Alison Hodgson

Expert on the etiquette of perilous times.

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Paul is in Taiwan on a long trip.

I miss him.

I am tired as I was up last night with a couple of Legumes – Ren had a sleep over. Don’t ask me why I went and got an extra child who likes to wake up in the middle of the night SCREAMING. She woke up Eden and then a party ensued. I KNOW there are several extra jewels, if not another crown, in my future for resisting urges to throttle either of those loquacious ladies.

Tomorrow Jackie Boy goes under the knife or laser…whatever they use, and if you think I am going to pick him up a minute earlier than I have to from the vet’s…not gonna do it.

Hope everyone is well.

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Greedy Jack H.

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Oh Kids, Paul and I just got back from the E.R., the Animal Emergency, that is. We have just given 4 1/2 hours of our life to Jack’s latest escapade.

Too tired to tell the tale now.

It’s ridiculous.

Three Things Thursday

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Three things Jack likes to steal:

1. Any stuffed animal he can grab from Eden’s floor although his favorites are a teddy bear backpack and a Boston Terrier puppy named Spanky.

2. My Smart Wool socks from the laundry basket. He’ll settle for cotton footies, especially if they are dirty, but he really prefers my Smart Wools. I don’t know what he’s going to do now that it’s pushing Summer.

3. My billion dollar bras. Now that it’s garden season I am usually wearing two outfits a day, one for going out and about and one for getting grubby in the garden. When I change out of my nice clothes I will leave them piled in front of my dresser or piled on my bed, ready to be changed back when my work is done. Wiley Jack will dash into my room, grab the bra and then dash for the living room. The kids get all giggly and silly while I track him down and steal it back.

We’re letting this sleeping dog lie

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Our lil boy is growing up. Tonight he graduated from Puppy Kindergarten. He wore his cap and held his diploma in his mouth. (There was a dog treat attached.) Then he played like an absolute madman for an hour.

As I declined taking my Mac to the class I am relying on the kindness of another member to send us a picture. Naturally, I will post it the minute I receive it.

Patient Jack H.

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I wish I was referring to our canine lad’s temperament in the above. It was actually his lack of patience that landed him in the animal hospital this morning after a terrible night of horrendous coughing and gagging. Paul and I were up with him off and on the entire night. When he wasn’t sounding like he was trying to gag up all his organs he was quite chipper, so we waited until morning to call the vet. Hearing his symptoms they told me to bring him in immediately.

They kept him for a while, sedated him and found he had simply “Hoovered” his food and a piece had gone down the wrong pipe. Trying to get it up he strained his throat as “coughing irritates the throat more and just triggers more coughing.” THAT was coughing?

The damage was $113.26 and I was happy to pay it having spent the night with the alternating pictures of him dead or needing extensive surgery.

He is lying on the floor staring at me. “What are we going to do with you, Jackie Boy?” I asked. He continued to stare and then ate a small flower in front of him.

I guess we’ll love him.