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I thought I would paint part of the floor. I primed it weeks ago. The phone rang shortly into the process. After returning to the paint job, this is what I found:
Looks to me like they ran through the paint as soon as I left the room.
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Posted on January 24th, 2009 by isak
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The first Monday of the month, the vet gave Lily just days to live — her cancer was spreading. I put her to sleep that Friday. Three days later, on the second Monday of the month, my Dad passed away. On the third Monday (a few days ago), I got laid off from work. There… [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2009 by isak
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I found a website that sells cots for schools. They’re called Early Childhood Kiddie Cots. They support up to 150 lbs and come with a 10-year warranty. They’re about $23.
I bought a couple Kuranda beds for the dogs to try them out a few years ago. I got a discount back then for [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2009 by isak
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Somewhere in the world tonight are four rather disjointed siblings grappling with the knowledge that their father passed earlier this evening. Over the past few years, Padre has been battling cancer. First it was bladder cancer. Once that passed, attention returned to a spot on one of his lungs. At first, he was reluctant to [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by isak
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It’s going on 11 am. This time yesterday, I was getting ready to take Lily to the vet. I’m not sure why it is important to note this except that at this time yesterday, Lily was still on the front porch, still snoozing in her dog house and still alive, albeit a lousy state of [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2009 by isak
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It’s 1:30 pm on Friday. In the previous two and a half hours, I drove Lily to the vet where she was put to sleep, and now she is home and buried. The photo at the left was shot just before we left the house this morning.
I practiced my words a few times before I [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2009 by isak
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Lily and I are just back from the vet… seems that tumor on her elbow has reached the point that she may have just days left. It was diagnosed as malignant in September, just after Hurricane Ike. It was actually twice diagnosed. The vet that started the diagnosis was knocked out of electricity by the [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2009 by isak
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