Unorthodox #Caturday post: #Neville is a cat in a dog suit - thank you thousands of years of breed history - but our hair matches, so here we are, a collective fashion plate 😜

So I did the #JobInterview after my hair let it be known it was going to do whatever the hell it pleased. Lesson umpteen in working with what you've got ...

#Mozart turns five today. He chose to mark the day by wearing the puppy face of existential crisis. I will make muffins later, so that should fix it.
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And when sportsball causes the neighborhood to sound like battle, because local-ish team wins, nothing to do but blast music (Jain on this particular occasion) and grab training treats, and work on sits and stays.

"I see you have snacks. I like snacks too..." ~ #Neville
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If you are going to do coupledom, I recommend being coupled with someone who takes conversations with their cats very seriously. @junation demonstrates.

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Happy #Caturday from #Elsa and my PJs

#CancerUpdate
Came home fromy last radiation to find baked goods from a local bakery brought over by one friend and this beauty mailed by another. Still don't recommend #cancer but I have a lot to be grateful for.

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This is not a CoSo dog yet, but anyone who has been fawning over our #Neville might want to change that. This Neville doppelganger is in a shelter due to declining owner health and his name is Willie. I can try and help with transport if you want him. #AdoptDontShop

#FuckCancer
Tomorrow is my last radiation treatment. A friend gave me these socks today and I am totally wearing them tomorrow. I get to keep my socks on when I am put on the treatment table, so this is a must.

I have received my morning dose of cuddles from #Bridget and I am grateful.
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My Dad would be 84 today. He died in 2017. He was the king of keeping containers because they might be useful. In his honor, I am confessing that our household has issues. Boomer issues. But neither cookies nor sewing kits. @LnzyHou will disown me now, I am afraid.

How it started: I lost my sleeping spot to the Ausshole. How it is going: I opened a lot of Imodium and they are now living the nudist life in a new container. I am already exhausted and I have treatment in the afternoon and have to teach online in the evening. In preparation for that, I recorded a video to explain the syllabus. My ring light makes me pretty.

Look who found eyeliner after sleeping all day! We will gingerly leave the house, so from my perspective, I have to sit in the car for 45 min without driving, eat a baked potato and watch a movie. My teeny amount of fun that I can handle. And those eyes can glare in a split second, and I have the DNA results to explain why 😜

#ThereIsGoodInTheWorld
A colleague from the middle school where I am a full-time sub when I am not on disability for #cancer texted today saying she was going to drop a couple of cards in our mailbox. Colleagues had signed both and this is the printed message in one of them. They both also had cash in them. I have tribe at work.

Explaining birthday girl #Lepke : she is a rescue who came to us at 14 weeks old. Mom is an Australian Shepherd and dad is unknown. That is likely why her entire litter was brought to an amazing rescue org in Nebraska at 12 weeks old. Once she started growing up, we realized Dad had been a Heeler aka Australian Cattle Dog. She is what they call a Texas Heeler and is a designer herding dog. Whoever let her go I hope feels stupid AF. Their loss is our gain. #DogsOfCoSo

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Our Alpha, the ruler of our pack and our collective heart, #Lepke is six years old today. Although all our fur babies are rescues, we have exact birthdates on her and one other dog. That is a major reason for #gratefulness So I am off to make a cake from a mix that is doggo compatible (no chocolate, no diet nothing) for our lunch today. Here is a portrait from a couple days ago that I managed to sneak - she hates being photographed.
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I only have strength for one task or chore a day. Today that was putting in place the area rug I got at #Aldi some time ago - you know, items that were not on the shopping list, etc. Normal ppl w normal dogs would find dog toys when sliding furniture. I found spoons. But baby boy #Malcolm likes it so all is well.

#Ildi gives an air of being ready to take souls so she would rule them forever, but I am not complaining.
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Mozart: Would you like to de-shed my butt?
Me: Dude, we are in the middle of an Arctic blast.
Mozart: Would you like to de-shed my butt?
Me:
Mozart:
Me: <de-sheds the Ausshole's butt>
#Mozart #DogsOfCoSo