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I spent the first half of today simultaneously having a great time and getting a dose of some serious birth control. I babysat my friend...

So I'm sitting here on the kitchen floor next to Ozzy who looks like he's been hit by a train. Two massive rows of stitches--both wi...

Cooking dinner last night, Max wearing Samson in the Bjorn, getting the baked potato out of the oven. Me: Careful, you don't want roaste...

Just gave Ozzy his last meal before surgery. I don't think he noticed the extra pieces of left-over steak on top; he eats every meals as...

Back to Baby Boot Camp today. Paul's visit last week provided me with a good excuse to skip class, and to eat lots of tasty things that...

Samson was lying on the living room floor on his fuzzy blanket this morning--I'm a genius, see, I've been training the dogs to KEEP ...

Here's me one year ago this week, hanging out in an Irish pub in Ennis, County Clare. Notice the lack of Guinness in my hand. That's...

OK, yes Ozzy has a malignant tumor on his hip. But the vet is real confident that she can remove it without any complications and that it ha...

It's been respectfully requested that I hurry up and blog already so that yesterday's depressing post can get moved down out of view...

Can I just have one dog without cancer? Just one? Please? Stupid Ozzy's stupid lump is a stupid malignant tumor. So now he gets to eat w...

Have I mentioned lately how much I like difficult things? I'm a huge fan of impossible tasks, or at least doing stuff that involves mili...

Samson and I started Baby Boot Camp today. Because, you know, I like it when my legs ache and my arms feel like jell-o. And Samson likes to...

First it was that super catchy " Doing things is what I like to do. Yes! " commercial for Dunkin' Donuts. I thought that perh...

Last night, while doing the dishes together. Max: ( singing ) I gotta rock and roll all night and party everyday. Me: Did you just say, ...

A few posts back, Scott made this heartwarming comment: "...this blog is probably one of the best gifts a mother can give her future so...

Don't tell the Sock Police, but I've been letting Samson hang out sans socks the past few days. Only with the heat cranked up to a b...

Turns out we've been using our car seat incorrectly since, well, forever. I'm glad that I had breakfast with Ira and that he pointed...

January started out cold and wet, and month three started out with one angry baby. But the Week of the Furious Infant gave way to more of wh...

Oh, wait. Crap. Those poor, poor dogs. The cats are used to it, but the dogs were always center stage. Eventually the baby will stop doing c...

Mmmmmm, nice and sunny today. Damn cold, but a gorgeous blue sky and big bright sun. It was the perfect opportunity to try out Samson's ...