marrying my boyfriend of almost 6 years this Friday! Who says highschool romances never work out?

Another awesome thing is I have two more interviews this week.

I have an interview on Friday. Hopefully it'll go well. It's with this Christian mission organization in Sylmar, CA. It seems like it's going to be a regular interview, they didn't ask me to bring my knife kit or anything. Wish me luck, I need a job. -_- I have 2 months left until I have to move.

Still looking for a job. I've filled out several applications, around the area I'm trying to move too. I'm hoping to get a call by the end of this month or mid October. We're trying to move into the new place by the end of October.

I'll be heading up to the school tomorrow. I have to file a leave of absence or I'll get kicked out of the program. I found out last week that I can't technically start my externship until the end of next week because of some awkward scheduling problem. *sighs* This also means I'm not sure I'll be able to start the externship. Finding a job and moving takes priority over the externship, unless I want to risk being homeless again. -_-

My grandmother crazy neighbor is complaining about me feeding the two cats outside. I did go up to her place and ask if there was anything I could do to minimize any problem I was causing if any, since she been watching every move I've made when outside feeding and caring for them and locking me out of the main hall way. So as soon as I begin talking to her she goes bat-shit and denies everything, then starts hootin' and hollering about how "I've got my nerves." At that point I wished her a good night and left. -_- She's crazy.

Fast forwarding to today, she apparently noted the landlord and has my grandparents afraid they're going to be evicted. I'm not sure if we're going to be able to move in time, so I'm contemplating taking them to a local no-kill rescue, where I know they'll be placed with cat-loving people, but I know the little one will be distressed if she and her bud were split up, but maybe they could find a home to take both in. I'd like to see if I could find a foster for them for the next two months, but that doesn't seem likely. I'm going explore all of my options. I want to keep these cats, but I don't want psycho-woman to do anything to them either.

*sighs* When it rains it pours.

It's been a while since I've updated. So I just finished my last class and I'm getting ready to start my externship on Sunday. I'm really looking forward to it. Anyway here are some pictures from my advanced garde manger and international class. Sadly my camera seems to be busted. >.> Warranty yay!
( Food Pics )

It looks like I have my externship. All I have to do is get the paperwork signed to make it official. *dances* I'm going to be sticking it out at Ghalia Organic Desserts. It's unpaid, of course, but it'll be a great experience. They make awesome baked goodies. I look forward learning the ropes from them. I really love one of the flavor twists they put on traditional baked goods like cookies and brownies.

On another note, I'm still looking for a full-time job and I'm still apartment hunting. I look forward to finally being able to make my cats indoors only. I worry about them being inside, but my grandfather would kill them if I brought them in. It's just about time for another vet visit so he can check my kitty's skin. Everything's looking up at this point.

I'm ServSafe certified now!  *dances*  Now to frame my certificate.  In other news, I'm looking for an externship, hopefully one at a bakery, but I'll take what I can get. So far I've applied at Alcove cafe & bakery and Ghalia's Organic Desserts. Tomorrow, I'll continue hunting around and hopefully knock some more names off the list.

A few folks wanted the custard recopies, so here they are. Except the flan, it's very bland and I wouldn't recommend it. >.> You can substitute vanilla extract for the vanilla bean though I forget the ratios. I have to look for the chocoolate mousse recipes.

( Recipe Galore )

Custard week.

( Sugar rush, yes? )

Image dump!

( Foodz )

I'm not sure if I mentioned before but we recently we've been caring for a two stray cats. One of them appeared to be pregnant also a little off balanced at time. We found a low cost vet to spay/neuter them. We thought they were both females, but it turns one was male. The pregnant female had a dead litter of 6 kittens inside her. I'm glad we got her there before she had any complications and the male turned out to be already neutered. The female's(who I'll refer to as BK from now on) wound is healing nicely, as a matter of fact I can hardly see where the incision is now. We just started both of them on Wellness Core(dry and wet) and they're looking much better now. We've decided to take them with us when we move. I'll try to get a picture of the other cat Delicious Kitty(my boyfriend chose his name, lol) I'm just glad she's doing much better.
( Here's a picture of her. )

Here's a couple of pictures of the dishes that I've made since I purchased my new digital camera:
( Deliciousness )
I'm really having a great time, and getting to eat what we create is always a plus. I'm looking forward to completing the program and getting a job that I won't absolutely loath for once. I'll take more pictures since I have to make a portfolio  and submit it with my resume for grading.

