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Sorry I haven't been here in a long time... Life as always has been a bit on the busy side. If I thought it was going to get quieter with Tiff off at OU, I was mistaken. She's home ALL the time and we talk on the phone now more than ever.
Dogs are doing well--all sixteen paws. I admit I have been doing something rather silly, but I blame Nick and his friend Evelyn. Maddox has a blogspot, and has been having great fun there. I love it because it is lighthearted and silly, and I am still way in the learning process of understanding Siberian Huskies. Northern breeds are truly unique. So different than any dog I've ever had and I've had lots of dogs. Right now the two are on the bed gently playing. They had a huge romp earlier and had a bit of a rest and now are ready to just do some neck biting and such. It is very odd how huskies play. It looks so violent!! They are very in your face (or each others) and they go for each other's throats alot. It is scary to watch but I don't let them get too into it--once Maddox's back fur starts standing huge on edge, it is over and Shelby is banned upstairs. I have to keep Scotty leashed to my bed when they play otherwise he gets upset like he thinks Shelby is going to hurt Maddox.
She is doing great, really thriving now. Putting on weight, fur improving, etc.
Another thing I've become heavily involved in is rpging over on insanejournal. It so much fun, silly relaxed delightful fun. I play a character from a book and Nick plays Alex Krycek from X-Files. Total time-waster, but for the fact its got me writing lots again. That can't be bad, huh.
In other news--my 42 year old BIL announced today that he is going to Iraq. To say we are all dismayed is an understatement. He quit his banking job, signed up for six months volunteering in Iraq. He is a Major in the Air Force, was Army before that (did Air Force reserves). His friends, his family all of us said the same thing -- WHY NOW???? They just moved here, his best friend is pretty angry, even his sister who thinks he can do no wrong is furious with him. His wife is not happy at all, and my daughter cried when I told her. To her, that totally ruins everything, the holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas. My son just shrugged, said "Why would he do that?" Then he shook his head. No big deal to him, really, as despite always saying he wanted to do stuff with my son, Jim never does. Yeah, I'm pretty damn disappointed, too.
One bad thing about not coming here often is discovering that dear Karen on my flist lost her battle with cancer. I didn't know until almost two weeks after. We were not close, but I sure liked her. She was hilarious and determinedly optimistic, and fought a hard fight. When I think of her, I always smile. Not a bad thing, and one I think she would like to know. I wish she had fulfilled her dream of writing the book about her experiences, but she was not able to. She wanted to touch lives--well, she didn't need to write a book to do that!
Night all--
Carolyn
Dogs are doing well--all sixteen paws. I admit I have been doing something rather silly, but I blame Nick and his friend Evelyn. Maddox has a blogspot, and has been having great fun there. I love it because it is lighthearted and silly, and I am still way in the learning process of understanding Siberian Huskies. Northern breeds are truly unique. So different than any dog I've ever had and I've had lots of dogs. Right now the two are on the bed gently playing. They had a huge romp earlier and had a bit of a rest and now are ready to just do some neck biting and such. It is very odd how huskies play. It looks so violent!! They are very in your face (or each others) and they go for each other's throats alot. It is scary to watch but I don't let them get too into it--once Maddox's back fur starts standing huge on edge, it is over and Shelby is banned upstairs. I have to keep Scotty leashed to my bed when they play otherwise he gets upset like he thinks Shelby is going to hurt Maddox.
She is doing great, really thriving now. Putting on weight, fur improving, etc.
Another thing I've become heavily involved in is rpging over on insanejournal. It so much fun, silly relaxed delightful fun. I play a character from a book and Nick plays Alex Krycek from X-Files. Total time-waster, but for the fact its got me writing lots again. That can't be bad, huh.
In other news--my 42 year old BIL announced today that he is going to Iraq. To say we are all dismayed is an understatement. He quit his banking job, signed up for six months volunteering in Iraq. He is a Major in the Air Force, was Army before that (did Air Force reserves). His friends, his family all of us said the same thing -- WHY NOW???? They just moved here, his best friend is pretty angry, even his sister who thinks he can do no wrong is furious with him. His wife is not happy at all, and my daughter cried when I told her. To her, that totally ruins everything, the holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas. My son just shrugged, said "Why would he do that?" Then he shook his head. No big deal to him, really, as despite always saying he wanted to do stuff with my son, Jim never does. Yeah, I'm pretty damn disappointed, too.
One bad thing about not coming here often is discovering that dear Karen on my flist lost her battle with cancer. I didn't know until almost two weeks after. We were not close, but I sure liked her. She was hilarious and determinedly optimistic, and fought a hard fight. When I think of her, I always smile. Not a bad thing, and one I think she would like to know. I wish she had fulfilled her dream of writing the book about her experiences, but she was not able to. She wanted to touch lives--well, she didn't need to write a book to do that!
Night all--
Carolyn
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Date: 2007-10-11 04:20 am (UTC)Just read through Russ (I think of him as Fizzy!)'s (lol) LJ. My experience was nothing like his. The love they had for each other was worn down to a nib between Kel and I... heartbreaking but true. So much I'd do differently, but I was a different person then, and was not really me--looking back, I can't even understand the person I was then. LOL that is so crazy-sounding, but there was much, much, much going on, so many different levels of good and difficult, the way Kel coped with everything was very difficult for us (including his mother, who has been fantastic to me) to deal with, that there is no reason to talk about now. I don't need to, anymore. I have many regrets but now thankfully I can say that without the enormous guilt and anger. I know I gave everything I had of me, everything I could, so I have no shame, just regrets it couldn't have been different, that I let it cost me so much, cost us so much. I think the person I am now would've made that happen but I am much stronger now. Much.
What they had was truly a beautiful thing. They didn't have long together, but they sure had beautiful, didn't they?
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Date: 2007-10-12 09:54 pm (UTC)They definitely had beautiful!
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Date: 2007-10-13 12:12 am (UTC)Big smile on my face-- Oh yes, every reason for it not to work with me and Nick, but dang it...here we are, counting down the days again before we see each other. Thankfully we're both very content with how we have each other, for now.
LOL Shelby is wooing at me. Having Huskies is a real trip. I have toast and she knows she can't have it so she is making noises at me.
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Date: 2007-10-13 04:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-13 11:39 am (UTC)