Thursday, August 30th, 2007

This past Monday, I was on my way home, driving in rush hour traffic, when I rear-ended the car in front of me. This occurred at an intersection where they just put in a new traffic light and another lane. It’s disorienting, as we’re used to moving, but yielding to oncoming traffic. Now the traffic light…
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Tags: Stupidity, Up Close and Personal, Woe is me
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Why do people think that it’s OK for their dogs to bark for hours on end, day or night, at nothing but the wind? I’ve had many dogs over the years and I have trained each one so that they bark at intruders, or something that is out of the norm, instead of barking for the sheer hell of it. About 8 years ago a neighbor of ours…
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Tags: Gripes, Rants, Stupidity
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Yep. I’ve been flat on mine all week. Flat on my back, that is. Last weekend, while lifting that sweet, little “object of my affection" that I couldn't stand to leave at home as we were about to embark on a Sunday drive, I threw my back out. It didn’t feel so bad at first. I carried on throughout the day feeling only a minor twinge. I really hadn’t…
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Tags: back injury, Health, My Dog, Webster, Woe is me
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Girls just wanna have fun!
Apple, Inc. (formerly Apple Computer) makes some of the coolest hardware and software available. The products are sexy (for a lack of a better term) and the software is fun and easy to use. Apple has something for everyone. For people who are newer to computing (like my parents) they were…
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Tags: Apple, Geek, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Technology, Video
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Patiently, he waits in the entryway only a few feet away from the front door. Anytime after 6:00 pm, he waits. There is no luring him away from the spot in which he waits; food, toys, a car ride …? Nothing deters him. He just waits. Every so often, I’ll be out of town and I won’t come home. His waiting has been in vain. He sulks. He then moves his waiting to the top of the stairs, which provides a perfect perch in which to view the front door, but he sulks all the while. Sometimes he takes a break from intensely watching the front door, perhaps to drag his favorite persons photo bag to the top of the stairs and then over to the bedroom…
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Tags: Love, My Dog, Webster
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
It had been only 5 months since our Dog, Sophia, had died of a rare salivary cancer, and only 8 months since Katie, our other dog had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, forcing us to end her life. I was missing both dogs, and feeling like I had a huge hole in my heart that I was unable to plug. It was a Sunday in February, and I was working in my photo studio, Animal Planet blasting in the background. A dog show was being broadcast. I missed my dogs. Before I knew it, I was surfing websites, looking at puppies. I’m only looking, I told myself. I thought it would be good to research dog breeds, for when we were ready for another dog. A Cocker…
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Tags: Humor, Love, My Dog, Webster, Woe is me
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

For a while now, I've been drinking organic, green tea with lunch, or during the afternoon energy lull. But what I get is more than a little caffeine. I get a daily dose wisdom! Each bottle cap on the brand of tea that I drink has a message inscribed on the cap. I don't know how many caps of wisdom there are, or whether I've collected…
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Tags: Fun, inspiration, Things to Ponder, Up Close and Personal
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Monday, August 6th, 2007

Here are 10 things about me that you might find interesting, unique, or maybe just eccentric. 1) I don’t like talking on the telephone (admittedly, I make more exceptions since I’ve gotten an iPhone), but I do love to chat online! I’m quite the multi-tasker. I can have multiple windows open and still take care of business. There was a time when I used to…
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Tags: Apple, Beach, Books, Insomnia, My Dog, Photography, Up Close and Personal, Web/Tech, Webster
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007

I love getting a massage. It’s both a pleasure and a treat, and a gift that I give myself fairly regularly. I’m sure there are those of you out there who consider this an impractical luxury, or even a selfish gesture. But when you consider the benefits of touch and massage, think again … I work in a high-stress environment. I always…
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Tags: Fun, Health, Health & Relaxation, Massage
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Anything can happen when my friend Vicky calls! Sometimes, she has an interesting tidbit to share, and other times she has “an idea.” It’s the “idea” part that’s always the clincher. Interestingly enough, the for words that come out of my mouth that scare my husband the most (besides, “I know the way”) are, “I have an idea.” So I can sort…
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Tags: Camping, Friends, Fun, Humor, Up Close and Personal
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