Cool Things Lilly is Learning from Katie

Some day, I’ll be done grieving for Katie’s loss, even though I never really had her in the first place. In the meantime, I try to glean what

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5 Reasons I Nearly Made a Flawed Decision

I am devastated to report we have decided NOT to adopt Katie, the beautiful, sweet, amazing Borzoi who has become Lilly’s best, best friend over the last year.

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Brainstorming Nervousness Triggers

We’ve been brainstorming why our house might make Katie nervous or wild. It’s hard since we’ve already eliminated or mitigated all the things that made Lilly a wreck,

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The Million Dollar Question

Over the weekend, Holly posed a very keen question about the ongoing Katie saga. She asked, “I guess my question would be … not can you give Katie

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More Dog Introduction Observations

After Katie panicked inside our house, during yesterday’s visit, we did more in-and-out games to build her confidence for coming inside. I showed her all over the house,

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Update: The Whining Game

It’ll be a while until things are back to normal around here, but I wanted to update you on my one attempt at combating Lilly’s new whine strategy

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Adventures with Barnacle Bill

Despite Tom’s clever toenail cast made from superglue and paper towel, Ginko is still suffering from his badly broken toenail from last week. It’s snapped about halfway up

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Nap Negotiations

Despite the continuing onslaught of germs, I’m actually up and working this morning on a relatively normal schedule since I have an interview at 9:30 am for my

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Missive from Germ Girl

So, the germs are still hanging on, which means I’m working as much as I can muster, then sleeping. Sometimes that means 3 hours up, 1 hour down.

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On Dirty Windows and Protecting Mommy

After I shot the photos from yesterday’s post, I sat in the sun myself. Suddenly, Lilly came to my defense from what appears to her as bugs crawling

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