LOOK AT THIS GIANT 81.4 POUND BABY. HOW DARE HE GROW UP. 8 MONTHS IS STILL A BABY.

These last six months have been full of learnings. Stuff like how to remove appliances, pull up flooring, remove toilets, cap off plumbing, change out light fixtures, install sub flooring, seal walls, lay new flooring…. Soon to install doors and siding! Feeling like a badass. 💪And hi from dogs.

Hello frens! I’m dropping in to report that the sun is shining and there exists a happiest boy in all the land. Literally IN the land. I am plotting how to encourage him to help me with the garden beds.

Coming up for air to say: hi! I miss you all and hope everyone is doing okay considering… (waving at everything) My usual end of year work stress has been compounded by spending every weekend at my MIL’s house trying to clear it out so it can be cleaned and fixed and sold.

Do I have any friends who are knowledgeable about Ford vehicles? Specifically, 2000 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L 4WD? What’s this thing called where the oil is coming out of the engine block?

Finding teeth is like finding treasure for me. I think it’s because it still hurts that Monty passed too quickly for me get a paw print, so having something tangible from my babies means so much.

You wanted to see the puppy and his magnificent sitting skills, right? Behold:

Ooh: blockity block. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Watson is doing well, too. She loves her little brother and has taught him the ways of spinny-butt combat. I just gave her eleventy million kisses.

Clemenza is growing every day! He’s the sweetest little guy, so very smart and eager to learn, incredibly snuggly, intuitive and sensitive, and just… he’s a dream.

Hi frens, it looks like our Kat’s fund needs a boost. Please share, donate if you’re able, and most of all, send lots and lots of love her way. 💜

Hi all, quickly popping in to show off this goodest little boy who completed his fourth day of the relaxation protocol* and was still ready to keep going. *Karen Overall’s program to teach a dog to relax amidst activity. Menza is taking to it like he was born to ace it.

Hi frens, I know I’ve been MIA for a while, but will continue to be for a while longer. Clemenza and Watson are doing wonderfully, but we lost my MIL a little over a week ago, and her affairs are falling on my dude and me to clean up. And it’s a lot. We’re okay, just overwhelmed. Love you all. 💜

Okay hear me out: stainless steel teething ring. I made sure it’s food safe. He’s not keeping this set of teeth. He can’t possibly swallow any part of this ring. What am I missing?

🚨WE GOT A BABY IN A PAPOOSE🚨

You probably need baby photos, especially toe beans.

The way the light comes through the glass depending on the time of day is ✨M A G I C ✨

Clemenza’s first vet visit here went well, and the staff already love him. He was such a good boy, so calm. Also, look at these two. This is going to be a beautiful relationship.

Hi all. We did a thing (it’s been planned for a long time). Meet our little boy, Clemenza. 🥹

Look what’s about to get soldered as soon as my flux shows up!

My dude visited me in the basement while I was working and, seeing my bandaged hand, laughed about how the first thing I bought when I decided to start working with glass was a couple boxes of bandaids. But the glass is really pretty. Check out the clouds!!

Pushhhhh the buttonnnn for puppiesssss 🥰

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MY FAMILY, MY NEPHEW BOULDER.

Those of you with jobs, pets, husbands, and kids who still manage to keep a clean house: how??! I have one less of those and I’m pretty sure the husband alone is too much because at least the dog can’t go in and cook a whole meal on the stove I just cleaned inside and out.

Sadly, she passed the other night. It seems that her kidneys started shutting down despite the successful surgery, and her heart gave out. Her human decided to let her go. 💔 It really sucks to try so hard and for it to not be enough. Monty welcomed her sister home, so I know she’s not alone.

She is in surgery at the moment, and we’re optimistic it will go well. First good news in a couple days that there’s hope. 💜 thank you, my friends.

I don’t have the liberty to share any details at all, but a friend’s much loved dog is currently in emergency care for an extremely bad case of sepsis and she needs a lot of prayers and good vibes to turn things around. Please, if you can, send her healing vibes and prayers.

Dear Monsieur le Floof’s legal team: The human made an entire turkey meal for him that he doesn’t have to share with the Interloper fka Watson. Sincerely, The household humans.

This extremely sad boy is having the worst day. First, he did some yard work, then dad undid all his hard work. Then, dad left his food bowl outside so he couldn’t check if more food would appear there, and then friend dog Watson got to eat her breakfast and he didn’t get second breakfast.

AWOOOOOO!!! Calling all #uglydogs - our magical Sea Kelpie is badly in need. Please boost, donate, anything you can. Please note, they need more than the GFM target amount - something is glitching and posting for less than the need. Let’s try to help get them to stability. @seakelpie.bsky.social 💜

THIS IS BUGGING ME. Where do the color pieces need to be to be more rainbow-y?! The orange and yellow pieces in the center are driving me nuts. I don’t even know if I have enough glass to do this again, but I need redemption.

I’m scared to check the news. Is it bad? How bad? Do I want to know what he did?

Serious doctor of psychology: talking to animals indicates higher levels of cognition. Me, to Watson: IS YOU HUNGRY? HOW MANY SPINS OF HUNGER DO YOU HAVE?!! OHHH WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?! LOOK AT THIS SNARFBLATT! iheartdogs.com/people-smart...

One of my goals this year was to make friends, and I’ve been really loving my new book club. Last night, we met at a nature reserve south of my city and did a guided foraging hike, learning about native plants and their uses. Along the way, we met a hungry moose cronching leaves!

A few good things. Plus good news that those are not flying termites, but completely harmless “graceful twig ants” hanging out in the rotted-out core of a porch column.

Practicing with a pattern by my favorite glass artist, Neile Cooper. I’m obsessed with how the glass colors go together.

They’ll definitely need to be cleaned up quite a bit, but can you imagine??

I’m so excited, I could burst. I’m getting two of the old windows from my childhood church so I can repurpose them into beautiful glass artwork. The church is one of the few things I still have connecting me to my grandmother, and she ensured those windows were preserved for decades.

I feel so heccin’ protecc’d

WATSON TAUGHT SHERLOCK HOW TO HOWL YOU GUYS HE NEVER HOWLED BEFORE

Watson is enjoying herself tremendously on this visit with Sherlock (and my parents).

Tomorrow would have been Monty’s fourth birthday. Please hug your furry ones closely, and if you don’t mind sharing pic of your good doggos and kitties, I would be grateful.

I don’t know if people realize this, but what’s happening to Adriana Smith can happen in a blue state like Washington, which ALSO invalidates advance directives to keep a fetus alive against the pregnant person’s wishes. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

When your to-do list is insanely long and everything on it requires taking a shower, you understand why lots of little boys hate baths.

Since Monty died, I’ve been trying to keep busy because when I stand still it hurts. But some good has come out of that. I’ve helped start a book club, learned a new art form, started traveling again, introduced Watson and Sherlock, and made some IRL friends. I wish Monty were here to enjoy with me.

I have decided that this is not the year to weed my yard. Fuck it. Let’s see what grows.

Well, despite my best efforts to keep the glass patterns in the pieces flowing in a harmonious way, it didn’t work out that way and I’m still very proud of how this is coming along…

Have apple. Must share. Them’s the law.

Bumpity bump - I know things are tight for everyone, so if you can’t help, that’s okay, please help boost. Even if you can only contribute $5, there are 4 people matching to make your donation go farther. Raven is foundational to who we are as #UglyDogs. We simply wouldn’t be us without her. 💜

Raven does SO much for others and brings such light and kindness to the world. Right now, she needs help. ❤️