Beaker always gets it...

8:30

Every day, I still look for Chloe's pills.  Her schedule was 8:30, morning and night.  Funny how the habit stills holds strong.

I cleaned out all her pills, medicine containers, etc and found all these little plastic spoons.

Had to laugh because she would only take her pills when I teased her with food a spoonful at a time.

I think it's way easier dealing with Chloe's loss than some previous dogs.  It still hurts pretty bad but it ended so well.  I was dreading having to make the decision to put her to sleep.  Her going peacefully in her sleep the morning of the day that I had her scheduled to meet the vet at our house?  It's like she wanted to spare me the pain.

She was a great dog.

Mr. President

You should be ashamed of yourself

Saw the news today that President Obama used his radio address to talk about Jobs His Lazer Focus On Jobs America reaching 1960's poverty levels Lowering taxes Reducing the size of the Federal Government Closing Guantanamo advertisements that might be run against democrats.

I'm no teleprompter but I think I can roughly recall some of what he said:

When you hear ads against democrats ask yourself who is funding these ads.  Is it big oil?  Is it the healthcare industry?  Is it some other shady entity?  Americans deserve to make a fair choice this November.

Mr. President, you are a hypocrite.  And a dangerous one at that. 

This man has no shame and will stretch the truth as far as he can.  He likely believes that he's doing the right thing (in spite of my overt disdain for Obama, I still must respect the office of the President) but it's disturbing to see this.  He HAS to know what he's doing.

Sometimes I fear for my country.

Of bleach, and a garage door...

Quickly, thanks to everyone for your kind words on Chloe. It's okay, she was almost 16 years old. She'll be missed but I had several years to love her and make her feel special. Thank you all.

So I'm smitten. Been walking around in a fog for a while telling anyone who'd listen (and some that didn't really want to listen, take for instance the file clerk at Macy's who got to hear my mewling love smitten blather, she would've thrown something at me if her manager hadn't walked in and interrupted...). Life is pretty good. I'm happy, one cute little old muppet short but it's alright.

And the Sweet Girl wants me to be neater. Anyone who knows me know that neatness and organization don't really get along all that well in Stew-land. Or at least that's been my historical modus operandi. The Sweet Girl has cured me though.

Amazingly enough I'm actually getting organized. The garage was becoming a great big cluttered mess. And I kept thinking about just cleaning it up. So last weekend, I did. Pulled everything out, tossed the old stuff, gave away some stuff that I didn't need anymore and painted the floor. It's really really nice now. And this is so unlike me that it's sometimes scary walking into the garage.

The rest of the house is spotless (of course) and now there's nothing holding me back from simply maintaining the clean. Gotta say, it feels really good.

The amazing thing is that this is really due to the Sweet Girl. She inspired me. And because I know that she likes the clean, neat, organization, it's really enjoyable for me too.

This is so weird.

Chloe passed away

Chloe and Stew hanging out with the ear rubbies.

Chloe and Prince Ali ('Lil Bastard) inseparable

Chloe was such a part of my life that I think I'm still numb. Every part of my life was touched by that little angel. Cannot begin to express how much this hurts.

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Unemployment Benefits

With all the brouhaha over extending unemployment benefits

I just wonder if anyone is noting that an economic recovery

Usually means that you don't need unemployment benefits...

Enjoy the recovery!

Memories

Seems like I just met her yesterday. Life is so different and there is so much happiness, it's surreal. I sometimes literally have to concentrate on NOW just to remind myself that this isn't a dream. I'm actually this happy making her happy.

We are in love.

In a daydream

Ever listen to Medved or Hewitt? Sometimes their bumper music plays this song. It's "In a daydream" by The Freddy Jones Band.

I love this song. Listened to it today while prepping for boring fiber under roadways (we're doing a campus fiber job at work). I got to ride on the ditch witch diesel trencher and just let this song drown out reality.

Enjoy!

Happy Independence Day

Today we celebrate the fourth of July. The day that we declared independence from England some 230+ years ago.

I am spending time with the girl that swept me off my feet, made me realize that there is a reason for being me, and showed me what a wonderful person can do influencing my life.

These Vietnamese folks are just wonderful. And they love America.

Happy Birthday USA!

yin yang

Babies sleeping. They are so cute together.