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via Facebook... Headache: Day Two.

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via Facebook... Brain won't stop braining.

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via Facebook... When chilly, put on a Tervie blanket... He always knows when I'm not feeling good and gets extra cuddly...

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via Facebook... Rainy day headache. Also, rain, STAPH! My yard is a mud pit and if I lean over to wipe dog paws my vertigo kicks in. Added to to-do list: teach dogs to wipe their own paws.

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via Facebook... "There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to -- if there are no doors or windows -- he walks through a wall." -Bernard Malamud

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via Facebook... Okay, I've done at least three majorly productive things today. That's enough, yes? I can nap off the food coma from yesterday (Thank again, Melanie and Dan!) and generally be lazy?

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via Facebook... RT @SpokesGay "There is no moral authority to "pardon" someone FOR HAVING BEEN A PERSON VICTIMIZED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT."

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via Facebook... "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." -Voltaire

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via Facebook... Tonight Misha gets cuddles, and defends her turf :)

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via Facebook... Chores done or in progress. Fallout: New Vegas break :)

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via Facebook... Today: Got dog food cooking, and am soaking the bits of the humidifier to defunk it. Animals are resting after breakfasts and romps...

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via Facebook... Looking back on my day...cleaned my bathroom, and also shoved Steve's stuff into a corner under the sink. MOAR ROOM! Also, the pile of magazines he had put aside "to be read"? Gone. And then...this might sound painful, be warned...I put away the coffee pot. I really did. The electric tea kettle sits there, now.

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via Facebook... I was going to go be productive, but Misha is all curled up on my belly, so I guess I need to stay here for a bit!

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via Facebook... Congested. Nauseous. Headache. Chills then sweaty than chilled. Luckily The Teen went and did grocery shopping. I'm alternately wrapped up or sprawled on the couch watching Blue Planet. Occasional 5 minute nap. Timber ate my tissues. Misha sleeps on my legs.

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via Facebook... Just got off the phone with Spousal Unit, everything good there. On this side of the world I seem to have a head cold. Phooey.

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via Facebook... I have received verbal confirmation....the spousal unit has landed in his new home. He is tired. He will communicate when next awake. Project Camel Man has begun...

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via Facebook... My week, by Timber. I am learning all kinds of new skills! I showed Soft Lady that I can hop RIGHT OVER a 56" gate that's between me and some kitty goodies. BOING! And I can open a cabinet door by pulling the handle when it's between me and some yummy smelling garbage. AND I can also leap right over the couch when cat-chasing. I can push gates that aren't secured to walls aside, or just knock them down. And I can climb on top of the bench to get to the top of the (unused) fireplace where the cat thinks it's safe. I'm still working on how to open the front door...

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via Facebook... Ah, Christmas traditions! Growing up, we never had a tree, but we did have the Christmas Tripod. Dad would wrap the telescope in wrapping paper, string it with lights and tinsel and hang ornaments on it. Every night we could pick a different star to top the tree :D It really was awesome.

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via Facebook... Trying to sleep. Every been so tired that you are too tired to be able to relax enough to fall asleep? Yup, that's me. Okay brain, you can power of anytime! See, when it needs to be charged it doesn't stop, it just gets weird...

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via Facebook... Steve is snuggled up in business class, flying to Amsterdam on his second leg of the trip--after a six hour layover. He texted me a picture of the wine list. I thing he's just showing off...

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via Facebook... AND.... (insert dramatic drum roll here) .... Just in time to help me celebrate my husbandless holidays.... I have a tooth that just up and went bad and the next available appointment to yank it out my head is January 10.

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via Facebook... Last night with the spousal unit. At least it isn't an early flight tomorrow ;)

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via Facebook... Miss Floofypants defends her lap nest from wandering pirate noses...

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via Facebook... Miss Floofypants defends her lap nest from wandering pirate noses...

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via Facebook... WHEW! Spousal Unit's visa arrives at the metaphorical and almost literal last minute, giving us a day of staring at the door waiting for FedEx...and now relief...

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via Facebook... Okay NetFlix, thank you for suggesting Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries! An Australian series, apparently, and utterly delightful!

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via Facebook... The Teen and The Spousal Unit are out having a farewell lunch. Tomorrow Spousal Unit flies far, far away... And I get all the bed and closet and bathroom counter space! And I get to play with his kitchen stuff :D *silver linings*

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via Facebook... Best part of Steve moving? The closet is mine, ALL MINE! HANG ALL THE THINGS!

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via Facebook... I am cold. That bone deep cold. So I am achy. And so I am grumpy. I've got a thermal robe and three blankets and I can't get warm :( I'm in a blanket fort with Misha. I may not come out at all today. Timber occasionally jumps on top of us, nibbled some hair, then goes off to bother a cat. He is not interested in blanket forts.

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via Facebook... Night night....

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via Facebook... Oh, Netflix, you've given me Dark Shadows!

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via Facebook... My Week, by Timber I'm in BIG trouble! Apparently Soft Lady brushed me and she now has A WHOLE OTHER DOG! I don't want another dog! Soft Lady keeps saying "And here's your new brother, I guess I better let Kathy know!" and then Big Man starts giggling. So I ate his underwear. That'll show him! Also I found my way around yet another gate. I'm so smart! Now there are two gates that are zip-tied and hooked to protect the delicacy in the kitty boxes. But I feel this Pirate is up to the challenge! I shall plunder that gold! Soft Lady got all these great toys to put my food in! Now she glares at me because it took like 4 seconds to figure them out. Soft Lady says I have a career in burglary and safe cracking...which is only proper for a pirate! I'm busy training Soft Lady on jumps and weaves. She really needs help and learns so slow. When she doesn't hit her mark just exactly right I stop so she can try again. I don't yell at her, I'm trying to just focus on the positive behaviors I see...

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via Facebook... Oh, okay. You look so pretty in your gold foil wrapper...OMNOMNOM!

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via Facebook... Oh, hello there, box of Godiva chocolates that were a birthday gift. I am so *Omnomnom* pleased to see you again. I hope *nom nom* that you weren't feeling *nom* neglected in any way. *nom ICK* And there's the coconut one... That's okay...it just makes the others more precious... *OMNOMNOM*

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via Facebook... I do not have patience. Training or learning is different, you get constant feedback, albeit incremental. But waiting for Steve to start his job is like being bitten by a hundred fire ants. It's like having nothing to watch but reruns of Barney. It's like having to eat without seasonings...for three weeks straight! Patience may be a virtue, but I've never claimed to be virtuous ;)

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via Facebook... Soft Lady said her back hurt, so I became Timber the Heating Pad/Neck Massager! Also I got to nibble on some hair. Win-win.

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via Facebook... Sleep. Hopefully.

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via Facebook... Know what's fun? When someone tries to explain how teh gayz are evil because Jesus, and they insist that they know their bible, and you ask them exactly what Jesus said about teh gayz.... And they storm off in a huff because WWJD? Apparently not argue with me. Also, when you tell someone that you've taught your kid to just love people, and the sex and gender are secondary and rather arbitrary societal norms that I hope my kid will never feel compelled to follow? That apparently really pisses people off. Just call me sunshine!

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via Facebook... A Very Difficult Night. My dear friend came over, and made me (I had been spared until now) listen to what the fox says...And now that song is TRAPPED IN MY BRAIN. But even worse, we started singing "What does the Timber Say?" and Timber LOVED his song and...and...and.... He nibbled the hair of another. Now, we had made no promises, but I am hurt. He kept nibbling and nibbling right in front of me... Apparently the Timber says "nom nom nom nom nom nom" and "hump hump hump hump hump hump hump" That's what the Timber says....