Welcome to the Monday, November 22nd, edition of the Pootie-Woozle Diaries.
This diary is a politics free zone, meant for relaxing and unwinding for a few minutes, before going back to the serious stuff.
Feel free to add your own photos and comments. Pet care and concern comments are always allowed, of course, but otherwise, please keep it lighthearted and friendly.
What's coming up for you this week? Travel, Food, Family, Friends? This diary will "help" you get ready, with a little help from our critter friends.
This is an updated and expanded version of a diary I posted about this time last year.
This diary is mostly for fun. If you would like something informative, here some links with "real" information.
Traveling with Pets: http://www.petfinder.com/...
Holiday Hazards for Pets: http://www.VeterinaryPartner.com/...
Food Alert for dogs: http://www.halopets.com/...
PREPARATION FOR TRIP
1. Food for Critters, the ones left at home and the ones traveling with you:
Pootie People - Please, don't forget to clean the litter box(es) before you go.
2. If Driving, Prepare the Vehicle - Oil Change, Repairs, Gas, Wash
3. Will You Need Luggage?
P.S. - Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
4. Pack the Vehicle
5. Have a Safe Trip
TRAVEL
Plenty of Caffeine for Drivers
Seatbelts, Crates or Carriers for Everyone
Avoid This
ON THE ROAD
Know the Rules of the Road
Directions Needed?
"Mutt enjoyed traveling by car, but he was an unquiet passenger. He suffered from the delusion, common to dogs and small boys, that when he was looking out the right-hand side, he was probably missing something far more interesting on the left-hand side." Farley Mowat
Enjoy the Sights and Adventures Along the Way
“There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten.” Jules Champfleury
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” Seneca
If You Fly
Check with the airline for times and . . .
About that Luggage, There will be X-Rays Taken
LODGING
"I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?" Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist
FRIENDS and FAMILY
"Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts." Author Unknown
"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold." Ogden Nash
"It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there." John Hughes
FOOD
“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.” Erma Bombeck (U.S. humorist, 1927-1996)
Even on Holidays, Eat Your Vegetables
"It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day." Marilu Henner
Food Aftereffects
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.” Irv Kupcinet quotes (American talk show Host and Columnist, 1912-2003)
Have a great week, whether preparing for company, or traveling or just staying home cuddling with your pootie or woozle. No matter what you do -
Please Be Safe
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Credits and Thanks
Many thanks to icanhascheezburger.com, source of the LOLpics.
♥ ♥ Special thanks to all the Pootie-Woozle people for all they do to make this world a better place. ♥ ♥
Here is another site with quick, daily clicks to help animals and habitats, the environment and humans.
http://www.care2.com/...
Visit sites below to donate food to animal shelters at no cost to you.
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