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Showing posts with label My Awesome Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Awesome Family. Show all posts
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Hops in the Right Direction: Sometimes, You Gotta Play Mama Bear

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I've gotten a few snide comments about my dog.  Usually it happens when I'm on a long walk or am out for the day with Prada, and I...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Hops in the Right Direction: It's Normal. Or Not, But That Doesn't Make It Abnormal--Just Confusing.

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My dad and I talk dogs a lot.  He and his dog, Linka, are constantly training for the rally obediance trials they do, and of course Prada an...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Read This! The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede

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I didn't read a lot of young adult fiction when I was a kid.  I kind of skipped straight from Goosebumps and Choose Your Own Adventure ...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Hops in the Right Direction: Paying It Forward--With a Giveaway!

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Remember that time that my mom accidentally pet a 'possum instead of a cat ?  And I implied 'possums are ugly monsters?  And then th...
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Hops in the Right Direction: Taking Advantage of the Circumstances (And Dealing with the Them)

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While my new landlord has been rebuilding our fire escape/porches, Prada has been coming to work with me.  I am really ambivalent about this...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Hops in the Right Direction: It Goes Both Ways

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I've written in previous weeks how it's important to me to advocate for adoptable dogs, and I've seen so many examples of people...
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Hops in the Right Direction: Come One, Come All

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This weekend, I had the pleasure of joining my parents at a UKC rally and obedience event.  I've mentioned before that Linka and my dad ...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A Whole New Meaning to the Phrase "Double-Tap"

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I did a rare thing this weekend--I took some vacation time.  My folks own property up in the northwoods of Wisconsin, a few of the most beau...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Hops in the Right Direction: The Driving Force

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My parents have a miniature schnauzer, and Linka is scary-smart.  My folks' biggest challenge with her is how to keep her occupied and c...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Judge, Jury, and Prescriptioner

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Let me start this post by announcing that I am in my late twenties.  I haven't lived under my parents' roof since college, and I hav...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Round Up!

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It's another long holiday weekend, y'all.  It's a time of honoring those who have fought and fallen for the brats we're gril...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Third Time's the Charm, Right? Right???

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Last week was the Trifecta of Awful :  The Jumper, The Dumper, and The Bumper.  I was taking care of the last this morning.  I had gotten re...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts

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Note:  Names have been omitted to protect me from people who know where I live. Note the Second:  Any rodents harmed in the making of this...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Hops in the Right Direction: Who You Gonna Call?

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No, probably not the Ghostbusters, unless your dog's missing leg has come back from the dead and is stalking your family.  (Actually, ca...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

The Warm and Fuzzies

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Ahem.  You may have heard--I grew up in the country, on a bitty little hobby farm (i.e., my parents weren't professional farmers, we jus...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Words of Wisdom

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My Nana was one cool lady.  An Air Force wife, she lived all over the world, working as a volunteer nurse and substitute mom for those men w...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

It's a Lot Like Life in the Mob, Except Nobody Dies.

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So, you may have heard my car died.  Well and truly.  My weekend was spent getting a new one, which went like this: Saturday:  Get up at 4...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

A Family Portrait

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My parents have a Deutch Drahthaar.  That's a real thing.  A dog, in fact.  Close cousin to the German Wirehair, but more everything.  B...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

An Affair to Remember

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My cousin got married this weekend.  She and her new husband kind of geeky, so they're good peoples.  Even cooler, their exit procession...
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