Corner News-April 23, 2016

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Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Corner News! We have some very exciting news to present from this week!

Beware, this may be slightly gruesome…sorry.

I was at work (I work at a pet boarding facility) and took out a dog to play in a one on one session. This dog was very mouthy, and tried to bite my arms constantly. I got very annoyed, and tried to get the dog to lay down to calm down. Unfortunately, the dog kept going for my arms and chewed them up.

And this was the result.

My arms are pretty beat up. I am very bruised and it hurts to do certain things: like carry a purse on my arm instead of my shoulder, sleep (because I sleep on my sides and like to have my arm under a pillow), and cross my arms. My legs got a little damage, but nothing like my arms.

And the dog? All workers were informed to be aware and be careful when taking him out.

Moral of the story: Be Careful !

Corner News-March 26, 2016

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Hello! And welcome to another edition of the Corner News. It is getting close to the end of spring break (can it last another two months?) and the weather is changing.

Since Easter is tomorrow, I am sharing what I am wearing. I purchased this coral Forever 21 dress back in November from the clearance rack. I love the accents on the straps and that there are pockets. I can’t wait to actually wear it for an occasion and not have it just sit in my closet.

Second thing on the docket: since Zoella has turned into mom’s dog (boo hoo), I have adopted another dog. I had my eye on my dog, Karli, since she entered the shelter back in October of 2014. I thought that she would be adopted right away, but she sat at VAH until February of 2016, when I adopted her. I take her to work everyday and have a lot of fun living with her. She is such a goof and can be a brat, but I love her all the same.

Here is Karli, wearing bunny ears and a boa for the Easter pictures at work. Doesn’t she look adorable?

And, I also found the cutest dog bed for her. Not only is it better than the bed that I made for her (which was two pillows that I sewed a pillowcase around) and it even matches my room. Karli enjoys the new bed much more that the original bed.

Well, that is it. This has been another edition of the Corner News. I hope you enjoyed it and I can’t wait to see you next week!

Corner News-February 27, 2016

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Hello and welcome to another exciting and compelling edition of the corner news! Prepare yourself for some life changing stories and pictures worth 1000 words!

Or, you know, just another regular corner news works too.

I have a Poshmark account. Now, it is under my fashion blogs name, 2smallofacloset, but you are more than welcome to browse through my items. I don’t have that much right now, but soon! Soon I will have more items posted for people to look at.

If you don’t know what Poshmark is, it is a app that you download for free and you can buy and sell name brand items. You can sell everything from Forever 21 to UGG Australia, basic tank top to quilted leather boots. And items are being sold at a great price. I purchased a pair of Torrid shorts for $15 when they are originally $40! And they are exactly how the seller described them. You can follow my closet and start your own if you are interested!

The second thing I want to show you is the adorable sign. I bought this while in Hawaii (yes, I know…it’s not really Hawaiian). But it think that it is absolutely perfect for my family. It’s hanging in my room as a reminder of how important dogs are in my life.

And that’s the news! I know, not too exciting, but still interesting. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Valley Animal Haven Animal Shelter Volunteer Appreciation

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Ahhh! A day off from school here is in the U.S.! Teachers always treasure these days! So do the kids!

My preschoolers still talk about the day ‘the other Miss Pam’, from Valley Animal Haven Shelter came to school and brought a dog and cat to visit. They loved being able to donate food and other items to the shelter. A couple of weeks ago, Pam, the director and our friend, had a Volunteer Appreciation Open House, so of course, our whole family was there!

I took care of the decorating, since that’s what I love to do! I drew the design on the chalkboard above and made the banner below from dog scrapbook paper. Lauren and I had gone to the 99 cent store for tablecloths and found these awesome pawprint balloons!

Remember the burlap pieces we stamped with pawprints? Here they are decorating the food tables. This is the ‘sweets’ table.

Yummy! The cookies on the bottom are some of my favorite!

There were also chips and dips, and fruit and veggie trays.

The sign-in table was full of paw-prints!

Aren’t these beautiful! Love all these bright colors on a dreary day! These were given to some of the volunteers who had donated more than 300 hours of time in the past year!

Each volunteer also received one of these special pins with a wonderful thank you!

There was also a drawing for door prizes. Haley won the sign ‘You Had Me At Woof” and Steve won the ornament.

Pawprints and kisses!

Here is one cutie, Hannah, to say hello and thank you! She even dressed up for the occasion!

Here is the whole group. There are many more volunteers out there too, but these are the ones who came for this special occasion. Pam is the 6th one from the left in the royal blue shirt.

This was an incredible year for Valley Animal Haven. There were so many special people and businesses who gave time and donations to give the shelter a great first year. There were portable buildings, kennels, food, pet supplies, a trailer and many more items donated. There were several grants awarded to the shelter and even a money award for a contest that was entered. The most important part was the adoptions and saving the animals. There were 385 cats and dogs (and 2 rabbits) placed in ‘fur’ever homes in 2015! It is so amazing and such a wonderful thing Pam and all the volunteers are doing for animals! We are so blessed as a family to be part of such a great and amazing organization.

Corner News-October 9, 2015

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Welcome to Corner News! There is always fun stuff to share with you all on Friday!

Remember these frames I showed you a looong time ago?

I finally got the project done! Aren’t they so cute!

Yes, I actually got each of the animals to put their paw in the ink and then onto the paper!

Even the cats!

Last week, my friend Pam, from Valley Animal Haven, came to visit my kids at the preschool. She brought Phoebe and Mandy in to meet the kids.The kids donated a whole stack of pet food, cat litter and other items for the shelter. It was a great community service project for them.

I’ve also been working on cleaning out some of my stuff. I’ve gone through my clothes and now have done my jewelry. Here is one of my jewelry boxes, but I have a few different place I keep my jewelry.

Here is the new look, for some of my jewelry. Haley used to have this mirror in her room, but took it down. In my house, things like this find a new life in another part of the house!