MissMeliss: Escribition

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The snow has mostly melted, but it was fun to have it while it was here. I’m afraid with the way we humans are destroying the environment places like the DFW metroplex are likely to see more snow days all too soon, though. In fact, I’m envisioning a job search board looking [...]

Cross-posted from my dog blog at MoonChilde.com
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Can you adopt or foster Valentino? He’s in a shelter in Glen Rose, TX, and he’s been there for several weeks. He almost went into a foster home, but another dog in that foster home was heartworm positive, and they didn’t want him exposed.
He’s fully [...]

6:00 this morning found me awake feeling parched and dehydrated, but also with the mmf drawer in my mind ringing a really big sale. Why? Because a story was brewing, and even better, it was inspired by the dryness I was feeling. I’m not ready to share it, but trust me that this is a [...]

Monday was an extremely challenging day for me. Or at least Monday evening was.
I had had a fairly productive morning and afternoon, the dogs had been outside most of the day, and I’d actually treated the holiday as a holiday and not a “get ahead on work” day, because I really needed to help my [...]

Despite that fact that my city has been wrapped in dry cold for several days, I’ve rediscovered the simple enjoyment of a long ramble around the neighborhood with a canine companion.
On Wednesday, Miss Cleo and Max the Monster Pup were both acting really antsy. Cleo’s surgery scar is finally healed enough that I’m [...]

The rain is still falling in silent, silver streaks, and the dogs are all snoring softly, dreaming puppy dreams of fields and rabbits and bones raining from the sky.

I have come to the conclusion that dealing with dogs is one of the best weight loss supplements ever. I mean, there’s the walking, of course, but even just the hour-to-hour handling helps burn calories as well as any special food or drink.
For example, every hour on the hour, generally from nine PM to two [...]

Yesterday was rainy and cold, but today, while a bit nippy, was bright and sunny. I had the dogs running around the back yard at 9:30, while I made a cup of peppermint tea for myself. I wanted desperately to go back to sleep, but knew if I did I’d oversleep and get nothing done. [...]

If dog hair was as lethal to the human body as Asbestosis & Lung Cancer are, Fuzzy and I would have been corpses long ago. Thankfully, it’s not, even though it does get in EVERYTHING.
Today, my dogs spent the afternoon in their least favorite places: their crates. Well, Max doesn’t mind his – he sleeps [...]

The dog days of summer are supposed to be in August, and I suppose they are if you’re referring to air temperature, but the past few days have seen a lot of doggy doings around here.
First: Miss Cleo was witnessed playing nicely with Max in the back yard this morning, and again this evening. [...]