I'm a successful foster parent!

Not quite Nicaragua, but critter-related: I've had a broken-legged weiner dog at my house (and at work, and in the car, and at other people's houses...) for the last couple of months, and now that she's finally recovered I got to turn her over to an adoptive family yesterday! Both of my other foster attempts have failed, because I somehow justified keeping my "fosters", hence the abundance of critters at my house. Third time's a charm I guess.

On the World Vets front, we've had a pledge of donated air miles for the next spay/neuter trip! It won't be my turn again for a few years, but someone else from my office is going to have a blast! Dr. Steele gets to go every year, and the rest of the staff get to take turns. Which was great, but now we've hired three more staff members, so it'll be a while... ah well. I get to work our freebie clinics here in town. We put those on (sponsored by North Beach PAWS) four times a year. Last time we "fixed" 55 critters. Our first one this year will be just a few weeks after Nicaragua, so Dr. Steele and I should be ready to rock'n'roll!

Speaking or rock'n'roll, has anyone else seen Jonah Rocks? This kid is amazing!

PayPal link is up and running!

I've got to mention that I'm super proud of myself, having never made a PayPal link before. It was surprisingly easy and user-friendly, and I'd recommend the service to anyone attempting to raise donated funds for a spay/neuter trip (note how I just have to mention the purpose for this trip at least once in every post). Feel free to make use of the link, now that it's there!
Next project, add a ticker/counter type thing to track fundage.
And just for fun, here's what I've been suckered into babysitting overnight:

Donations!

I'd be remiss if I didn't give recognition:
to Webster Veterinary Supply for their pledge of suture material (and maybe more stuff!)
to Bayer for scrubs to wear
to Lilly for the offer of Comfortis
and I'd be happy to add to the list! I'm very lucky to work with these vendors and their representatives, and I'm glad they're excited to help out pets in Nicaragua as well.
We especially need surgery supplies, vaccines, and flea/tick control products.
Of course, not everyone has those kinds of things on hand, so at some point I intend to get a PayPal thingy up on here so that we can accept monetary contributions as well.

Got the plane ticket!

Thanks to the generosity of Thorn and Cindy Ward, I now have an airplane ride scheduled. Thank goodness, because the idea of being shot to Nicaragua from a cannon just didn't sit right with me. I've not heard much about the quality of their catching nets...
However, I am very, very excited that I was able to get booked on the same flight as Dr. Steele, especially since she's my ride to the airport. We'll be going Continental. (I'd heard that United Breaks Guitars, not that I have a guitar to bring or be broken, but that gives me an excuse to promote the song).
Have a great day everyone!

First Post!

Hello All!
News for today - I have successfully created the blog for our Nicaragua spay/neuter event, coming up in March.
Also, I have made a poster for the lobby, listing the blog as a resource. Hopefully, this will keep me motivated to report events as they occur...
Hopefully.

Dr. Steele and I are excited to join World Vets (www.worldvets.org) in bringing the joys of spays and neuters to pet owners in other countries. This will be my first World Vets trip (Dr. Steele's second) and, again hopefully, I will be able to keep the world at large posted on what happens.

Welcome to the Blog!