tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86986775572499532482024-03-13T03:21:26.759-07:00Tiny TyrantKnitting my way through major changes.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-76389219060198927982016-11-09T08:04:00.002-08:002016-11-09T08:04:37.599-08:00Changes are a'Coming<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So the blog has been radio silent for a while and I've decided that I need to fix that.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> In that light, here are mostly current goings on in my neck of the world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am getting more involved in my local Fiber Community (yarn, not food people, seriously I consider chocolate a food group) and as part of that I got approved to the Advisory Board of the <a href="http://dfwfiberfest.org/" target="_blank">DFW Fiber Fest</a> over the summer. I get to be my techie self and help out where needed and get to learn more about this great event that is run by a great group of volunteers. Yes volunteers. This entire event is driven by people sacrificing their personal time to bring a great close knit solid community event to celebrate the fiber arts. And I get to play with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As part of my foray into doing more with my hobby, I've also started designing patterns. Yup, say hello to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tiny-tyrant-designs" target="_blank">Tiny Tyrant Designs</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because I want proce<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">eds <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to be able to go to the <a href="http://beaglefreedomproject.org/" target="_blank">Beagle Freedom Project</a>, I'm trying to get more serio<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">u<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s</span> about it, just not make a living at it.</span></span></span></span> In light of that, I managed to tie it into my love of all things yarn and guess who managed to get into the goody bags at the November <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/strung-along-retreats/" target="_blank">Strung Along Retreat</a> starting this Friday in Port Ludlow W<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A wonderful shout out to my friend Terri Mitchell for being my assembly line while I got everything processed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A cute little <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">turtle</span> stitch marker and a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">heart</span> button <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to a tie into <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my Turtle Trail S<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hawlette<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">so attendees know that <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Soft Kitty<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Balms<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> has a fiber <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">connection</span>. My Basic Balm, whipped to make it easier to use<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, a little goes a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> long way<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and my s<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">uper favorite Lip Balm in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Peppermint. All<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>packed up in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">49</span> pretty purple packages.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-92181755198586707642015-12-31T09:42:00.002-08:002015-12-31T09:42:55.806-08:00The Time Flies<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Once a year is not a real blog, even my Dad has asked that I post more since he's not on FB.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I plan to try in 2016 because I want to spend less time on FB.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are still here, thank you. If not, thank you still, because I understand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2015 had some changes, good and bad like any year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We lost JtheB to cancer and age. The Squeaks did not understand. We are all dealing with it as best we can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I changed jobs again. Reconnected with some family members. Made and lost some new friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Over all, 2015 was a good year. Still playing with yarn. Need to get back to my cross stitch and I still want to figure out how to use my Cricket Loom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope your year had the good out weigh the bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And I plan to be around here more in 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy New Year </span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-51901302423557647752014-12-24T11:36:00.000-08:002014-12-24T11:36:30.376-08:00Almost Three YearsHere we are at another Christmas Eve.<br />
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It's a good day because, YAY! Christmas! But it's also a sad day, because Cliff the Mutt is gone.<br />
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16 years ago today I sped to the Sonoma County Humane Society to bring this scruffy little monkey faced bundle of fur home. He was the best present I ever got. Yes, ever.<br />
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It's hard to believe he's been gone almost three years, which means The Squeaks are almost three years old.<br />
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I still believe part of Cliff stayed behind in Ru because the mannerisms are too similar and they never met face to face.<br />
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Christmas Eve will always have a special meaning thanks to that little monster that curled up in my lap after I got home and stole my heart for good.<br />
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May you all have a joyous Christmas and have someone, human or not, special to make or recall a memory. If you know some that is alone, make it so they aren't.<br />
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Thanks for watching over me Cliffy Mutt. <br />
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Mama still thinks of you every day and loves you bunches and bunches.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-42931570310406966942013-09-15T09:00:00.002-07:002013-09-15T09:01:23.613-07:00An End and a Beginning<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yesterday was my 43rd birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was a nice low key day spent with my best friend, his beagle and my Squeaks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The day before that was my last day at my job at CA. I had been in that job for 8+ years and I am very good at it. Leaving won't change that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However it was time for a change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As such, tomorrow morning, bright and early, I start my new as a Technology Architect III at a new company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am excited and scared and sad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I don't handle change very well, even ones I put into action. But I know that this is something I need right now to grow professionally. However, I will miss all of the co-workers I leave behind.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They were my family in as much as they could be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So here is to the end of a year for me and a work era and to the beginning of a new year and new path professionally. </span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-46350669802648743492013-05-01T15:45:00.000-07:002013-05-01T15:48:46.964-07:00Your 'Mom' Still Misses You<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">A
year ago today I lost the best thing that ever happened to me. Many
people on my feed may not understand, but many of you will and, even
better, many of you knew him.<br /> <br /> Yes, I'm talking about my little
monkey boy, Cliff the Mutt. I got him when he was 4 months old and he
was mine and mine only from day one. He is why I support rescues, why I
volunteered at the Humane Society and, with Oscar the Dog, why we
walked in the Human Race very year for the Healdsburg Animal Shelter.<br /> <br />
He and I were a Pet Assisted Therapy team. People that hadn't moved or
responded in weeks would smile, or reach out a hand, or speak when they
saw Cliff. They didn't care about the chick holding his leash and that
was okay.<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> <br /> He brought such joy
into my life and helped me through more pain and sadness than 15 pounds
of fur and squeaky monkey noises should ever have to for a person. I
wouldn't have made it through any of it without him there with me.<br /> <br />
He let me drag him on planes to visit sick in laws. He traveled every
where in the RV. He went on the Jet Skis with me (VERY unwillingly but
always safely). He slept through my driving. Many a road trip to
Tucson happened with him in the passenger seat. <br /> <br /> Lastly, with
