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Church Bells
I woke up this morning missing Aunt Jo. I expect it is because a cousin is getting married this Saturday and I really really wish I could go. Having two big, aging, high maintenance dogs inhibits travel. Add that one is still recovering from two hip removal surgeries in a 3-month period and – aside from not having two nickels…
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Absolutely Maybe
It’s been an expensive year as far as vet bills are concerned, we’ve just passed the low five figure mark as Maybe’s gone and busted the remaining hip. When her right hip was dislocated, I had no idea. I saw the weakness but she is also positive for Cushing’s and muscle weakness is a symptom of the disease. When I…
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Fish On!
I actually got my butt in gear early this morning, early for me, earlier than the hot. I wanted to give the dogs a walk before it was miserable out – and I also had a long list of things I wanted to accomplish outside before miserable tested my Secret. We were only about 500 steps in and Brick dove,…
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Helpless Rage to Hysteria
Were you wondering how it ended? I’m still wondering if it has ended because, at the moment, my finances look like that junk drawer with 3 corroded batteries, 17 expired rubber bands, two gift cards to Mervyns and every non-working pen in existence. Sometime around 6pm on the 28th the local bank branch manager finally called, that’s a lengthy paragraph…
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Helpless Rage
I mean, I did name my blog Daily Complaints and today’s aggravation is a real humdinger! All day I have been suffering a feeling that I can only describe as “helpless rage” because, I am angry. Really really angry! But I feel completely stuck in this holding pattern of “just wait” and it’s almost crippling. This all started when I…
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Brick.
We did it! Six weeks today since Brick’s surgery! Decided to celebrate with his first neighborhood walk since the “great cutting of ‘24” Right out the gate Maybe lightens her load so I doody-fully bag it and attach it to her halter. My head’s on a swivel because the weeds are 4 feet tall, a mockingbird is following us, so…
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My Monkeys, My Circus
This morning started as every other morning; I get up, potty and feed dogs, get in the shower. Things took a turn somewhere between shampooing and conditioning. I get out of the shower and, wrapped in a towel, head towards the room where my clothes live. I happen to glance out the window and see Boyfriend, still clad in his sleepwear, pointing…
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Burning Franklins
My boss is from Taiwan, he has been citizenized, a fact he is very proud of! He frequently calls me at random for an “English lesson” if he’s unsure of where to place the “s” or if someone has said something to him in “conversational English” that doesn’t make sense in the Chinese dictionary. If he hears slang, he wants…
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Mouse Tale
Yesterday I was in the office working and I heard Boyfriend walk in. Seconds later he was shouting “Maybe! Brick! MAYBE!! BRICK!! Get in here!” I walked into the kitchen to see what the commotion was about and Boyfriend barked at me “Your dogs don’t listen! There was a mouse in the kitchen! I called them, but they didn’t come”…
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Mother’s Curse. Introduction.
I was a pain in the ass kid. I can’t candy coat it. I secretly [with my outside voice] take pride in knowing most of my mom’s grey hairs are my fault. I think she should look at each as a trophy and be proud that we both survived my teens. But no, instead she cursed me. Boldly and loudly,…
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