The New Hobbit Hole

[carton253]

And that is why I rule!

[carton253]

Is there no one around to share my victory with.

[RMDupree]

Pig roast, huh?

What a lucky guess, but you ruined my lunchtime surprise.

I've had these two suckling pigs roasting overnight on my handy dandy backyard spit. They are finally ready - crispy on the outside, juicy and moist on the inside.

I've carved up a bunch and set it on the big table, next to a fresh veggie stir fry! I have plenty of rolls left over from this morning if anyone prefers to build a pork sandwich!

Ah, and since it is Friday my fine friends, I have 2 wooden kegs of the finest beer straight from Bree (Butterbur's contribution).

[RosieCotton]

OK, gotta go...going to pick up my little sister and take her out to lunch (bagel place) and then home to work on my projects...

[RMDupree]

SMEAGOL!!!

Shame on you! Stealing the Precious while I was preparing lunch. Bad Smeagol, nassssty Smeagol.

NO FISH FOR YOU!! Now SCAT!

[RMDupree]

Bye Rosie! Take care!

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, I would not donate any living animal that I loved to a science department. They will not treat her like the pet she is. Why hasn't she put it down? What are they trying to do with her today? What is she in there for, I guess is the question, if not to be put down?

[carton253]

Pig Roast! Was hoping you would have room for Smeagol. Nice Smeagol only eat a little morsel.

No seriously, I read your post and was jealous. I'm have speghetti for lunch.

[carton253]

I don't know if you saw my post (before I won the Precious) but the victim of the sniper died, and police believed the sniper got away.

[carton253]

I'll be right back. Want to bring Rush up on my computer. No one do any sneaking while I'm gone!

[HairOfTheDog]

We aren't going to do any sneaking 90 posts out, you have a few minutes!

[carton253]

Well, I know how you are, you trickses poor Smeagol. Tricksey hobbits.

[ksen]

sneak...

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, I have still been watching live...

I knew the victim had died. An awful lot of time has passed now, so I was coming to the same conclusion about the guy getting away.

[ksen]

I'm going to the hardware store this afternoon...

Just don't take your little brother along and you should be just fine. ;^)

[HairOfTheDog]

OK - almost no one.

[2Jedismom]

That's what they want to do...donate her and have her studied so maybe they can help someone else. Then they are having her cremated and I'm instructed to put her in the coffin of the last one of them that dies.

No kidding.

They are gearing up to put her down. They used to not even leave her at ALL and for them to leave her with me (of all people) yesterday tells me they are emotionally seperating from her.

I've never seen them love anything like this dog. Not anything.

[Overtaxed]

Hey g'nad, how about a pig roast? Pork fat rules!!

Eastern NC barbecue?

g'nad knows how to do Eastern barbecue? :)

[Sam Cree]

Happy anniversary! Hope you have a great day.

[HairOfTheDog]

But study her living or study her dead? - I am still trying to gather the scene together. Is she dying at the moment, and they may want to do an necropsy at the vet school, or is the vet school willing to take her alive and work on her?

I understand people getting really attached to their animals. I bought Bay at age 19 because I had known him as a young horse and I knew his good heart. I wanted to buy him because I knew whoever bought him now would be taking on his end. His seller was ditching that responsibility, IMHO. I wanted to make sure when he needed to go, he was in loving hands.

I would spend thousands to repair an injury, but I would not spend thousands to prolong sickness that will only delay death. I love them dearly, but my love for them includes handling their death. As the lover of pets with short lives, we have to know it won't last, and we can have many of those loves in our lifetimes. I am already thinking of what type of critters will replace these when a vacancy opens up! (Don't tell them!)