Jen, Lachlan, and Declan's Blog – July 2011 Archive (4)

Ye gods, I can't believe I survived the stress of this last week. Still decompressing here, and soooooo grateful for my boys!



I've been working the same job for the last 12 years; a large gov't funded project on a contract that floats from company to company. This is a project that has been running for 30-plus years, so I'm actually one of the "babies" here and my team is very much my family. It's kinda hard to explain, but I don't actually have a "real" family, so they really ARE my… Continue

Lachlan's "brother", Pixel, shocked me earlier this week with a behavior so out of character for my sweet lunatic that it made me question everything I thought I knew about this little honorary doodle!





Pixel acquired me last December, the Monday before Christmas, on the same day that my old Fern kitty of 16 years passed away. I knew that morning when I woke that…

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There's an ongoing conversation between myself and a friend/co-worker/teammate/office mate that never ceases to entertain the two of us and everyone else who stumbles into it. The topic is Our Kids. Hers is a two year old boy. Mine is a 7 month old Goldendoodle.



Y'see, we've worked together for over a decade now, so we've learned to laugh together at our differences. And WHAT differences! We're polar opposites in every imaginable way. The only thing we really share in common is our… Continue

I'm tired. I'm frustrated. I'm trying not to get whiny, but sometimes I wander into that realm. But I have to take my metaphorical hat off to my boys for being generally patient and sympathetic.



I've been fighting a pain in my hip for a couple of months now. Finally got a diagnosis (bursitis) and a shot of cortisone this week. Still waiting for it to work. Just my luck to find a doctor who doesn't believe in pain killers, dang it! In the meantime it's hard to do much with these guys.… Continue