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Suzy · 06-12-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvMySissy

Hi all - I know not everyone attending has posted on this thread yet, but most of you know I am a yoga & pilates instructor. Would anyone be interested in doing a little yoga on Saturday morning before breakfast? I would be happy to lead a class somewhere..............

Jodie-ABSOLUTELY I'm in!!!! I'll pack my mat!

MyFairLacy · 06-12-2008, 08:20 PM

I feel so bad that it took me this long to read this thread! I would wait until it was 8 pages long so that it would take me 45 minutes to read everything LOL. Well....in exactly 7 days and 2 hours, I will be leaving for Kansas City!!! Yes, Cynthia (crb), Gayla (layla's mom) and I are leaving at 1:00am and driving through the night to get to Kansas City early Friday afternoon! Gayla and I are night people anyway, and I think Cynthia is learning to be a night person with all the sewing she's been doing at night lately!

So...I'm Michele, I'm 23 and I live in College Station, TX. I have 2 yorkies (Lacy and Rylie) and 2 Persian Cats (Sophie & Kira). I am originally from a very small town close to Texarkana, TX. All of my family still lives in that area (which is 5 hours away from where I am now) so I don't see them too often. I usually go home for Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving and then normally a couple other times during the year for a visit. I have one sister who will be 21 next month. An interesting fact since there aren't many of them anymore....my family owned a Piggly Wiggly Grocery store for many years (my great grandfather on my Dad's side brought it to town)...but they sold the store to another chain of grocery stores when I was 13...my family has owned a lot of interesting businesses.

I took a lot of dance classes from the time I was 2 years old until I graduated high school. My strongest area was tap dancing, but I loved it all, especially ballet (even though ballet was not my strongest point). I did a lot of dance competitions and pageants growing up as well. One of the pageant systems I competed in has their state pageant the weekend will be in KC...I still go and watch every year (and judged last year)...so this will be the first year I've missed since the last year I won the TX state pageant...but of course YT is worth it

I was an overachiever in high school...LOL...was a member of every club out there and took all the honor classes/AP classes/Dual credit classes that I could. When I went to college, I decided really fast that I was tired of being an over achiever! I worked for the small animal veterinarian in my town for the 4 years I was in high school....I've known I wanted to be a veterinarian since I was 8 years old.

My family had a lot of pets growing up...but unfortunately I have to say my family were not good pet owners and it seems like our pets didn't last long

It definitely taught me how NOT to be a pet owner now that I have my own pets and make the decisions on caring for them. But I've always loved animals and always wanted to have pets... My family actually got the first yorkie in my life when I was three years old. They asked me what I wanted to name him, and I said "Zachary Hula"

They thought I'd change my mind the next day (I was three..) but I didn't so Zachary Hula was his name (where I got the Hula I have no clue

). We lived in a neighborhood and this was in the 80's and he would go outside and go say hello to our neighbors. He got into some rat poison outside and died

I'm not sure if it's because I had a yorkie at such a young age or what, but yorkies have always been my favorite breed of dog. There is just something about them! I asked for a yorkie for years growing up, but my parents didn't want any inside animals so no yorkie for me. I've actually always been more of a cat person until I got Lacy (and I'd still say I'm a big cat person). I finally convinced my Dad to let me get a Himalayan (Persian) cat when I was 14...her name is Kira and she's a seal point Himalayan. She is 8 1/2 now. She stayed with my parents the first year I was in college since I lived in a dorm but then she moved down here to College Station with me. One of my Best Friends bought Lacy for me as a Christmas present my sophomore year in College...the best gift I've ever been given! Lacy is 3 1/2 now. I then got Sophie, my Chocolate Point Himalayan (Persian), a year ago in April....she's 1 1/2 now and she is the sweetest cat! Rylie...he was bought for my sister at the same time I was given Lacy but she's never really cared for him so my parents had the responsibility of him. In October last year my parents went on a long trip and left him with me and I've had him ever since...he's 3 1/2 now too (he's 6 weeks younger than Lacy). So there are my babies....Lacy, Rylie, Kira, and Sophie!

So...moved to College Station in 2003 to go to College at Texas A&M University..majored in Biomedical Science. Graduated in 3 1/2 years in December of 2006. I started Veterinary School last September! In between the time I graduated from college and started vet school I worked for a dog boutique and grooming salon here...I was in charge of the boutique. I'm so glad it's summer and I have some time off from school for a while!! I just started a new job on Monday. We've been training all week, and I think I'm going to enjoy it. I'll be working full time so you'll be getting a break from me on YT during the week

So far as being a vet...I know I want to be a small animal veterinarian. And I may want to eventually be a board certified specialist such as a cardiologist...but we'll see.