his health already failing, he let me move him halfway across the
country so I could have a new start in a new place. It would not have
gone as well without him.<br /> <br /> Its hard to believe that he's been gone a year already. The Squeaks keep me busy now, but I think of
Cliffy every day. A part of him ended up in my Ru Ru. He has the same
white check on his belly. He squeaks and sings when I get home like
Cliff and he lays under the desk when I'm at the computer and snuggles
with me at night.<br /> <br /> So Cliff may be gone, but his soul is still
here and his memory will always be with me. His eyes are my FB timeline
cover photo and always will be. Because he always saw people for what
they were, I was no exception. He loved me unconditionally and I still
try to spend a bit of every day making sure I still deserve that.<br /> <br /> I love you and miss you so much Cliffy Mutt.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-49622711702293010872012-10-24T10:30:00.001-07:002012-10-24T10:35:18.764-07:00Still Here, Still Missing Him<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cliff the Mutt has been gone since May 1st.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of him and miss his sweet face and his little monkey sounds when I get home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was cremated and now he is part of this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I think it fits since he left paw prints all over my heart that will never fade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It is still hard to believe he's gone. I still reach for him at night and expect to see him when I open the door and I get home from work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">People around the apartment complex ask about him and I have to explain again and the pain begins anew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And that is okay. It is okay to miss him and hurt because he is gone. As little as he was, he was a huge part of my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">While he can never be replaced, I can say that there is a pair of mischief makers in my house now that are a helpful distraction.</span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KTWFcPE3dbc/UIgc6vpOuYI/AAAAAAAAAww/W8E9CichRM8/s1600/SweetCinna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KTWFcPE3dbc/UIgc6vpOuYI/AAAAAAAAAww/W8E9CichRM8/s320/SweetCinna.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Please say hello to Cinna and Ru, a.k.a The Squeaks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is a sibling pair (girl/boy respectively) that I found while I was out at dinner with some co-workers on April 29th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes that is right, 2 days before Cliff passed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was not planning on keeping them. They never met him. I immediately started looking for a home for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cliff passed and I was not ready to have new pets. I tried postings at work and at the vet and the local pet stores. They were only 6 weeks old and I would not let them be split up. See they were found with 4 other siblings that same night. I was the only one that took two home. Could not find someone to them separately or together that night and with Mama Cat missing (and probably dead) I was NOT leaving them there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now we are 6 months down the road and those tiny little things have grown (especially Ru) and have taken over my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ru is a whopping 9 pounds and still growing. It is such a good thing that he is so sweet. He looks like a sleek miniature panther and then he meows and the ruse is up - yup he's still a kitten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cinna is a petite little 5 pound thing that is absolutely fearless. She loves her brother and walks all over him, and he lets her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He is very protective of her and they have only been separated once. I had to take her in for a followup for her spay and it was the first time I left him home without her. Well I left him with my neighbor so he wouldn't be alone. Turns out Ru meowed constantly and kept looking for her. When they get boarded at the vet, they are together. They had their surgeries together. They are always together except at dinner time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ru has to eat in the closet because he keeps stealing Cinna's food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love them very much and some days I wonder if Ru and Cliff didn't swap souls. Ru lays where Cliff laid when I'm home or at the computer. He curls up with me the same way Cliff did. And if he keeps going the way he is going, he will weigh the same as Cliff (goodness help me).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Either way, I think I was meant to have them and I am happy to have them. Even when the panther jumps from the top of his condo to the bed at 3 am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I wouldn't have it any other way.</span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-63236400475763676862012-05-01T14:32:00.001-07:002012-05-01T14:35:58.219-07:00A Promise Made, a Promise Kept<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Today was one of the hardest days of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had to say goodbye to the sweetest soul I have ever known.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j2Kzc19g-Ec/T6BRX_yGDHI/AAAAAAAAAug/STtwZIWF-II/s1600/DSC_0031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j2Kzc19g-Ec/T6BRX_yGDHI/AAAAAAAAAug/STtwZIWF-II/s200/DSC_0031.JPG" width="200" /></a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I got Cliff the Mutt when he was 4 months old.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was a pound baby through and through, since he was born there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was the second family that got him.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And I have been so very blessed for the past 13 years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was mine from day one. Spent most of our first day together (after he got a bath) with him curled up in my lap.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He always slept with me. Cuddled with me and could induce the BEST puppy naps ever.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He passed his CGC test and we became a Pet Assisted Therapy team for the Sonoma County Humane Society and we worked with Alzheimer patients at Adobe House and Primrose, and infirm patients at Friend's House.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cliff could bring a smile to everyone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since his intestinal surgery last summer, Cliff had been going downhill. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">His heart got worse until it he was diagnosed with full fledged Congenital Heart Failure.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I put him on meds. He was really good about them. But it wasn't enough.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After the emergency vet scare of a few weeks ago, I knew we were getting close.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A second bout of Bronchitis certainly didn't help.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Friday night I got the bad news that his heart was still getting bigger and he could go at any time. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I got him home that night I told him it was okay; that he didn't need to stick around for me anymore. He needed to be in a place where he could run and play and be able to breathe.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I asked him to let me know when enough was enough, and he told me.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spent most of Sunday and Monday night up with him helping him breathe. His heart stopped once on Sunday night, but he came back to me.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But he wasn't steady and I wasn't keeping my promise to not me him suffer, so I made the call yesterday and took him in this morning.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love you Cliff the M</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">utt. You were the one constant through some very painful years and you brought joy and peace to a lot of people.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope you are having fun now with Oscar the Dog, Smokey Cat, Bobo, Norman and Herky. And I truly hope I get to see you again some day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Good bye Monkey Boy. </span></span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-8013250027434552362012-03-31T17:06:00.000-07:002012-03-31T17:06:14.972-07:00Counting Down for Cliff<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cliff gave me a real good scare a week ago.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Every breathe was a battle, huffing, obviously not getting enough air. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thought maybe I could wait till morning. I know he has a bad heart, and it's causing fluid build up. It is why he is on all his meds.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ended up taking him to the emergency vet that Friday night at 10pm.