So, my sister is at it again. She brought two of her friends in the apartment when my grandparents weren't here. The only person that was around was my mother(who seems to be in her own little world some times), and she doesn't pay attention to her. My uncle just happen to come by and visit. He told my grandparents about this.

Now let me first off establish that my sister isn't allowed to have company in the house when my grandparents are home. What makes her think this is ok? Of course her mother just goes along with this, disobeying her own parent's rules and to top it all off they're playing my Wii. Now, If they had gotten permission from me and I was sitting in the room with them it wouldn't have been a problem(things tend to mysteriously come up broken when she's alone). My mother does absolutely nothing about this! I'm at a loss, and it's getting to the point where I'm starting to resent my own mother. She lets her teenage(14) daughter run wild, but bites anyone's head off(particularly mine) when they try to talk to her about it. It's my game(I bought it), I have a right to demand it stay untouched at home, especially when there are a bunch of unsupervised delinquent children around!

Of course when my grand parents get wind of they they bawl my sister out, then the immediately storms out of the house slamming both doors and call my mother and tell her whatever twisted story she pleases because lets face it Michelle can do no wrong. Now this child has been out of school since January because she's been fighting with some other kids. That's her mother's excuse. I guess we(my grandparents and I) pester her enough so that she finally stops making excuses and registers her into another school(less tolerant than the last one), this all happens last week. She's been running the streets(hanging out where ever she wants, when ever she wants, with who ever she wants) for several months now. And she's showing obvious signs that she's forgetting whatever she was taught, not that she was a top student, she earned 4 or 5 F's last semester.

I'm really at a loss, I'm her eldest child, yet she still tries to keep me on a short leash. I can't disrespect her, she's my mother. Unlike my sister, I do respect my elders. However when I(or anyone) try to discuss my sister with my mother, she immediately dismisses us for whatever reason. Now she's uber religious, though sometime I feel she picks and chooses what she wants to follow(the bible does teach the importance of disciplining a child), that's all she wants to do. Read her bible, and watch the church channel. It's like she's completely not in touch with reality and her poor parents, who shouldn't have to worry about an unruly child have to deal with that monster she created. I just don't know what to do, it's so frustrating that it makes me break down in tears and I get so stressed that it makes me sick. I want a relationship with my mother, but this is just not working out. I'm well aware that I most likely will be her caretaker when she gets older and I don't want to resent her. I've been praying, and I know it's all in God's hands, but I'm afraid of my sister getting raped again, pregnant, or even killed out in the street with her so called "friends". My mother doesn't even take the time to meet her friends, or find out where they live/getting their number before letting her spend the night, or even checks to see if she's really going where she say she is(she lies a lot).

I believe my sister needs therapy, the has a lot of issues that have been left unchecked. We both had the same abusive father, but I went to therapy and came out better for it. She's had all of this bottled inside her. I figure that this lashing out may have something to do with it. I told my mom to get her into therapy when she fell victim to being raped, but still nothing. I don't want my sister to get taken away by social services, I'm beginning to suspect her previous school may start some kind of investigation, because she was never checked out of her previous school, she just stopped attending and with all of the stuff going on, I doubt whoever the case worker is will have a problem taking my sister away.

It bothers me, it bothers me so much I get sick and can't concentrate. I just don't know what to do, talking to her mother doesn't work, and talking to my sister doesn't work. My grandparent's don't deserved to be punished because their daughter can't control her unruly child.

So I just finished my second class last Friday, so far my GPA is a 3.0. So I'll need an 'A' in my next class, which is baking. Which should be pleasant since I really like baking and I'd love the chance to work with chocolate more.

This week I'm on my spring break and it's been relaxing so far. I got my tax refund, and it was basically done when I finished paying all of my bills, and picking up stuff from school. I'm left with about 50 dollars to get gas and maybe a snack with. I can't wait until I finish this program. Being broke is sucking majorly right now.

