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I have 3 "babies" of my own - a Border Collie, a Golden Retriever, and a half Rotweiller/half Chow. They are dear to me. What kind are your new "babies"? Sorry for your loss. I'm sure I will be devastated when it's time for these to part from me.
As for the switch from city to country, I'm not sure I would be able to do it, although I am often tempted. My boyfriend is from a small town where the houses aren't so close together. There is something I like about that. We'll just have to see what the future brings. I just don't want to have to drive a half hour to get to a store or mall, maybe 15 minutes.
I enjoyed your post.
posted by
bettyboop1967
on July 5, 2005 at 1:35 PM
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Country Living
I can see has it's ups and downs. I dream of living down a long country road one day...Thanks for the book suggestion. I will definately look it up.
posted by
Ma-Soom
on July 5, 2005 at 8:57 AM
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Joe,
It is sad you lost your beloved pet. I know how attached we can become to our animals. Enjoy your new little ones and your new home.
posted by
jacentaOld
on July 4, 2005 at 11:59 PM
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Joe
I haven't read you before tonight. Sounds like someone is pretty darn happy with the spread though!
posted by
Offy
on July 4, 2005 at 9:45 PM
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Rachel--thank you so much!!
Believe it or not, I'm reeeeeeally trying to put some effort into this whateveritis. I've been amidst a 20-year period of Writer's Block/Writer's Shock.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 4, 2005 at 9:42 PM
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Awww...
First time I'm reading you--love your writing style!
posted by
RachelAnna
on July 4, 2005 at 9:34 PM
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Joe_Love
Sorry you lost your pet, that is painful I know. My kitty cat Calypso had to be put down not long ago because of a brain disorder.
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 4, 2005 at 8:25 PM
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Joe_Love
I just lost my Yorkie princess, Baillie, 3 months ago...I had her 16 yrs...got her right after I had a miscarriage and she was really my "baby"...did the same thing with laundry, had her plate...I teared up reading your description. I'm just glad I had her that long..that's the downside of sharing the love of animals; it will almost always be too short a time, so you just have to treasure what you have. So glad you have two new babies. Enjoy your time here.
posted by
Krisles
on July 4, 2005 at 7:30 PM
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Thanks for the tip. . ,
but, for right now, I'll have my hands keeping one up. I'm just having fun, right now.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 4, 2005 at 7:11 PM
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Joe...You're new here so I wanted to say that
You should have more than one blog...2 or 3...and post to each of them daily. This will make your ratings go up.
Thanks for your comment in my blog about the blonde. She'll love your remark...Not that she's vain or anything...LOL
posted by
Passionflower
on July 4, 2005 at 7:09 PM
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Which Lexington?
posted by
archiew
on July 4, 2005 at 8:01 AM
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Mask. . , so, that's YOUR HOUSE in Balboa Park??!!
I always wondered who lived there!! *grin*
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 3, 2005 at 8:44 PM
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Joe Love - I have arrived with a pooper scooper in hand, based on the
assumption that your new babies are dogs. 
Plus, wanted to compliment you, again, on your singing voice. You should post some pictures of your babies. I've got 6 of my own - of the non human kind.
12 yr old Siberian Husky, 9 yr old Husky/Chow Mix, 3 cats and 1 ferret. Hence...I had the pooper scooper handy! Keep writing!
posted by
behindamask
on July 3, 2005 at 8:40 PM
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That's sad.
I'm thankful that I can't have pet because of where we live. I get too attached and the loss is very painful. Like a member of the family has died.
posted by
word.smith
on July 3, 2005 at 5:18 PM
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Yeah, I still live with The Monster
As to why. . , well, I guess that would be the Ten Million Dollar Question.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 3, 2005 at 3:59 PM
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Joe, everything doesn't have to come together neatly and point in the
Right Direction. This is Real Life and we are flesh and blood, prone to illogical behavior. Perhaps the story of your life is a wandering tale of joy and sadness, success and failure, laughter and tears. Mine is. Nothing has ever come together in a nice little package like I wanted it to.
Are you still living with the monster? And how come?
I'm sorry about your dog. I lost a beloved cat once named Fluffy. I wrote about it and it made me feel better but I still miss her. Now I have a gray cat called Seven.
posted by
Passionflower
on July 3, 2005 at 3:38 PM
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If your blog has a pointed direction, it wil be the only one around here! Sorry to hear about your baby Yorkie. My dogs are my babies. I write often of the heartbreak of one of them getting older and having health problems. My sister has been making the adjustment from city life to country that you are. There are certainly good things and bad things. The quiet is nice. I live a couple of miles from downtown Dallas, so even though the neighborhood is nice - lots of trees, etc. - quiet it isn't!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on July 3, 2005 at 3:20 PM
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so very sad
posted by
_Symphony_
on July 3, 2005 at 2:27 PM
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Joe_Love,
How sad. We live in the country...our driveway is 475 feet long, up a hill, into the woods. We wouldn't trade it for the world
posted by
SincerityAnna
on July 3, 2005 at 2:17 PM
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I haven't adjusted yet
I went from a place where everything was "perfect" to a place where NOTHING is perfect. I realize that right now, the three posts in this blog seem somehow unrelated, and last night I finished composing a fourth to throw in the batch which will further my reader's feeling that this is yet another blog which is a convoluted mess! However, in the end I'm sure everything will tie together quite nicely and the column will have a pointed direction.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 3, 2005 at 1:00 PM
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Condolences on your pet Yorkshire. Did it take you long to get used to the
country. I went from the city (cars, noise, and city lights) to the country(crickets,silence and dark) and it took me some time to adjust. Nothing like hearing the cry of a Florida panther in the middle of the night to wake you up.lol
posted by
I-R-William
on July 3, 2005 at 12:30 PM
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Joe Love
I'm sorry about Perry. Many people underestimate how much an animal can mean. "It's just a dog" "It's just a cat," they say. I lost a treasured cat the way you lost Perry. Your life sounds good now. Wish you could come and decorate my place. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 2, 2005 at 10:25 PM
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We think she got hit by a car or truck
It was late at night when we discovered that she wasn't in the house. It was foggy outside, and while the monster was wandering through the property calling out her name, I went right for the car and began driving down the highway. About a mile up the highway, my headlines caught something lying on the road and without knowing for sure what it was, I knew what it was.
The memory of picking her body up and placing her on my lap while I drove back to the house still haunts me to this day.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 2, 2005 at 8:03 PM
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Did she run away or get run over?
posted by
word.smith
on July 2, 2005 at 7:51 PM
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