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And because my sister is about to kick my ass because I forgot someone, just for her:
The Man, The Master, The Sex: Bruce Payne:

Or "what kind of men turn me on"..hehehe.. Bored here today, so I thought I'd get everyone thinking. While some on this list are "likely", most are not.

I am going to list them from "Unlikely" to "Likely" (or "duh, everyone knows he's a hottie). But they aren't in any particular order other than that.
Click on their name for a picture of why I find them "Unlikely" Hot or "Likely" Hot. And feel free to respond with your own.

This is my list. And of course, we all know what a strange bird I am. It isn't entirely based on looks of the actor (which is what would make them "Unlikely" hotties), but also maybe the character they played, or movie they were in.

1. Jon Bauman, aka Bowzer--from Sha Na Na. I do NOT know why other than he's Bowzer.

2. Rowan Atkinson, aka The Black Adder. Aside from the coolness factor, maybe it is Atkinson's penchant for smart-assery, character changing, and just plain hawtness in the Period clothes he's wearing.

3. Dwight Schultz, aka Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock. Anyone who denies him, has issues. I mean, I crushed on Face too, but Murdoch had me rolling on the floor-- it's his humor, his chameleon like ability to adapt to anything, the fact that he's just stark-raving mad; that attracts me. Everyone wanted Face, I wanted the Crazy Guy.

4. John De Lancie, aka "Q". What can I say, Q just totally kicks ass.

5. Frederick Reginald Ironside, aka "Michael Ironside". I first saw him as "Ham Tyler" in "V" and I've been hooked on him ever since. His voice, his rugged-ness, down to his pock-marked face.

6. Andy Serkis, aka "Gollum" and "Smeagol". There is just something about how nuts this guy is. He is so animated, yet so not attractive, yet so very wanted.

7. Brad Dourif, aka "Wormtongue". See #6.

8. MythBusters, aka "Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage". Adam's unrelenting child-like want/need to blow things up, Jamie's father-figure-like ability to put up with Adam. The mustache. The red hair. 'Nuff said.

9. Mike Rowe, aka "Dirty Jobs Guy". When he has his shirt off, RAWR! But there is something about a guy who LOVES to get dirty. And he looks good doing it.

10. Michael des Barres, aka "Power Station singer, Pamela's slutty ex-husband, Groupie Extrodinairre". He has't aged too badly and at his highest, was not bad looking at all. Not a terribly good actor, but quite versitle and dare I say, quite talented in the "B" movie list.

11. Geoffrey Rush, aka "Cap'n Barbossa". "Quills" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" were his best. His "Arrgh" is the bomb.

12. James Woods, aka "Shark". His fast talking, slurred speaking ability to carry even the most strange characters ever (see Disney's Hercules), plus he ain't half bad looking at all.

13. Arnold Vosloo, aka "Imhotep". I realize he might not be so Unlikely, but there are many who don't find him all that attractive. I'm not a fan of bald heads, but he's just got that something that makes him so hawt.

14. Alan Rickman, aka "Snape". There is no denying the once Sheriff of Nottingham's hotness, but it is his Snape character that just does IT for me.

15. Jason Isaacs, aka "Lucius Malfoy". Whether he's playing Patriarchial Malfoy, Col. Tavington, or even a cross-dresser, there is no denying this guy's hotness. Some do, but I refuse.

16. Malcom McDowell, aka "Caligula Ceasar" . Old and grey now, even when he played young Droog Alex, he was still a hottie. He's aged quite well, I must say, but he's usually not someone's first choice for "hawt" when asked. I happen to disagree.

17. Tim Curry, aka "I should SO NOT have to tell you this one". Whether he's a badass clown, a trans-something transvestite, a hunky Worst Witch bad guy, a clever not-so-butler, or even Darkness... You can NOT deny him. Ever.

18. Oded Fehr, aka "Saving the World from Bad-Ass Mummies while simultaneously juggling his Gigolo abilities". Believe it or not, there are many women who do not find him attractive. I think they are smoking crack.