I have been working on my Dragon(well re-working it) and Husky fursuit, since I have nothing else to do but play video games, work on fursuits, and draw. I've also had the opportunity to work on my poaching technique, I'm getting better with layering on flavors with delicious results. Mmmm, salmon.

Next week I'll probably spend most of my time after school in the career office checking out the potential externships.

Short Term:

~ Save 25% of my paycheck each week.

~ Finish Updated Dragon Fursuit (June 21, 2009) Materials were acquired in 2007. *was lazy*

~ Finish "Code Red" Husky. (TBA) Materials were acquired in 2007. *was lazy*

~ Get potentially hired with a company before I graduate. (Aug. - Sep. 2009)

~ Finish CSCA with a 3.4+ (Sep 2009)

~ Get an apartment (Oct 20 - Nov 15 2009)

~ Focus on Paying back my Student Loans and any other debts I've accumulated, to have better control of them.

-Get a functional camera

Long Term: (2010 +)

~ Get my dog

~ To be able to travel

~ To make one con a year

~ To enjoy what I do for a living

~ To continue working towards and attain my BS in Animal Sciences and Mechanical Engineering

~  to work my way up to Sous Chef and eventually Chef de Cuisine Before I'm 27.

~ Increase my Savings, start a retirement fund

~ Purchase a home

~ Start my restaurant




Fur supplier:

Syfabrics

Muscle Suit Tut

Just posting to show I'm still alive. I'm still enjoying my new job, it's not much in terms of money (80 bucks a week) but they're willing to work with my school schedule which is more than what I can say from the majority of retailers around here. I'm still in school, I just completed my first month(only 5 more to go). CSCA is pretty fun, it's a nice close knit community of teachers and students, not to mention the many companies that recruit prospects from the school. I'm really enjoying the smaller class sizes, there are 15 people in my class to it's a lot of 1 on 1 time with the instructor. While I haven't burnt anything to a crisp yet, I need to work on my time management skills. I want to have no regrets when I get my diploma and my new job with my prospective employer. At least I'll be able to pay off bills more effectively then. Anyway my goal is to graduate with a 3.4+ GPA and then I'll probably be heading over to an apprenticeship for about 6 mos. and I'll start taking classes for my BS in Business/Hospitality Management. So things are going well to say the least. Of course now I'll have to decide whether or not I want to stay in the country for my externship.


New Team:

Jirachi, Suicune, Salamence, Blissey, Donphan, Infernape

Digimon Next

Apt. Search

Translation Website

Spiced Almond Wafers

Parmesan Chicken

Garlic Black Pepper Shrimp Soup

"Panda" Orange Chicken

Asian Ginger Garlic Steak

Pot Stickers

Balsamic Glazed Roasted Chicken

Herb Crusted White Fish

Fudge Cake(can make into cup cakes too)

Baked Teriyaki Salmon

Sexy Brownies

Triple Chocolate Cake

White Chocolate Mud Cake

Chocolate/Toffee Cookies

Oven Fried Chicken

Shortbread Cookies

Toffee Chip Cookies

Chicken Adobo

Bakeshops/Restaurants/Food Sites

Cotton Candy Bake Shop

La Tartine Gourmande

Old English Mastiff

Thunder Run Mastiffs

Various Litter Announcements

Beauceron

Chiodo Kennels

Chateau Rocher

Les Ombres Valeureux

Von Danubia

Malinois

Dantero Malinois

Logan Haus Kennels

Les Ombres Valeureux

AmStaffs

Woody Acres

Shady Blue AmStaffs

Storytime Kennels

Meadowbrook Kennel

AmStaff Club

Olimar AmStaffs

Castle Rock Amstaffs

Berg Staff(focused on work and show)

Edelhaus Kennel

Cabin Creek AmStaffs

Siberian Husky(working lines mostly)

Kiana's Sibes(useful kennel links)

Kelim Sibes

Fort Illio Kennels

Tumnatki's Siberians

Silly Siberians

Chlout Racing Siberians

Bray Hill Sibes (contract on site)

