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Orange balls, life lessons

As you know if you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, these stupid expensive Chuck-it balls have gotten me into a lot of trouble. I lose them, get pissed off about losing them, but still I go out and buy more because the dog likes them a lot. However, today, as I [...]

April 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Fail, Sugar Cookie, Win | View Comments

A cascading fail of suck

You know how it is that sometimes, you make one bad decision, which leads you into a circumstance where you make a worse decision, and then you make an even worse decision and by the time you come to your senses you’re standing there thinking, “how on earth did I end up in the [...]

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Family, Oregon City, Sugar Cookie | View Comments

My Plum Tree

One of the things I love about my house is the trees around it. The most imposing of these are the two huge walnuts — one on the side, and one in the back (though they may not be long for the world, alas, according to the tree trimmers we had out last year.) [...]

March 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: House, Oregon City, Personal, Photos, Sugar Cookie | View Comments

A trip to the yucky dog park & other unsatisfactory dog adventures

So most mornings, I take my dog for a walk at one of three places — along the Clackamas River, at Clackamette Park, or to the field behind the Oregon City High School. On weekends, though, it’s kind of nice to mix things up. To that end, I often take Sugar to the dog [...]

February 27th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Family, Oregon City, Sugar Cookie, West Linn | View Comments

One Year Later (Puppy Pix)

I meant to post this yesterday on the actual date, but things got away from me as they so often do. But yesterday was the one year anniversary of the untimely demise of our puppy Butterscotch. We were all a little blue, but we took Sugar Cookie for extra walkies, which was great fun [...]

January 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Daughter, Family, Personal, Photos, Sugar Cookie | View Comments