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via Facebook... Timber just went to window, stared into the yard for a solid five minutes, came to tell me he needed to go out... ...sniffed around, found one new spot to mark, and came right back in. I don't know what was in the yard, but Timber feels better now that he's peed over it.

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via Facebook... Now I'm hungry. But I don't want anything we have in the house. No, not even chocolate.

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via Facebook... Also....I hate pumpkin. And I don't mean I think it's yucky, I mean I hate it with a white-hot hate I reserve for very few foods. I hate the flavor, the pies, the spiced, the lattes, the way it pushes itself into otherwise wonderful things. Pumpkin beer? WHY! Pumpkin coffee? EVIL! It is a deep betrayal. I can never forgive pumpkin for its invasion all things otherwise yummy.

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via Facebook... So apparently some show ended tonight and it's a big deal?

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via Facebook... Watching a show called Black Books...book store comedy :)

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via Facebook... Home, in bed, hoping to sleep. Was at a bonfire at a friend's. I was in BIG trouble when I got home...I had been with another dog. TWO other dogs! Bandit the Bassett Hound and Beau the Rat Terrier. I submitted to the sniff-over with my usual grace. I also owe Timber an extra two hundred kisses, and Misha needed additional snuggles. Then I climbed into bed without giving the dogs their bedtime cookie. Timber had to remind me...he said he'd discuss it in the morning...I think I'm in BIGGER trouble now!

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via Facebook... Two things: I finished Fallout: New Vegas. It was amazing and awesome and I really need something light to play for a bit. Watching Sleepy Hollow....very happy so far!

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via Facebook... I am awake. Begrudgingly. Zoo needs the feeding or else they will start the meowing and the barking and the splashing (yes, the turtles get in on it, too!). Then: nap time!

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via Facebook... Done, going to try and get some sleep. Throat scratchy, hope it isn't a harbinger. Time to cuddle with cats and dogs....

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via Facebook... Misha and Timber both get early morning snuggles

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via Facebook... I'm never going to sleep again. Can you forget how to sleep? Is that possible? I think I forgot how. At least for tonight. Stupid Sleepy Tea...never again! I totally blame the tea.

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via Facebook... Just brewed some tea in my brand new electric kettle! Setting up a little area in the bedroom so I don't have as much nocturnal wandering to get the dogs all awake...

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via Facebook... Officially addicted to Call the Midwife.

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via Facebook... I be awake. Day 4 o' t' Serious Ick. Feelin' like washed out poo. I'll go outside t' bask in t' day with me pirate dog...

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via Facebook... The dogs woke me at 5 o'something too-damn-early o'clock. Indoor toilets for dogs. Seems like something that needs inventing. So I can sleep!

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via Facebook... Coloring book and crayons. I'm hiding in my blanket fort for a little while...

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via Facebook... Update: day 3 of The Serious Ick. I am so congested I am pretty sure that--if I could work out the mechanics--I could blow my ears along with my nose.

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via Facebook... Stupid kindle just slipped and hit my lip. There was blood. Now my face hurts. A liar sleepy tea and a violent device.

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via Facebook... Sleepy Time Tea? LIAR!

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via Facebook... So.... How many cups of sleepy time tea before the "I need to use the loo" negates the "sleepy time"?

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via Facebook... Day 2 of The Serious Ick. The congestion. The being very cold and then sweating. The itchy eyes. The head hurting from the pressure. The congestion. Le Poop.

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via Facebook... "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." -Iroquois Nation Maxim

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via Facebook... My brother Brian, who loves me (or had a craving after I mentioned it), went and got his sick sister ice cream and cookies. Happy now!

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via Facebook... Chocolate is good when you aren't feeling well...right? Or should have soup? And don't even go there...I can't do chocolate soup. That is just wrong. Fever makes my brain go wiggly. Just warning you.

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via Facebook... So a friend gave me a recipe for a tomato tea that helps with The Serious Ick... V8, lemon juice, hot sauce... A Bloody Mary without the vodka! Granted, it's supposed to be heated, but still, for some reason that makes me very happy...

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via Facebook... My headache yesterday was foreshadowing of a greater doom... The Serious Ick. The fever. The stomach upset. The scratchy throat.

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via Facebook... So...if you have anything to say about Miss America that starts with "I'm not racist, but..." or you in anyway think that she isn't American.... Congratulations, you are a racist! The stupid bigotry in this country just freaking kills me.

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via Facebook... I had forgotten just how funny The Vicar of Dibley is!

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via Facebook... Crawled under the covers. Head seems to have gotten trapped in a vice grip made of flaming hurtiness. Small monsters with drills are trying to get through my temples. Emergency Animal Cuddle Therapy has been activated.

