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The Howling

Posted in Cleo, Lawrence on Apr 17th, 2008

Poor Cleo.
When we moved, she thought she was leaving fire trucks and sirens behind. We knew there was a station only two blocks away…

…but we forgot to tell her.

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No News is Dog News

Posted in Cleo on Mar 12th, 2008

Cleo brings in the paper every morning.

But sometimes she thinks, I am just going through the motions.

Maybe…I don’t really care about the paper anymore.

Cleo wishes there was something really juicy in there

But please, let Britney keep her clothes on.

Spitzer?

Old news is bo-ring.

Hillary?

Obama?

Ptooey! No news is dog news.

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New Rug is Running Scared

Posted in Cleo, Everything eBay, New Old House on Feb 4th, 2008

We needed a runner - both to look lovely and also to catch the endless dirt and snow coming in from our sod-less, muddy moat of a front walk.
Greg found this terrific, slightly William Morris-inspired runner on eBay.

Cleo: Soft. Sunny. Likey.

Runner: Uh, new here. Please don’t throw up on me.

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Happy Birthday, Greg

Posted in Cleo, Holiday, Lawrence, Let's Eat on Feb 1st, 2008

It’s my husband’s birthday. This is not my husband.

This is Cleo, our passive but noisy lab. Greg - said husband - and I spend a lot of time saying things to each other like “…what’s Cleo barking at?” or “why is she barking now?”

We spend a lot of time saying things like “what’s for dinner?”

“Are [...]

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First Floor Rug Barf-Out

Posted in Cleo on Jan 19th, 2008

As noted on Friday in First Floor Rug Rollout, we now have two lovely new matching rugs.

We carefully lined up the rugs in the facing rooms, then rolled them out, then used an absurd variety of objects like boxes, chairs, stacks of books and Josie’s violin case to flatten the curled corners. We loved [...]

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