Today is National Cat Day, so congratulations to all the happy kittens and cats out there and all the happy people who own cats!! In honor of National Cat Day I wanted to share some things I’ve learned about cats that may help other people before they run out and get a cat, or kitten, for […]
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This is a photo I took of Winston, one of our five-month-old puppies. He melts my heart every time I look into his eyes. This is Snickers, our other five-month-old pup. When he posed next to the bay window, I snapped this photo. Again, it’s the eyes that get me every time! Thanks
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It’s been almost a month now since Mark and I drove from Michigan to Pennsylvania to look at the puppy Mark fell for that we named Winston . . . . . . and also came home with a pal for Winston that we named Snickers. I’ve never had two puppies at one time. Here’s
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If you know Mark or read Something Furry Underfoot, you probably realize that when it comes to pets Mark is rather uncontrollable–he blinks and another new fuzzy shows up in my house. So, it probably won’t come as too much surprise that Mark went exactly three days without a dog in the house before he went online in
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On July 21 Dusty turns 15! He’s my guard dog and companion, and has been pals to all the other critters that we’ve had in our house over the years. And he’s so darn cute! In honor of Dusty’s 15th birthday, we not only made a birthday cake . . . . . . we also decided
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Today was my first Memorial Day in 50 years without my Dad, and I went into the weekend feeling down and rather lost. But over the course of the weekend, I found myself watching war movies on TV as I had done with my Dad for as long as I can remember. And I started feeling a little less
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It wasn’t until 3:30 yesterday that I found time to get onto my elliptical, and, of course, 15 minutes into my workout, our recently retired professor pal, Kay, rang the doorbell. Mark answered and the two of them chatted while I finished my work-out. About two minutes later, the doorbell rang again. I was still sweating, in an
If you are as lucky as me, your stepkids will grow up and still want to come see you during holidays like Easter. Our Easter started yesterday when all four of the kids showed up, along with Brian, Willi’s husband. We weren’t expecting Holly to show up from Montana but Becky donated her frequent flyer miles so
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Pity the poor stepkid that agreed to take care of our critters while Mark and I are on vacation. Said critters include: Dusty, a 14-year-old dog that turtles out on the front steps and is constantly hungry; Purrkins, our 8-year-old cat; Chip, our 7-year-old ferret (which is pretty old for a ferret); 9 hamsters; two boisterous mynah birds;
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Since the news is always filled with sad stories about evil doers and greedy people, when I heard recently of the death of a really good person, I had to blog about it. Her name is Lynn Grimes and she’s one of those people that seemed to carry sunshine on her shoulders and in her
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