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I have started putting some pics up at The Sparky Chronicles again - the blog I try and maintain that is dedicated to my parents and the puppy I got them for Christmas last year.

If you’re not visiting there, you’re missing quality posts like this (starring my mom and Sparky):

THE NEWEST DESIGN!

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Puptex is proud to announce the release of its newest product: The Puptex™ Pup-guard Girdle.

This girdle is a real-live puppy that lifts, separates, smooshes, flattens, and detracts attention from those “problem areas” in our midriff and thighs that may be hindering us all from feeling as beautiful as possible. The Pup-guard girdle can restore your confidence, and its neutral color goes with any outfit.

The Puptex™ Pup-guard girdle:  Don’t go for walkies or “car ride!  car ride!” without it.

Christine needs our positive thoughts now, as she spends the next few weeks going through surgery and tests to find out if she has cancer. Please send thoughts, prayers, whatever positive energy you have.

“He said his DUI was so expensive! He did the math and found out that it would have been cheaper for him to charter a jet and fly home from the bar that night.”

He was doing the weather on CNN today. Too bad the guy at the news desk was a humorless dick.

I think Rainn Wilson is fabulous in everything he does. As Dwight Schrute on The Office, he makes you love a character that on paper should be absolutely unlikeable. In The Last Mimsy he makes a horrible movie have watchable moments (if you ever watch the movie, just mute it until he comes on screen). And hosting SNL he was fabulous.

But where I first saw this actor was when he played Arthur on Six Feet Under. His character was unforgettable, and I’m so glad to see him get to try so many things.

My dad and mom are at a family reunion this week, and Sparky is at home at the kennel (at our trusted vet’s office).

My parents called last night to tell me about the trip, but all my mom kept saying is how much her and my dad “sure miss Sparky” and they decided to leave early enough so that they can get home in time to pick up Sparky on Monday night instead of waiting until Tuesday.

They keep shaving the dog, which is stupid and unnecessary and causes me to hurl accusations of abuse, but other than that they are so in love with this dog and are convinced that ‘Puppy Sparkle and Shine’ is the best puppy ever whelped. I tried to remind my parents that they just remember all the other dogs we had as old dogs, and that all puppies are cute and playful and lovable. But even I have to admit - there really IS something special about Sparky.

My parents take him for a walk and people actually come out of their homes to see him. He goes to Petsmart and people swarm around him.

He always looks mad in his pictures but in real life he always looks like he’s smiling at you.

Moose goes to a pet grooming place in Parker, Colorado. His Personal Stylist is Josh.

He needed to get ready for a pet show coming up this Saturday, so Josh put the groom on him last Saturday.

Moose has already drooled all down his front legs, staining them again. I’ll have to re-wash them Friday night but I can’t get them as white as Josh can.

Moose’s chin is always stained dark brown from the dye in his Iams dog food I’m guessing. He’s a drooly boy.

Moose and I are going to enter an owner-pet look alike contest at the company pet show this weekend. I bought him a new collar and leash. Oh, and you can bet I’ll be taking LOTS of pictures!

Well, between the two jobs I ended up putting in almost 70 hours last week.  I didn’t get the whole assignment done for the second job, but I got the hardest part, and since I’ve never gotten paid for my work yet I’m not holding my breath on ever getting paid, so I decided not to feel guilty about not getting the whole thing done.

I have a new-hire class starting tomorrow that I’m not ready for, and I have to leave at the ass of crack to drive the charts from my second job to drop them off, then drive back to where I work (will be an hour out of my way round trip) so that I’m there by 8am.

I know I keep saying this, but if I can just make it through this week…

The last four days I’ve had the tension headache from hell, complete with a side of vomiting and today is the first day it feels like just a normal headache, so that’s an improvement.

But I have nothing to wear tomorrow -arrgh!

The chaos!  The CHAOS!