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J and I got engaged while we were in Europe this past June, but it wasn’t until September that we started on the quest for the perfect rings. Luckily, we found them very quickly, just in time for our actual wedding on Friday, 21 September. (We chose the date because #1, it needed to [...]

Yesterday, Mom, Monica, Jacques and I drove down to Veneta (near Eugene) to meet our new puppy. There were only two available after selections were made for breeding and showing, which made our choice a little bit easier, but I’ll tell you what — not much! I was overwhelmed by their cuteness, and am probably [...]

Good news! Our little chubbilee is feeling much better after “a series of enemas” (boo) and a few weeks of a special, wet-food diet (yay). No, J and I did not have to administer the enemas ourselves, but frankly, I’m not sure what would have been worse: giving them to her and taking the heat [...]

At last, we have been gifted with some ridiculously cute pictures of Amelie’s litter:

These babies were born 16 July 2007. I can’t imagine trying to pick one of them over the rest. I just hope that somebody in the bunch takes a shine to us when we meet, to make it a little easier!

For the last few weeks, Tuta has been feeling pretty poorly. She’s been on a variety of medicines and is scheduled for an endoscopy/colonoscopy next week to see if we can pinpoint the cause of her symptoms: irritable bowel disease or some form of cancer. Our fingers are crossed for the former. Please cross yours, [...]