After 16 LONG years with Fox, we have reached a point where we both need to see each other each week. Fox becomes indifferent to her caretakers if I don't spend some time with her. Last year, when she had to be tubed because of colic, the vet was afraid she had given Fox too much sedative. No...she always looks like that when she is staring at ( Read more... )

It is hard to believe that this journal has been with me since my twenties and I'm facing forty in just over a year. If I think back to the goals I had when I was freshly legal to what I have done today, I've got a fair amount checked off with some amazing detours along the way ( Read more... )

I was right. Her son was born just over two years ago. We're now celebrating the birth of her second child, a daughter. Being a mother has been good for her in ways I couldn't even imagine. It makes my heart sing ( Read more... )

I have one peer that known me since I was three. Other than family members and friends of the family, we have known each other as long as her memory goes back but even I can't tell you when we actually met. I remember life without her and then suddenly there she was ( Read more... )

My job has 2 monitors going all day. One plays the weather channel and the other has CNN Headline news. No sound on either one. We are tortured every day with nonstop 30 to 90 second infomercials. The first one to make an impact on us with the PedEgg. I have a very strong stomach. Have played vet tech more than once and assisted in surgeries ( Read more... )

Skippy, you many not be able to read this. A co-worker of mine casually asked me what my favorite coffee was several months ago...only to surprise me with a lb of Sumatra coarse ground for my french press as a Christmas present. Sneaky! I brought my large press into work and shared with everyone...I'm now keeping an 8 cup press in my desk and ( Read more... )

Its a promise kept and an odd one at that. Kitty has suffered from minivan envy for years now. Jumping in friends vans and refusing to leave. Getting people to go OUT OF THEIR WAY to drive her home in comfort and style. Her 13th birthday is just around the corner and we've been reminded so rudely that nothing is promised tomorrow. With some ( Read more... )

I am waiting at the emergency vet for Rich and Kitty. toughie is dieing in the back and we are going to put him to sleep. liver failure and the beginnings of renal failure. only two treatment options for him and I cannot see torturing him with such an aggressive treatment that will only prolong his life...if at all. for the first time in my ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday urocyon. Hope your trip goes well and the dog handles your leave well.

I went out to the house today for a bunch of work to be done. New fridge delivered, phone jacks repaired, new phone jack installed in the bonus room, and cable installed ( Read more... )