Author Archives: suziecreamcheese

It’s Christmas, dammit!

Posted on December 5, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

I admit it. I love Christmas. My mom loved decorating the tree and the house – it was never fancy but there were things that came out every year – like the elf that hung from the door between the … Continue reading →

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It’s Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

I have a huge family. When I was growing up, dinner was at my parents’ house, multiple aunts and uncles, sisters and their families, grandchildren and kids. As I got older, the aunts and uncles fell away and the nieces … Continue reading →

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Well

Posted on November 9, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

We did it. On Monday night, Maverick completed the last two of ten tricks needed to earn his AKC Intermediate Trick Dog title. It was touch and go for the last couple of weeks. On Saturday he had six out … Continue reading →

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When a walk becomes a blessing

Posted on October 29, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

Today’s weather is rotten. Damp, raw, gloomy, a presage of things to come, and a day that doesn’t make my summer loving soul happy. Maverick doesn’t care. He loves outside, no matter what the weather – well, thunderstorms are the … Continue reading →

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Basically, I suck

Posted on October 25, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

I saw a Facebook recently that said, in brief, “yes, you suck, but you get up and try again tomorrow. And the more you try, the less you suck.” I’m at the point of “i really suck.” Maverick and I … Continue reading →

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glimmers

Posted on September 17, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

One of my friends posted something on Facebook the other day about finding the “glimmers” in life, the litte moments that are special, that make you smile, that light up your day. It made me think. There are so many … Continue reading →

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He knocked me down the first time we met

Posted on September 10, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

And I laughed and laughed. He was a Yellow Lab, I met him when he was 8 months or so old, just been rescued by my BFF a few days earlier. I came into her house, all “OH MY GOD, … Continue reading →

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Cough, sneeze, blow your nose

Posted on September 8, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

The Bear has bronchitis. This is not news, he gets it twice a year. This time he listened to me and contacted the doctor immediately, so he had meds the next morning and is on his way back to as … Continue reading →

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When you play with the big dogs

Posted on August 26, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

This week has kicked my ass. Well, more accurately – Maverick has kicked my ass. We’ve been in training classes for months. The last one was called Improving Manners – neither of us has any so I thought it might … Continue reading →

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It’s always a challenge

Posted on July 15, 2023 by suziecreamcheese

Get a dog, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. I had a dog. He was 10 years old when he died, calm from the day he came home, pretty easy to train, a therapy dog by the time he … Continue reading →

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