my team cries @ the aspca commercial

Today was the dissolution of my department and it was exceedingly emotional. We were all very good friends, and coming to work was always fun and something I looked forward to. Sincerely. I've been teasing my coworker Aletheia about bringing in cupcake cones like my mom used to make them (chocolate cake and butter cream frosting with chocolate chips mixed in, baked in ice cream cones), never expecting her to actually do it. Just playful pestering. Well, today she did it. What a brilliant way to close this chapter of our careers and a sweet good-bye to the two years we spent together as a family. I'll always treasure these people and these times.

slipper sleeper

Nothing sweeter than a guy who loves you enough to sleep on your slippers when your lap's unavailable. Aww.

nicky the good boy dachshund

It's been a peaceful Christmas, and now we're curled up in bed, watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. This year, I've been singing Nicky the Good Boy Dachshund--about the hero who lead Santa's sleigh with his hound dog nose--to the tune of Rudolph, and felt Nick should see the original Christmas masterpiece. I have a feeling he'll like it, if he doesn't sleep through the whole thing.

dachshund-sized patches of light

If you've been paying any sort of attention to this blog, you know there are few activities Nick likes as much as sun bathing. Even with the days getting shorter, Nick manages to find the patches of sunlight that find their way to the floor. He makes sure they don't go by unappreciated.

sugar on the floor

Sometime's I just wanna curl up into a ball, too.

my little hound dog

We were watching the Rochester Christmas parade on public access when Nick felt compelled to answer the fire engine's howl.

love is like a dachshund

That rare and gentle thing.