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I was shocked to see how many people showed up for yesterday's volunteer meeting. I can't think of a time when we had that many volunteers show up for ANY meeting (yes, I'm guilty of skipping most since Sundays are my CPP time). The T-Touch demonstration was fascinating as well especially Orbit, the kitty selected for the demo. He just loved bei… read more

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Krista and I hustled ourselves out of the house at 8:30 this morning to meet up with the rest of the attendees at Genuine Joe's, a local coffee shop that allows dogs out on their front patio. Despite the chill, we had a big turn out, and many of the other Joe's visitors enjoyed seeing the pups out front. We arrived early since I opted to go str… read more

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Heavy thunderstorms rolled through North Austin right as I was trying to get to sleep last night (with the leftover cough from my sinus issues, getting to sleep is quite the challenge). I actually was curled up with Perdita for "snoggling" when the flash of lightning alerted me to the weather coming through, and I bolted out of Perdy's room to get… read more

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I just heard on the news this morning that USPS may be changing to a five day delivery week. I like getting mail six days a week. I sympathize with it being expensive, etc, but I need to get my daily walk to the mailbox (every day except for Sundays), so I can collect my junk mail carefully. How else am I going to have an excuse to leave the h… read more

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Austin fortunately did not sustain direct hits from any of the recent years' most damaging hurricanes: Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike. However, just as our city absorbed groups of refugees from the destruction, the Austin Humane Society helped provide shelter and, if needed, adoption for the animal victims of the storms. Katrina was a learning … read more