Category Archive: Family

China is gone

China Mills: 2000 (?) - November 13, 2011

China got much worse on Sunday. We let her go Sunday evening at 6:45 p.m.

Pet News of the Sad Kind

A few weeks ago China, our beloved pooch, became very stiff and got to the point where she couldn’t walk. We took her to the vet and she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. We got her on antibiotics and within 36 hours she was almost back to her old self. Cut to a week and …

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Things That Make Me Smile

Things have been getting me down lately but there are a few things that will always make me feel at least slightly better, no matter what. (These are in no particular order). Hugs from my husband Watching Fred Astaire dance Seeing growth in my gardens The fact that my dog is excited to see me …

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My Year in Pictures

January and February 2010

This past year was a pretty routine year – nothing terribly exciting happened, but nothing terribly, well, terrible happened either (unless you count the elections). We did close a few doors behind us that had needed shutting for a while so it was good in that respect, but so many more things are waiting to …

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Things I Have Learned

No resolutions this year. I know what needs to be done, I know what I want to do and making a list won’t help me accomplish anything other than making yet another list to add to the plethora of lists I’ve made every year for decades. Plethora. I’ve always liked that word, although I have …

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Ten years ago today a lot of things changed

Today is the 10th anniversary of the day my husband and I first met each other in person. We had met online months earlier (August 30th, to be exact) and sometime around October decided it was time to meet in person even though he lived in Florida and I lived in Arkansas. My mother and …

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Like my dog? Buy her stuff!

Yes, some shameless self-promotion here. If you know and love China (like all those who meet her do) you can get yourself some swag with her sweet poochy face. Check it out! make custom gifts at Zazzle

Vacation

I will be on vacation for the next two weeks so I’m afraid there probably won’t be any updates to the site. My father still lives in the dark ages and doesn’t even have dial-up! Oofah!

More Bloodsuckers

Back in 1990 there was one-season television series titled simply ‘Dracula – The Series.’ I had never even heard of it until just a few years ago when my husband happened across a DVD in a bargain bin. He had seen a few episodes on television and was curious to see it again. It’s a …

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Hey…Florida’s kind of pretty

This past weekend my in-laws visited for a few days. They just bought an RV and are testing it out, driving down from Maine to visit us here in South Florida. My husband and I are very reclusive due to the fact that whenever we try to go out, the over-abundance of people and, more …

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