19. Marc Singer, aka "The Beastmaster". This guy was Hawt before hot become Hawt. He's STILL got it too. RAWR.

20. Sean Bean, aka "Alec Trevelyan". From his banged up James Bond bad guy to his Saving-little-hobbits-good-turned-dead-guy, to his Declaration stealing really-bad-guy, he's just fooking HAWT. You cannot deny the Bean.

21. Billy Boyd, aka "Pippin". He's dorky looking, he's adorably cute, and he's not afraid to wear a skir--kilt, I mean.

22. David Wenham, aka "Faramir". Saving Hobbits, Saving the world from vampires, crying at Steve Irwin's Funeral (and starring in his movie). How can you deny the hawtness?

(I'm seriously noticing a trend here...)

23. Nicholas Cage. I won't link him. He's not an Unlikely. But the crack smokers are out there, who don't find him the least bit attractive. Ok, I lied. How can you deny THIS?

24. Kevin Kline, aka "The Pirate King". I swear there are a lot more crack smokers than I thought. How can you deny THIS as not-hot?

25. Rex Smith, aka "Frederic". He has THAT voice.

26. Kevin Bacon, aka "Footloose". Umm, helloooo? Put the crack-pipe down please.

27. Cary Elwes, aka "Dread Pirate Roberts". I Can understand why some would find him Unlikely--he does look like a big dork when Hollywood tries to Americanize him. But the Pirate factor alone is enough...

28. Julian Sands, aka "One of my first crushes". He's British, Tall, blonde, and has a nice ass. 'Nuff said.

29. Christopher Guest, aka "Spinal Tappin' Man with 6 fingered hand". Admittedly, I don't find him all that attractive outside of his Princess Bride role, so he's an Unlikely. But he did play that role oh so well.

30. Chris Sarandon. See link in #29. He's played many roles, lots of which make him look worse than he really is. But he's still an Unlikely.

31. Richard Roxburgh, aka "M(mmmmm) Dracula". An Unlikely of a different sort because the characters he plays are usually "That was HIM?" type characters (see League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, he plays "M").

32. Jeff Goldblum, aka "yummy Jewish Guy". His Fly (ha!) sent me over the edge, but his Dr. Ian Malcolm brought me back down to earth. Yumm.

33. Last, but certainly not least, is a definite Unlikely Hottie. He's only played bit parts (and one kick ass tv show), he's British (like, duh), and he's HAWT-- Simon McCorkindale. I swear if I could, I'd own all 6 episodes of "Manimal".. I loved that show. And his character in "Jaws 3-D" (no matter how horrible that movie was, it had Dennis Quaid in it, another unlikely I didn't mention) was just too cool.

There are so many I didn't mention, like Dr. Who's Tom Baker (I have no idea why either, but I blame my Grandfather for addicting me to that show).

Ahh, yeah, anyway, I blame the day. I'm bored...

~~Toni

Or the Barred Owl. We live out in the sticks, open woods behind us, dirt roads and lots and lots of fields..

He was sitting on my telephone wire, right above my driveway. And he did NOT budge. He looked right at me and let me take his picture. I had to use the zoom to get this close, and my daughter stood behind me with a flash light on him, while I had flash on the camera.

I'm hoping he finds the dead snake in my backyard and eats it. But since he's dead, I doubt it.

~~Toni

**EDIT: Thanks to a KICK-ASS neighbor, the snake is gone and we have A/C again!! The A/C guy never called and never showed up. This is the snake:

He's approximately 4 ft long and is either a Rat Racer or a Black Garden snake.. which I think in Florida, they are the same.

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And woke up to a house of 85+degrees....That normally would be fine, if I lived in, oh say, ALASKA... But this is Flori-duh..Where the "seasons" are "Hot", "Hotter", "Hot as Hell", and "Holy Fuck, I'm melting"..

Today is somewhere between "Hotter" and "Hot as Hell".

Why was my A/C not working? I am glad you asked...

See that black belt looking thing? That's a SNAKE.. a frickin'frackin'stupidass SNAKE that decided my perfectly running A/C was the best place to find a frickin' meal. And, he's wrapped himself around the motor.

