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Pets
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Life, Pets
Goodbye to the best dog ever
11.16.12 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIt’s hard to believe he has been gone three months. In late April Chiefy slowed down. We had gone on a long family walk, longer than usual. We got about 2 miles out, and he was done. Getting back was rough, and he acted like the oldest man for about a week to recover. He […]
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Family, Pets
Welcome, Ellie.
We adopted Ellie September 29, 2012 at about four months old. She’s a very cute chocolate lab/pointer mix from BARC. She had a terrible case of kennel cough, but after about a million trips to the vet, she is healthy and very energetic. We’re happy to have a canine member of the family again!
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Family, Life, Pets
The Vet
04.08.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsOn the way home from school today, Zoe and I were talking about many things, among which is Chief’s upcoming check-up at the vet. I said, “Chief is going to visit his doctor on Tuesday – do you want to come with me?” She said she did and went on to talk all about how […]
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Family, Life, Pets, School
One perspective on a busy life
09.11.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsLife as a bladder. Hear me out.
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Baby, Family, Life, Pets
Domesticity, or, GetMeOuttaHere
01.12.09 | Permalink | 3 CommentsApproximately sixteen hours ago, I was so moved by the uncharacteristic quiet calm in our home that I tweeted. I thought I was being clever. Later Joel would chastise and blame me for precipitating the cascade of events that followed. After waking to an alarm this morning in an effort to get ourselves up during […]
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Baby, Family, Life, Pets, School
Homeward Bound
09.20.08 | Permalink | 9 CommentsA few weeks ago, Chief and Sarge were placed into a new home. This decision was made after much consideration, mostly painful. On our list of pros and cons, the only pros were that 1. I loved them, and 2. They acted as good Hoovers when Zoe dropped food. As heavily as those weighed, the […]
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Family, Life, Pets
“Yard” Project
Today we addressed the issue of our “yard” by going to Lowe’s and getting a few bags of cedar mulch, a roll of weed-resistant blanket stuff, and a few bags of pine bark nuggets. Zoe frolicked in the garden center, and by the time we got home she was asleep. The rest of our project […]
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Baby, Family, Life, Pets
Can’t say I missed it
06.18.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsThis morning the whole family took a refreshing swim in our complex’s lagoon-like pool, followed by a nap for Zoe and some much-needed unpacking for Mama. Later we explored a nearby park and ventured to the “Super” Wal*Mart. Turns out it wasn’t so super, as the smattering of groceries available was insufficient to complete my […]
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Family, Health, Life, Pets
One fewer…
– Cat. Wanda and all her cat trappings went home with a new family tonight. We are sorry to see her go, but the people we met tonight are very nice, have a baby and another on the way and two dogs. Here’s to Wanda, one of the sweetest cats we ever knew. I’ll probably […]
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Pets
Cats for grab
We have had minimal luck finding homes for our cats in circles of strangers; now I open up the search to the circle of people we know. I take full responsibility for how Wanda came into our lives. We took her in with the intention of finding her a home, and my pregnant self just […]
