah, delight delight...

Until hubbie reminded, all this CONSUMPTION! No!

Oh. Ya.... Consumption. Right, reduce... Hmm... So much for Terra Mummy.

The point is, I honestly can't help the delight I felt looking at all those pressies!... for Cerys. And I would love for her to be happy.

But all this consumption... sigh...

Need to think of better ways. We discussed this later with the lady proprietor and I think I'm not the only mummy who feels this way. I think for adults, you can think of 'easier' (c'mon, we're all busy 28 hr mother-maids-driver-corporate ladies!) environmentally responsible gifts like spa treats, holidays, etc etc etc. But for toddlers, got coupons ar?

Maybe I'm just stuck at the moment. IDEAS PLEASE!

Receipts receipts receipts...

It's been a long hiatus.

But I'll try and restart. :) Slowly.

Just earlier when I was supposed to be hard at work, I had to clear some space on my desk. And this included a stash of paper I had just today cleared from my wallet. This stash of paper is actually accumulated receipts over a month or so. And I got quite surprised. Scary at the same time since I actually horde it in my wallet too! Anyway, my point is, we have so much paper from just transactions?

How ar? Each time I pay, I get a piece. Then if I pay by credit card, which is supposed to be 'environmentally friendly' for the future to do away with 'paper' cash, I get another piece, not even counting the two other 'merchant' copies.

Do we REALLY need all these pieces of paper? Is there any way around it? Wonder if anyone's thought about this.