A Dose of Deedee--Thirteen Weeks Old

Last week, Deedee had an appointment with the veterinarian for her (Deedee's, not the vet's) next puppy shot. She (again, Deedee, not the vet) also was weighed: 24 pounds of puppy! When I got home, I pulled out Drexel's records. While Deedee weighed 24 pounds at 12 weeks, Drexel weighed only 21 pounds--and he is a big boy! I'll be curious to see how Deedee grows, and just how big she gets.

Deedee's insight for this week:

John and Kristi were remarking about how much better I was getting with housebreaking. Do you know what this means? They might expect more of me! I decided to spend the past 8 hours reminding them that I am still just a little, cute, helpless puppy. See?

Photo: A close-up of black lab Deedee's cute face

Kristi again: Cute, yes. Puppy, yes. Little? Not really. Helpless? Oh, she'd like me to believe that. Deedee has made more progress forward than backward, and I know that one or two steps of regression is nothing to worry about. She has no idea how much fun she will have once she has the housebreaking thing down, receives her rabies vaccine, and puts on a vest! She's going to be a good worker!

Thanks for a cute puppy!

Ten Things of Thankful: Autumn Edition

It's autumn time, one of my favorite times of year. I just couldn't leave this weekend as a one-post weekend.

Ten Things of Thankful: Last Two Weeks

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, as viewed from an overlook I apologize for not commenting on your blog posts this past week; John and I took a vacation to Yellowstone National Park, leaving behind our computers and, to a large extent, cell phone service. We escaped the outside world and just spent time in nature. Though we have friends near Yellowstone (who we love to visit) we made this trip just about us, so please forgive us if we were nearby and didn't stop by. The crowds were minimal (though we did mask up whenever we passed someone on the trails) and we spent our days hiking, taking photos, and watching geysers erupt. Today, we are back home and back to work, and, in the case of my computer, back to old shenanigans like not letting me import my photos. (I was able to add the above photo by using blogger on my phone, but that isn't my preferred method.) I want to write about Yellowstone and have photos I want to share, but will leave that for another

Monday Mentions: Equate Crutches

Have you ever needed crutches? I hadn't, until a week ago. I'm pretty sure I strained a muscle while running a half-marathon. (That sounds kind of cool, doesn't it? I'm not actually that cool; the last time I strained a muscle it was from carrying too many shopping bags at once.) In any case, I found myself in need of some crutches. I sent my husband to the store to get some. Photo: A pair of crutches leans against a wall Not that crutches are all that complex, but because I hadn't used any before, I wondered if I could figure out how to adjust them to fit me properly. I shouldn't have worried. John came home from Walmart with their generic store brand of crutches, complete with instructions. First, I needed to take out a long bolt that went through the hand grip. Then I needed to find my height range, push down two metal pieces, and slide the crutches until the little metal pieces came up in the hole near my height range. (Having two people for this

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