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Hope, Peace, Joy… Christmas Eve is one week from today. My job as Mama Bear is orchestrating all the different parts of this holiday to make it special for our family. Christmas cards, shopping for and wrapping gifts, packing and shipping presents to far-away family, baking treats for friends and neighbors, lighting up the tree,… →

One of my favorite Christmas gifts of all time was when we brought home our australian shepherd puppy to surprise our four kids in Texas in 2003. I’m stretching my rule of anonymity on my blog, but I absolutely love this moment captured on video. This is dedicated to Shiloh, my sister’s sweet dog she… →

There may be a little sticky smudge of marshmallow creme on my keyboard. Today I was in the kitchen making one of our holiday favorites, Christmas fudge. For the un-Martha Stuart person that I am, this recipe is very easy and only requires a few ingredients. Fudge is one of the treats my mom made… →

Something that I have in common with my two aussiedoodles is my thick curly black hair. Like them, I winced and flinched as my mom pulled a comb through my tangles and snarls. The thing about curly hair is its tendency to snare debris, be it leaves, gum, mud, or snow. This happened when I… →

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The only person I really have to blame is myself. Too soon, they were not ready. Instead of holding tightly to the rules set in place, I loosened the reins. The fifty plus pound puppies look older than their seven months of age. I may have confused their adult size bodies for mature dogs. Months… →

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They say that a key component of happiness is connecting with others. I believe this to be true not only for people, but also for dogs. In the short six months that these puppies have been a part of our lives we have established a deep bond. I had been warned that getting two puppies… →

Anyone missing me or my posts? I took a few days off. I would like to say that I have been busy with happy Christmas decorating, but there is something else that has kept me from my laptop. I have been on a perpetual puppy post-op perch. The last post I wrote was on the… →

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