One side effect of Army life is that pretty much everyone we know our age has kids. You want to know something funny that happens when you put a bunch of people with kids together at parties? They talk about their kids. Most times, I zone out or wonder away, but I realize that their…
Purrburger
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So I’m allergic to cats
When we moved back to Colorado, I knew I was going to deal with allergy issues. One perk of moving to a place you’ve already lived is that you have an idea of what life is like. I have several, fairly severe grass allergies out here, and I decided to meet with an allergist to…
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The ultimate betrayal
Did you hear what they did? Did you HEAR what my humans did???? They betrayed me. They brought me home, dragged me around the country, and then told me I was getting a baby brother. But I didn’t want a baby brother. I rather enjoy being the highlight of the humans’ world. Purrburger here. It’s…
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So this happened again…
Oops, we did it again. It all started Friday afternoon. We were out running errands, and I wanted to stop at Sports Authority and get my Super Bowl shirts. On our way out of the parking lot, we drove past PetSmart and saw a van full of cats outside. I made the executive decision to…
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Flying with a cat
File this under “We’ve officially lost our minds.” We are fairly crazy cat parents, and Mac felt extraordinarily guilty after we boarded Purrburger during our trip to Alaska. So the solution to guilt? Take a twelve-pound animal who associates the car with the vet or groomer, zip her in a carrier for hours, and bring…
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Life with a hypochondriac cat
So Purrburger isn’t a true hypochondriac, but she is rather sickly. In the first three months we had her, she had a double ear infection and a bout of worms. Because of this, we decided to buy Burger a health insurance policy at Banfield. She was due for a rabies shot and her bi-annual checkup,…