I keep trying to reply to each of your sweet posts about Sally but I begin to tear up and I can't keep going.  To everyone on LiveJournal and Facebook, thank you for your kind words.  They mean more than you know.  She was my sweetie.  And to hold her in her last minutes shook me a lot.  I think it may be a bit before I feel right again.

This morning at 3:25 am, I woke up to a crash.  Sally had collapsed in the doorway to our bedroom.  She seemed to be having a seizure.  I called to Chris and we sat with her on the floor.  For the next 15 minutes, we held her head, cleaned and stroked her, and then had to say goodbye.  At around 3:40 am, she died in our arms.  She is wrapped up in ( Read more... )

Almost 10 years ago, our (then new) dog Sally slipped out of her collar as we took her to the vet the day after we adopted her. She took Chris on an adventure run across a busy intersection and back again (on his newly cast free leg), behind the Petsmart/Staples strip center, back to the front and then was captured inside of the Staples entry, ( Read more... )

I have been thinking of adding to our horde for a while.  Droopy Cat is 15.5 years old and Sally Dog is 12.5 years old.  I thought it would be good for them to be around other animals. 
( Pet story and glasses ahead. )

Sam's mouth has been busy this week!  He has lost 3 teeth in a 2 day span.

( Pics of Sam's holey mouth. )

Ice has now been covered with snow.  We received around 4-5 inches of very dry powdery snow last night.


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I am only now getting back on my feet from the trip. ( Trip details )

Chris' car is in the shop, again!  The check engine light started coming on a couple of days after he got it back.  He took it back to the shop.  They replaced the distributer to see if it was causing the problem but nothing changed.  After digging thru the different codes, they  have determined that it is the catalitic converter.  Another $300 ( Read more... )

This was our house last night (3:45 am to be exact) only there were 2 kids and the dog huddled on the floor next to me.  Natalie slept thru the whole thing.

Well, it lasted another 2 weeks.  I think I can still get the data off of it but for now, my computer is down.  I am using Virginia's laptop to keep connected.  I miss my big screen and ergonomic keyboard.

I picked up a 250 GB hard drive at a used equipment store nearby.  I paid $40 for it.  I have the older style hard drive (EIDE) and it is getting ( Read more... )