Fortunately, the motor that stopped spinning, was only stopped for a short time before I caught it.
Unfortunately, I hate the heat. And it's frickin' HOT right now.
Fortunately, it's only a Black Garden Snake--harmless.
Unfortunately, it's only a harmless Black Garden Snake--they eat all the nasty stuff.
Fortunately, the A/C is still under warranty and we only have to pay for labor.
Unfortunately, we have to pay for labor.

Now if only this guy gets out here before bed time. I can NOT sleep without A/C.

More pictures to follow.

****Today is officially fired.
~~Toni

The Not-Quite-So-New "OMGZ!!11!!The Ebil GHEY" Bill that Guv'nr Schwarzypants signed today
(.pdf format, btw)

And the Oh-So-Wonderful-Journalism (coughbullshitcough) that reported it
Now I'm not the first person to start this, the Illustrious Doc did (and she said it more eloquently than I am going to, but that never stopped me before)

Basically, The Esteemed Guvinator signed a bill allowing for Anti-Discrimination tactics to actually WORK, as opposed to, oh say "it's all in your head". So, here comes this bill, a measure passed to hopefully allow for discrimination to not occur in cases of Transgenderism, Hermaphroditism, Gender Confusion or Questioning, and just plain being good old fashioned Gay (or lesbian).

But now we've got people who are screaming that this bill is evil and wrong because being gay is wrong and since they said "gay", it's all wrong. Oh, and somehow, WND has transcribed this bill to mean "they will be removing mom and dad, banning it and not allowing husband and wife"..

What the fuck? How in the bloody blue hell did you get that out of "don't discriminate against anyone who is different"? Plus, what's funny is that within the same WND article with that title, they say at the very bottom of the article (after they've gotten your goat) that the bill does not actually state this!!

But I think they are misunderstanding because the bill now requires textbooks to includeall of the above mentioned stuff and to teach the kids that it is not wrong to be these things. You know--"Timmy is gay. It is wrong to beat on Timmy, to call Timmy names like "fag" and it is wrong to assume Timmy has some kind of disease that you could never get in a million years because "gay" isn't a communicable disease". Or even "Heather has two mommies(gasp!). And there is nothing wrong with Heather having two mommies because both mommy's love her just as much as your mom and dad love you". Or even "Just because your religion tells you it is a sin, doesn't make it so. So please stop thumping Timmy/Heather on the head with that bible, ok?"

As Butch said, the idiots are out in force over this one. They really believe that these things shouldn't be included in textbooks and they are very quick to point out "what about the Christians"? As if religion has any place in a school system. The same system they do NOT have their children enrolled in.

It's kind of like when California (which, ironically is the same place this bill was passed) started teaching about Islam and Muslim faiths(which, since it is a religion or faith, doesn't belong either..but solely on that count alone). The screams of "OMG they are indoctrinating the children in terrorism" were so loud, you could hear the sonic boom underwater.

Now we have buffoons screaming that they teach their kids to "love and guide within Jesus' teachings, but not to tolerate this at all".. Huh? In essence, they are claiming that this bill will now "undermine parental authority" (?), teach kids that it is perfectly acceptable to be gay, transgendered or bisexual or "other" ('bout frickin time) and that since all of this is a sin, it should not be taught as "ok and acceptable" because "it isn't".

Her words were: "I said that teaching children that homos&xuality is "the way these people were born" is IMO totally WRONG. Homos&xuality is a sin and I don't want anyone talking to my child about it. I don't advocate violence towards anyone and am pretty sure that Scripture doesn't advocate it either. To discriminate between right and wrong has nothing to do with beating someone up. That would be wrong also. However I am not about to teach my children that they should be best friends with someone who is blatantly living in sin. I also reserve the religious right to say that what that person is doing is SIN!"

Basically (all bolding mine)-- "these people" are weird and don't belong and I am not going to teach my children or let anyone else teach my children that maybe God doesn't make mistakes because if he didn't, we'd have no sin. You are right, God doesn't make mistakes. That's why I love on everyone--gay, black, straight, bisexual, transgendered, hermaphrodite or otherwise. They deserve Christ's love just as much as you do (and apparantly more so because what you said was nothing Christ like).

As I told her: It's about flipping time they did this. It's sad they have to, but with parents like this, you need a law like that.

