Laughs from the past (U-Pick Pet Adoption Agency)…

This was my answer from two years ago, I think, but it still makes me laugh!  I’ve not made any changes to it, so you’ll have to forgive that.  Enjoy…

You pick out your pet… We help you find it… No more middle man!

Daily writing prompt
Come up with a crazy business idea.

Have you ever dreamt of your favorite pet, but either cannot afford the breeders fee or fear getting something you weren’t prepared to care for? Well not anymore! Here at UPPAA we aim to please any and all who employ our services. 

Other agencies only offer the service of inviting you in to view and adopt a pet with all the cleaning, caring, treating and rehabilitating that someone else did for you… no no no… that is considered false advertising around our offices!

Instead of having you come to the nearest breeder or pet shelter, we here at UPPAA employ only the most qualified representatives to collect you, equip you and then, back you up, while you find the nearest stray animal in your area. Upon locating said adoptee, our representatives will then assess whether or not you desire to, or are capable of continuing on in said venture. From your response comes the next part of the package we offer. Here is where we will simply wait in the car, as you approach and retrieve the pet you have selected. 

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**Stipulations are in place here that you must adhere to, in order for the completion of our services. Not only must it be very clear that these pets do not belong to some one else, but the pet must actually need your assistance. We will not, under an circumstances, be a part of nor participate in the willful theft of the fluffy white puppy living in your neighbors back yard! (this had to be added to our contract for a specific reason)**

Once you’ve selected and retrieved your new pet, following our rules and regulations, we will then deliver you safely home to begin your new life together. There is no need to come back to the office, as you’ve already signed all of the paperwork that enlisted and guaranteed our services, as well as paying all agreed fees, so you’re all good to go!

All of our fees, being quite reasonable, come with a money back guarantee! If, after a full 15 days of care, cleaning, feeding and rehabilitating your chosen pet, you are dissatisfied… we will be happy to come pick you up, return you to the adoption site so that you can put the animal back where you found it. We will also return your fee, minus the fuel. 

Our goal, here at UPPAA, is to ensure that you find just the right pet that you deserve, in the most real way possible, so that you truly appreciate who the animal is, where it came from, and what it might possibly be like from here on out! We are able to keep costs down here, by never having to hear why you didn’t know what you were getting into, or that this pet is nothing like what we advertised! We boast a perfect track record of no rehoming pets returned for the third time.

We have representatives standing by right now, waiting for your call at 1-888-PIC-APET. Our first 10 customers will get a complimentary catch pole.

**We are not responsible for lost or stolen common sense, nor are we obligated to provide first aid, physical assistance nor the picking up of poop… welcome to pet parenthood!**

Things of the Past (from the archives)…

I know this prompt is a repeat, but my answer from last year still holds… and it’s always fun to look back on things we’ve written in the past, don’t you think?

As a girl of only eleven, I had already discovered the item I was most fond of… my survival!

Life has a way of sometimes being reduced to nothing more than a thing… an item to be played with, bartered, or thrown out when its usefulness has been expended!

For many souls, it can take an entire lifetime to figure this out, only really feeling the harsh bite of reality, as it begins to surface on or near retirement! Basically, most begin to take more notice of feeling less valuable to society as the body begins to slow and lose the ability to carry on at the same pace they’d once kept.

Then, there are souls like mine, who learned painfully early in life how little value they held, how they weren’t valuable enough to protect and care about… never worthy of being saved! This was my dark alleyway of existence, wandering through the night until I found a place to sleep… doing whatever I had to do in order to secure food, warmth, and sleep… never safety… just sleep! This life was not much, but it was mine, and I valued it above everything else!

I’m 55 now and nearing the age when most are preparing for retirement and their golden years… but not this runaway!

I’m just getting started, I think, striving to prepare and strengthen myself for something bigger, better, and still yet to come.

 It has taken some considerably long years of running to find myself sitting here recalling what I’d valued so much in my youth.  Over the years, I’ve not cared for nor cherished it, as one might expect.  Battered, bruised, misused, and tossed aside is that item I valued so strongly as a child…

None the less, it’s still in tact, for the most part!

If you’ve any curiosity about what has become of the item I was so attached to as a youth, you need only read the letters I have written to you all, over this last year, here on WordPress. 

As this site is really all I have to show for explaining things, it will have to suffice as my best answer! 

I don’t know about all you, but I need a cookie…

Simple Travel Plans…

Daily writing prompt
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?

Live life to the fullest… but keep your bags packed!

Some days, I pray He bring me home right then and there…

Other days, I desire to be standing there on the day He comes riding in on the clouds … what a glorious sight to behold, I say!

Either way, I shall walk each day with purpose, faith and love for others, as if we’ve years yet to go. When He calls to me… I will hear and respond, leaving everything of this world behind!

I know where my home is… where my hope is… the timing of my life span is not something I need to concern myself with.

Have a cookie…

Start Answering Better Prompts…

Daily writing prompt
What could you do differently?

I could say I’m sorry for what I’m about to say regarding the prompts… but I’m not gonna… and YES, I said gonna!

As a rule, I make an honest effort to come at the daily prompt with a positive attitude, for the sake of the community. We all know that they do not have a prompt department anymore, and haven’t for the last two years… that’s why the prompts just keep repeating themselves, like a rolodex.

The problem I have with the prompt is this: if you’re not going to have a department to support a certain product or feature… shut it down!

I find it incredibly irritating that WordPress still uses the prompt system, if it’s only meant for new users. If it isn’t there for my use, the long term paying customer, then get it off my screen!

The reason I’ve been answering and faithfully re-answering the silly questions is to reach out and be a part of the community. What I’ve discovered, however, is that I’ve amassed over 1300 subscribers, of which, maybe only about 20 regular folks stick around for more than a day or two.

From now on, if the prompt doesn’t blow air up my skirt, all you guys are gonna get is a cookie!

Just be grateful that I AM actually always here, and my cookies are fresh and not re-cycled or half-eaten…

Watch the road…

Daily writing prompt
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

I’d prefer it if we all just tried to focus on driving our big metal boxes with wheels… NO rubbernecking!

Here, have a cookie…

The Overthinker…

Daily writing prompt
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

Well, I am the founding mother of Overthinkers Anonymous, so……

Cookie?

RBU…

Daily writing prompt
What colleges have you attended?

While I’ve actually gotten a college education, there won’t be any listing of my personal information here, so I apologize if that’s what you were expecting to find in this prompt response.

What I will leave you with is the name of the university that I’ve attended all my life, but have yet to graduate… RBU or Reality Bites University! I am proud to say that I am one of the leading members of our Phi Beta Kappa chapter.

Here, have an educated cookie…