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Linda's

Locating the dogs

After seeing Mallory standing on her back legs, I grabbed the video. Whenever I'm at home, my primary job is to know where each of them is located at any given moment, so I captured it on film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colostomy

A colostomy is a surgical procedure that involves connecting a part of the colon onto theanterior abdominal wall, leaving the patient with an opening on the abdomen called a stoma. In a colostomy, the stoma is formed from the end of the large intestine, which is drawn out through the incision and sutured to the skin. After a colostomy, feces leave the patient's body through the abdomen.

Lunch with Aunt Phyllis and Grandpa

For whatever reason, I never called Phyllis "Aunt Phyllis"...it's always been just Phyllis, but for the title of the post, I thought it was appropriate. Phyllis is my Dad's sister; they are very close in age and as far as the stories I've heard, they had a lot of fun growing up together. My dad married mom and we grew up living nextdoor to my grandparents as well as Phyllis. Grandma died a few years back, and Phyllis is dedicated to taking care of Grandpa. We decided to meet for lunch at Mexican Inn, one of the few places that Phyllis can still take Grandpa, because they are aware of his particular needs.
I snapped this picture as we were leaving, and I forgot to get a picture of Grandpa. I guess we will just have to meet for lunch again! Thank you Phyllis!

Tug of War

Mallory and Fenway learned how to play nicely with each other. When they were younger, they were too aggressive. Now, they play different games of chase, and they gently mouth each other. In this video, they pull each other around the room with a stuffed dog in their mouths. When they bite a certain part of the toy, it barks and growls.

Poor dead squirrel

Yep, this squirrel formerly belonged to Gollum. It was indeed Gollum's favorite toy. Then Mallory came along; and Gollum lost his motivation to play with toys. He would allow himself to be upset by this goofy monster that joined our family. The squirrel became Mallory's favorite toy, but somehow didn't live up to her expectations. She thought the squirrel was invincible. Oh well...I found a new squirrel that resembles this one. So we might have a new baby for both Gollum AND Mallory for Valentine's Day.