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via Facebook... Today seems like a great day to crawl back under the covers. With dogs, cats, and a few books. It's a big cover :)

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via Facebook... Timber crawled right up and settled in for some serious snuggles.

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via Facebook... I remember the days when I could stay up until 5 or 6 am and be up at 9, ready to start the day. I remember them because I can no longer experience them.

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via Facebook... I have many 9/11 stories. In Dulles airport Wednesday. With the National Guard and FBI all over. We were removing dangerous objects from the stores. You know--sewing kits. Tweezers. This is when I learned that the FBI does not have a sense of humor. I knew, even then, with everything fresh and open and painful, that sewing kits was not the threat. So I picked up a little Washington Monument plastic thing, and I said "OOOOH, this has a pointy tip! Should we put these away, too?" And so they went away. You were saved from death by cheap Washington Monument because of my sarcasm. You are welcome.

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via Facebook... Tonight sucks. In one group I'm trying to explain that having a difficult child is not an excuse to try and murder that child. And blaming that attempted murder on the child's disability is especially heinous. Filed under: Things I Thought Were Self Freaking Evident. Then...9/11. I was working in Dulles Airport for that. And all the memory posts just being it all back. Filed under: There Is Not Enough Room In My Heart For The Pain. On a lighter note, we installed a bidet fitting in the matter bathroom. Filed under: Two shall be the setting of the spray, and the number of the setting shall be two. Three is not the number of the setting, and four is right out! Trust me. Do not...ever...go to four.

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via Facebook... For those who need a laugh...a piece on the importance of proofreading... http://youtu.be/OonDPGwAyfQ

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via Facebook... I haz a need for cheering up. Please to share cute, funny, or Squee items. Thanks.

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via Facebook... DID YOU KNOW...by Timber Did you know...that dogs also like peanut butter/banana/strawberry smoothies? That Big Man really should put some in a bowl to share. Since he didn't, we just drank some out of his glass. It was yummy! Did you know...that fresh cut grass is WONDERFUL to roll in. Also, it sticks to pre-moistened snoots. Also, Soft Lady screamed "The Monster from The Green Lagoon!" I don't know why. Did you know...that Senior Tervs On Staff hoard ALL THE TOYS! It is unfair. But I'm in love with Misha, so I just circle her nest of toys and give her sad eyes. Did you know...that sometimes Big Man forgets to double-lock the gate into the bathroom, and I can open it and nom on the kitty kibble. Did you know...humans are hard to train. But Soft Lady will give me cheese every time a dog passes by and I bark at it! She rewards my alert, and I reward her cheese-giving by not barking more. Win-win. That is all. Hope my other Pirate sibs are also learning great and important things.

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via Facebook... New slogans for North Carolina: Race to the Bottom. NC: making Texas look good. Any others?

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via Facebook... A thought that struck me--I have never cared about 'having it all'. I have no interest in 'leaning in'. I do care that women are able to have jobs that pay a living wage. I do care that women have access to healthcare. I can't have it all if others have nothing.

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via Facebook... My ears are so stuffed I contemplated squirting my nasal spray into them. I didn't, but I thought about it.

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via Facebook... Things I Was Called In The Past 24 Hours, by Timber. They called me a Fuzzy Butthead. At 2 am, when I bounced off Soft Lady's stomach to chase evil from the yard I was called "@$#%, @$#^& %#&&$&, and @#^%#^". I don't think that is very nice. They keep saying "Why do you say you are Tervie when you have fuzzy tail like rabbit?" (Bonus points if you get the reference) The said my p-mail was "Return to Sender". Sometimes it gets on my feet, no need to tease a dog! They called me a Humpasaurus. Hey, a teenage Pirate has needs! But best is when Soft Lady gives me my kisses and cuddles and calls me "My lovekins". That sounds very nice :)

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via Facebook... Vertigo. So stuffed with decongestants and such. Going to play Civilization: Revolution. Which is an awesome game. With breaks for dog training. But I'll let Timber tell you about that.

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via Facebook... My insom-nom-nomia is kicking in. Also, Sudafed crushes sleeping pills. Thus my awakens.

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via Facebook... Stupid vertigo coming back :( Allergies, I am really sick of you now. Go away. Shoo.

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via Facebook... So, in the "I'm so taking that as a compliment" file, a friend said to me the other day, "You're HOW old? I thought you were ten years younger!" *pause* "No wonder you are so secure and confident!" That is my second favorite, after a friend said "Wow, you are actually much cooler than you look!"