~~Toni

Today was Baxter's big day to get his stitches out. He is Frankenpuppy no more!!

It's slightly red from them messing with it to remove the stitches, but hey--he's cool now!!

And the Princess Brat with her newly dyed black hair:

Check back the day after Halloween because I WILL have peektures..

~~Toni

[ NOW ]
Current mood: amazingly BORED
Current music: the sound of my daughter doing her laundry
Current taste: sausage
Current hair: short
Current clothes: bed clothes
Current annoyance: waiting for CSI to come on
Current smell: Fresh laundry
Current thing I should be doing: working on something other than this
Current windows open: none
Current desktop picture: a collage of a young, hot, John Taylor and Nick Rhodes
Current favorite band: DUH...Duran Duran
Current book: No time to read
Current cd in stereo: Winamp has over 600 songs, pick one.
Current crush: Gil Grissom, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes
Current favorite celeb: William Peterson

[ DO YOU.. ]
Smoke?: yes
Do drugs?: Umm, why? Do you work for the FBI?
Have a dream that keeps coming back?: Oh most definitely. They are HAWT, steamy dreams
Remember your first love?: Kendall Windham, he's was a wrestler
Still love him/her?: eww, no. He's bald and worn out.
Read the newspaper?: Yes
Have any gay or lesbian friends?: Yep
Believe in miracles?: Not really
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: Yes,absolutely
Consider yourself tolerant of others?: Yes, I do try to be.
Consider love a mistake?: Absolutely not.
Like the taste of alcohol?: HA! What kind of a dumb question is that to ask of an Italian/Cuban mix?
Have a favorite candy?: Anything with chocolate
Believe in astrology?: Nah, but I love reading them
Believe in magic?: Yep.
Believe in god?: If we are refering to God--yes, most of the time.
Have any pets: Fish, Hermit Crabs, and a Frankenpuppy
Go to or plan to go to college: Will be going back in January
Have any piercings?: ears triple pierced
Have any tattoos?: 5
Hate yourself: absolutely NOT!
Have an obsession?: Too many
Have a secret crush?: yesh
Have a best friend?: Yes..but she lives too far away
Wish on stars?: Always

[ LOVE LIFE ]
Ever been in love?: Am now
When did you lose your virginity?: 17
Do you believe in love at first sight?:Yes
Do you believe in "the one?": I married him
Describe your ideal significant other: Funny, very smart, isn't afraid to work, compliments and spoils me...

[ETC]
Have you ever played a game that required removal of clothing?: Too many times
Have you ever been intoxicated?: No, not me, never.
Have you ever been caught "doing something?": Define "caught".. :)~
Are you a tease?: Why, yes, yes, I am.
Shy to make the first move?: No. And I have many times.

[ APPEARANCE ]
Hair: Short and Red or purple
Eyes: shit brown (still want that on my driver's license)
Height: Munchkin

[ LAST THING.. ]
Bought: A Vintage Duran Duran Watch
Ate & Drank: Dinner
Read: People still do that?
Watched on TV: CSI on in 40 minutes

[ EITHER OR.. ]
beer or cider: ICK!
drinks or shots: Both, preferably doubled.
cats or dogs: dogs
single or taken: Taken
pen or pencil: pen
gloves or mittens: gloves, leather and tight..oh wait, that's pants.:)
food or candy: Candy
cassette or cd: Computer
coke or pepsi: Mt. Dew...but here in the last year--tea.

[ WHO DO YOU WANT TO.. ]
kill: There is only one. But he isn't worth my time.
get really wasted with: I will be in two weeks with my sister and husband
look like: Honestly, I just want to have a nice body and some long hair. Don't care who I look like.
avoid: thumpers.

