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Sink Your Canines Into This

February 18, 2020 Comments Off on Sink Your Canines Into This

I discovered a dog-show I can really sink my canines into!  The Kennel Club ones are okay, but the dogs are over-groomed and the owners over-tense.  I’m talking about the American Rescue Dog Show.  It’s open only to dogs adopted from rescue organizations and shelters.  And you can bet the only papers these dogs have are newspapers on the floor and paper-towel wipe-ups.  The owners are more laid back and at least as proud of their furry ones as those in the Kennel Club contests.  These dogs compete in categories that matter to families, especially kids: Best in Belly Rubs, Best Couch Potato, Best Wrinkles, Best Wiggly Butt….  To me, though, the best thing is watching what looks like love born from these dogs’ appreciation for being rescued and brought into a loving forever home. 

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Best & Worst Christmas Gifts

December 26, 2012 One comment

What gift do you especially appreciate this year?  For me, it was another Christmas with my husband.  Two years ago, a week before Christmas, he was misdiagnosed with a condition that would kill him in 4-6 months.  You bet that was a pretty crappy Christmas!  A couple of months later a team of doctors reversed that opinion, saying, yes, his antibiotic-resistant lung infection will be with him the rest of his life and he’ll have periods of heavy-duty I.V. antibiotics to go through to push those buggers into temporary submission, but that isn’t a death sentence.  Needless to say, last Christmas was MUCH happier than the previous one.  This year my most precious gift was another holiday with my husband, who isn’t in tip-tip shape (can’t expect the moon at age 74) but is doing well enough to keep me in line (no small feat).

My worst gift ever?  Well, my aunt meant well, and it was very nice.  And she loved me a whole bunch.  Somewhere around here I still have it.  Someday maybe I’ll find a spot in my house for a bright purple satin pillow.

Come on.  Now it’s your turn to share.  Tell the rest of us about memorable–for whatever reason–gifts you received.

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