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All puppy, all the time! Video of Teddy’s first week

Mar 31, 2013
All puppy, all the time! Video of Teddy’s first week

This week our house has pretty much been all puppy, all the time. Thought I might as well give in and succumb completely to the enthralled puppymamaness that is my life and make a little video. Enjoy:)Hope you had a beautiful Easter.

Gotta Love a Rescue Dog

Mar 26, 2013
Gotta Love a Rescue Dog

I've had quite a few puppies, but never one like this.Teddy, Sit.Our last three dogs, KD, Kayla and Gracie, came right from cages at the shelter, and all of them were pretty shell shocked from their time there. They had been crammed in with other dogs,...

Christmas Eve Again

Mar 24, 2013
Christmas Eve Again

The Christmas Eve when I was eleven, I desperately wanted the Barbie motorhome...the long yellow one with the shower and eating nook and super cool 70s decals. I stayed awake in bed, wishing and hoping to see it waiting for me when I came downstairs on...

Those Ten Pounds? Forget About Them.

Mar 19, 2013
Those Ten Pounds? Forget About Them.

Sitting in bed in my reading glasses and sweats, the house decidedly a mess, my suitcase not yet unpacked from my weekend away, no shower taken after my walk. I've decided that if I wait until I get everything done to write, I never get to it. We're th...

Before the World Became Real

Mar 11, 2013
Before the World Became Real

When I was a kid, we lived next door to my best friend. There was a house in between ours, technically, but because we all had big pastures out behind our houses, we could cut across the intervening property and go back and forth on our own, which we d...

Angel Dogs

Mar 7, 2013
Angel Dogs

There have been some enchanted dogs swooping into my life lately.First Lottie Mae. Enough said.Then, Daphne, a teensy chihuahua/pug mix puppy who caught my eye on an LA street. Turned out she was a rescue, from a very bad breeder, in need of a home. I ...

On Reentry

Mar 4, 2013
On Reentry

Reentry is difficult.Getting away briefly from my real life was beyond wonderful. Time to walk and shop and think and relax. Time to sleep in, to eat shrimp tacos on a sunny patio, to drink iced tea by the pool and take pictures of whatever grabbed my ...

It’s tough to sometimes feel that your mom thinks other people are prettier than you are

Feb 23, 2013
It’s tough to sometimes feel that your mom thinks other people are prettier than you are

The new Shape Magazine arrived in yesterday's mail, Jennifer Love Hewitt's bikini clad body in all it's airbrushed perfection on the cover. Grabbing it off of the sofa, Chloe started talking about the picture and how perfect the model's skin was. We ta...

Kairos Time

Feb 18, 2013
Kairos Time

I'm in the habit of watching each day for its best moment. Some days it can be a real challenge to find anything at all, but I make myself find something. On a difficult day I might look up and notice the blue of the sky, or an interesting reflection i...

The First Green Growth of Spring

Feb 15, 2013
The First Green Growth of Spring

This.This is what I long for, what I wait for all through the long months of November, December, January, through the fog and the rain, through the grey. Today, here she is, softly calling my name with the warm sunshine through my window at work, whisp...



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