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Yesterday, I woke up to the news that Rudy had died.  Rudy was a dog I wrote a blog about and he touched many of our hearts. 

http://www.doodlekisses.com/profiles/blogs/rudy

His owners decided they wanted to travel after their kids had moved out…

We had this huge summit in November to discuss about suburban poverty and homelessness here in Pittsburgh. Local major news paper wrote the article, and NPR had segment in regard to this summit.

A group of local YMCA staff read this article and listen to the NPR, and was absolutely shocked to know the numbers of homeless families we have in our school district.…

Today is Charlie's 3rd birthday.  When I woke up this a.m. to his sweet little face on my pillow, I could not help thinking about the first time I saw his face - he was only 4 weeks old.  I found out his birthdate was the same day as we lost our standard…

It’s Tuesday night, DH is at a meeting, and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a doodle!

I’m upstairs trying to get caught up with household “stuff” when the doorbell rings.  Little Alex is standing on the porch (along with his taxi driver mom) bearing a surprise holiday gift for The Boys!

Together, Alex and his mom made something “doodlely” special for Harley & Leo’s Christmas tree.

Alex insisted on opening them and…

With two (or was it three) consecutive days of bad weather last week, we were literally inside the house 90% of the time. Without our knowledge or consent cabin fever seemed to move in with us. Harley was stealing socks, and tearing up fabric sheets before I could get them in the dryer. Leo was jumping up on my back biting and tugging on my sweater sleeves (don’t ask – I don’t know why either).

It dawned on me the other day (as I searched hours for…

Finals are over, it's getting cold (REAL cold!) and the holidays are here! Things could not be better. I thought I'd post an small update on Darwin, and add our holiday cards for this year.

First off - I will make an admission. This semester I got super busy, and for the first time, Darwin became quite matted. I am usually very diligent about brushing him, so this is the first time he's been matted to this level. I feel terrible about it, and I really didn't even realize how…

I was asked to write a review on an order for Vanilla ears.  I had been quite disappointed with these ears and so indicated that in the feedback.  However, Amazon bounced back the feedback with the following statements...

On Tuesday, the dogs and I had a snow day.  It wasn’t as monumental as when my kids were young and we would wait by the TV or radio to see if school was closed, but it was still a snow day.  When John left for work, or escaped, as I like to call it, he said there was no snow coming down.  By the…

Hi everybody, it’s me, Harley. While Doodle Mom piddles around the house today…

Perhaps my furrends can help me figure this one out…

What would possess an animal of ANY KIND, (I’m talking specifically about a particular doodle) to“want to” play in 30 degree…

My mother and her friends make scarves, hats and head bands/ear warmers for the first graders at my school.  When I got them all out today to do a count, my son put a head band on Bodi.  He is still walking around with it . . . hours later!  I think he is…

That’s right! I’ve finally arrived, I’m here – ready for winter, excited about the holidays. The house is decorated, I’ve started listening to Christmas music, so “let it snow.”…

It will be tough to say goodbye to these darlings---but one will be just a few miles from me at my good friend's house--YEAH!! The pups have made a successful move to the downstairs pen and are enjoying the freedom of a bigger space--they can see my dogs now and hear all the noises of the kitchen, etc--so far, they are just fine with it....in a few days, we will gate them into the kitchen and let them run!

Here are their 4 week portraits--it was a snowy day here today but so cozy with…

My daughter is at it again.  She seems to never miss an opportunity to tell people that I prefer Fudge and Vern over my own kids.  At Thanksgiving, she launched into a story about the Doodle Christmas card and can’t seem to let it go that I said ONE time I needed a family portrait done with just John, Fudge, Vern, and me.…

I was so darn pleased to win a prize from donating to Doodle Kisses. When I donated, I didn't consider the possibility of winning.  

It arrived in the mail the other day.. and we couldn't be happier.

I sent a few pictures- probably too many :) of Chester and his favourite toy ( a stuffed bear). I also sent email describing his personality ( yes, I am insane).…

How was your weekend? Mine was “all over the place.”

Leo’s upset because I won’t stay outside furever in the blistering cold and play with him.

Harley’s “pissed” because he thinks I abandoned him (which I didn’t) on Saturday.

I did nothing wrong, but “what the doodle”, let me give you my weekend wrap-up.

I accepted an invitation a while back, to attend a Holiday Craft Show Saturday. It was located mllions of miles away, so I…

Just a little photo update...



We went to a wedding with a 'plaid' dress code :-)



Rosco has a hard life because sometimes his mom gives him a bath.

One day the kids made a 'bed' on the living room floor and Rosco immediately helped…