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Tonight Joel went to be with Owen, a stuffed puppy. Alyssa came out of her room and said that she couldn't sleep without Owen, so I went in Joel's room and asked if she could have Owen. He said no and Alyssa started bawling. After a couple of minutes, Joel called out to me and gave me Owen, saying that Alyssa could have him. What a wonderful gesture from a 3 year old.

(via email)

Mom: If you could have anything for your birthday, what would you pick?

Me: ... it would be to wake up in the morning rested and jumping out of bed instead of dreading getting up and cursing life.

Mom: (no response yet)

We bought a new home phone system from Costco over the weekend. It's pretty sweet because it connects to our cell phones via Bluetooth. Now, if we want to make a free long-distance using our cell phone, we can pick up one of our home phones to do it. Also, if someone calls one of our cell phones, it will ring on our home phone. Cool, huh?!

Updated: added link.

I have the tendency to use different emails for different things I sign up for. For example, I signed up with the Postsecret newsletter with the email of postsecret@<domain>.org. This way if I ever start getting spam from them I can easily turn off that email.

Well, today I received a virus addressed to that email! My email was sold, leaked, stolen or otherwise somehow acquired by a spammer. The company that maintains the Postsecret list is iContact. So, if I were you, I would stay away from them!

The vet called last night and said that the lump on Lexi's underbelly was malignant but only a level one which means it hasn't spread to the rest of the body. But the fax they sent me from the lab says it's at a level 2 and "deep invasion". :rolleyes: Dogs with this level usually live for another 70 months (about 6 years). I guess the fact that there was "no lymphatic invasion" is a good thing.

Report on Lexi's "mass"

Some text from the report: Although the tumor cells were well-differentiated the deep invasion warrants a grade II category based on the scheme of patnaik. Current literature suggest grade II mast cell tumors with low mitatic rates as seen in this case have a median survival time of 70 months.

Hrm.... that's the first place "tumor" has shown up.

Lexi's surgery went fine. They cleaned her teeth while she was under, too. And she got a vaccination. We won't know what the lump was for at least another week.

Lexi has a lump on her underbelly and I swear when I took her in months ago "they" said it was nothing to worry about. Well, it got bigger, so I took her in yesterday to the veterinarian that I trust the most at my vet's complex (there's 4 vets there) and he said that we should remove it. He said it wasn't a cyst, which I gathered is just a mass full of puss or something and can be drained. So, I scheduled an appointment for Lexi on Thursday for surgery. This makes me sad. First, and most importantly, I'm worried that she's sick. Secondly, and not very important for someone who loves their dog, it's going to cost around $500.

Joel went his first night without a binky (pacifier) last night. He did pretty well, we think. I laid with him for most of the night however. What happened was that he wasn't (and still isn't) feeling well so he was up crying. At one point Christi asked me to go lie down with him. Well, I never got back up. Probably from all the alcohol.

Joel with his new Binky Buddy

Anyone have a funny Thanksgiving quote? The only one I can remember was from my brother: "I'm only friends [on Facebook] with people I don't know." It was also funny to see my face popup on his Droid.

I also was reminded of how much I love my wife. Since she didn't come to my parents at the same time I did, I waited until she showed. At one point we all heard the door open and my mom said that is was probably "Chris". I immediately got excited because I thought it was my wife instead of my brother. (Sorry Chris!)

Lexi celebrated her 10th birthday this Thanksgiving! (The big one-oh. Double digits.) We gave her treats and lots of love.