[ LAST PERSON YOU.. ]
saw: My husband, who just walked in the door
talked to on the phone: My mother
hugged: My husband
instant messaged: I haven't used AIM in such a long time.
kissed: My husband

[ HAVE YOU EVER.. ]
Drank alcohol?: Duh, dumbass.. this is ME we are talking about
Done drugs?: Why, you FBI?
Broken the law?: Yes
Run away from home?: Once
Broken a bone?: Nope
Played Truth Or Dare?: HeheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Kissed someone you didn't know?: Oh yes
Been in a fight?: Damn skippy
Come close to dying?: No

[ WHAT IS.. ]
Your bedroom like?: BIG
Your favorite thing for breakfast?: Nothing
Your favorite restaurant?: olive garden :]
What's on your bedside table?: That's classified information and not for kids
What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?: PB&J sandwhich
What is your biggest fear?: Death
Describe your bed: Not big enough
Spontaneous or plain?: Let's go now!!
Do you know how to play poker?: Yep, but the Husband Unit is better
What do you carry with you at all times?: My purse
How do you drive? Fast
What do you miss most about being little? Absolutely nothing
Are you happy with your given name? No.
What color is your bedroom? Beige
Have you ever been in a play? Yep
Do poor, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you? No
Do you consider yourself to be a nice person? For the most part

And my all time favorite question: What would you do if you opened your front door and saw a dead body on your front porch?
Kick it out of the way

~~Me

I usually DO hate these things. And Sis is right, I am the least likely to respond. But because Jaybird decided to fall off of Planet Earth (bop boppa buh bop boppa...) and TOLD me to blog everyday so she'd have something to read (what? Your bathroom doesn't have an endless supple of magazines?)..

Here is some little stupid get to know me thingy:

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
At birth, my name was Olga Antonia; after my father's mother. Thank God the drugs wore off and my mom changed it to just Antonia. :)~~

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
today at work and on the way home from work---wait, I wanna know who's making my Sis cry cuz I'll kick their ass. Otherwise, uhh, I think a few weeks ago. And yes, I kicked his ass too.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
NO. I write like a 3yr old strung out junkie.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Oscar Meyer Bologna and Cheese sandwhiches.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Why? You lookin' to buy some? I got a 15 yr old Princess Brat and an 11 yr old Princess Brat-in-training. I sell cheap.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
What kind of dumb, cracked out question is that? Hell No.. at least if they were smart.. Cuz I could be an Ax Murdering Serial Killer, ya know.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Well, duh...

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
I lost them to some doctor when I was a kid. I think he sold them to the Sock Monster.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
HELL NO!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
When I do eat it, it is lucky charms. But my all time favorite is Count Chockula

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
not unless i'm wearing my combat boots (my goth era) ---HA! She's related to me, which means we don't have stinkin' "era's".. we always are, baaaby...And for the record, I take my combat boots off with my teeth.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?Piss me off and find out.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Anything with peanut butter, caramel, strawberries, cheesecake, or chocolate stuff in it.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
In a guy: His eyes. Then his ass. Then I move to the front a bi...wait, what was the question?

15. RED OR PINK?
Add some black and I'd say you had a run in with a pit bull (or me)..

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My sensitivity and temper, that's not good when they get combined..... ---Remember she's related to me, that means we are Grade A, certified Bitches, hun..

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My brother Randy ; our father, and my bratty little sister.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?
Please don't, I'll have to gouge your eyes out.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Jean shorts, orange shirt and NO shoes. Shoes are evil.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
too damn many hot dogs

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Some stupid shit on tv and the sound of me typing. And the Princess Brat in training asking if she can go on Dad's computer...which means Gir cartoons.. ugh..save me...

22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Dumbass, the sharpest one in the box.. Duh...

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
My husband's sweat (yes, I am serious), my kids sleeping, no one awake.. oh wait, you said smells... not smells AND sounds..

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
The Daddert..that's what the kids call the Husband Unit.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Do I have to? I mean I'm related to her, isn't there some law against that?

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Blech! Sports are for rednecks and hillbillies and desperate housewives.. since I am neither... wait, that makes my husband a redneck.. damn it.

27. HAIR COLOR?
Dyed.. Usually some form of red or purple.

28. EYE COLOR?
Shit brown (wish I could put that on my driver's license)

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No, because I can't afford the damn things.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Whatever I don't have to cook. Usually steak, shrimp, salads.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
How do you know the scary ending isn't the happy one? Humph.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Part of Raiders of the Lost Ark, MSTK3000 style.. before that, Perfect Creature

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Orange, you want my frickin' bra size and underwear color too?

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Alaska. Nuff' said.

