tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post5959303423488755666..comments2024-02-11T02:09:23.512-08:00Comments on An Inch of Gray: Bearing Up Under StressAnna Whiston-Donaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921348961654008115noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-14537627865679243212013-09-03T09:49:50.697-07:002013-09-03T09:49:50.697-07:00Today I stole your tradition of the held up piece ...Today I stole your tradition of the held up piece of paper with the Grade written on it. My Jack is going into 2nd grade and little brother started K. I realized I will not remember what year our front porch photos are if I don't do this. Thanks for the tip!! This is one of many 'traditions' I've pilfered off of you. <br /><br />Good luck with a new school! NoVa Mom Jen<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-79280066943483741852013-09-02T12:47:41.148-07:002013-09-02T12:47:41.148-07:00What a nightmare! Rodents are such good pets, and ...What a nightmare! Rodents are such good pets, and also, really frustrating pets. My brother's guinea pig took up residency in the couch for a while once when I was little.Greta @gfunkifiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533837096223094349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-421590207569416302013-09-02T01:21:55.158-07:002013-09-02T01:21:55.158-07:00It's September Anna... you'll be in my pra...It's September Anna... you'll be in my prayers in the coming days... Rihamhttp://www.rihamiat.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-2868832677389389932013-08-29T09:45:30.518-07:002013-08-29T09:45:30.518-07:00Wishing you luck and patience with today's mov...Wishing you luck and patience with today's move. And hoping Bear doesn't get loose again. And you just had to add a rodent picture, didn't you? DIDN'T YOU?Arnebyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445670708629187950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-37707210010331542212013-08-29T07:37:48.464-07:002013-08-29T07:37:48.464-07:00So glad you found him. I lost a gerbil named Bear....So glad you found him. I lost a gerbil named Bear. Young son away on an overnight and I decided to clean the cage as a surprise because tomorrow was his birthday. Some surprise, I forgot to close the lid tight :/<br />Never did find the poor little guy.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04438787692370201329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-65304336967149989932013-08-28T06:36:01.909-07:002013-08-28T06:36:01.909-07:00This cracked me up! If it makes you feel better, ...This cracked me up! If it makes you feel better, I once bought two hamsters for my classroom. Hamster guy at the pet store assured me they would only live 2 years. The hamsters lived with me through 5 years of first graders, two moves, and the birth of my first child. OLDEST HAMSTERS EVER! Best of luck!Allihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799851544426812013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-24811021339723705012013-08-27T16:24:13.831-07:002013-08-27T16:24:13.831-07:00I know you didn't mean it to be funny, so I...I know you didn't mean it to be funny, so I'm sorry I was laughing so hard. Good thing I don't know you IRL (and that I moved to Colorado) because if I ever saw you and Margaret, I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to think of anything else BUT "HAMSTER, HAMSTER, HAMSTER" !!!Thrift Store Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801507829451765963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-52838464534722749642013-08-27T12:35:44.995-07:002013-08-27T12:35:44.995-07:00Thought of you this weekend. I spent all day Satur...Thought of you this weekend. I spent all day Saturday with a friend who's SURPRISE 40th birthday was that night. <br />BIRTHDAY! BIRTHDAY! BIRTHDAY!Lyndsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191079605746896379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-55360436651135625252013-08-27T05:20:38.516-07:002013-08-27T05:20:38.516-07:00Loved the story! We have our share of pet storie...Loved the story! We have our share of pet stories too. What we don't do for our kids! We had a crawdad (large one) escape in the middle of the night (did you know they can really jump high?) and get in the furnace vents not once, but twice. I was awakened in the night by a "scritch, scritch, scritch" sound comiing from the register vent. The first time, it took us forever to figure out what the noise was. Picture us in the basement looking up saying "whatever it is, it's right about here" and then upstairs on the floor looking in the registers with flashlights. Finally something came crawling into sight - a big yucky looking thing and here it was a crawdad COVERED in furnace fuzz/dust. OK, now we're wide awake for the rest of the night.... After it happened the second time, Mr. Crawdad took a little trip back to the creek where he lived happily ever after. Arlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832937858248926803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-22397224817892316822013-08-26T19:51:07.617-07:002013-08-26T19:51:07.617-07:00"Air vents of death." Classic.
There is..."Air vents of death." Classic.<br /><br />There is something about hamsters that must bring out the crazy in parents. When I was a kid, my dad accidentally killed my pet hamster by painting with oil-based paint too close to the cage. After fessing up to the mistake and giving him a proper burial in the GARBAGE (?!), they later read that night that the hamster could be hibernating. So my mom and dad dug my hamster out and built a fire in the fireplace in the middle of July and watched that little guy remain stiff for the long haul. This is just one of the crazy hamster stories in our family. Glad to know we are not alone! LisaARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133555521572999047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-82949346853765101122013-08-26T11:10:54.359-07:002013-08-26T11:10:54.359-07:00I am both laughing and tearing up from the stress!...I am both laughing and tearing up from the stress! I am glad you found him and I will start praying for a world record length of life for Bear!!Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-41733308009871583562013-08-25T16:23:00.553-07:002013-08-25T16:23:00.553-07:00My sister had the hamsters growing up. They were f...My sister had the hamsters growing up. They were forever getting out and tunneling up into the furniture. We always managed to find them. Glad Bear is back under lock and key. Jamie Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03464973297373372882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-88492089039536077132013-08-25T13:42:49.867-07:002013-08-25T13:42:49.867-07:00Thank you for the reminder that we do NOT need a h...Thank you for the reminder that we do NOT need a hamster at our house! With the rate at which we lose cell phones, car keys, beloved Lego minifigures... a hamster would not ever be found again if he got lost.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-25381946942561577642013-08-25T11:57:07.111-07:002013-08-25T11:57:07.111-07:00Thank you for the entertaining story and the happy...Thank you for the entertaining story and the happy ending.GrahamForeverInMyHearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567227324094005373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-5906808513271426752013-08-24T19:02:39.384-07:002013-08-24T19:02:39.384-07:00Too funny! I can't make any promises if I run ...Too funny! I can't make any promises if I run into you two at Giant some day!!IrishRN07https://www.blogger.com/profile/11904458918696728980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-54016543310257912502013-08-24T14:24:40.269-07:002013-08-24T14:24:40.269-07:00As always your writing takes me in and I lose all ...As always your writing takes me in and I lose all track of my thoughts. <br />So, so glad that you found Bear and I will be praying for his long life!Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-69987799081208429592013-08-24T13:33:18.782-07:002013-08-24T13:33:18.782-07:00HAMSTER! HAMSTER!