Hobbies...I like to do crafty things. I have sewn dog dresses before, but I'd rather buy them

I've been making a lot of bows lately and really enjoy it. I like to make the fleece tie blankets, and I used to love to scrapbook when I had more time and extra money laying around (scrapbooking is expensive! or at least the way I do it is anyway LOL). I LOvE to shop for dog clothing...I'm always surfing the online stores and hunting down dog boutiques when I go somewhere. Lacy has a huge wardrobe, and Rylie is slowly building his. I get a huge thrill out of dressing up my dogs and admiring them everyday LOL. My dogs are pretty much my life...I enjoy being with them. I love having yorkie meetups, and basically yorkie anything. I also love to attend dog shows when I can and *might* be interested in showing yorkies YEARS down the road. I enjoy learning as much as I can about it all for now. I also enjoy spending time with friends and family. I love to go out to eat, watch movies, play games, etc. I watch way too much TV... I LOVE to eat. I just love food...my family's hobby is going out to eat and cooking so I just grew up loving food (luckily I have a high metabolism..). I have a huge sweet tooth...love candy, sweets and chocolate. I haven't read much in a couple years but I do enjoy reading a good book...I just read a really good one a couple weeks ago so I'm going to be in search of some new ones soon. Oh, I like being lazy and napping too. I could lay in bed and sleep all day LOL. I also love to travel and hope to travel a lot more later in life. I really enjoy weekend trips, but gas prices have definitely hurt the ability to just do that.. and..I spend too much time online LOL

Okay...so there's a book on me..maybe I'll add more later as I think about it

MyFairLacy · 06-12-2008, 08:24 PM

ohh...I thought about starting a very small salt water tank here but luckily got discouraged to do it... i say luckily because I don't think I'd have time for it and I think my fish would die.. I'd LOVE to have a huge salt water tank though one day, but I want someone to take care of it for me. I just want to admire it.

I think the "coolest" pets I've had were two red-eyed tree frogs. They are so colorful. They eventually died though. I had them in high school.

Oh, I will most likely have a couple drinks too!

