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Jan 23, 20152 min read
Day 303: It’s been a good week
Sheba and Solomon are continuing to build their puppy bond…and I’m officially in puppy love with Solomon. He’s just the sweetest little...
Jan 22, 20152 min read
Day 302: February, here I come
Wedding – check, Jan. 1st Mr. Universe’s birthday – check, Jan. 10th My birthday – check, Jan. 21st There’s really no other significant...
Jan 20, 20153 min read
Day 300: Detachment
It was intense…in your face. Unsettling…unnerving…sad…depressing…and uplifting. It was packed with a cast of characters that was...
Jan 19, 20151 min read
Day 299: A house guest
Because she recently enrolled in online schooling, her education is no longer tied to her physical location. So she arrived with a...
Jan 18, 20152 min read
Day 298: I kick balls, deal with it
The result has been putting on a few extra pounds. Seeing numbers on the scale that I haven’t seen in years. Now, I know I’m not fat. ...
Jan 17, 20152 min read
Day 297: Settling into some habits
I’ve always heard that puppies pick things up quicker when they have another dog to model, but Solomon isn’t just following Sheba. You...
Jan 16, 20154 min read
Day 296: Nature vs nurture
Puzzle has been with me for 15 1/2 years. We’ve been through multiple moves, multiple marriages, and several boyfriends. He’s seen me...
Jan 15, 20152 min read
Day 295: This is how people end up with 8 kids
I casually mentioned to Mr. Universe that we should message the breeder we got Sheba from to let him know we’re interested in getting...
Jan 14, 20153 min read
Day 294: Take a note
The series of events…weird thoughts…anxiety that occurred over the course of the six hours I was there led me to what I can only describe...
Jan 13, 20153 min read
Day 293: Happy moment
Thank goodness. I was starting to feel like I might as well go back to working a full-time job because those old energetic feelings had...
Jan 12, 20151 min read
Day 292: It ain’t about that
Joe Rogan is best known for that show where they made people do all kinds of gross stuff for money. I can’t remember the name of it…but...
Jan 11, 20151 min read
Day 291: A year of firsts…and it’s just the beginning
Funny thing happened today. It’s Mr. Universe’s birthday…our first time celebrating his birthday together, even though we’re already...
Jan 10, 20152 min read
Day 290: Crazy is a perfectly acceptable part of life
I had someone make a comment to me about my blog once. They said that my writings were all over the place. One day the message was...
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Jan 9, 20152 min read
Day 289: [Parental warning] To give a fuck or not…that is the question
A former co-worker and long-time friend sent me a Facebook link to one of the most amazing articles I’ve read in a long time. It wasn’t...
Jan 8, 20154 min read
Day 288: Time to get moving
It took till about mid-day to start feeling better. I was tempted to lay around again but Mr. Universe insisted we needed to get out of...
Jan 7, 20151 min read
Day 287: Feeling a bit home sick
There’s never a good time to get sick but the coldest day of the year seems as good as any. For the past couple of days I’ve not been...
Jan 6, 20151 min read
Day 286: No place like home
We arrived back to the Mainland around 5am this morning. Mr. Universe was refreshed and I was exhausted. I can sit on a plane in...
Jan 5, 20151 min read
Day 285: Time to go home
Truth be told I’ve been ready to go home for a couple days now. I can’t get past the amount of money we spend to eat each meal, let...
Jan 3, 20153 min read
Day 283: Learning the language
Today we ventured off to the Maui Swap Meet and finally experienced shopping with prices more reasonable to what we see at home. But it...
Jan 2, 20152 min read
Day 282: January wedding
On the drive to Aloha Beach in Kihei yesterday, Mr. Universe told me that he’d picked out a song for our wedding. Not a song to be played...
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