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Eye Boogers on Our Walls!

Meet Comang. An old picture of our shih-tzu, before (like my husband likes to say)his "manhood was taken away" He may never pee or poop in the house. But he likes to leave his mark in other ways. How? By smearing his eye boogers all over our walls and moldings. I present to you exhibits A and B for your consideration:   We first discovered these markings a few months after we adopted him two years ago. It's a pretty smart move if you think about it — why use his clumsy and sharp-nail-filled paws to remove his eye boogers, when it's easier to drag the side of your face against the wall and the molding around each door? But it's kinda gross too. I cleaned our walls...

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What Costs More in 2011?

Living in an area with fairly good public transportation — in addition to having an infant who does not like car rides much — I hardly ever drive anymore. I even walk to the grocery store, pushing Claire in her stroller (thank goodness our stroller has a huge bottom compartment that fits 5-6 full grocery bags). So when I took the car out Friday night and saw that I was running dangerously low on gas, I was in for a rude awakening. $55 for a full tank of gas??!!! Apparently this wasn't that bad, either. Friends tell me that gas prices have actually decreased in the past month, and that they were regularly forking over more than $60. And this was in the state of New...

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