Featured & Featuring

Fun times behind the blog scenes over here. I was featured somewhere else and I'm featuring another blogger's great work. So here's what's going on:

First up: I was featured on Apartment Therapy! Happy dances all around! (My happy dance looks a lot like this.)



The feature was a total surprise and I couldn't be more excited about it. Super fun. Click here to jump over to the feature directly. A huge HELLO! to all the people that found me through Apartment Therapy.

(And I gotta say, I love reading the comments on the paint vs. no-paint "debate" that happened in response to the post. For the record: Ideally I'm a no-paint gal, but when staining a piece isn't an option, I say paint away!)


In other news, my friend Aleksandra from Love and a Six Foot Leash is fundraising for this awesome elderbull Zabora.

photo via Love and a Six Foot Leash

Here's Zabora's story:

Lady Zabora is an Elderbull. At the age of eight, she suddenly found herself homeless after her owner was incarcerated and left her in the care of a cousin, whose landlord said no way. Just like many dogs do, Lady Z found herself at the county shelter. She has plenty of spark and energy, but maybe not enough to compete with the puppies and other youngsters vying for attention in neighboring kennels. Zabora sat in the shelter, forgotten. At eight years old Zabora is not old, but if she is going to live to see a truly ripe old age, it is going to take a village to save her.

Zabora is now safe in a temporary foster home, where she can stay for a week. She has been spayed on credit, and needs a series of routine tests, vaccines, and medicines to make sure she is as healthy and happy as possible. She has mild arthritis, treatable conjunctivitis, and a slight balance problem that is hardly noticeable but makes her bumble a little bit from time to time.

We have found a rescue to accept her, but on the condition that we will foster her and raise funds for her medical care independently. In order for her to thrive and be adopted, we need to raise funds to cover her spay, her arthritis meds, her eye meds, an evaluation of her neurological condition, her vaccines, and her routine testing. In addition, we would like to save a little “trust fund” to pass along to her future adopter’s vet clinic to help out with routine care, as a little ‘thank you’ for adopting an Elderbull.

Here's where you come in. Have you been wanting to donate a little money to a good cause, butwere waiting for something specific and personal that you could get behind? Have you experienced first-hand the amazing things that can happen when people band together to save a dog against all odds? Has your own dog found redemption and love in your arms as a result of the kindness and generosity of others?

Here’s your chance to pay it forward.

I have a seriously soft spot in my heart for elderbulls. Melanie is an elderbull herself now and of course Molly was at a ripe old age when she passed away. Senior dogs shouldn't be forgotten, they truly truly truly (I mean it enough to say it three times) are outstanding pets and are unfairly overlooked in our shelter system.

Head over to Zabora's ChipIn page to throw a couple dollars her way. Every single dollar makes a difference. Let's make sure this golden girl gets the care she deserves and help her find a forever home.