Frankoniapower Kennel

Ka-bi's Sibes

Malinios

Athos Mals

O' breon's Mals


American Bulldog

Relentless Kennels

Uppercut Kennels

Cram's American Bulldogs

Bid Rig's American Bulldogs

Working AmBull Breeders

Doberman Pincher

Vom Landgraf

Ascomannis Kennel

Blitzkrieger Kennel

Von Mahuba

Vom Harten Kern

Van Schuylenburcht

Vom Haus Mann

Van Layne

Von Schlottke

Von Moeller Hof

American Tundra Shepherd

American Tundra Shepherd Association

Czechoslovakian Vlcak

Od Uhoste

Of Mercedes Dream (needs to be translated)
 

Saarloos Wolfhound

Kennel de Louba-Tar

Data base

Useful link

Presa Canario

Red Star (first choice)

Cabeza Grande Kennels

Hooligan Acres

Cane Corso

Castle Guard

Sleeping Giant

La Faccia Cane Corso



Panda Shepherds:

Phenom Shepherds

Furrari Kennels



German Shepherds:

Von Tajgetosz (German/Czech)

Vom Kriegerhund Kennels

Du Noble Nid

Jinopo(working line Czech imports)

Boeselager Kennel(DDR/West mix)

Zwinger vom Alte Ahnen(DDR/Czech/West)

Vom Linmarc (DDR)

Shepherds by Design (Czech)

WeberHaus(Czech, DDR)

Good Behavior(socialization overload/Czech)

Da-Ju (DDR/Czech)

Spartanville (DDR/Czech)

Jinopo (Czech)

EurosportK9 (Czech/Slovak)(top choice)

Ehret Shepherds(DDR/Czech)

Van Den Heuvel (Czech)

Starke Pfoten (This too)<----

Von Hayden(This!!!) <---


Stone Haus
Von Grunheide

SchraderhausK9

Van Den Heuvel

Vom Banholz

Von Haus Targa

Brimwylf

Von Stan K9

Vom Reichtal

Vom GrimOrkie

High Desert K9

Triton Kennels

Alder Stien Kennels

GSD Standard Colors

Vom HausReid

Vom Waldestraum

Van Tiekerhook

Hena-C

Kleinen Hain

Vom Banach

Vom Windlied

Kirschental's GSDs

Tauglichkeit GSDs

Vom Eichenluft

Vom Parchimer Land

Van Meerhout

Wild Haus Kennels

JohnHaus

Jagermeister Shepherds

Vesta GSDs

Zu Treuen Handen

Adler Stein Kennels (Southern Californian)

Spartanville Shepherds

Kulla Dog

Von Wolfstraum

Triton Kennels

Vom Landholz

Von Rokanhaus

Granville GSDs

Rotties:

Akamai Rotts (Show/Herding/Carting Rotts)

Redwood Krest

Von der Kriegerhunde

Ter Waele

Vom Hause Anin

Vom Turnleberg

Schwaiger Wappen(german)

Vom Herrenholz(proven working lines)

Falcon's Nest

Vom Hause Neubrand Rottweiler

Esmond Rotts (top choice)

Carrabba Haus

Von Hause Lordi

Von Sederhaus Rottweilers


Malamutes:

Ruby Mtn

RealMals

Leonbergers

Bluebonnet Kennels

Cherry Wood Kennels

Acorn Kennel

Akitas:

Mojo Akitas


Pitbulls:

Matrix Kennels
MAXIMUS KENNELS

K9 Performance Kennels(working(agility, schutzhund, obedience)/show prospect)

Caragan Kennel(working/show prospect)

Matrix Kennels (working prospect)

Leather Neck

Duenas Dynasty Kennels(weight pull)

Caragan Kennel(weight pull)

Oldfort Kennels(weight pull)

Colby's Pits(working prospect, Colby line)

Tom Garner Kennels(working prospect, Chinaman line)

Kaya Kennels

Pit Master Kennels (working prospects)

California K9(occasional pups/working prospects)

Victorino's Kennel

Howard's APBTs (Schutzhund/ring sports)

Fresno Bully Rescue

Working Pitbull Terrier Club of America

R. Craig's Pits (Top Choice)

Rock Creek Kennel (top choice)

Falin's Pits (top choice)

Pull Dawg Pits

Dennis Pits

Smith Family Kennels

The Stock Yard

Useful Info/Sites:

