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Rollercoaster Year in Review, part one

It seems like 2008 was a really wild and crazy year for just about everyone we know — no less for Joe and I.  Before the memories fade too far into the distance, I thought I’d do a brief summary. 

jamie January 13, 2009 personal No Comments Read more

And then there were four.

(Crossposted here and in the Black Is Pink Livejournal community.) It has been two days, and it is still hard to write about. We said goodbye to Lilith on Monday. She had been diagnosed with lymphoma in early February. We

jamie April 30, 2008 personal No Comments Read more

i can has home for turkyday?

I’m assuming that most of you who read my journal are outside the Portland area, but just in case, I wanted to share this: Humane Society Needs You (to adopt a cat) Short version: the shelter’s full, they don’t kill

jamie November 15, 2007April 26, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more

quote for the day

“We have cats the way most people have mice.” –James Thurber I’ve always loved cats, and when Joe and I moved to a place where we could have a cat, a decade ago when we came to Oregon, we had

jamie November 6, 2007April 26, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Another Report from the Trenches

What a weekend. As I was contemplating this journal entry, I realized that much of the experiences I’ve had this weekend, which seem quite different but actually can be tied together by one theme: I hate selling. But I have

jamie October 11, 2004May 5, 2008 personal No Comments Read more

A Few More Whines for the Cellar

This is getting to be too much fun. The only person who shows any interest in buying my cats wants one cheap and wants it declawed Maxis has finally added pets to The Sims, but you gotta buy an add

jamie September 24, 2002May 28, 2009 personal No Comments Read more

No Cheese, But I Just Gotta Whine

Okay, so here’s my whines for the day. I’ve spent over $700 in the past year on advertising for the cattery, and haven’t sold cat one from any of it The harder I work, the more in debt I am

jamie September 23, 2002May 28, 2009 personal No Comments Read more

Untitled

Struggling with work against the desire to sleep. This has been happening for such a long time. I don’t know if it is depression or if I really am this chronically sleep deprived. All I’m really sure of is that

jamie August 6, 2002May 28, 2009 personal No Comments Read more

The power of dreams

I’m still amazed by how much power dreams seem to have. For quite a few days this week, I slept for eight hours and still woke exhasted — after a night of miserable, dreary or frightening dreams. Yet this morning,

jamie July 26, 2002May 28, 2009 personal No Comments Read more

Quote For the Moment

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”George Orwell

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