Friday, May 2, 2008

The Spay and Neuter Clinic


Dear readers,

For those wondering what the long delay in between posts was- it was because on our way to Oz, I decided that Harlow needed to visit the Spay and Neuter clinic. It is pretty much the scariest place that we have ever journeyed to other than to Roxanne's winter hideout in Wanship, Utah.

Anyway, after a long 8 hour surgery and a weekend of rest, Harlow is no longer capable of having offspring. Thank goodness!

God bless you Harlow!!




Thursday, May 1, 2008

Oz




Enter OZ: The magical community run by fairies, nome's, mermaids and nymphs.

Oz is roughly rectangular in shape, and divided along the diagonals into four countries: Munchkin Country (but commonly referred to as 'Munchkinland') in the East, Winkie Country in the West, (sometimes West and East are reversed on maps of Oz, Gillikin Country in the North, and Quadling Country in the South. In the center of Oz, where the diagonals cross, is the fabled Emerald City, capital of the land of Oz and seat to the monarch of Oz, Princess Ozma.




Upon arrival in Oz, we were warned of the evil, wicked witch: Kathy of Sandy, whom all of Oz fears.







Kathy of Sandy's life goal was to intimidate a sweet child called Samorthy. Samorthy is the long, lost daughter of the beloved Aunt Grace aka Queen Grace aka Mother GRRace-a aka Fancy Face Grace.








Samorthy and her little dog Froto were sent to live in Oz by the disgusting dragon Roxanne for unknown reasons. Roxanne worked hard from a distance with the wicked witch Kathy of Sandy to make poor Samorthy's life a living hell. They were succeeding until Harlow and I came walking into the picture.


With our brave faces on, Harlow and I took the time to go and speak with the wicked witch on behalf of Samorthy.

"Wicked witch, why do you cause harm to this sweet child Samorthy?" I asked.
"EEEEEE, EEEEEE, HEEEEEE WHOOOO, HAAAAAAA, EEEEEE AAAAAAAAAHHHH." Replied the wicked witch.
I understood it didn't speak my native tongue.
And so Harlow fetched the creepy swamp monster Christine from the trunk of our car hoping that she would be able to translate. When the two of them returned to Kathy of Sandy and I, Kathy's face lit up at the sight of the creepy Christine and Christine's creepy face lit up at the site of Kathy.


The two of them were obviously in love. Very gross. I know.



And just like that, we were able to trade our little swamp monster free and clear for the freedom of the sweet child, Samorthy. I can only assume that the critter Christine and the Wicked witch Kathy lived happily ever after in Oz. I will never know.



We spent the rest of our time in Oz with Samorthy and some weird guy looking for that awful Roxanne but we had no such luck. Until that is, when Samorthy received a call from her dear friend Alegzandra of Japan who was reporting a dragon sighting just minutes before calling to warn Samorthy.

And so, to nobody's surprise- to the depths of Japan we were headed!!















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