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The life and times of Cooper J. Pants
Cooper and I just got back from our first Spring run and I’m feeling even more woobie-ish about him than usual, so thought I would finally sit down and write this post. Back in January, I had the...
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REVIEW: February Stitch Fix
The Internet says it is 47 degrees outside. Claire and her best friend are running around the yard in t-shirts, claiming they’re hot. For the first time in months I’m sitting on the couch with no socks...
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Year 1 done
Well, Internets, I made it. As of today I have been a Minnesota resident for an entire year, and I lived to tell the tale. In the last 12 months, I have survived: The coldest Twin Cities winter in 35...
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8 thoughts on 8
This summer, all my kids are turning eight. Cooper in June, Claire in July, Huck at the end of August. And while it might be sacrilege in some circles to equate dog birthdays with kid birthdays, my...
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Astraphobia and Lilapsophobia
I spent the first 25 years of my life living in Missouri where weather happened on a regular basis. When I was a baby, my aunt and uncle’s house was hit by a tornado (spawning a lot of our family...
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REVIEW: April BarkBox
In the early days of this blog – like, five months ago – I wrote a lot about my dogs. Mostly about Huck and his newfound psychosis, which was truly worthy of some Allie-Brosh-like storytelling. As he...
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Thunder and lightning
I am draggin’ my wagon this morning. One coffee, I fear, will not be enough! My California pets experienced their first thunderstorm last night, and it didn’t go well. Kitty was super restless all...
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REVIEW: March BarkBox
I cannot believe it’s true, but thanks to BarkBox, we actually have a nice stockpile of dog treats. This is the first time in seven years that I’ve had a backlog of things to choose from, which means...
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The ballad of Huck (Extended Remix)
This morning Huck got up as usual, went outside, came inside, gulped two full bowls of water, and then puked it all up. He refused to eat breakfast, slowly went back upstairs with his head sagging, and...
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Five lessons learned
Today marks three months since I arrived in Minneapolis. To say it has been a roller coaster would be an understatement. I don’t think I’ve been so emotionally unstable since puberty, when I once cried...
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2 dogs, 2 cats, 1 kid and the arctic tundra
When the temperatures first started to drop in Minneapolis, I felt pretty proud of myself for how well I handled it. When even longtime locals were complaining about too many days in the single digits,...
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Ho Ho Ho-lidays
I did not do a great job documenting the holidays. There are no pictures of anyone opening presents, no shots of the Christmas Eve ham or the butterscotch pie that took two hours to make (20 minutes of...
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