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Gabriel has been pulling all of his little annoying things out in the past 24 hours as if he's testing my resolve to not kill him. He's successfully tossed all of the litter out of two litter boxes on several occasions, dunked a cat toy in the water bowls (the toy in question is actually rather large and very liable to soak up huge quantities of w… read more

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Yay, although I'm still having to blow my nose constantly, I'm much better than I was at this time last week. I finally slept through the night last night, and I was able to cuddle with Perdy with only one coughing spell. Of course, the true test will be how I hold up walking dogs at AHS today. If I can do that all day without collapsing, I'm al… read more

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Given that we'd gone over a week without seeing Tater, I hoped that his owners (possibly the owners of the dead cat from last Friday) had realized that letting him outside off leash or not fixing the back fence was a bad idea. Unfortunately, Tater happily met us at the edge of his yard this morning when Krista, Suzuka, and I came by. I feel sorry… read more

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Since I'm home sick today, I opted to not drag myself out of bed at 5AM for walkies (the kids should be in school, so it's safe to walk Perdy during the day, theoretically). By the time I did get up around 7:45, we had rain! I'll loathe the mud that the dogs track in, but we've needed rain desperately. Yay! read more

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1.When using essential oils for a therapeutic bath, put them in LAST. While bath bombs, bubble bars, and other fizzies need the water to pour down on them to reach their full potential, essential oils will merely make you tingle and burn where the sun don't shine. 2. When trying to put hydrogen peroxide in your nose to clean up a nasal zit as yo… read more