Dad passed away in July.  He had a pretty rough day one Saturday – was uncharacteristically difficult and hostile toward the Hospice CNA and my sister when they were trying to get him cleaned up and I called Hospice to let them know and to get advice, different meds, whatever might help. I headed there… Continue reading Grief and Guinea Pigs

  Not these guys – these two are now the old guys, sort of, even though they’re not even a year old.  When Cookie was recently going to the vet for teeth and eye issues, the veterinarian let me know that if he keeps having problems, the kindest thing to do might be to euthanize… Continue reading The New Guys

Here’s Cookie, slurping down every last bit of his Vitamin C supplement. Cloudy likes his Vitamin C as well.  They both like this stuff so much that sometimes they will play tug-of-war with Cloudy’s syringe.  He gets a larger dose than Cookie because he’s a larger guy, so it takes longer to consume.  Also, we… Continue reading Status Update: Guinea Pigs and Cats…and a bit more about my Dad

I’ll start with the easier one. Alex got braces almost exactly two years ago, and today he got them off.  Very happy day for him, though my beaming Momsmile probably got annoying.  I tried to rein it in.  But it was hard.  His teeth look great, and I think it’ll be easier now to get… Continue reading Tooth Stories

It’s been a weird Spring.  Warm, then wintery cold, some sun again, a bunch of rain.  All over the meteorological map.  The seedlings are very confused. Some plants are behind schedule, like our peas, which are short and haven’t offered up any blossoms yet so who knows if we’ll even get any this spring. Others… Continue reading Salad Days