Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Mournful Sphinx Moth - Wordless Wednesday

Mournful Sphinx Moth

For this week's edition of Wordless Wednesday, I am sharing a few photos of the "Mournful Sphinx Moth". This moth looks like an airplane.

Mournful Sphinx Moth

This photo is a little blurry. It is the best I could trying to get a different view. Even at a different view this month still looks like your looking at a miniature airplane.

Mournful Sphinx Moth

From this view, you can see the moth has a little hump like feature. Which reminds you more of a fish out of the water.

Mournful Sphinx Moth

This moth was found and photographed in Southern Texas. It was seen in gray, dark brown and light brown in color.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Important Dog Food Recall - Evanger's Hunk Of Beef Dog Food


Have you heard there has been another dog food recall? Oh! This time it is Evanger's Big Hunk Dog Food. That can be bought in cans. 

Evanger's is recalling three different types of it's canned pet food.  One comes in a 12 ounce can under the #776155, a second one is Evanger's flavor braised beef under the #776150, the third and last flavor is the Against The Grain Pulled Beef under the number #776107.

The sad part is these have been made between December 2015 and last month January 2017. That is a long to go back on a recall if you think about how many pets have eaten that and have gotten sick or worse yet, died from eating it. This recall should have been sooner. As the expiration dates on the can are between December 2019 and January 2021.

Somehow there was a deadly drug that came in contact with and contamiated the dog food called pentobarbital. Once Evanger's found out, they issued a voluntary recall. As these products were issued nationwide.

If you didn't know "pentobarbital" can affect your pet in several ways. 
1. Losing balance
2. Nausea
3. Dizziness
4. Drowsiness
5. Excitement
6. Or in extreme cases death

One recall is too many when it comes to our furry loved ones. I don't know about you nut, my furries are a part of my family. They are my babies. I would lose it if one died because I thought I was feeding them good food. These companies need to be held accountable for being irresponsible in placing rotten ingredients or other harmful things in our pets foods. Remember to always report any issues you may have. That way a massive recall can be put out to the world. 


What do you do if you have some of these tainted cans of dog food?

Take the product back where you bought them to get a full refund. The retailers will ship them back to the distributors to be disposed of in the proper manner. 

If you choose to throw wit away yourself, please make sure to place it in a properly enclosed glass jar or metal can with a lid that can't be removed by a pet. That way no pet can tear the trash bag open and eat the contamination stuff.

Do not put it out for the neighborhood pets you wish to stay off your lawn. As other wildlife can get to it this way and be affected as well. Please dispose of it properly.

You can always call the company number at 847-537-0102 if you have any questions or inquiries. 

Any U.S. citizen can report complaints to a number to their local area coordinator.  Make sure to read 'How To Report A Pet Food Problem' that way you are sure to reach the proper channels if you haven't so already.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Weekend Follow Up #4 - Influenza is not to be messed with

Weekend follow up header

This is a follow up of all the blog posts I have created for the past week in case you missed one. I would like to do this weekly. I write on a variety of subjects. As I have two places I currently write at. Obviously, one place is on this blog Rusty2rusty's Chatter. Second place is my blog called Food With A Plan.

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A bunch of medicines from Pixabay.com


This past week I have not been feeling good. I started out with wheezing whenever I laid down. It was hard to get any sleep because of this. The past two days the other symptoms slowly started coming.



1. Coughing

2. Fever 

3. Exhaustion
4. Muscle Aches
5. Wheezing or difficulty breathing
6. Sneezing
7. Loss of appetite
8. Headache
9. Nasal congestion
10. Ear pain


I went to the hospital this morning. As this was day three and I felt worse than the day before. I was not suffering from the common cold. I am suffering from influenza. Also known as the flu. The doc ordered x-rays of my chest. I was given a breathing treatment at the hospital. I was sent home with steroids and more breathing treatments to continue at home.

Influenza is not something to be messed with. If you start having these symptoms, especially difficulty breathing. Please get to a doctor. As the flu has and does kill people. 


This is not how I had my morning planned. I had planned on going to church. Afterward having a second meeting with the preacher about my upcoming nuptials. As last week the preacher gave my fiance' and I homework to write out at home. We both were to write what the definition of love means to us individually, not what we think the other person thinks or believes. But what I believe love to be. As the preacher was going to discuss what we both wrote til we both have the same idea of what love is. 



I took the time to write my answer out on notebook paper. Me being a blogger I could not give a simple answer. I wrote a whole page full. I wanted to write more. Instead, I kept it short and hope he understands what I mean love to be. 




Now to the Weekend Follow Up from


February 19th to February 25th 

From Pixabay.com

1. 3 Important Things To Have On Your Blog - I stress three most important things I believe all blogs should have and why.

Pizza Crust made from cauliflower

2. Homemade Cauliflower Pizza - I was placed on a 1800 calorie diet by my doctor. Plus, being a type 2 diabetic I wanted to try a healthier pizza crust. I choose to make the crust out of cauliflower. 