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They did x-rays and his lungs were almost full of fluid. And he has a neoplasia... Which is a tumor that was not there 3 months ago.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So he did not get to come home that night. Again, after I promised it would not happen again, I was leaving him alone at the vet.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He spent the night in an oxygen tent and getting IV injections of Lasik to dry out his lungs.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was better Saturday night when I got to bring him home.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But it is a waiting game. Every cough is a scare. How long do I let him deteriorate before I have to make <i><b>that</b></i> decision? The one I dread with every fiber of my being.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So we are counting down. One day at a time. Each day is a blessing. Each cough is a knife through my heart. I know the sand is running out of the hourglass for the best companion I have ever had in my life.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love you so much Cliff the Mutt. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I will have more pets some day, but none will ever take your place. When you go, a big part of my heart goes with you.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-21028688218816863132012-01-16T09:14:00.000-08:002012-01-17T09:19:59.200-08:00Hunger StrikeI never thought a dog that hasn't had trouble eating ever in his 13 years would go on a hunger strike. But that's exactly what my little schmuck is doing. <br />
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As stated previously, Cliff the Mutt spends his days chilling with Jackson the Beagle. Now J Boy has a herniated disk which hasn't given him trouble in a few years. Well a week and a half ago he started walking funny. Not good. Off to vet to get mega steroids to stop the swelling. <br />
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Since the risk of paralysis is high, Jackie is on enforced crate rest. He gets out of it to go outside. Cliff has decided he does not like this and will not eat unless Jack is trying to get to his food. <br />
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It's been 3 days since he's had a real meal. He's still running around and eating a little bot I'm about to buy a blender and start playing with syringes. He needs to eat and we can't risk J getting getting permanently paralyzed. <br />
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Little twerp's managed to put mom between a rock and a hard place. Seems he's forgotten I'm bigger than him and don't mind digging.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-82814248638979382862011-12-24T00:30:00.000-08:002011-12-27T12:43:43.477-08:0013 Years Ago I got the Best Present Ever<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the form of this at 4 months old</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love you Cliffy Mutt. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I know I don't get 13 more years, but I'll take what you can give me and I promise not to make you suffer. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You are the best dog ever and in many ways the best being to have come into my life in the past 13 years. You are definitely the one constant.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't know what I'll do without you.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Love, 'Mom'</span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-41028598835923721882011-10-28T16:30:00.000-07:002011-10-28T16:32:27.601-07:00Knitting in TexasOr rather I would be if I weren't working 60 hour weeks right now.<br />
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Thank you to all the kind comments from the folks the bounced over from <a href="http://yarnharlot.ca/">Stephanie's Blog</a>. <br />
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I have spent a mini fortune at The Woolie Ewe since I've been here. It is a nice shop and the people that work there are very friendly but I admit to feeling way out of my element there.<br />
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I haven't been to the Shabby Sheep yet, but I'm working on that. I did hit Holley's Yarn Shoppe a few weeks ago and they were really nice to me as well. (Ok I didn't hit it, I paid for my purchases, promise).<br />
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A few people in the area have commented on the last post and I hope to get un-shy enough to take them up on their offers. For those just catching up (the old timers are laughing their butts off at the un-shying statement), it took me almost 6 months to work up the courage to go to the knit group back in Santa Rosa 4 years ago, and even though I've never regretted it, it was still hard to do. Complete and abject fear at meeting new people. Panic attack city.<br />
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I just tell people that <a href="http://www.rosemarygoround.blogspot.com/">Rosemary</a> made me. ;-) And for those of you that love her patterns and pins, she is super sweet in person and just really really nice.<br />
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One of the main reasons I have a hard time meeting new people is my hearing. Most people get frustrated at having to repeat themselves and when you are trying to make friends, the last thing you want to do is annoy them right off the bat.<br />
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The local ladies that were at the book signing were perhaps also wondering who I was because I had a reserved seat. And given how late I got it, someone probably had to be moved for me to get that seat. So while I'm grateful to my friend Roger for calling the bookstore and making sure they could accommodate my hearing impairment (I usually just suffer in silence - no pun intended hehe), when I saw where they put me I was both thrilled (because I'd be able to see Stephanie - if I can see you I can hear you more easily - or rather read lips more easily) and terrified because I figure I sure wasn't making any friends with that maneuver.<br />
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So if someone had to move for me to get that seat, I am truly sorry.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-28356014753920204822011-10-24T21:02:00.000-07:002011-10-24T21:04:34.533-07:00It's Been a While<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I know it's been a while since I've been here. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lots of life changes have been going on in my life this year, most initiated by me, and, in my mind, most necessary. Many of them weren't anything I could talk about till recently and some I won't talk about at all except to say that Ken and I have split and the decision was mine.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As if that isn't a big enough change, I took a position in our Plano Texas office recently. Yes that's right, I packed up a U-Haul with all my stuff, put the Explorer on a trailer and drove across the country.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The guys in the Plano office have been really helpful and making me feel welcome. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You already know that I lost Oscar and that I almost lost Cliff the Mutt. Even though he's apparently allergic to Texas, he is actually doing better and I'm glad he's still with me.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymlBxdccJUo/TqYvB8sEfEI/AAAAAAAAAtU/n3XEMjkC3Wo/s1600/OddCouple.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymlBxdccJUo/TqYvB8sEfEI/AAAAAAAAAtU/n3XEMjkC3Wo/s320/OddCouple.jpg.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He and I have a little apartment in Allen. We like it even if I seem to be spending more than 50% of my time at work. I'm working on that. Cliff gets to spend the day with a friend's dog, so he's not alone and it's working out well for both parties, because my friend's dog isn't alone now either and he and Cliff are just like the 'Odd Couple.'</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That's them, Cliff and Jackson.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some things don't change though. I'm still knitting. I still have way too many projects on the needles at once, but we all know how much I love yarn.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of the thins I still try to do daily is read the Yarn Harlot's blog because she's just so funny and she really makes some gorgeous stuff.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I haven't missed one of her book tours since I found her in 2007. She has <u></u>a new book out called <u>All Wound Up</u> and I've already read it cover to cover and checked to see if she would be close by on this tour.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since Plano is to Dallas as Petaluma is to Santa Rosa, it looked like she'd be close. Then I looked up the venue, A Real Bookstore, and it's less than 5 miles from my apartment. I was totally going.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There's only one problem. Except for the folks at work, and they don't knit, I still don't know anyone here. Every single book signing I've gone to of Stephanie's I haven't gone alone. And I sure as heck wasn't ready to this time, but neither was I missing it.