DIANA REPUBLIC

It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows us or reads this blog that Bob and I have adopted a puppy. As it turns out it is easier to find a canine companion than a mate. This is pretty much where the puppy hunt and dating comparison ends and the puppy care and [...]

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One of the only upsides to the economic tsunami is the fact that mortgage rates are ridiculously low. We decided to take advantage and refinance earlier this year to save ourselves a little money. It all seemed simple enough, but somehow donkeys from Wisconsin got involved and it has been downhill, like a big rolling [...]

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This is a thank you note to Mike, my yellow lab. Its a shame he can’t read, but it bears blogging in any event. As, for the time being at least, the only dog in our home, Mike is being subjected to excessive loving. If he were another type of dog this would not be [...]

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I am back in the market, scanning the match site and making plans to meet new…….dogs. We were planning on adding another to pooch to our pack before Larry was diagnosed with cancer. We are all about the family planning and fully intended to adopt a third dog sometime this spring, but we tabled that [...]

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I don’t have much that isn’t nonsense to share, but who couldn’t use a little nonsense?  Sunday in a most unusual method of seduction, Bob let me know that my high school boyfriend was on television. He  thought I might want to check him out (it’s a sports thing or Bob would have no idea [...]

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In an effort to memorialize my sweet Larry, I got a tattoo on Monday night. Bob took me directly from the vet to the tattoo parlor (is that what they are called? parlors? or am I just old?). I am the proud wearer of a paw print on my wrist. Just a little something to [...]

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My heart is breaking today. At 4:30 this afternoon I have an appointment to have my best friend put to sleep. Eleven years ago I met him at a shelter. He was the runt in a litter of eight puppies and the last un-adopted male. I picked him up to see what we thought of [...]

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I recently read a bit about the “Child-free by Choice” movement (is that what it is? a movement?). On the heels of reading about women who want there to be child-free areas like smoke-free areas in restaurants (Illinois is completely nonsmoking, so it doesn’t look good for kids), I read that I might not be a woman if [...]

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I had other plans for today’s post, but after last nights final episode of The Bachelor, I had to post a protest. In the most selfish and ill-conceived rose ceremony in Bachelor history, Jason Mesnick proposed to Melissa. This is the same guy we were all sorry for last season when he got down on [...]

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