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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 [...]
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Baby, Health, Pets
Sniffles, be gone!
Posting every day is not something I ever intended to do after NaBloPoMo ended, but I didn’t mean to take so many days off… I sort of had an excuse in the form of some awful cold. I’m happy to say that I am finally off my death bed. (Actually, I have an infant, so [...]
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Baby, Health, Life, Pets
That’s it – I’m staying in pajamas.
It started out a perfectly nice day. Zoe and I slept in later than I expected after her early bedtime last night. We played. We danced to “Pop” by *NSYNC no fewer than four times. I even got a few things done around the house. In retrospect I have pinpointed that things started to fall [...]
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Pets
Takers?
Does anyone want our dogs? Or know anyone who might? The cats are available, too. But mainly, the dogs. I’m sort of serious – if we can find an appropriate environment for them, it would be better for all involved. They love tennis balls, rawhides, playing fetch, and long walks and runs. They can sit, [...]
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Baby, Health, Life, Pets, School
Here’s to insomnia
Zoe is sleeping and has been for some time, yet I am wide awake – I never went back to sleep after her 3 AM feeding. I also only slept one of the three hours she took a nap yesterday, but my eyes were burning the whole time. What is wrong with this picture? New [...]
