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Sometimes... doing the right thing just sucks.

Sometimes... doing the right thing just sucks. Had to be done for me to be "me" but right now just feeling loss. When we couldn't pay our injured puppy sitter fast enough, my heart knew it was the right thing to do to file a claim with our homeowners insurance. I knew I was risking future coverage. I knew we might lose the policy and have to get a new one, which would not cover the dogs. And I knew the right thing to do was to USE the insurance we had been paying premiums on for well over 10 years. That is what insurance is supposed to be there for. ... and... We did lose the policy. and the new one doesn't cover dogs. and my faith in humanity got a little shaken.  it was still the "right" thing to do and my heart doesn't resent that choice. When the insurance company then fought us and said we didn't have a valid policy and gave us the run around, it was temping to say "f--k it" I don't have anything they can take, al...

Fully Alive

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Fully Alive These are not my words.... but are words I aspire to every day this is who I  live into being

Ann Marie and Nathan are “Away” for School - Fall 2015

Ann Marie and Nathan are “Away” for School - Fall 2015 This year finds us running headlong into adding school to our two-person show. Nathan has started back @ Pierce Full time, with PreCalc, Stats (yay yippe fun ann has been waiting for him to take this so we can talk together all analytically) and Japanese. Ann is Taking Japanese again to make up for the quarter of the bronchitis two years ago. This time around it is just the two of us running the pack, the house and Ann’s work work so we are physically here but not really HERE. Plan to see us in person on holidays like when a student comes home from college or boot camp. While we are here - but not here - we are spending as much quality time with our pups as we can. For some of the base pack this could be the last winter and we are wanting to give them the very best fall and winter we can. Projects for the house and for the property have all been as done as they can be for now, or are tabled til Summer break when we h...