Rascal, a Chihuahua wired terrier mix.

3. Photo Session With Rascal For Wordless Wednesday - A blog full of pictures with captions of Rascal. Oh and a photo bomb from Moose, the Chug.

Church windows From Pixabay.com

4. Revival, Church Service And A Talk With The Preacher - I share my thoughts about a local revival held at a local church, the morning church service and the talk with the preacher about my upcoming nuptials.

That's it for the week. As you can tell I really did not feel good. As I only wrote four blog posts compared to as many as I normally do. Hopefully, with my medicine, I can step up my game this week.

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I hope you enjoyed my fourth "Weekend Follow Up" post. I invite all my readers to leave your latest blog post link in the comments with a short description. If you leave a link, please check out someone else's link if you have time. You don't have to if you don't want to. This is my way of bringing blogger's together to meet each other. I promise I will visit yours.

#WeekendFollowUp

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Friday, February 24, 2017

3 Important Things To Have On Your Blog


I read many blogs a day. I read more when I do not feel good enough to create blog posts of my own. I will spend time in bed on my tablet reading blogs. If I comment on them. I will share them. As I believe bloggers should help support and encourage one another. Not compete against each other. As I believe there is room for all of us. There are three things I believe every good blog should have. 
Share Buttons 
Share buttons are important for those who wish to share your blog post and get the word out. I came across a blog about a cream medicine for cancer that kills dogs within hours of digesting it. The blog had no share buttons. I had no way to share the news through social media to get the word out to my fellow animal lover friends. I support fellow bloggers by sharing their blogs through social media. If no share button. I read, maybe comment and move on. 

Follow button 
It is important to have a way for readers to follow through email. I follow many blogs of my friends. A few don't have a follow button. I never know when they create a new post. Unless they tag me or I happen to visit a Facebook group we are in together. As I check my email every day for the blogs I follow. Some blogs I enjoy reading but will not hunt them down to find them. If I do not have easy access to read them. That blog lost another valuable reader.


Comment Or Contact 
It's important to have a way to contact the blogger if they do not allow comments. As readers may have a question about something written or something the blogger is selling. If there is no way to contact the blog author, they should allow comments for the same reason stated already.

If you are a blogger and do not have one of these three things. may I ask why you don't? If you are a reader of blogs, what is something you expect to see on a blog that some lack?
 Photos from Pixabay.com, a free use photo sharing website.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Photo Session With Rascal For Wordless Wednesday

Rascal a Chihuahua / wired terrier mix.
Oh picture time!! Time to pose!!

Rascal a Chihuahua / wired terrier mix.
I am looking at the camera mom!

Rascal a Chihuahua / wired terrier mix.
Standing tall - Is this better?

Rascal a Chihuahua / wired terrier mix.
Nope, I am not going to look

Rascal a Chihuahua / wired terrier mix.
Rascal was born almost completely white. he had a little bit of brown on his. Now he has brown spots, where it was white. Have you seen spotted Chihuahua before?

Moose a Chug (Chihuahua - pug mix)
Photobomb - Mom I want my picture taken too.

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Revival, Church Service And A Talk With The Pastor

Church window

This past weekend I was busy spending time with my family. Saturday night my boyfriend, daughter and I went to out to eat. Afterward, we stopped in at a Revival that was going on at a local church. It latest two hours. A Revival is a bunch of singing, dancing, and preaching. You would think my daughter would have been rambunctious. Nope, she sat in her seat quiet as a mouse.

Church window

Sunday morning, my boyfriend, daughter and I attended the church service at the same place the Revival was held. It latest two hours. I was surprised. As any church service, I have attended in the past latest no more than an hour. I am not complaining. I enjoyed every moment of it.

Church window

After the church service, my boyfriend and I had a meeting with the pastor in preparations with the upcoming wedding. I guess I can officially call my boyfriend my fiance'. (Or does that happen after you gets the rings.) The pastor gave us both a little homework. We have to tell him what love means to us. We can't talk about it or discuss it together. As he wants to discuss it in our next meeting together. As we will start out with two ways to love. By time we are done with the talk, our knowledge of love will be the same way. On the same path and thoughts.

Photos from Pixabay.com, a free use photo sharing website.

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Weekend Follow Up #3



This is a follow up of all the blog posts I have created for the past week in case you missed one. I would like to do this weekly. I write on a variety of subjects. As I have three places I currently write at. Obviously, one place is on this blog Rusty2rusty's Chatter. Second place is my blog called Food With A Plan.

Food With A Plan is underway to have many of my old tried and true recipes added. As I switched from blogging on a free website to a paid one. I only have two blogs posts for the week. Between setting up the "Food With A Plan" blog site and my boyfriend proposing to me. I have been a little distracted to write as much as I normally do. If you are connected through facebook, you may have seen a few posts I shared about it. 



