Crazy Dog Lady!

My mother has turned into the crazy dog lady! She has a car seat, a basket for her bicycle, and a ‘castle bed’ for her little pooch. Last year, the Christmas cards she sent out were home made – and featured Sasha on the front with a bow in her hair. She told me last week that she actually went and made an ID bracelet with Sasha’s name on it… and she wears it! Funny thing is I always thought my mother HATED dogs.

She told me she loves her dog, and I explained that I love my dogs too – and we include them in our activities. If we’re out, they’re out. We take them for rides ‘just because’. Roscoe loves the beach and Maggie loves to go hiking.

In an effort to show my mother that my dogs are ‘cooler’ than hers, I introduced them to the internet. Yes, I created a Facebook page for my dogs. The kids are of course mortified that Geoff and I have done this and they’re refusing to friend the dogs. I had daggers thrown at me from Caitlin’s eyes when I announced to her that quite a few friends of hers friended both dogs. “WHAT??? You’re sending friend requests from THE DOGS to MY FRIENDS? Have you lost your mind Mum? OMG. That’s so embarrassing. Don’t send one to me, I am not accepting it. I am not going to be friends with my dog on Facebook. Good God Mum!” She then promptly stormed off to her room. A few hours later, she had accepted both friend requests.

Won’t you be friends with them too? I can’t wait to show this to my mother.

Roscoe Jack Russell - terrierdog6476@yahoo.com
And
Maggie Dane – Maggie.dane@yahoo.com

Yeah, I’m a tool and I do love my dogs dearly – but I’d rather take heat for having a Facebook page than to have someone ask about my ID bracelet.

Rock on with your bad self,

H

Social Networking

Remember back in the day when you went to a bar, or ran into someone at the bookstore and struck up a conversation? Maybe you gave them your business card, or you searched through your jacket pocket...or purse for you ladies...to find a piece of paper to write down your phone number.

If you ever did that...then you were engaging in social networking! Who knew? I thought I was just giving someone my card that happened to have my phone number on it.

Then at some point we moved into the computer age and instead of a phone number we started giving people our e-mail address. You'd log onto your computer...and there it would be...a little note just for you in the In Box! Again...I never realized I was engaging in social networking. Heck, I was just happy I knew how to use a computer!

Well if you haven't heard yet...phone numbers and e-mail is so 2005...now days we just say, "Send me a message on Facebook." Or..."I'll look for you on Myspace." And if you have a really short attention span then you can just drop an update on Twitter (choose this option and you'll be known as a tweeter!) Yes...now it has a name; this is social networking!

Social Networking is all the rage...and it's not just for kids. As a matter of fact there are more and more adults using Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter than ever before. Some of my friends say they use it just to keep up with what their kids are doing...others say they use it to make new business contacts...and another reason I hear a lot is that it's fun to catch up with old friends or stay in touch with loved ones from away. I'll admit it...I love Facebook! The only problem is that it can eat up an hour of your day before you realize it...but it is fun.

If you haven't signed up for a social networking site yet...what are you waiting for? Everyone is there! Click on these links and get started.

















After setting up an account...look for me. I'd be happy to be your friend! There's also pages for 107-5 FRANK-FM and Frank's Place with Bill & Heidi.

So don't ask me for my phone number...just look for me on Facebook!

Do I know you from somewhere?...

I guess it's time for me to join the masses and create a facebook page.

I really don't want to - it's just something else I will have to take care of; I'd rather get another houseplant. (Not that I can keep those alive for long either) I think the concept of MySpace is great. I even made a page there. Facebook isn't really any different when it all comes down to it - is it? You make a page, put up some pictures and find people that you haven't seen or spoken to in years. In some instances this is great! I've found many a friend through MySpace, that I'd been unable to contact any other way and I am grateful.

On the flip side though, there are some people you'd just as soon forget - and if I make a facebook page, then they can find me! They're already doing it - through my daughter's facebook page!!! She is tired of forwarding me email, and responding to the people who tell her that they went to school with me, knew me when we were 8; or worked with me at 'such and such a place'. She threatened that if I didn't make one, she'd make it for me!

Maybe I should let her. She's on there every day - several times! She's always running and saying "Be right back, I gotta go update my facebook page...Can I get copies of those pictures, I'd like them for my facebook page...Oh, I didn't know you knew so and so, he's my friend on facebook!" I just can't keep up!

Now don't get me wrong, so far, everyone who's gotten in touch with me (through Caitlin's page) has been someone I've thought about through the years, and reminiced fondly of our adventures together. But, I know that eventually, there will be someone who I have to add as my friend, because if I don't - they'll be all hurt and sad and wondering why I didn't make them my facebook friend...you know how it goes.

Of course this entails a new photo, and a new profile and just thinking about it exhausts me so much I need a nap...

Rock on with your bad self...

H