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Dog foster homes needed

Do you have room to foster a dog? If so, then Wild Heir Labrador Rescue could really use a hand.

Wild Heir Labrador Rescue needs you……
If you are not familiar with Wild Heir Labrador rescue, it is an organization that saves unwanted Labrador retrievers. We work to save labs from all over South Carolina ,as well as ,throughout Georgia and North Carolina. We acquire our labs from kill shelters throughout the area, owner surrenders and good Samaritans. At the present time we have about 40 adult labs and 19 puppies in our rescue. One thing that makes us unique is that all of our labs are in foster homes- we do not have a kennel facility and believe that our labs become better adjusted being in a family home environment. Which brings me to the purpose of this email- we are DESPERATELY looking for foster homes immediately…..
We have just gotten notice on approximately 13 labs that need to be removed from shelters in Greenville, Florence and Walterboro- their time is up and they will be euthanized unless someone comes to get them. Wild Heir always rises to the occasion and we do what we have to do to save every lab that we can- however- we need somewhere for them to go once we have picked them up. We are asking for any foster homes that may be available- please consider fostering a lab and please forward this email to anyone and everyone you know. It doesn’t matter where you live- if you are willing to foster we will bring the lab to you.
Fostering can be an amazing experience- it is a short term way to open your heart and your home to a lab in need. We provide transport and all vetting. You provide love and food. Even if you can only commit to a short period of time, or you think your home may not be the best suited for a lab- any loving foster home is better than the shelter or death. If you are interested in becoming a foster parent to one of these great labs or you have any questions please contact me as soon as possible. Thank you-

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Two down, too soon

A few days ago I learned that my friend’s dad passed away after having a stroke. Although I only met him a couple of times, I seem to remember him being pretty cool for a dad.

Yesterday I learned one of the volunteers I work with at the Aquarium passed away over the weekend from a heart attack. He always gave me the latest updates with the birds when I came in for my Saturday morning shift. It will be strange not seeing him around and hearing his stories.

Sad days all around.

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More work on the horizon

I have a feeling this is going to mean that I’m going to be a lot busier in the near future.

UnitedHealthcare (UHc) will require all facilities performing diagnostic imaging to obtain appropriate accreditation by third quarter 2008, in order to continue receiving reimbursements for many imaging procedures. The deadline had previously been March 1.

UHc has recognized the ACR and the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission as acceptable accrediting organizations for medical imaging, and has designated the following modalities as falling under the mandate: CT, CT angiography, MRI, MR angiography, PET, nuclear medicine/cardiology and echocardiography.

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Hannah update

It’s been almost a week since Hannah was adopted out, and today I got another update from her new mom. It was in the form of a mother’s letter to daughter explaining the process they went through to get Hannah. Sounds like Hannah and the daughter are already best of friends and getting along marvelously and that Hannah’s in just the right home she needs to be in.

Hannah was a great dog to have around and I miss having her here, but getting the letter and knowing she’s in a great new home where she’ll get way more attention than I could give her makes it all worthwhile.

Vacation coming up so it’ll be a few more weeks before I think I’ll get another dog to foster. Can’t wait to see what the next one will be like.

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Desk decluttered

After moving the computer setup to the other desk, I was thoroughly disgusted by the rats nest of cabling building up. Although not as bad as some I’ve seen, it was getting pretty messy around the desk.

So, inspired by Declutter Your Desk, I decided to DIY a solution based on the peg board method.

A few before shots:

I decided to do the side and back of the desk using pegboard. On the side I used the lock shackle and peg method shown on Declutter Your Desk since this side was going to be supporting the most weight with all the gadgets. This was all done pretty much as described, except with the shackles oriented vertically.

On the back since I was only planning on securing cables, I went with eye screws and S hooks. This let the pegboard swing free and is easy to move around. Just drill a few pilot holes into the desk and screw in the eye screws.

After that was done came the task of arranging and attaching everything to the pegboard. I used zipties instead of wire.

And here’s how everything looks after:

The UPS is far too heavy to mount on the pegboard, so it stays on the floor.

Shopping list (I already had a bunch of zip ties, so didn’t need to buy those.):
2 2’x4’x1/8″ pegboard – $3.53 each
3 2.5″ lock clasps – $2.56 each
Open S hooks (package of 6) – $0.88
1 1/8″ eye screws (package of 10) – $0.90
5/16″x48″ dowel – $0.68
Total cost: $17.20