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
As long as it leads to sex, I don't care.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Why? Do you work for the FBI or something? Cheesecake and the whole damn pie at that!!

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Some bored out goosfrabah who has nothing better to do.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
toni (this feckin' blog is about to have its eyes gouged out..grrr) --and DUH...

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Book? Who has time to read?

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Some stupid cheap ass Dell logo..

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT?
pffffffft... I went to bed...

42. FAVORITE SOUND?
Ahh, here it is!! SILENCE. Music in that silence. And yeah, Gabe-zookey's laugh is infectious.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Duran Duran, Dumbass.

44. WHAT IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
When I figure out how the hell to get away from here, I'll let you know. Somehow I always seem to get away, but I keep coming back. It's like a frickin' wormhole sucks me back--"You can't run away, Toni. You can't leave. We will always find you. You will always come back"... Damn voices in my head.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Is "Bitch, Extraordinaire" a talent?

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
State of Confusion--Land of the Almost Dearly Departed (who drive frickin' golf carts), in the Nation of Hell, located on the Planet "Surrounded by idiots"(who can't even seem to drive their frickin' golf carts correctly).

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
Please don't. I'll have to gouge your eyes out.

~~Toni

I made that. You know you want one. Email me, I can do it. Ree isn't the only one with Mad PSP skills.

And Baxter Frankenpuppy is doing super! He's improved so much since this morning. He's tail wagging, eating and jumping up on me for kisses. So he's doing really good!!

~~Toni

Baxter Frankenpuppy!!!

Poor puppy. He's home now (got him at 7:30 AM, ugh)... and he's really not himself. But of course, who would be after having your entire ear lopped off, stitches on almost the entire right side of your head, no hair (cuz they shaved it), and having to wear that stupid lampshade collar?

Anyway, GROSS pictures ahead..well, they aren't too gross. But still.
(he's staring at me right now.. "mommy why'd you do that mommy? why'd you take my ear mommy? Mommy it hurts"...that's what he'd say, cuz after all, he's still GEORGE)...

Here is his (non-existant) Ear:

Here is Baxter "Lopsided, Stitched Hole in the head, George" Frankenpuppy:

And here's my horse (said with a Cheese voice [that's Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, for those that don't know] taken this morning right after we got home):

Total Bill:
6 month Heartguard: 42.30
Tumor Removal (gr. 2): 217.12 (that's his ear)
Anesthetic Package/Induction: 28.52
Intubation/General Anesthesia: 68.19
Biohazard Fee: 2.30
Pre-Surgical labs: 35.90
Heartworm, Lyme, Ehrlichia Test: 33.40
Some Drugs: 12.96
Home Pain Meds: 26.84
Home Antibiotics: 14.75
Tumor Removal (gr. 1): 115.35 (his head)

Total Dama....I mean Love Offering: $$$$597.63

And I am STILL not done. In two weeks, he goes back to have his Rabies and tags updated. That's another $50 at least.

But I gotta admit, this Vet is pretty damn good. He took him in right away--ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOONrushed him in to surgery and kept him overnight. He remembered Baxter and took him in the back himself...I may balk at the cost, but at least this Vet kicks ass.

Now I leave you to give Baxter "Lopsided, Stitched Hole in the head, George" Frankenpuppy some much needed Loves.

~~Toni

This is Baxter Puppy (affectionately called "George"):

And here he is protecting one of my nephews from the boogeyman:

We are sad because Baxter had to be rushed into emergency surgery today. He has some kind of cyst on his ear (stemming from a former dog attack--not on us), that just went up and exploded on his face today. He was dragging his head, everything bad.

He's not going to have an ear when they are done. The infection(which was usually cleared up (quite well) with antibiotics) ate through his whole ear.

And the vet just called while I was typing: They have to remove anothercyst on the top of his head--they said it's what's feeding into the cyst on his ear.

:::sigh::::

If you knew my Baxter, you'd see the humor in this: Now instead of just George, he's going to be Baxter "Lopsided Hole in the Head" George..

And I'm out $600 bucks. Good think I love this dog.

~~Toni

(ACK!! Shitty camera alert. My house is NOT that messy. I don't even live there anymore. It's just a shitty camera)