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I sucked it up and went. I've been following the current one. And as usual, it seems, she's not always getting enough time to eat. I try to give her something when I see her, even if I know probably half of it can't make it home, suitcases are only so big, so I figured to bring something she wouldn't have to pack. I think a beer, a small box of good crackers, three cheeses (real cheese), some Nutella in a cool single serving package and a small thing of coffee (to take home) would go over nicely, and I made sure she had a little cheese knife in there too.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope she likes it. It's always cool when she remembers me given all the people she sees on these tours. She did say for a minute she wasn't sure she was in Texas, since I always see her in California. And no I'm not stalking her. She's genuinely nice and funny and grateful for the fact that she gets to do this for a living. So when I see her I'll make darn sure she gets some kindness back and I'll buy anything she writes.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_3jOv9dOEIk/TqYz_mkUveI/AAAAAAAAAtc/3NvvDxmu6co/s1600/DSC00415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_3jOv9dOEIk/TqYz_mkUveI/AAAAAAAAAtc/3NvvDxmu6co/s320/DSC00415.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I still don't know any knitters here really (there's a member of my International Sock Swap that lives close by but I haven't met her in person) and after tonight I'm sure the local knitting clicks wonder why the heck she took my picture. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But I'm just me. Another knitter, another Yarn Harlot fan, another person looking for friends in a new place. Maybe this will help. Maybe it won't, but, if nothing else, I took myself outside of my normal comfort zone and went even when I was terrified to go alone (painfully devastatingly shy am I). And you know what? I survived. I had a mini panic attack, but I got over it and I didn't bolt, because, damnit, I was making sure she got dinner.</div>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-742547163080745772011-07-22T16:52:00.000-07:002011-07-22T16:52:02.578-07:00The Scare of a LifetimeMost of you that read this drivel I post know that I've had Cliff the Mutt since he was 4 months old. Well that little fur slug will be 13 next month and he almost didn't make it.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gR30xXMJX8I/TioEYUffGUI/AAAAAAAAAs0/I7BD9gNX8hY/s1600/IMG-20110605-00014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gR30xXMJX8I/TioEYUffGUI/AAAAAAAAAs0/I7BD9gNX8hY/s200/IMG-20110605-00014.jpg" width="150" /></a>He is the one that has been with me through thick and thin, marriage, divorce, marriage, failed baby attempts and many surgeries.<br />
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He's never judged me. He's always been by my side. In returned, I made sure he was well trained, well behaved, had a solid routine, good food, soft blankies and a rotating roster of canine and feline step brothers and sisters over the years.<br />
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For all these years I've been really lucky with Cliff health wise. The vet I had when I first got him tried to convince me he absolutely needed knee surgery or he'd never walk again. He has a genetic defect called Sublimating Patellas, meaning you can dislocate his back legs at will if you are being a jerk and messing with my dog. It's not life shortening. I keep his weight under control, and 10 years since I found out about his knees, they have never been an issue.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A0yiBkLdh_Y/TioF0SsLaRI/AAAAAAAAAs4/HbzCe_ka4oc/s1600/IMG-20110711-00051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A0yiBkLdh_Y/TioF0SsLaRI/AAAAAAAAAs4/HbzCe_ka4oc/s200/IMG-20110711-00051.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Cliff and I have been a Pet Assisted Therapy Team for the Sonoma County Humane Society. The little old ladies at a couple of local Alzheimer's facilities just adored him when we made the rounds.<br />
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People still see him and ask how old my 'puppy' is and are just shocked when they find out his age.<br />
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Cliff and I have been gearing up for a major life change and being a responsible pet owner he had his check up at the vet. We found out that his heart murmur had exponentially increased in the last year. That was scare enough since it's the heart murmur Oscar had that killed him. I'm not ready to lose another pet right now to the Rainbow Bridge.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hbt0gzDrB4Y/TioJv6e2zvI/AAAAAAAAAtA/J8GvVjSFcpQ/s1600/IMG-20110720-00064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hbt0gzDrB4Y/TioJv6e2zvI/AAAAAAAAAtA/J8GvVjSFcpQ/s200/IMG-20110720-00064.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>So Cliff started heart meds (if only we'd known Oscar's had gotten bad enough for it but he didn't make it to his yearly :-( ) and then I had to go out of town for a week. Cliff stopped eating two days before I got home. He could be coaxed to have a little and then he'd walk away.<br />
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Last Tuesday morning (July 12th) he wouldn't get out of bed. So I got to work and called the vet and said get me in please. They kept him that thinking it was something intestinal since he wouldn't eat. Gave him barium to track in through his system and he stayed there the rest of the day. I got to go back at 5:30 and the diagnosis was blocked small intestines which means surgery. Which means Mom bursting into tears.<br />
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Surgery that requires opening up the intestines is inherently high risk but not doing it meant a painful death for my boy if there really was a block, so off to the emergency clinic that would do the surgery where he would spend the night and have surgery the next day.<br />
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This is the first time in the entire time I've had Cliff that he's ever had to stay over night with strangers, let alone one that came at him with sharp objects. So Wednesday, July 13th (there's that number again and I'm not really superstitious about it) they open him up in the morning and I call back all day to get an update.<br />
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Update is - No block!?!?!? What? I cut him open for nothing! Calm down Ms Rinella.... Turns out Cliff's allergies have finally taken it to a whole new level and he has lymphacytic/plasmacytic Inflammatory Bowel Disease and it was bad enough that the walls of his intestines in at least one location had swelled to the almost blocking point.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AACEdpZB6iM/TioHM18_2OI/AAAAAAAAAs8/SLuB04f4Fz0/s1600/IMG-20110715-00052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AACEdpZB6iM/TioHM18_2OI/AAAAAAAAAs8/SLuB04f4Fz0/s200/IMG-20110715-00052.jpg" width="150" /></a>Since they cut open his intestines they had to keep him a few days. Neither of us handled it very well. Finally I got to bring him home on Friday afternoon. He went berserk when they brought him in to me (my boy loves me). Luckily, this disease can be cured 90% of the time with a dietary change, so he is on a new food.<br />
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One week later he's completed his antibiotics. He doesn't seem to like his new food much, but I think that will change when he realizes he doesn't have a choice. Since he still has stitches, he's hanging with me at work this week so I can keep an eye on him. (Many thanks to my boss for that). Those come out next Thursday.<br />
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All I know is how grateful I am that I still have my little fur slug. He's recovering well. The incision site looks good. Separation anxiety is high, which is understandable.<br />
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He's one the best things in my life right now and I'm not taking any days I have with him for granted. This was a scare, but one we are both making it through. He's my boy, and I'm the only 'Mom' he's known. I'll continue to spend the rest of his days making sure he's happy, healthy and put quality of life over quantity. I almost lost him, and almost had to make 'that' decision, but I would have made the right one for him, because he's all that matters.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-46289907076039148002011-06-20T08:53:00.000-07:002011-06-20T08:53:46.977-07:00Oscar, My Oscar<div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RHC8YxrsVxI/Tf9mXG2zcXI/AAAAAAAAAsU/8v9sjx6ee2k/s1600/OscarMyOscar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RHC8YxrsVxI/Tf9mXG2zcXI/AAAAAAAAAsU/8v9sjx6ee2k/s320/OscarMyOscar.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>Oscar came to us 7 years ago on May 19, 2011.<br />
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I had been looking for another dog after we bought the Velma house and so I was hitting the local shelter sites regularly.<br />
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During the same time period I could have gotten my hands on a puppy from the Sonoma County Humane Society, but I kept coming back to this sweet boy's picture at the Healdsburg Animal Shelter web site.<br />
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I knew there wouldn't be a problem with the puppies getting a home, but he was an older dog at 6 years of age so I went and saw him on the 18th. <br />
