Puppies - a cure for just about anything.

It's been a rough day week. Work every day and night has resulted in me being quite the grouch. Plus, our Master Coach (who comes to do reviews and observations) came and let's just say it's never a pleasant experience.

When she finally departed, she left me discombobulated, wanting ice cream, and my bed. Oh and did I mention, is it Friday yet?

But then...it hit me. I CAN DAILY PUPPY. I realized it had been weeks since I had gallivanted around the site and I had so much catching up to do! What an exciting realization! Thankfully (this is me showing my crummy tutor side), my last two groups/students were absent so I have been able to spend a solid 40 minutes checking out the pups.

Therefore, I decided to share this little slice of heaven from my day and hope if any of you out there need a little cheering up, that this does the trick. Plus, I really haven't been showing off the animal species as much as I'd like.

Holy buckets...

just getting started.

 

Hope you enjoyed that little montage just as much as I did. If you're ever feeling blue, I am a huge advocate for Daily Puppy. Those of you with smart phones out there should see if they have an app...how cool would that be?? 

Ok I thought I was done. But then I found this vizsla pup. She's clearly been to Madison (and maybe even lives there!), and is wearing pink. How could I not be immediately obsessed?!

I'll be needing a bunny.

The thought of having a bunny came up recently through a mixture of pinning and Facebooking. They are just so cute! Look!

I actually used to have a little white bunny named Snowball (clever, I know). But the poor thing only lived for four days after I got it. So I'm hoping if I get a lil' bun one of these days, that it doesn't face a similar fate. 

My friend told me that they make them bigger now and that they can like, hang out and watch movies with you and go on walks. So close to a cat/dog! What? I don't know how accurate this is but let's be honest, it sounds pretty awesome. I'm at a time in my life when I can't reallly have a dog...but I'm kind of thinking a bunny would be the next best thing.

I can't help but make kissy noises when I look at him. Operation Get a Bunny is in now in full force.

Save the otters.

It's that time of week again...animals, woohoo! I was perusing the internet looking for pictures of sea otters because one of the kids I work with wanted to draw one (add this to the perks of my job). In my investigation for pics, I stumbled upon this article in the L.A. Times about sea otters that I found super interesting and cool!

Basically, two lawmakers in California wanted more money to try and end the struggle for survival for the sea otters in the state. So in 2006, they added a box to tax return forms that taxpayers are able to check; indicating they want to make a donation to this "otter fund". From what I gathered elsewhere, this box is still on the form and they have continued to raise over $250,000 each year to put towards this cause (sweeeet!). The article doesn't really elaborate too much on what implications this initiative has had, aside from there being more research on the diseases that kill these otters and law enforcement actions against fisherman who are mistreating (a.k.a. shooting - sad face) them.

You'd think it would be easy to just add a checkable box to a tax return form, but I'm guessing there's a lot more to it than my simple mind can imagine. However, it seems like this type of effort really pays off and could be implemented elsewhere to help save more endangered animals...maybe? Hopefully? Imagine a world without these adorable little guys.

He must have just heard about all the betches who didn't check the box. 

Ze bebe sea otter! Holy cuteness. 

Animales!!!

Since I've just begun my blogging venture, I am full of ideas. However, those of you who know me may have experienced a particular phenomenon: my ideas/trains of thought/next outburst can be erased from my brain in 1.7 seconds. Where was I going with this...? Kidding. Ok but really. I've decided that the one thing that I can post about on a weekly basis that will NEVER bore me, is adorable pictures of animals. This is because a huge part of my self-identity is ANIMAL LOVAH. I could go on and on about how much I love them. Sometimes (generally daily), I just sit and stare at my "4-Legged Friends" board on Pintrest. It makes me laugh, it makes me cry, it makes my day better. I will eventually brag about the zoo at my own house, but for now, I'll stick with one found online. So here ladies and gents, is my first cutie-patootie, animal love picture.

This is Risco. The expression on his face just kills me. My amiga Danielle introduced me to this vizsla pup via Daily Puppy.  I highly suggest you check out this website (daily, of course).

Here's another one of Risco that makes me say things like, oooh zee poooopy!

I dare you to tell me you don't want to cuddle with this little nugget. Gosh, I'm already excited for my next animal reveal.