I have to give a Holla! to Mo’Nique. Yay, Mo’Nique!
Not because she gave an amazing performance in Precious which I have not seen yet but heard it’s great and it’s in my queue. Not because she won an Oscar on Sunday. Not because she’s inspired me to change my name to Wen’Dy. [...]
Have I mentioned my other job? I took it because this job, writing here at Let the dog in! has turned out to be so incredibly lucrative that I thought, hey, why not take on another job like that? Then I could make double the dough!
Which turns out to be double of ZERO. [...]
I would like to dedicate this blog post to As the Worlds Turns, a soap opera that broadcasts its final episode later this year, after decades of my apparently meaningless devotion.
How can they do this to me?!
[Also, did I mention my mother is coming for a visit?]
We now join our story already in [...]
You know you wanted it. Here’s a (poorly made) video of our walnut brain dog, Becca, letting herself out the sliding glass door, our “new dog door.” This time it wasn’t locked, but I WILL get footage of that. She opens it, locked or unlocked.
You’ll note she fails to close it.
Anyone want [...]
We had a big introduction today at Let the Dog in! I introduced the Kid to Benji, the original movie (1974).
Naturally, she didn’t love it as much as her mom. Next time I want her to love a movie I love, I’m gonna have to forbid her from watching it at all.
And her [...]
I didn’t know the Hubs was a shopper when we met in Alaska. Who would? He was living on and renovating an old wooden boat and working for boat parts.
Now that we’re boring settled, married with kid, homeowners, you can’t miss it. If you ask for a box of cereal, he comes [...]
We had another conversation here at chez Let the dog in! illustrating the differences between the Hubs and yours truly’s marriage and others’ wedded bliss. It all came up after I went shoe shopping with a friend.
She bought some super cute (waterproof! yay!) boots but wanted to know the store’s returns policy.
In [...]
