Tag Archives: pets

If The Five-Year-Old throws you a party…

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

There will be dancing, cupcake making (and decorating), a surprisingly intense Bendominoes tournament, and snacktime (aka cupcake eating). And no doubt, once The Five-Year-Old reads today’s Caterpickles, there will also be puppies for rent. That’s right, according to the Daily … Continue reading →

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Beware online puppy mills

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

We’ve been talking about pets a lot here lately, but that’s just because we really want one. Although we’ve ruled out getting a dog for now, this Huffington Post story about the perils of purchasing a puppy online caught my … Continue reading →

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In which we advance our pet search and have some fun with idioms

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

As you know, we here at Caterpickles Central have an opening (or two) for a new pet. As it’s pretty much the first time in three decades that I haven’t had a feline roommate limiting my pet adoption options, we … Continue reading →

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The Five-Year-Old thinks about pets

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

You know, I thought the week before Thanksgiving was supposed to be the hard one. Turns out to be more like the opening bell for weeks and weeks of unrelenting crazy. Thank goodness The Five-Year-Old remains effortlessly entertaining. As you … Continue reading →

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Pets, Volcanoes, and Monkeys, Oh My!

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Late start this morning as our gas oven abruptly decided to stop working in the middle of cooking dinner last night so I spent the evening scrambling to open windows, finding a reliable repair company, sniffing around the oven for … Continue reading →

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“Did Elvis have a cat?”

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

The Four-Year-Old adores dinosaurs, cats, and Elvis. So naturally she wants to know all the combinations in which these revered beings might co-exist. Dinosaurs having died out years before Elvis was born, he clearly wouldn’t have had them as pets … Continue reading →

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