Like most people (I think!?), I give my parents a hard time about their lack of knowledge in the technology department.
But I always oftentimes try to patiently assist them when they have questions about how to do things on their computers or need help their iPods.
Don’t get me wrong, they do better than a lot [...]

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I got to spend a little time with my oldest brother’s two kids last evening. I had gone out to dinner with one of my oldest friends, and then had plans to swim with my sister-in-law. Since I had some free time between dinner and swimming, I headed over to my brother and sister-in-law’s house [...]

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When I wrote a post recently about how I’m going through a little rough patch in my personal life, I mentioned how fortunate I am to have such a wonderful, supportive family to help me through it. The comments I received on that post said much of the same (again, THANK YOU for all your [...]

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In my previous post (and, by the way, I’m TOTALLY overwhelmed by everyone’s support), I mentioned that despite some personal things being a little rough right now, there are still some really great, fun things happening in my life, as well.
One of those things is that I recently began writing as the Providence Dogs Examiner [...]

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Reading over my most recent posts, I realize that I haven’t gotten very personal on my blog lately, even though this is, in fact, my personal blog.
Most of my writing is about fun, light-hearted stuff, which is great because there are a lot of fun, light-hearted things going on in my life right now.
But there [...]

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We’ve already established that Ryder loves snuggling with objects that aren’t necessarily meant for her.

It always makes me laugh to see which new toy she decides to snuggle with - or just parade around.

It’s not always what one may think. Sometimes she’ll pass right by the plush, fuzzy toy and go for a sneaker.

But sometimes [...]

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