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    • Our Current Home (The Victorian)
    • Our First Home (The Bungalow)
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  • Oscar and Lily

    Meet Lily! (Plus Oscar’s Doggy DNA Results)

    We've added another puppy to our family! Meet Lily. We adopted Oscar in March, and several of his littermates were…
    August 10, 2018
  • Oscar Danger Balch!

    Meet Our Puppy, Oscar Danger Balch

    We adopted a puppy! (That deserves all the exclamation marks!!!!!) He is supposedly a Bernese Mountain Dog mix — mixed…
    March 23, 2018
  • Eleanor and Gingerbread, the Guinea Pig

    Kids and Small Pets

    A few people have emailed with questions because their kids are interested in getting guinea pigs or other small pets…
    September 9, 2015
  • Guinea Pig Family

    Five Little Fluff Balls

    I had been suspecting it for a couple of weeks now. A quick search confirmed that Speedy did indeed look…
    July 28, 2015
  • Oscar and Lily

    Meet Lily! (Plus Oscar’s Doggy DNA Results)

    We’ve added another puppy to our family! Meet Lily. We adopted Oscar in March, and several of his littermates were available alongside him. I was…

    August 10, 201810 commentsMy Life, Pets
  • Oscar Danger Balch!

    Meet Our Puppy, Oscar Danger Balch

    We adopted a puppy! (That deserves all the exclamation marks!!!!!) He is supposedly a Bernese Mountain Dog mix — mixed with what, we don’t know.…

    March 23, 201824 commentsMy Life, Pets
  • Eleanor and Gingerbread, the Guinea Pig

    Kids and Small Pets

    A few people have emailed with questions because their kids are interested in getting guinea pigs or other small pets of their own. I can’t…

    September 9, 201512 commentsParenting, Pets
  • Guinea Pig Family

    Five Little Fluff Balls

    I had been suspecting it for a couple of weeks now. A quick search confirmed that Speedy did indeed look like a pregnant guinea pig,…

    July 28, 201526 commentsPets
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