There were a few different opinions given. Such as the one who didn't believe it was real. Thanks to that stupid Facebook game going around where you post something, if someone answers you, they get a number and have to make a post as well. Lmao. I figured if that person really knew me or read my blogs. They would know I would not joke about something as serious as a marriage proposal. I didn't let that rain on my joy.


I wrote that wrong. He got down on one knee. I thought I would clarify it here. As he made sure to let me know. Lol. I just laughed and said I really have no clue how many knees you were on. I couldn't stop looking at your face. Between your smile and eyes, you had me memorized.


I know the necklace isn't much to start with. Yet, it is a great place to start a new chapter in my life with my boyfriend of five years. Really it is the thought that counts. I adore the necklace. I think it is cute, whimsical and well, me. Something I would have picked out myself. Now it is time to start planning.

February 13th through the 18th


Misco Soup Bowl Review - I wrote an honest review of the Misco Soup Bowl I picked up at Aldi's earlier this month. I listed the nutritional facts and gave 8 health benefits when eating Misco soup. 


I have big plans for my blog - I share my plans for what I plan to do with my blogs. I have one of the things completed which I talked about earlier in this post. 

I hope you enjoyed my second "Weekend Follow Up" post. I invite all my readers to leave your latest blog post link in the comments with a short description. If you leave a link, please check out someone else's link if you have time. You don't have to if you don't want to. This is my way of bringing blogger's together to meet each other. I will visit yours.

#WeekendFollowUp

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

I Have Big Plans On My Blog


I have big plans for this blog in the next couple of months. As I plan to buy a domain and get hosting. I have held off as the views and comments have gone down 50 - 75% since President Trump won the American presidency. I have never written a political post on this blog. Nor do I plan to start.

Weekends seem to be a bust for views. Instead of creating new posts. I have started writing a Weekend Follow Up post where I share all blog posts I have written for the week. Plus, I allow anyone to leave a comment with a link to their latest blog post. I have not got many takers on that yet. I am still working to see how I can make those posts popular for those who do write on their blog on the weekends. I will be trying new things to see which work and which do not. As it is good for all bloggers to do a follow-up post of all they have written in a week's time. It is a way for the blog readers to catch up on what they missed or to be able to go back.


It is suggested by a pro blogger to turn my Weekend follow up into a link up party! To get a few bloggers to host the link up each week. If you are interested, please let me know.


However, I did get a spammer leave a mass amount of comments all over my blog with football links today. I went through and deleted all comments I could find. If you see where a comment has been deleted, that is why. I apologize to my readers for any convenience this may have caused you. I have added moderation on any future blog posts to prevent this.


I have thought about changing the name to my blog when I get a domain and hosting. Do you think my blog would do better with a name change? If so, what suggestions do you have for a name that would fit this blog?

I have much to think about when it comes to this blog, changes to it and how to improve it.

Are you planning anything big for your blog?

Photos from Pixabay.com, a free use photo sharing website.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Misco Soup Bowl Review


The other day I was shopping at Aldi's when my teenage daughter noticed some prepared ready-made bowl type of meals. I looked them over and seen two flavors I wanted to try out for lunch. As I am home by myself during lunch every day. It is easier to have leftovers from the day before. When that is not available, I make something from a prepared packaged. 


Before making it, I looked at the nutritional facts. 

Nutritional Facts

Servings size 1/2 bowl. makes 2 servings.
120 calories per serving.
Total fat content 0%
Total cholesterol content 0% 
Sodium content 360 mg at 15%
Total carbs 25 g
Protein 4 g.

The only thing that concerned me is the amount of salt being used. Being a soup this did not surprise me.

8 Benefits of Misco Soup

1. Boosts the immune system.
2. Prevents cancer caused by radiation exposure.
3. Helps to prevent breast cancer.
4. Helps improve digestion. Gives relief to those who suffer from IBS or Chron's disease.
5. It is used in the Japanese culture to remove nicotine from a person system.
6. Beneficial probiotics and nutrients to help boost immune system.
7. High content of antioxidants that helps fight the aging process.
8. Favorable effects on blood pressure.


After opening the package I found a plastic bowl and the ingredients. 


I opened the packages up of the ingredients and placed them in the bowl. I followed the directions by adding 1 1/2 cup of water and microwaving on high for two minutes.


I had Misco soup a couple of times. each time it was prepared by a local Japanese restaurant. Basing my experience on that, if I was rating this Misco Soup Bowl from 1 to 5. 5 being the highest rated. I would rate this a 3. I rate it a 4 because of the sodium content. As that is high for someone who has to watch their sodium content. Plus, the fact the plastic bowl was flimsy. I had to place a plate underneath to carry it. As the side of the bowl was starting to collapse when trying to pick it up.

 The taste was good. The noodles tasted excellent. The directions and preparations were easy. 

Would I buy this again?
Yes, I would. I would separate the ingredients to make two separate bowls and double the amount of water to 3 cups to help cut down on the sodium. Thus, making the meal go further.

Photos ©SandyKS aka rusty2rustyschatter.