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dear december, don't let the door hit you on the way out

by | Saturday, February 6, 2010 |

not to be crass but december 2009 can go suck it - i have never experienced such a shit sandwich of a month as december 2009 in my life.  sadly it wasn't even the type of crappy month that once you get past it you can look back and laugh - it was chock full of "only time will heal" moments.  after demeter's diagnosis and the loss of astrid i couldn't shake that insipid "bad things happen in threes" idea and i really wish i was able to.  the day after christmas we were enjoying...

practice run

by | Saturday, February 6, 2010 |

you know how motocross riders will test new tricks in a foam pit first so they don't kill themselves...dooley takes this idea of safety first to the extreme. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeEDTeexOa0&hl=en_US&fs=1&] can you imagine his look of "i told you so" if one of us gets hurt while running?...

back in the saddle

by | Saturday, February 6, 2010 |

fortunately for me nature provided some inspiration with which to ease back into blogging. last weekend we had the largest snowstorm we've seen in nashville in the 15 years we've been here. it was a fantastic weekend of being snowed in together and that along with the beautiful white blanket over everything (along with the silence) did my heart good. here are a few snippets for your enjoyment: indi relished being covered in snow we got a good bit of snow but the tail end was sleet so we ended...

sail on demeter

by | Thursday, January 21, 2010 |

in the middle of december we took demeter, jewel and dooley to the vet for what we thought would be unremarkable annual check-ups for jewel and demeter and for a recheck of a large laceration carley inflicted on dooley’s flank.  at that point i thought my biggest worry was whether dooley’s butt was going to heal okay.  we walked out of the vet broken-hearted after finding out that demeter had a large mass in her colon and probably a few weeks to live.  an ultrasound a...

drumroll please...

by | Saturday, January 16, 2010 |

congratulations piper browne - you're our december contest winner! we will be sending a $100 donation in piper's name to blue dog rescue in round rock, tx.  here's the winning photo: we thank you all for your entries and to those of you who sent the story of your dog's adoption we thank you for warming the cockles of our hearts.   ...

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heavy hearts

by | Monday, December 21, 2009 |

this is not the post i want to be writing today but sometimes life gets in the way of what we want.  today is astrid’s (seen here most recently) time and we are letting her go peacefully.  this decision of allowing our animals to die with dignity and peace is one that i take very seriously and one that i wish we afforded people.  it is an enormous decision and one that cannot be taken lightly.  when we know the time is coming we agonize over whether we’ll know...

december contest - your chance to give back (& it's on us)

by | Friday, December 11, 2009 |

the photo contest is back for the month of december but the prize is different.  this month we're giving you the chance to give back.  we will make a $100 donation in the winner's name to their favorite 501c3 dog rescue organization.  entering is easy: just send us an email with your submission, your name, and the name and address of the rescue organization you'd like the donation to go to (and any paperwork they may require) by january 10. and now without further ado, the...

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a gaggle of yahoos

by | Thursday, December 10, 2009 |

i apologize for my extended absence but holy canoli i think the stress of trying to think of a blog post essentially completely incapacitated me. i’ll just put this out there so it’s common knowledge – my life is pretty boring, and i mean that in the greatest possible way. yes, i live with 16 dogs but dogs are creatures of habit and so they do the same thing day in and day out and are rather uninteresting. i apparently need to work harder to make something out of nothing which i guess means...

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