Zoey is 9!

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ShareTweet Happy Birthday to my sweet girl Zoey, she is 9 years old today! She spent her birthday doing what she loves most: alternating her time between lying on the couch on a pillow and running through the backyard on this gorgeous sunny day. Happy Birthday Zo-Zo! And just because I love this photo of all 3 of my pups, here’s one more:   Share and Enjoy:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upMixx it upshare via RedditShare with {Read More}

Early morning excitement

ShareTweet It’s not what you think. Really. Our morning started the same as usual today, the dogs woke up really early and I let them out into the backyard. Then I went back to bed to get back under the warm covers. Steve got up a few minutes later to let the dogs back in. Moose ran in the room and jumped on me like he hasn’t seen me in a month. He does this exact thing every single morning. {Read More}

Not a Creature Was Stirring…

ShareTweet …except for a mouse! Yes it’s that time of night where it’s quiet all through the house. I make my last “rounds” to make sure all the lights are off, and to check the animals that are currently in the house. (the others are out in their own space – our converted garage – which is one huge animal room now complete with its own heat, AC and ventilation). Norman the pig is sound asleep already buried under a {Read More}

Right now….baby edition!

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ShareTweet The post from a couple nights ago of what I am loving right now got me thinking of all the baby related things I’m loving right now. So here is a post just for all that stuff. – large bibs. I had no idea how many bibs we’d go through once Ava started eating solids. FYI: I would hardly call what she’s eating SOLIDS right now. Purees and oatmeal cereal are far from being solid, which is why we {Read More}

Right now

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ShareTweet I’m loving…. – no more snow on the ground. Finally it looks like Spring might be on the way! It’s been a very long cold bitter winter here. (or maybe I’m just bitter). I’m going to say this again: I miss living in California! – Avocado. As in I am seriously obsessed with it right now. I am ashamed of myself that I *thought* I did not like it my entire life up until a few years ago. Maybe {Read More}

Look who “hopped” by today

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ShareTweet Happy Easter! The Easter Bunny stopped, er, hopped by today for Ava’s first Easter. Here he is visiting with our 2 baby chicks: “Nuna” and “Lydia”. Actually it’s one of our Flemish Giant Rabbits “Munroe” but he might as well be the Easter bunny. He weighs more than Ava does! Munroe is very used to being photographed with kids as he is one of our star animals in our shows. Everyone loves him, he’s a great bunny. Believe it {Read More}

Farewell wee friend

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ShareTweet With sad hearts and tears rolling down our cheeks we said goodbye to our sweet little rat Stanley this morning. Yes a rat. He was the friendliest rat I’ve ever come across and he lived well beyond the life expectancy of an average of 1-2 years. Stanley was almost 3 years old. When we got him, he was so tiny – only a couple weeks old. He was brought into our classroom one day by one of our classmates {Read More}

Eat, Play, Sleep

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ShareTweet That’s pretty much how it goes around here right now: Eat. Play. Sleep. Repeat. Well for Ava that is. I feel like I am still not getting much in the sleep department. She slept better when she was a newborn until 2 months old. Then the numerous wakings throughout the night started. But it wasn’t just always her. She would typically wake up around 2ish and then once I got her fed and back to sleep and of course {Read More}

My Sweet Valentine

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ShareTweet It’s funny how fast things change isn’t it? 4 years ago I was living in Vancouver, anxiously waiting to see if I passed round one of the admission requirements for the EATM program. 3 years ago I was living in California, attending the EATM program and newly dating Steve. It was our first Valentine’s day together and we went to a very nice dinner at the Ronald Regan Presidential Museum. (with his brother and one of my roommates!) 2 {Read More}

Book Winner!

ShareTweet Congrats to Connie Buck – winner of a copy of Outstanding Mini Albums! Connie, please email me your address: jess.acs (at) gmail.com and I will get your book sent off to you :) Share and Enjoy:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upMixx it upshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBuzz it upSubscribe to the comments on this postPrint for later