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September 18, 2014

Missing Charlie

I still hear him in his litterbox in the bathroom, scratching around and tossing litter all over the floor. We miss him at night when he doesn't sit by WM's feet. I miss his big fatness crammed in between the sofa and the wall. We ordered this fat orange cat statue. It goes with the meditating pig but more importantly it makes me remember my fat orange cat and smile. ...

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August 29, 2014

A smaller "we."

Still here. Still broken. But the days keep flipping by. Today's my last "Summer Friday" from TNP for the year. I love summer so much and it feels like this year it slipped out from under me. I have to blog the Virginia Beach trip. That'll be a temporary fix. I had a massage at Hand and Stone today courtesy of my nephew. He's a savvy baby that way. Then I bought some futility cream at Ulta and an iced chai from Starbucks. Now we are out on the balcony (trying to ignore the cigarette smoke from ...

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August 27, 2014

I miss this.

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August 25, 2014

Goodnight, Charlie.

This morning our cat Charlie passed. He was seventeen. He was my baby-meow, my boo-bear, my boos. We spent Charlie's last summer lazing on the balcony with him when the sun was out and snuggling on the sofa at night. He spent his last full day sleeping on a crinkly plastic Target bag, which is probably the best day he could have asked for. In retrospect he slept a LOT yesterday and didn't climb on the sofa with us. I should have noticed. This morning he was asleep in the bathroom next to his ...

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July 23, 2014

Brothers and very best friends

We've been having a lot of thunderstorms lately. During a particularly nasty one, the zoo was hunkered down on the sofa with me. And this happened. Yes, that's Charlie and Ollie "holding paws" during the storm. If I could freeze time and keep my current configuration of pets like this forever, I would in a minute. ...

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July 1, 2014

Happy Charlie Day!

Today is July 1, the day I observe as Charlie Day! Seventeen years ago this month, Charlie came home with me. He holds the title as the non-related male who has been in my life the longest. Charlie has been with me through two marriages, three dogs, and four moves. Charlie loves plastic crinkly bags and freaking ADORES WM. I don't know when Charlie's exact birthday is because I wasn't his first owner. Charlie initially belonged to the president of the company I worked for at the time, and ...

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June 25, 2014

Wordless Wednesday: Some days you just wanna hide

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April 2, 2014

Wordless Wednesday: Judgmental Cat

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December 6, 2013

Friday Five: Mother Goose, May I?

Happy Friday! I watched The Sound of Music Live last night on NBC. I think Carrie Underwood did a great job singing the songs. Her acting wasn't great. I was VERY excited to see Stephen Moyer (aka Vampire Bill) as Captain Von Trapp, but his accent was slippery and he never looked like he had feelings for Maria other than "MUST PUNCH ALL THE THINGS." Most of the kids were okay. Usual garden-variety big lunged and creepily-precocious theater kids. Realizing (unlike many others) that this was an ...

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June 25, 2013

The story of OllieBear

This is my dog, Ollie. He is the younger of my two dogs. He's one of the best dogs you could ever ask for, but he's not very bright. That's okay. He's perfect the way he is. When Ollie gets really hairy, he reminds me of a teddy bear. That's when I know it's time to get OllieBear groomed. Back in 2008, Blizzard gave everyone who was playing World of Warcraft a baby polar bear in-game pet to commemorate WoW's 4th anniversary. The bear is completely adorable, but will occasionally just sit ...

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June 27, 2012

Wordless Wednesday: Charlie

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December 28, 2011

Wordless Wednesday: Charlie

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About Me

I've been blogging for over twenty (2 decades! 2-0!) years and I'm apparently one of the few over-50 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun, and unprofitable. No big. However, if you're from Disney, Doritos, or Dave Matthews Band, I'm open to talk about selling out.

I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dog Murphy. I'm an adult who likes Disney but not a Disney Adult. I used to work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia, but since March of 2020 I'm a work from home hermit. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

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