Back in March, I talked about the drama of trying to get a small dog for my momUpdate: Mom got her dog! It's a Havanese-something mix named Rosie that is small, precious, and spoiled to death ( Read more... )

So growing up rural means you generally need to have at least one dog; that's just making sure rattlesnakes avoid you, water moccasins avoid you, feral dogs and cats avoid you, and a decent burglar alarm. Specifically, a dog that could survive: a middle-large to large dog.
( background info: life and rural dogs )

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For I am an aunt again!

My middle sister and her husband welcome M, an 11 lb, 8 oz, 22 inch boy (no, you read that right), delivered in the most common epidural way and holy shit, that's a lot of baby.

( because seriously )

So just seeing how this sounds ( Read more... )

So I started watching Grey's Anatomy on Netflix and just made it to season fourish. I think. I expected--hoped--for another ER, which no, this is not, but I did get excited because I liked none of the character and therefore no shenanigans were off limits whatsoever, which is a fantastic way to watch a soap opera-y medical drama. "Be more of an ( Read more... )

In case anyone is curious, Thanksgiving could have gone worse, but short of stoke or heart-attack among the guests, I can't see how ( Read more... )

The Hill Country is under warning for Winter storms which hits Austin around 2 tomorrow ( Read more... )

In other, more personally dangerous news:

Officially, all the children in my family--that would be three (3) nieces, one (1) nephew, and one (1) son--are coughing, sniffling, using the nearest object as receptacle for the contents of their stomach, or hoarsely muttering about their sore throat (or non-verbal shrieks as the age might be ( Read more... )

Okay, in my defense, I did google first, but now I'm just not sure what to look for ( Read more... )