HAMSTER! HAMSTER!<br />Marinkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16489592695993949578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-10548364100801326302013-08-24T10:20:21.953-07:002013-08-24T10:20:21.953-07:00Poor you! I'm glad to read that Bear is safe a...Poor you! I'm glad to read that Bear is safe and Margaret is oblivious. <br /><br />We don't have any pets and Annie desperately wanted a fish, so she saved up and worked hard to get this fish. We made trips to the pet store to scout out the fish - which one should she get? She finally got her fish and it became sickly in 2 days. Like barely moving sickly. We took it back and the store was nice enough to give us a replacement fish. Well, that fish died 3 days later. Scott gave her the money back and the tank is in our basement. So, what I'm trying to say is yay you! Because Bear is alive. Not only that, you persevered. We are giver-uppers around here. You've done much better than we could ever do.<br /><br />You are such a gifted storyteller. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01897963154223770756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-35479709898085084172013-08-23T15:27:23.075-07:002013-08-23T15:27:23.075-07:00Oh my, I am so glad that one had a happy ending!Oh my, I am so glad that one had a happy ending!anymommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317877435130121894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-263804611569541552013-08-23T13:16:54.343-07:002013-08-23T13:16:54.343-07:00When I was in third grade my sister and I got gerb...When I was in third grade my sister and I got gerbils. She named her Jerry and I named mine Lucky (Lucky because he was going to live unlike my hamster, Teddy, that had died exactly one week after I got him.) Our family was moving into a new house and when my mom picked us up from school one day, she told us she had some sad news. Apparently while they were moving boxes, Lucky and Jerry's cage was tipped over and they ran out our open front door to find their family in the woods (we lived in the dessert at the time). And I happily believed this sweet tale until college. Sophomore year when my mom slipped and told me about the time she walked into the living room to see Spot, our dog, tearing into a million pieces.... So Bear? He could have had it worse. I on the other hand choose to believe my sweet little gerbils live happy lives in the woods of West Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-70624000642213783412013-08-23T11:56:03.061-07:002013-08-23T11:56:03.061-07:00Hahahaha....I laughed all the way through, while h...Hahahaha....I laughed all the way through, while holding my breathe just a little, hoping you found him :)<br /><br />Yay!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698639192350525353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-1461031858692483092013-08-23T11:04:33.075-07:002013-08-23T11:04:33.075-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsJiGF_Groo&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsJiGF_Groo&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Couldn't stop myself...Jenny Hart Borenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587246633354905840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-87242282226076405152013-08-23T10:44:28.857-07:002013-08-23T10:44:28.857-07:00I love you, your writing, and your urge to yell &q...I love you, your writing, and your urge to yell "HAMSTER." My childhood story of an escaped hamster involves my brother's hamster "Wally." He escaped, we searched, we did not find him, we mourned, 3 MONTHS passed, and we found him under a chest of drawers! He had morphed into a crazy feral hamster! We could only wonder HOW he survived - what on earth did he eat?! My mother severely questioned our housekeeping. Getting Wally back into his cage involved oven mitts, and it was some time before he was rehabilitated back into a domestic pet! Thank you for making me laugh out loud! Love and appreciation from San Luis Obispo, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-85468794286130510942013-08-23T09:47:27.350-07:002013-08-23T09:47:27.350-07:00I'm so glad this story has a happy ending.I'm so glad this story has a happy ending.<br />SanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315069562076665703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-71105224142415232342013-08-23T08:08:02.679-07:002013-08-23T08:08:02.679-07:00Yay - so glad you found bear! We had a hamster wh...Yay - so glad you found bear! We had a hamster when I was growing up, and we used to call him Houdini because he could escape his cage. We went on a trip to my grandmothers, and we were gone almost a week. Before we left we put plenty of food pellets, plenty of water, had fresh wood chips in his cage...and not only did we tape the metal door closed, we placed a heavy wooden mallard duck decoy on top of it for safe measure. I'll be darned, when we got home the duck was lying on it's side, the door wide open and no hamster to be found. I cried just knowing he was dead. Nope - after less than 10 minutes in the house my dad found him behind a small dresser in my bedroom happy as can be to be roaming around free. I have NO idea how long he had been out, but he was just as content as could be. So glad you were able to find Bear safe and sound! :) Just think...one day you will have a funny story to share with Margaret - today might not be the day, but one day you can shout out HAMSTER! :)One crazed mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873085253600643761noreply@blogger.com