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What to do about blogging! We are dwindling in numbers and friends are quitting or feeling disheartened by the lack of visitors. Facebook and Twitter are definitely taking their toll on blogging but I’m not ready to throw in the towel just quite yet. I’m still in contact with many friends through Facebook but the friendships just don’t feel the same or as strong as they have in the past with blogging. Face it, a short status update or a tweet can never compete with the depth of knowledge we gained of one another through personal blog posts. I’ve been threatening to go over to Blogger because WordPress is just too hard to keep current with as they are always updating it. So you can imagine my delight when I found that darylynn.blogspot.com was available! So see, there are some good things about having a different name so maybe we should stop making fun of the Apples, Blankets and Jermajesty’s. Below is the link to the new Blogger Blog. I will keep this WordPress blog up until at least the end of the month. Let me know if you can find your way to the new blog okay. You will need a google account to sign in. I think I might enjoy learning how to customize the blogger blog. There’s a little more detailed explanation about the reasons for the change at the new blogger blog- link below.
New Blogger Blog HERE!

Jeff’s been a good sport about “Meatless Monday” so I think on Valentine’s Day a good steak is in order. He liked our Spaghetti Squash Italian Style that we had last night. Here’s a photo and I’ll give you a few instructions on how I made it. Continue Reading »

We were so worried about Cooper this weekend. He was lethargic, not interested in food, running a mild fever and drooling excessively. We are hoping it was just a bad reaction to the rabies shot he had the previous Tuesday afternoon. I googled his symptoms and rabies shots, of course, and read that a reaction can happen as late as 3 days after the shot. He seemed better on Sunday. He had an exam and bloodwork on Tuesday and everything was perfectly normal so that helped us not worry too much over the weekend. He also had a titer test because we don’t want to over-vaccinate him since we’ve had problems with lymphosarcoma with Dylan and Kali. You can read about a titer test in the link I attached. It’s pricier than just getting the vaccination but Cooper’s test showed he still had immunity to Distemper, Parvo, etc… so he didn’t need to have those vaccinations.

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