06-12-2008, 08:20 PM	#107
MyFairLacy Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 11,003	I feel so bad that it took me this long to read this thread! I would wait until it was 8 pages long so that it would take me 45 minutes to read everything LOL. Well....in exactly 7 days and 2 hours, I will be leaving for Kansas City!!! Yes, Cynthia (crb), Gayla (layla's mom) and I are leaving at 1:00am and driving through the night to get to Kansas City early Friday afternoon! Gayla and I are night people anyway, and I think Cynthia is learning to be a night person with all the sewing she's been doing at night lately! So...I'm Michele, I'm 23 and I live in College Station, TX. I have 2 yorkies (Lacy and Rylie) and 2 Persian Cats (Sophie & Kira). I am originally from a very small town close to Texarkana, TX. All of my family still lives in that area (which is 5 hours away from where I am now) so I don't see them too often. I usually go home for Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving and then normally a couple other times during the year for a visit. I have one sister who will be 21 next month. An interesting fact since there aren't many of them anymore....my family owned a Piggly Wiggly Grocery store for many years (my great grandfather on my Dad's side brought it to town)...but they sold the store to another chain of grocery stores when I was 13...my family has owned a lot of interesting businesses. I took a lot of dance classes from the time I was 2 years old until I graduated high school. My strongest area was tap dancing, but I loved it all, especially ballet (even though ballet was not my strongest point). I did a lot of dance competitions and pageants growing up as well. One of the pageant systems I competed in has their state pageant the weekend will be in KC...I still go and watch every year (and judged last year)...so this will be the first year I've missed since the last year I won the TX state pageant...but of course YT is worth it I was an overachiever in high school...LOL...was a member of every club out there and took all the honor classes/AP classes/Dual credit classes that I could. When I went to college, I decided really fast that I was tired of being an over achiever! I worked for the small animal veterinarian in my town for the 4 years I was in high school....I've known I wanted to be a veterinarian since I was 8 years old. My family had a lot of pets growing up...but unfortunately I have to say my family were not good pet owners and it seems like our pets didn't last long It definitely taught me how NOT to be a pet owner now that I have my own pets and make the decisions on caring for them. But I've always loved animals and always wanted to have pets... My family actually got the first yorkie in my life when I was three years old. They asked me what I wanted to name him, and I said "Zachary Hula" They thought I'd change my mind the next day (I was three..) but I didn't so Zachary Hula was his name (where I got the Hula I have no clue ). We lived in a neighborhood and this was in the 80's and he would go outside and go say hello to our neighbors. He got into some rat poison outside and died I'm not sure if it's because I had a yorkie at such a young age or what, but yorkies have always been my favorite breed of dog. There is just something about them! I asked for a yorkie for years growing up, but my parents didn't want any inside animals so no yorkie for me. I've actually always been more of a cat person until I got Lacy (and I'd still say I'm a big cat person). I finally convinced my Dad to let me get a Himalayan (Persian) cat when I was 14...her name is Kira and she's a seal point Himalayan. She is 8 1/2 now. She stayed with my parents the first year I was in college since I lived in a dorm but then she moved down here to College Station with me. One of my Best Friends bought Lacy for me as a Christmas present my sophomore year in College...the best gift I've ever been given! Lacy is 3 1/2 now. I then got Sophie, my Chocolate Point Himalayan (Persian), a year ago in April....she's 1 1/2 now and she is the sweetest cat! Rylie...he was bought for my sister at the same time I was given Lacy but she's never really cared for him so my parents had the responsibility of him. In October last year my parents went on a long trip and left him with me and I've had him ever since...he's 3 1/2 now too (he's 6 weeks younger than Lacy). So there are my babies....Lacy, Rylie, Kira, and Sophie! So...moved to College Station in 2003 to go to College at Texas A&M University..majored in Biomedical Science. Graduated in 3 1/2 years in December of 2006. I started Veterinary School last September! In between the time I graduated from college and started vet school I worked for a dog boutique and grooming salon here...I was in charge of the boutique. I'm so glad it's summer and I have some time off from school for a while!! I just started a new job on Monday. We've been training all week, and I think I'm going to enjoy it. I'll be working full time so you'll be getting a break from me on YT during the week So far as being a vet...I know I want to be a small animal veterinarian. And I may want to eventually be a board certified specialist such as a cardiologist...but we'll see. Hobbies...I like to do crafty things. I have sewn dog dresses before, but I'd rather buy them I've been making a lot of bows lately and really enjoy it. I like to make the fleece tie blankets, and I used to love to scrapbook when I had more time and extra money laying around (scrapbooking is expensive! or at least the way I do it is anyway LOL). I LOvE to shop for dog clothing...I'm always surfing the online stores and hunting down dog boutiques when I go somewhere. Lacy has a huge wardrobe, and Rylie is slowly building his. I get a huge thrill out of dressing up my dogs and admiring them everyday LOL. My dogs are pretty much my life...I enjoy being with them. I love having yorkie meetups, and basically yorkie anything. I also love to attend dog shows when I can and might be interested in showing yorkies YEARS down the road. I enjoy learning as much as I can about it all for now. I also enjoy spending time with friends and family. I love to go out to eat, watch movies, play games, etc. I watch way too much TV... I LOVE to eat. I just love food...my family's hobby is going out to eat and cooking so I just grew up loving food (luckily I have a high metabolism..). I have a huge sweet tooth...love candy, sweets and chocolate. I haven't read much in a couple years but I do enjoy reading a good book...I just read a really good one a couple weeks ago so I'm going to be in search of some new ones soon. Oh, I like being lazy and napping too. I could lay in bed and sleep all day LOL. I also love to travel and hope to travel a lot more later in life. I really enjoy weekend trips, but gas prices have definitely hurt the ability to just do that.. and..I spend too much time online LOL Okay...so there's a book on me..maybe I'll add more later as I think about it __________________ ~Magnifique Yorkies~ Purchasing from backyard breeders, pet shops, and puppymills perpetuates the suffering of other dogs. Educate yourself and buy from reputable breeders or rescue.

06-12-2008, 08:24 PM	#108
MyFairLacy Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 11,003	ohh...I thought about starting a very small salt water tank here but luckily got discouraged to do it... i say luckily because I don't think I'd have time for it and I think my fish would die.. I'd LOVE to have a huge salt water tank though one day, but I want someone to take care of it for me. I just want to admire it. I think the "coolest" pets I've had were two red-eyed tree frogs. They are so colorful. They eventually died though. I had them in high school. Oh, I will most likely have a couple drinks too! __________________ ~Magnifique Yorkies~ Purchasing from backyard breeders, pet shops, and puppymills perpetuates the suffering of other dogs. Educate yourself and buy from reputable breeders or rescue.