A little over a year ago, I had a momentary lapse in judgment.  Yes, I allowed my daughter to get a pet guinea pig, which was clearly not the smartest decision I ever made, considering that we have a dog who likes to eat EVERYTHING under the sun.  Miraculously, though, the pig and the pooch have somehow managed to co-exist relatively peacefully up until now.  That…

The mystery of how I can wanna squeeze and hug our beastly goof of a dog one minute and then release him to a pack of hungry grizzlies the next continues to baffle me.  Yes, Goatdog is doing his damnedest to make sure that our love-hate relationship doesn't die out too quickly.  Sometimes he's my big, furry buddy, and then other times, he's a prickly thorn in my side…

See this shirt right here?  I sooooo totally need this shirt.  Because this sums up my life to a tee (pun intended).  Who knew that such a cute little creature could shit this friggin' much?  I don't know about you, but I most certainly did not.  Yes, I bet our friend Patches drops at least one turd every thirty seconds.  I swear the bottom of his cage looks like a…