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I liked what I saw and took Cliff the Mutt back with me the next day and they didn't have problems so I could bring him home.<br />
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I admit that I ran roughshod over Slugbo to get this dog. He didn't get to meet him till I brought him home. And that was probably a really bad idea. Everything on the form the people that relinquished him filled out made him spectacularly unsuited for our home.<br />
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I didn't care. I wanted him and I brought him home. <br />
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He was very terrified of men. Ran from Slugbo all the time. Hid when he could, tried to melt into the floor when he couldn't. Stuck to me like glue.<br />
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Slugbo started attaching Oscar to him with a leash when they were both in the house. He started being the one to feed him. Nothing was working. He wouldn't turn that corner and realize he was safe with both of us.<br />
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We were getting ready to take him back since this was hard on Slugbo too. He loves animals as much as I do, and having Oscar fear him so much without cause from him, really really hurt. Then I went out of town for a long weekend and Oscar HAD to deal with Slugbo for everything.<br />
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That trip was the best thing that could have happened and Oscar started coming out of his shell. He slowly stopped hiding from the multitude of people that would be in and out of our house and office on a regular basis. <br />
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He still warms up to women first, but he's happy to see most people now and will say hi if he hasn't met you before.<br />
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Since Scrat Monster joined up Oscar came out of his shell further. He would play. He would wrestle. He would chase and he even started fetching. He didn't know how to play without teeth, so we had to be careful, but he was playing and that was all that mattered.<br />
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We lost Oscar last Monday, June 13, 2011, rather unexpectedly.<br />
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I was home sick. He was with me. He came in and hopped up on my bed and threw up (thank you doggy boy). I put him outside and he got some water and went and laid in the sun while I cleaned up the mess.<br />
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I went back out 20 minutes or so later and didn't see him. Ended up finding him behind the house in the sun unresponsive. I called Slugbo in a panic. He agreed to meet me at PetCare. I grabbed Oscar's favorite quilt and wrapped him in it and ran to the car. Cliff was completely freaking out when he saw me carrying Oscar in. :-(<br />
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Slugbo had the nurse at PetCare in the parking lot waiting for me and they had him out of the car before I'd finished parking. They took him back and we waited and I tried to tell Slubgo what happened.<br />
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The vet came in and told us they were trying. Oxygen, meds, everything they could. It didn't work. They think that because he had a heart murmur that was steadily getting worse, that when he threw up he also threw a blood clot and he stroked out.<br />
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It kills me that he was alone when it happened. They say I could not have prevented it, but I could have been with him. I don't know if he was in pain, or if he cried at all. I just know he alone, but he was in the sun, his next favorite place to be.<br />
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Slugbo and I miss him dearly. He's buried under the oak trees in the side yard so he will always have the sun on him. He's wrapped in his favorite quilt, the one he liked to chew holes in. He's encase in stone tile as well and he has a tag so if for some reason he's ever found again, the ones that find him will know he was loved and will hopefully leave him be.<br />
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I love you Oscar. I'm glad we got those 7 years. I think we made you happy and I hope you died less afraid and more trusting of people thanks to Slugbo, I and our friends that miss you too.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-76552274475079272212011-05-26T14:33:00.000-07:002011-05-26T14:33:01.488-07:0021 Years Ago...a very special person came into being.<br />
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While I knew I would not be able to raise him myself, I did everything I could to make certain that he would get the life he deserved. Even if that life was not with me.<br />
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I have no regrets. The decision was the best for us both and I believe we are both better people than we would have been because of the decision I made. His parents got to raise a wonderful child, he was safe, happy, healthy, loved and cared for, and I was able to make my life something I'm proud to get to tell him about today.<br />
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Alex, I hope you have a wonderful day today. You are funny, sweet, dramatic, goofy... <br />
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I am happy and grateful for the time you and your parents have given in the past year so that I can finally get to know you. It is more than I'd ever dared to hope for.<br />
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Here's to many more years with you as a part of my life.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-70576362742066489982011-02-16T10:25:00.000-08:002011-02-16T12:24:48.099-08:00Cutting Ties<span style="font-family: verdana;">As anyone that has read my blog for the past few years knows, life tends to throw us curves that are usually unexpected and equally unwelcome. I know life throws all of us curves. Some good, some bad, some neutral. We learn to live with them and carry on.<br /><br />I don't talk about my family much outside of Slugbo and the fur babies and things that are going on with Alex (and mention of him is pretty minimal). But sometimes you see random posts here and there.<br /><br />I had a brother and I have an older sister I grew up with. All of us adopted. We are not close though we've tried. The past couple of years were easier with her, but it still seemed mostly like a one way street. I call to check in or to let her know what is going on with the parents. I try to find out what is going on with her and her kids (sorry Michael - you may be almost 25 but you're still my nephew and therefore a kid ;-) ) and her husband. But it's me making first contact 99% of the time.<br /><br />She has her own reasons for not talking to the parents anymore. I don't get in the way of that. It's her decision and one she felt she needed to make for herself. <br /><br />A couple of months ago she basically dropped a bomb on me and flat out refuses to explain further or elaborate on what was discussed. Rather than answer my question she has decided to walk away from this in light of other things that are going on in her life.<br /><br />Unfortunately the whole situation drove home a point that my sister does not really seem to consider me her sister or rather family. I am family when she needs me to be family. Like there is an off switch.<br /><br />I've lived in California for 15 years this May. I've been married here twice. She's been invited multiple times and was invited to both weddings.<br /><br />Not once has she come to visit since I've been here. She's been invited. I've been to her, multiple times. When she moved to NM, I didn't even find out till I tried to call and wish her happy anniversary and found out her old phone number had been disconnected. I had to call my parents to find out where she was. And that was during a time when we seemed closer.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I understand that times are tough. Her life has been a roller coaster for much of the past 15 years but you make time for family.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I understand that she has her immediate family. Her husband and her two boys. They've supported her through some truly horrible experiences. She has at this time decided that they are all the family she needs. <br /><br />I hope that is the case. I hope they are enough. I hope she knows I'm here when she ready to acknowledge that being adopted doesn't make us less family. She's still my sister.<br /><br />But at this time I chose for my sanity to cut ties. She has her issues she needs to work out. She doesn't want my help nor my support. And I fully admit that I'm not willing to talk to her until she is ready to either defuse the bomb she dropped on me or follow through with the destruction it will cause. Either way I want more information and she won't provide it.<br /><br />I'm done playing the game. I don't need a fair weather sister. Neither do I need a sister that only contacts me when she needs me on her side for something. Family is family no matter what is going on. Which just shows again, that from where I'm standing, I'm not her family.<br /><br />I hope I'm wrong. Time will tell and we shall see. But until she's ready I'm done. I know at least one of her boys might see this and I hope he understands that I'm not trying to slam his mother in any way. I'm just tired of the games. My door is always open to all of them. They just need to get to it on their own, since asking and begging and guilt trips haven't worked yet.