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thanksgiving

It was a nice, long weekend. We went to my in-law’s for Thanksgiving dinner. My sister-in-law and her husband and kids were in this year. We don’t get to see them very often because they live in New York, so it made for a nice day. Jake ended up staying …

young frankenstein

A friend of Brian gave us a bunch of DVDs, so we watched the first of them last night. Growing up, we seemed to watch all of the Mel Brooks movies (my Dad was a big fan), so I had seen this before, but it had been a while. It …

post office rant

I’ve been ordering Christmas gifts through the internet. One such gift required a signature upon delivery so I opted to have it delivered to the office, since chances were good I wouldn’t be at home when it would be delivered. I looked at the package tracking yesterday morning to find …

the nose knows

Alice’s nose is looking about 100 times better. Since she’s been on the steroids most of the scabs have gone away. Her nose still has a lot of healing to do (it’s all smooth and pinkish–not exactly dog-like), but at least things are looking up!

alice

Alice’s nose has not improved (in fact, it has gotten worse), so we made another trip to the vet’s office today. Doing biopsy is still on the table, though after finding out how much that will cost, we’re going to try the steroids first. Since her nose is so bad, …