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I Do

N.G. Woosh — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:42:07 +0000

Lynn,

I Do.

Thank you for three years you amazing woman. I look forward to so many more.

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday!

I love you.
- Joshua

Happy Birthday Mom!

N.G. Woosh — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000

As much as you may want to choke me for this:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

One Last Goodbye

N.G. Woosh — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:50:38 +0000

On Saturday (6/27) with lots of driving and going back and forth and details I don’t care to recap right now, we said one last goodbye to our ratties. Gadget, Atari, and Binary all went to their new home. I drove an hour to meet their new owner half-way, and we were emailed later that night to be told they were doing great in bigger cages with new cage mates.

Gadget had been alone in his cage since 8-Bit died, and we couldn’t give him enough time to make up for not having a cage mate. All three of the ratties deserve a home where they can get more attention, bigger homes, etc. and that’s exactly what they got. We sent them off to live better lives, and we did it out of love for them.

Here are some pictures from Saturday:

Gadget:

Atari (black fur) Binary (brown fur):

We saw you born and we watched you grow. We love you and we miss you. We want you to live happy and healthy in your new home! Be as amazing for them as you were for us.

Neighbor’s Fluffy Pet

N.G. Woosh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:48:04 +0000

Well I can’t remember her name, but isn’t she gorgeous?

Here he is holding her:

LIVE ACTION SHOTS:

I held her a few days ago, and he brought her over to show her off because she just finished shedding today. Lynn held her this time, and of course Noah was really interested. The idea of him holding her gave the mental image of somebody slinging a whip around. That just didn’t seem like a good idea!

Goodbye 8-Bit

N.G. Woosh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:36:29 +0000

This week has been rough over here. We’ve been sick, we lost Terabyte, and now we’ve lost 8-Bit. I discovered him in the cage this afternoon, and when my usual "make the rats excited" play voice didn’t wake him up, I knew something wasn’t right.

When we first got our ratties we picked out 8-Bit for his unique coloring. He was a gorgeous brown with kind of dark speckles in his fur. He was one of our first two rats.

8-Bit was the father of 16 rat babies (what a guy)! He handled life LIKE A BOSS.

The first two pictures are of him when we first got him. The last picture is a picture of him and Gadget, one of his boys.

There is one thing in life that will get you every time, and that is old age. Unfortunately old age for rats comes a lot sooner than it does for us humans.

8-Bit, you were amazing. You bit me a few times, but it was rare and there was usually a reason. I know I’m tasty, so I can’t blame you. You were great little buddy, and we love you and we’ll miss you.