<br /><br />So the next step is hers. I'll let you all know if she takes it. I shan't be holding my breathe.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-88109535895306065272010-12-31T13:34:00.000-08:002010-12-31T14:06:25.312-08:00Ring the Bell<span style="font-family: verdana;">And the end of 2010 is nigh.<br /><br />It's the last day of the year and as hopeful as I was for 2010, I am glad that it is over.<br /><br />There was a lot of loss in our lives this year from Smokey Cat to the end of our dream of children. But some of the loss was good in that I am 95% pain free for the first time in about three years. That's definitely something to be thankful for even if the route taken to end the pain caused so many tears.<br /><br />I got to meet my son this year, which is something I never truly believed would happen. It's doesn't matter if all time spent has been on the internet. We are learning about each and this way is working for us. He is joy to know and I'm grateful for the chance. <br /><br />Many friends came through in a pinch during my medical trials this year. You know who you are. It would not have gone as smoothly if it hadn't been for your help and support.<br /><br />We lost Smokey Cat and I miss him dearly. But we are grateful that the rest of the menagerie is still doing well in spite of the scare Scrat gave us at the beginning on 2010. When you have three 12 years old and two 11 years old animals, (Scrat's only 4) the writing is on the wall for some sad years to come. But they are healthy and happy right now and a joy to us both.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">So the end of year comes with friends and furbabies alike. Ken is winging off for a much needed vacation with friends. I am hanging with friends tonight and holding down the home fort while Ken is gone.<br /><br />Thanks again to all my friends that helped us out this year and stood by us during some pretty rough times. They aren't over but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.<br /><br />However you ring the bell on the end of 2010 and usher in 2011, I wish you all healthy, happiness and joy in the New Year.<br /></span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-6845479449475822422010-12-17T12:25:00.001-08:002010-12-17T12:40:32.915-08:00Forty<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nPijQrBxaGw/TQvItxIEumI/AAAAAAAAAr4/gz0OlEn8lvA/s1600/Robbie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nPijQrBxaGw/TQvItxIEumI/AAAAAAAAAr4/gz0OlEn8lvA/s320/Robbie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551751654271138402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's a milestone he didn't reach, among others.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year it seems to be hitting me harder that my brother is no longer with us.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">His 40th birthday would have been this past Sunday, the 12th. I would have posted then but I was busy trying to get myself to NYC from Oakland in one piece and the weather was not cooperating.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm home now and I've been thinking about him a lot this week.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">40 is a year to celebrate and he should have been here for it. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">While he may have done some stupid things in his short life, Robbie wasn't a stupid person. Which makes his final action even more unfathomable to this day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been to the dark place that he didn't return from. I know that life can throw stuff at us that makes us think that escaping life is easier than staying. I've managed to pull myself back and I won't let myself go there again. It's a daily struggle (that's the way depression works, you know?) but I know how strong I am.<br /><br />I wish Robbie had been strong enough to say "Enough!" to whatever was making him feel the way he was and I wish he'd known he could have asked me for help and that I'd have done everything possible to keep him here.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy 40th Birthday Robbie. My wish for you is that you were still here, but since I can't have that I hope you are finally at peace. It's something we all deserve, but don't always manage.</span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-66988504860511432632010-12-07T06:37:00.000-08:002010-12-09T10:55:53.551-08:00What to do? How to Explain?<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">As we all can see, I'm not really blogging right now.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Most of the reasons are personal and for one situation, I'm not really sure how far I can go on my blog, even though it is my blog, before someone gets hurt. And someone will and I'm trying to make sure it's not me. The other situation is something that paints me in a very bad light, not that that usually bothers me, but it dates back 21 years and I lost friends then over it and I'm not looking forward to the possibility again. Granted, I'll be the first to admit that I have absolutely no use for 'fair weather' only friends. The event 21 years ago showed me that and the friends that stood by me then are still strong friends to this day.<br /><br />Situation 1: A person has opened a door with some information that could possibly explain my whole family dynamic. It could explain why my sister and my brother paired off all the time. I used to think it was because they both had similar coloring to each other - close enough to be blood related, and most of the rest of the family, included extended didn't share that coloring. The information is something that completely blindsided me and I don't think I'm truly believed when I state that I had no clue.<br /><br />My main problems with this are: 1. There is no way to prove or disprove the information. It's all hearsay. 2. the person won't answer a few direct questions regarding the whole thing so that I can truly understand it's extent. 3. I don't honestly know how far this person is willing to go to drive a huge wedge in my life as pay back for not being one of the original affected parties, though I had NO CONTROL over that, to the point of making this whole thing up. (please remember I'm a cynic) 4. If it's true, so much other stuff could be explained that I'm NEVER going into detail about here or anywhere actually. 5. There is no use confronting the accused since no one in their right mind would verify this. Ever. I already know it will become a they said, they said kind of situation with me in the middle.<br /><br />So I don't know what to do. Do I keep pushing on item 2? Do I change my mind about item 5? Right now I think the answer is yes and no respectively. Because the person should answer the questions. They opened the door; they don't get to back out halfway through. Maybe they have closure, but I sure as hell don't. As for 5, absolutely no good can come of me changing my mind, ever. Everyone loses, including me.<br /><br />Situation 2: When I first found out/admitted I was pregnant 21 years ago I thought it was due to my attack on campus shortly after I came back for the school year. That would also be where the denial came in. The attack over shadowed everything else. Either way, family was told and appointments were made to take care of the 'situation'. At that appointment I found out I was farther along than the attack would warrant. There would be no taking care of the situation in 'that' manner any more. That was my decision. My body, my choice.<br /><br />* Digression * And as it's my blog let me simply state that I sit on the fence regarding abortion. I don't see it as a means of birth control, but I do believe some situations call for it, mental and physical health of the mother at the front of that. That said, this is MY view. I don't care what your view is. I will listen to it, but I won't let you try to force me to change to my mind because you think your view is the only right one. You have your right to yours, just as I have a right to mine. Comments to the contrary will be deleted. * End Digression *<br /><br />I named the father of the child as my long time boyfriend, who had broken up with me over the summer. I didn't expect anything from him and I made that very clear. Thing is I've always been good at math and it turns out the ex could count to, but he let the whole thing go forward and he was supportive in his own, but I didn't rely on him. Now please note that I'm not proud of myself. I can blame hormones and trauma and shock and whatever, but it was still me that did it. No one else.<br /><br />The person that was/is the father was told flat out that he wasn't ('dated' him a month after the ex, and a month before the attack). Again, I made that decision. We were both in college. I was not moving to where he was, he wasn't moving to where I was (NY vs Alabama). We sure as heck weren't going to get married. We both needed to do what was best for the baby and for us. The problem with that, is I made ALL of the decisions for both of us without ever once giving him the opportunity to be included or to step up. Because I knew what was best for all parties involved and that was that. (Yes I was equally obnoxious at 19 as I am at 40). We completely lost touch after that.