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hillary

Sylvia the cat earned herself a new nickname today, Hillary. She has a penchant for walking all over my keyboard when I leave the room. Today, when she did that, she deleted all of the emails from my inbox. Of course, they just went to my trash folder, so it’s …

sylvia

Brian was easier to convince about the cat thing than I would have originally thought. So, I sent my application in to the Humane Society of Somerset County and we picked up our new cat yesterday afternoon. She is a mostly white calico and her shelter name was Callie. We’re …

lizzy goat

I came home from work on Monday to find that Lizzy ate a huge piece of her canvas bed cover–it was at least the size of a sheet of paper and is fairly heavy material. I got on the phone with the vet and they said to watch her for …

lumpy dog

Lizzy is covered in bumps, but one of them has gotten particularly large since her last vet visit 6 months ago. Buster was due for his annual appointment this month, so we took them both to the vet yesterday. The vet tested the lump and confirmed that she has a …

birthday girl

Lizzy turned 14 yesterday on her observed birthday. We adopted her on September 7, 2002 and she was about 8 months old at the time, so we celebrate her birthday each January. 14 seems like quite a milestone–not many dogs make it to that age. While she has a few …