Some Great Things about 2009

As we say goodbye to the old year and get ready for the new year…

I want to Thank You for making 2009 so great!

Here's My Top 10 List of great online moments in 2009!

* 1) Cloud K9® was named Top Dog Site of the Day for 12/25/2009!

* 2) I started this blog in 2009!

* 3) I made some great new friends and anipals on Twitter!

* 4) I met over 1,000 new Tweeps!

* 5) I saw the dedication and determination of animal rescue groups all over the world to help four-legged friends in need.

* 6) Thanks to all of you, I learned new things about dogs, animals, rescues, Twitter and more!

* 7) I laughed (you Tweeps have great senses of humor!)

* 8) I cried (some animal rescue stories did not have the happiest of endings :-( )

* 9) I learned a whole new vocabulary (retweets, tweeps, anipals, pawcircle, etc.)

* 10) I got a fantastic new potato soup recipe (that has become a fav recipe) from a great tweep!

Looking forward to a great new 2010!

Carole
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Top 10 Uses for Cheese :-)

So, what to do with all that cheese? Here is a Top 10 List (with some tongue in cheek ideas)

1) Grilled Cheese

2) Cheese Sauce for Vegetables

3) Nachos with Cheese

4) Occasional Treats for K9 Friends

Contingency Plans after it is no longer edible.  Would these work if it becomes leathery or rubbery in texture? :-)

5) Create a Pair of New Shoes

6) Patch a Tire

7) Replacement Floor Tiles

8) Sew Together and Use as a Door Mat

9) Shingles on the Roof

10) Patch Nail Holes in the Wall

No More Cheese, Please!

A good friend of mine gave me 5 pounds (FYI: 5 pounds=160 slices) of American cheese a while back!  The cheese is from a warehouse club and is undoubtedly intended for restaurant use. The slices are not individually wrapped in plastic, so it would be perfect for a deli where they are grabbing slices of cheese all day long!

I like cheese as much as, or more than, the next person.  While this is an extremely nice gesture and I greatly appreciate it (Good Grief!) what does anyone do with 160 slices of cheese?

Even using 2 slices every single day, that's 80 days (or over 2 1/2  months) of daily cheese! And what household uses cheese every day?!?! So even after eating and eating and eating cheese… having given some away…there is still a surplus of cheese. Even though my friend said I could freeze it…I am not too ‘hot’ about 'freezing' cheese! (Pun intended!)

A pleasant surprise was a potato soup recipe that has an optional addition of cheese.  So thanks to the Twitter friend who helped immensely in the Great Cheese Project!

The expiration date shows that it lasts until January 2010, so, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to finish the cheese in January 2010. Getting there, slooowly but surely.

Carole

White Christmas

We were fortunate enough to have a White Christmas!

A little bit of snow coated the dog statue.

Snow rests on the holly leaves.

In a few weeks or months, the birds migrating back to our area

 will hungrily gobble up these berries.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Hope your Christmas was Merry!

Carole

[Text and photos copyright Carole of cloudk9.com  All rights reserved.]

We are Featured as The COOL DOG SITE OF THE DAY!

Today (December 25th), CloudK9.com is featured as The Cool Dog Site of The Day on dogmark.net (-->on this list, we are #25 for the month of December).

Cool Dog Site of the Day features a Cool Dog Site everyday and receives visitors from more than 68 countries.

Cool Dog Site of the Day has received many awards and been mentioned in several magazines like "DOG FANCY".  "Qui me amat, amet et canem meum." ("Love me, love my dog." in Latin) is the motto of their site.

Thanks for visiting!
Happy Howl-idays!
Carole

The 12 Dog Days of Christmas

 A friend bought me a cute dishtowel at our local Sur La Table store.

It's a clever rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas with a Dog Theme.

   

A Dog's Christmas

A Peekapoo in a Pear Tree

Two Chewed Slippers

Three Chased Cars

Four Guarded Doors

Five Golden Retrievers

Six Flowers Flying

Seven Westies Walking

Eight Legs a-Lifting

Nine Hounds a-Howling

Ten Fleas a-Hopping

Eleven Labs a-Licking

Twelve Leashes Tugging

Woof! Woof!

The towel is from the Sur La Table store, but, I can't locate it on their website.

If you are interested, you can contact the store or email them: SurLaTable.com .

(Note: I do not receive any compensation for featuring this item.)

 

Hope you enjoyed this cute version of the song and Happy Howl-idays!

 

Carole

Top 10 Ways that Tweeters Made Me Smile! :-)

I received a tweet that if someone made me smile, I should send them a tweet and tell them so.

To send a tweet to everyone that made me smile would be a HUGE job, since I truly believe that Every Tweep that I follow has made me smile in one way or another. 

Making someone smile is not only “Ha Ha…that was funny!” There are many ways Tweeps have made me smile throughout the year!  And so, here is the…

Top 10 List ...
Ways Your Tweets Have Made Me Smile:

1. Pictures of Cute Anipals (Awww moments)

2. Silly/Witty/Clever Tweets (HA! HA! moments)

3. Learning Something New (Lightbulb AHA! moments)

4. Warm, Friendly Tweets ({{{Hug moments}}})

5. Helping Someone or Some Anipal in Need (Heartwarming Moments)

6. Being Grateful for a Greater Insight into Life (Gratitude Moments)

7. RTing my Tweets (Thank You Moments)

8. Sharing Favorite Recipes (Nom Nom/ Yummy Moments)

9. Meeting Many New Pals and Furriends (Friend Moments)

And…last, but not least…there have been a few well-meaning tweets with

10. Unintended Typos that Tickled My Funny Bone (Oops! Typo Moments)

So I thank each and every one of you, who, (in 140 characters or less) shared a little bit of yourself to make me smile in many ways, each and every day!

Keep up the good work as we tweet our way into 2010!

Carole

[Text copyright by Carole of cloudk9.com  All rights reserved.]