<br /><br />Once I was willing to admit who the father was I tried to make sure the adoptive parents knew. I wasn't given that opportunity, thanks to my crap lawyer. I was supposed to get to meet them in person at the hospital after the delivery. It was scheduled and everything. So I was going tell them then. My lawyer decided to cancel the meeting and not bother to tell me about it. The baby went home with them, I signed the rest of the relinquishment papers. Life moved on.<br /><br />Ex and I completely fell apart that summer. Not surprising. Wasn't mean to be. He and I did come to terms with the truth regarding who the father was a few years later and we both went our separate ways.<br /><br />I kept track over the years of where the baby was, (I chose the parents and the name was distinct as well as the husband's profession). Called them once, okay Ken did - he is so fearless, just before Alex turned 12 to see if his hearing was fine, as my doctor requested we check if we could since we were doing genetic testing to try to find cause and possibility of passing it down to any other children. Ken reached Alex's mom and she was VERY nice on the phone (though I'm absolutely sure I'm the last person she expected when she picked up the phone that afternoon) and I finally got a chance to thank them through her.<br /><br />As most of you know, I didn't try to make contact again till after Alex turned 18. And I promised to only make contact with the parents. Contact was made. They were/are very nice about all of it. They directed Alex to me this past May and its been a heck of ride.<br /><br />But during all those years I was never able to find Alex's biological dad again, so I could set him straight and let him know. Because he did deserve to know. His university's alumni association wasn't very helpful, kudos to them actually. Google failed time and again and I didn't know his middle name, which might have helped. I'd search a couple of times a year and try to figure out what the heck I was going to say when I found him, how to explain why I did what I did.<br /><br />In October Alex and I were chatting via IM and he was asking questions about his biological father (BF) that I couldn't answer. I could tell him where he went too school, what he looked like, what his major was, about how old he was. Both nothing about his heritage or how or where he grew up, nothing about siblings, family, etc. So Alex started Googling and actually got a couple of useful hits and sent the links to me. I hit the websites and the pictures looked like him. So I told Alex I would reach out. Yeah I was terrified, but this wasn't about me. It was about hooking them up and righting the wrong from 21 years ago.<br /><br />So I hit LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Namyz and as vaguely as I could asked if he was so and so from such and such and if he remembered the little brunette across the street. That was a Friday. I stalked my email ALL NIGHT waiting for a response. And there it was. The time had come. So I told him. He was shocked, happy, surprised, angry and forgiving.<br /><br />Emails passed back and forth. He gave me contact information to give to Alex. He (the BF) and I had a really long talk a few days later where I got to explain why I did what I did so long ago. And to apologize and to promise to do everything I could do to make sure nothing was hidden about Alex and me and him ever again going forward. BF was sent pictures of Alex. Alex was given links to pictures of his BF.<br /><br />Ken was told. BF was brought into WoW, because that is where Alex and I hook up mainly and they finally got to hook up in game and BF was ecstatic and Alex got to ask a lot of questions and Ken helped facilitate all of that too. And I got to watch and add my input and just see how well the two of them interacted. Ken was actually on the phone with Alex's BF during the whole exchange, since Ken was running him through some quests in WoW and talking is so much easier than typing for people that can hear. I think because of Wow, Ken and BF have talked more in the past 6 weeks then BF and I ever did in the past 21 years. And it's all good. I know they are discussing me some. I don't know what's being said, maybe they'll share that with me some day. But they are not obligated to do so.<br /><br />The whole thing drove home to Ken a 20 + year old habit I have that drives him nuts. I will make decisions for most parties involved in something important, because I decide, after going through all the possible outcomes in my head, that I will just make the outcome I want to happen happen. That way I don't have to risk disappointment of someone not coming through for me and since the decisions are mine, whether they affect others, the responsibility is mine. If I know (or rather think I know) the other can't/won't step up, I will fill the gap by making sure they aren't ever asked to do so. It's certainly not fair to them, but it is the way I am. I am aware of this and trying to work on this, though not nearly quickly enough for all parties involved.<br /><br />Alex's BF really really wants to talk to Alex on the phone ( I don't blame him ). Alex made a promise to himself that when he does get around to contacting either of us that way (its only been internet - Facebook, instant messaging, WoW and email for he and I) he will call me first. Only then will he call his BF. His BF is very close geographically and has a 2 year old son, so Alex has a half sibling. So they could definitely hook up in person well before he and I would be able to do so. And you know, I'm okay with all of that. I've told Alex he can call his BF first. He has said he's standing by his decision. And since Alex is driving this part of the show, all I can do is step back and watch and answer any questions from all involved parties and wait. And while, as we can all see now, that's not generally my way, I can be taught and I learn from my actions. Even if I'm not quick to change.<br /><br />But I do know and have always known that every action has a consequence. Don't ever do something if you aren't able to face those consequences later. And no matter what I am or what people think of me, one thing I've learned in the past 20 years is to take responsibility for myself and my actions.<br /></span></span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-12707403157683458162010-11-04T13:29:00.000-07:002010-11-04T14:07:31.743-07:00Something TangibleIn this day and age of internet and digital media, I'm probably a throw back.<br /><br />While I love Facebook, Twitter, blogs and Plurk and my digital cameras and my iPhone and my netBook, there are things that I want to be able put my hands on (for the smart alecs that read this - yes I know the cameras and the netBook and iPhone are tangible :-P ). There are also things I want to give to people.<br /><br />Sometimes it is hand knits. Sometimes it is a piece of jewelry that reminds be of the person that gets it. Sometimes it is just a little something to let them know I saw this and it made me think of them.<br /><br />Last year I gave our neighbor a necklace with a teacher pendant because I thought she'd like to have it for the new school year and I had no clue at the time when her birthday was. At the same time I got myself one similar that says " laugh often... love much." Both things that were very difficult after the year of failed fertility trials. But also things that I needed to remember.<br /><br />As most of my readers know, my biological son was given my contact information by his parents starting in May of this year and he used it. Now he and I have never actually spoken (okay not since the day after he was born - he won't remember that) nor seen each other in person. All of our contact is online: chat, WoW, Facebook, Twitter, et cetera.<br /><br />He knows how to get in touch with me when needed and I do hope to actually get to speak with him and meet him in person some day. It's his call to make, literally and figuratively.<br /><br />That said, I wanted him to have something from me, so I have a hat in the works that he knows about. I'm also making a shawl for his mom. But those kinds of things are easy.<br /><br />A few weeks ago I was browsing online looking for new pendants to go with the one mentioned above. Simple statements, nothing overtly religious since I'm not at all religious and I came across a cute little charm for a charm bracelet.<br /><br />It was a little black enamel Scottie dog with a red enamel bow set in sterling silver. Now Alex lost his Mattie dog (a Scottie) back in May rather unexpectedly. And I'll see a post from him every so often about how much he misses him (and I don't blame him - I miss Smokey Cat fiercely right now and I'd give just about anything to have my Herky cat back and he's been gone 22 years).<br /><br />The charm seemed perfect so I ordered it. Now I know where his parents live. I can pull their address up any time I want. I didn't have Alex's and I was afraid to ask for it and he hadn't offered. I didn't and still don't know how he'd feel about getting something tangible from me.<br /><br />It took a couple of weeks to get up the nerve to ask him for his mailing address at school. He was kind enough to supply it. So I bought a card and stuck the charm in it and away it went.<br /><br />I have no idea if he's received it or not. When he does, I hope he likes it, rather then is upset by it, since that was not my intent. Maybe he can stick it on his keychain or his back pack. Hopefully, as the pain of the loss lessens, when he sees it and thinks of Mattie, he can remember all the fun times they had together as boy and dog, as friends.