Honest Kitchen (treats and dehydrated raw)

Sea Veggies(Kelp Supply)

Puppy Classes

Dr. P's Protection Dog Training

Lou Castle(useful articles)

Commands(german/czech)

Signature K9 (more supplies)

MondioRing

Molosser World

Food Impulse Control

Teaching "Focus"

Basic Command Help

Working Dog/Schutzhund Books

Working Dog Vests

Useful Schutzhund Training Articles

Puppy Tests:

Southwest Region Schutzhund

RAW Diet

NorthWest K9

BrightStar Shepherds

Dog Supplies Online

Schunzhund Club Locator

Schuntzhund Training

Weight Pulling

Mental Stablilty/General Sites:

RAW Info Stuffs

Nerve Strenth & Threshholds

Agression/Fight Drive


German-English Translation/ Pronunciation 

 Dog Training Article

Working Pitbulls

German Commands

German Dog Disc.

Additional Food Brands

Acana(Pacifia's ok  for puppy)

K-9 Kraving(raw)

Taylor Pond Farms

Oma's Pride(raw food supplier)

Hare Today Gone Tomorrow(raw food supplier)

Green Tripe

Merrick

Prey Model Feeding(Raw)

BARF World (Raw)

RAW FAQs

Fromm's Family Foods

Wellness 

Solid Gold (Barking At the Moon and Hundchen Flocken Puppy(lamb))

Orijen

Taste of the Wild

Blue Buffalo(Wilderness only)

Canidae (all life stage w/ poultry is fine for pups)

Innova(the large breed  puppy is especially good)

Timberwolf

Raw Feeding Suppliers

Online Food Sources

Pet Food Direct

Treats, Chews,  and Toys:

Egges

Red Barn Bully Sticks

Totally Raw

Kong Stuffings:

Icy Treats:
We used to buy frosty paws in the freezer section of the grocery store for Panzer. Then I got this recipe which he likes a lot better, tastes pretty good and is good for him.

32 oz. of vanilla yogurt, 2 tbs. peanut butter, 2 tbs. honey, and mashed banana. Mix together and then separate into freezer containers and freeze. You can sub. a lot of different fruits for the banana. We have done strawberries and cherries.  Can also be used for Kong stuffing or in ice trays.


Goodie GSD Thread

Moar Stuffings

Flea/Bug Help

Bug Off Garlic

Bird Cages

EFL

Pet Friendly Rentals

Pets and People Home Finders

My New Place

People with pets

Pet Rent(houses and apartments)

Cat Breeders:

Siamese Kitties

Shadows Traditional Siamese

Siam-moon


Websites/Forums:

Tracking Foundation

RAW Menu(adult)

RAW Menu(puppy)

Pit Bull Chat

Game-Dog

Stud contract sample

Care a Lot Pets

APBT Network Conformation

Books/DVDs

The tracking dog: theory and methods

Schutzhund obedience: Training in drive

Michael Ellis Power of Training with Food

The Power of Training with Markers with Ed

Training the Behavior by Gary Patterson

Schutzhund: theory and training methods

Well, I've been busy for the past few days. I'm enjoying the pet nutrition specialist position immensely. It's a very laid-back job, all I have to do is try to "convert" people to my pet food products. I've gotten to meet a variety of people, and their pets. It's a nice change from Wal*mart. I only work Saturday and Sunday, for 4 hours a day. The pay's pretty good at 12 bucks an hour so, at least I can afford to pay my bills. I'm currently going to school, and I'll be done with my diploma by this September. I'm already setting up contacts, so hopefully I'll have a job waiting for me right after I graduate.

I got the job! The interview when well, and my back ground in animal sciences certainly helped quite a bit. My orientation starts next Friday, which means I'll have some sort of income and I can start paying on things again. *dances* Yay for a none shady-like company, lol.

License #: 8I-ALWZ4-663T9-P4RRR-RHPVJ-2HWFQ-FQNP

So the folks at the pet food company asked me for a second interview, which is scheduled for tomorrow. The company seems pretty awesome, and their not expecting me to shell out 140 bucks for a demo of the product I'd be selling. I'm preparing for it today so I'll have everything laid out tomorrow. Now to go print and fill out the application.