From Waffle and I.

Another shooting at Virginia Tech.  It's the day before finals begin, known as Reading Day, so there's no classes.  Just studying.  I had almost finished a take-home final and needed to go in today to check my work with a book in our department's reading room and turn my test in.  I was going to do this in the afternoon and I was going to park in the Colosseum parking lot so my walk wasn't as long or as cold when I got lunch.  Waffle changed my plans though.  My roommate…

Back in February, Waffle got sick!  His ultimate diagnosis was bacterial gastroenteritis, IVDD between the L3 and L4 vertebrae, and hip dysplasia (CHD) in his back left leg (the right leg if he were facing you).  Five hundred dollars later, he was better, but I had a sour taste in my mouth about the whole thing.  I called my breeder and told her what they said, and she said we would get him looked at by her vet because she didn't like how they diagnosed CHD from a spinal X-ray. Diagnosing…

I went out of town to move my stuff into a new apartment for school.  I was gone from Wednesday to Friday, and Wednesday morning, I dropped Waffle off at my friends/his breeders' house.  He was not coming with us.  We tripped over him seven times while I was cooking in the kitchen.  I was not about to trip over him 70 times while carrying heavy furniture!  He was excited to be there, but looked very confused when I walked out the door without him.

I missed him so much!  When…

It wasn't one I posted.  I was listening to my iPod on my way to work and I figured it out.  I just had to use it.

Corizma Better Together

There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard

No song that I could sing, but I…

Waffle, what are you hiding from? Is it... YOUR BIRTHDAY? 

Well, time beats on.  You're an adult now!  No more excuses. ... Okay, some excuses.  You're cute enough for extra leniency.

Anyways, I am a bad mom.  I haven't registered him yet, and if I don't in the next month, it is going to cost $85 to do so. ... Instead of the…

WANTED: FOR LOOKING DANGEROUSLY LIKE SPIDERS AND HAVING CLAMPS FOR HANDS.

SAND "GHOST" CRAB

Weekly, Waffle heads to the beach to hunt these dangerous creatures.  They don't come out until the moon does, making it ever more dangerous and difficult to capture…

Today, we lost one of the best dogs I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. 

His name was Buddy, and he was a Golden Retriever.  I’ve known him and his family since I was 13 years old—that’s a good 8 years.  Before meeting him, I was deathly afraid of dogs.  I was bit by a Golden when I was little; I deserved it.  I was bothering her puppies. …

I say a lot of things I never do.  I never got the Vespa I wanted and may never will.  I never took my sister mini-golfing like I promised.  I wanted to be a zookeeper, but I let my mother bully me into something else.   I said I was going to quit engineering, and I never did.  Hundreds of art projects go conceived, discussed, and unstarted.  My intentions for exercise never quite make it off the ground.  Owning and caring for a Corgi was a dream I always talked about but never really…

Decided to post this as a blog than a reply to my discussion.  Hope that's okay!

So, if you've missed it, Waffle has been sick.

 It started Monday where he was just not himself.  Tuesday, I posted a discussion wondering about what was wrong.  Wednesday, he went to the vet under "emergency" circumstances with a fever of 104.0 F,…

So, I know I promised this blog post to some people last Friday.  Well, it’s better late than never! 

Let me start out by saying that I love my dog.  He has radically changed my life since I brought him home 9 months ago.  I’ve done my best making his life as comfortable as possible, and making our life together as flawless as can be.  I’ve trained his tail off, I shower the brat in affection, I make sure what’s going into his mouth is better than what’s going into mine, I’ve…

See title. Thinking of August/September/October. First and Second photos are my preferences, but the problem with the second is that Waffle is not very in focus. :[ So I have some other pond shots I need help choosing between. Also, don't feel too bad telling me they all suck. lol.

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This is my little girl, October. She's been protesting Waffle ever since he arrived in May; she used to be my baby. Or, I used to be her human. She's the complete opposite of my macho-cat, Torry. She's extremely loving and needy, a little skittish, and not very brave. Or smart. In fact, if she weren't so adorable, I'm not sure I'd like her.…

Let me tell you a story about my fashion-conscience dog.

My Dad was going to a BBQ/church retreat this past Sunday and was waiting around in his church clothes for his ride to arrive. He chose to go a little more casual this weekend and wore a Hawaiin shirt, nice khaki pants, dress shoes, and dress socks. When his ride showed up, everyone was in…

I turned the hose on to see what he would do, and serves me right. He started digging and rolling in the mud. Geeze. I hosed him down and got most of the mud off him. Now he smells like wet dog, blech! He's getting a bath Monday, and nails trimmed, and coat blown out...~ Otherwise I'd chuck him in the bathtub and we'd have our first bath encounter together. Haha.…