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We have company staying with us this holiday. Meet Frank the beta fish. Although a little weary from his journey from across the street where he lives, he’s been rather polite and has been the ideal house guest. Right now he’s gazing out into the courtyard of the building. This is new scenery for him and he’s hoping for a Rear Window moment over the break, which I have told him is highly unlikely. Lucy could care less about this fish, and we aren’t going to see how Diesel feels about it.

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Nothing says Christmas like a pair of bulldogs in sweaters.

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This weekend we went to Lynwood for a visit. One of my goals was to get Winnie and Lucy back in the saddle again and on the road to being friendly to one another. As I have mentioned before, Lucy has had some adjusting to do since we lost Mazzy, and is a bit confused on how to behave around other dogs now that her position in the pack has changed. After an initial cranky bout upon arrival, Lucy shed her baditutde and she and Winston were acting once again like fast friends. As you can see by the pictures above, they have found it more to their advantage to become allies in the pursuit of fallen treats and unattended platters of cookies.

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This weekend we drove up to Portland. We were there to remember and celebrate the life of a beloved friend.

Portland is such a great city that whenever we visit we ask ourselves why we didn’t move there instead of Tacoma when we first got to the Northwest.

I only had the urge a few times to ask to be charged sales tax because I am a Washington resident. Sounds ridiculous, right? I worked at a restaurant when we first moved to Washington, and people visiting from Oregon would flash their IDs and demand exemption from Washington sales tax for the souvenir t-shirts they purchased. I always thought that was funny and extremely annoying. Once when someone said “I’m from Oregon! ” as I rung their total, I smiled and said “That’s nice!” I had no idea about this no sales tax thing. Then they wanted to speak to the manager. What did I know? I’m from Arizona where they charge 5.6%!

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Lucy was such a hell raiser when we first got her. A twelve pound ball of energy. I’ve been feeling nostalgic so I dug up some of these old files.

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With all the stormy weather we’ve been having in Western Washington this past month, where would you expect to find Diesel?

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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

–Barack Obama

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Lucy’s birthday seems to have come and gone this year without much ado. She was happy as a clam with her can of beef stew as her birthday present. She wore her little glow in the dark skeleton outfit out to the park. The following night we saw a Day of the Dead celebration hosted by the Cascade People’s Center and it was an amazing sight to see. The candlelight procession through the P - Patch was emotional for me for some reason. I wish I had known about it before hand to get some nice pictures. As it was, when I heard the beautiful music and looked out the window, I ran downstairs and outside with wet hair to get a glimpse. Here’s a bonus picture of Winston, the littlest cow celebrating Halloween in Lynnwood.

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