<br /><br />But it's something tangible and hopefully worth keeping. Unlike the monster tin of cookies I also had delivered that I'm sure he and his roommates have inhaled by now.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-90943703234919690962010-09-16T15:39:00.000-07:002010-09-16T15:49:48.691-07:00Are you okay?I'm getting asked this a lot these days as I heal and recover from the surgery.<br /><br />Usually by people that know or by people that just found out but know our history.<br /><br />There is no right answer for this question and it changes depending on my mood.<br /><br />I am healing. I am getting my strength back. I am dealing with the fact that I cannot have children. I think I am as okay as I'm going to be for a while.<br /><br />There is no quick way to get over the loss of such an important dream. All you can do is take it one day at a time. <br /><br />And that is what I'm doing. And reading and knitting and watching a ton of TV and playing a lot of WoW.<br /><br />One day at a time.<br /><br />I get my medical clearance in a week (I hope) then back to work the following Monday. I'm looking forward to it.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-56099968825238051922010-08-18T11:46:00.000-07:002010-08-18T13:23:48.063-07:00Surgery on the Baby WardSo a week ago I went in for a surgery I wanted nothing to do with. I LOVE that my insurance called it elective and tried to deny me inpatient status.<br /><br />Well they can pay for me being sick for years from the debilitating pain, or they can pay for the surgery. They are paying for the surgery and fixed the inpatient status.<br /><br />So Wednesday was the surgery. Ken and Mom (a.k.a. Pat, Shawna's mom) were there with me when I went in. There were issues with the IV. That was a first. They tried twice and the second nurse thought she got a line the second time, but it hurt like hell. <br /><br />Met the anesthesiologist. Nice gentleman.<br /><br />Went up to the OR. Saw my doctor and said good bye to Ken. Wheeled into the operating room. Face mask. (joy) Anesthesiologist saw that the IV was bothering me and while I was going under said they'd move that (THANK goodness I was asleep for that since it went through the muscle of my forearm) and asked if I was right handed.<br /><br />Next thing I know, I'm waking up in recovery an hour early and no one was there. Not their fault. The surgery took half the time they expected it to take. Mom and Shawna showed up shortly and the nurse called Ken for me and told him where I was.<br /><br />Turns out the client server we'd spent all weekend working on crashed in the middle of my surgery (better it then me). Ken was there doing triage. Turns out he was there till 1 pm the next day getting it up and running. Of course I told him it was okay to be there than at the hospital. It needed to be taken care of and I was being taken care of. Made some quick text runs to make sure the dogs were taken care of for the night. Did the same in the morning to get the morning cat feeding and dog walking taken care of by a neighbor (thanks Carinne) and arranged to get the dogs to a friend's house through the weekend.<br /><br />My first nurse was not very nice. The rest of them were very nice. <br /><br />Turns out they put me on the fourth floor after the surgery. Also known as Labor and Delivery. Yes you heard me right. They put a woman that had had a hysterectomy on the baby floor. Granted I shared a room the first day with a woman in similar circumstances (she'd had the same surgery) but the rest of the floor was full of new mom's and pending new moms. The hospital was full that day. They didn't have anywhere to put us, but still it hurt. <br /><br />Having to get up and walk around the corridors to keep things moving and seeing the new babies and the pregnant ladies and new moms was difficult. When Ken got there Thursday night he was not at all happy with my location.<br /><br />I actually slept well that night. We finally got the pain under control, and my blood pressure which decided to try a limbo when it's already naturally pretty low. Friday morning Mom showed up and a nurse walked in and said she had meds for my new baby and asked if the baby was in the room... All I could say was she had the wrong room. They REALLY need to be more careful about that.<br /><br />So I'm home. The weekend was uneventful. Got the doggies back Monday. Thank you Lisa. <br /><br />Then Ken got a phone call from a Sutter nurse yesterday. They wanted to know how things were going with our new baby... He told them:<br /><br />" you put my wife, who had been trying to get pregnant for 5 years till she was forced* to have a hysterectomy, in a room surrounded by new mothers and babies and you called to ask me how our child is doing?"<br /><br />Let's say the nurse that called was speechless and then apologetic and perhaps in the future Sutter will be more careful with a certain subset of it's patients. I do like Sutter. Don't get me wrong, but this time around, some compassion and care to follow up would have been better.<br /><br />So I'm home. A nurse from the insurance company called today to check on me and make sure I was following doctor's instructions, she cleared up the inpatient thing for me and told me about the nurse hotline number if I need anything. <br /><br />The kitty cats are taking case of me and the doggies are hanging with Ken in the office most of the day and gentleness with them is being enforced in the evenings with me. Ken is doing his thing and making sure I don't need anything.<br /><br />As for the surgery. Everything came out easy. I got to keep my ovaries. I now have incision marks on my tummy that resemble the Southern Cross without the central star. My scar tissue had attached to my bladder on two sides. There was excess scar tissue from the appendix removal too, so they cleaned that up. Given the fact that there is excess and by excess I mean a a band of it (I saw the pictures) running from the front abdominal wall to the bladder that wasn't there the last time they went in, this probably won't be the last time they have to go in for scar tissue issues. I truly think they should study it for it's regenerative properties. It might help burn victims or something.<br /><br />*forced is perhaps not an appropriate word, but we opted for quality of life and that kind of pain held no quality. Keeping the ovaries means we can try to a surrogate later. And hopefully the physical pain will be gone. The emotional will be around for a while, but I'm strong, as the Fates keep requiring me to prove, and I'll persevere because it's what I do best.Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-28996331261030649812010-08-10T14:52:00.000-07:002010-08-10T15:01:42.286-07:00It Can Not Have Been That LongThe best doggy in the world, my Cliff the Mutt, turns 12 years old today.<br /><br />This is the little yappy thing that weighed a whopping 8 pounds and had an infected jaw when I brought him home from the Humane Society December 24th, 1998.<br /><br />He was mine from the first moment I and my first husband saw him.<br /><br />I got to bring him home. He was FREE because he'd already been adopted once by a family with a 2 year old that they didn't train to handle dogs, so she got bit (no I do NOT blame him for that, I blame those people but it meant I got the greatest dog ever).<br /><br />He spent the day curled up in my lap.<br /><br />He passed obedience school with flying colors.<br /><br />He turned into a wonderful therapy dog.<br /><br />He loves kids and babies and they in kind can now do anything to him they want without risk of getting hurt. (Yes I make sure they don't go too far)<br /><br />I love all my animals, but he is my best boy. I've had him longer than any of them.<br /><br />He helped me through my divorce.<br /><br />He's helped me through the pain of the past few years.<br /><br />And I expect he'll help me through the pain of the next six weeks.<br /><br />While Oscar is the neurotic one, and Scrat is the fun one, Cliff is my rock.<br /><br />He's always there when I need him.<br /><br />Love you bunches and bunches Cliffy Mutt.<br /><br />You are my joy!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nPijQrBxaGw/TGHLuEC-vDI/AAAAAAAAArE/gt6NH7vzy9c/s1600/IMG_0198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nPijQrBxaGw/TGHLuEC-vDI/AAAAAAAAArE/gt6NH7vzy9c/s320/IMG_0198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503904211844119602" border="0" /></a></div>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-52602123973123123042010-08-04T07:59:00.000-07:002010-08-04T08:00:18.530-07:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/08/03/funny-pictures-will-it-go-away/"><img title="funny-pictures-cat-ignores-dog" src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/funny-pictures-cat-ignores-dog.jpg" alt="funny pictures of cats with captions" /></a>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698677557249953248.post-14272444942033953892010-07-23T09:10:00.001-07:002010-07-23T09:13:06.795-07:00Under the Apple Tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nPijQrBxaGw/TEm_PpWI_6I/AAAAAAAAAq8/U4aveTbLV9g/s1600/SmokeyCatJoy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nPijQrBxaGw/TEm_PpWI_6I/AAAAAAAAAq8/U4aveTbLV9g/s320/SmokeyCatJoy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497135095700062114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">is where he'll be.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Love you Smokey Cat.</span></span>Tiny Tyranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031413994983179463noreply@blogger.com5