The Lifestyle channel has gone to the dogs… and cats and hampsters and
Time for the dog days of summer with a little help from the b5media Lifestyles Channel of blogs. Check out the links below for some great ideas, tips and more!
At PlayLibrary, I shared news of the Little Tikes Dog Days of Summer Sale which includes pools, playgrounds, bounce houses and more. Check out the pics of my basset hound getting in on the bounce house fun at my triplets’ 4th birthday party!
At The Food Bowl, Heather’s got a frosty treat to help your dog beat the heat with a home-made, doggy-approved ice cream recipe, and she wants to know how you calm your upset pet when it comes time for travel and vacation.
Linette at Mother Earth’s Garden shares photos of her four legged garden companions. Robust Cooking has 9 Healthy Treats you can make for your dog And, it’s dog party planning time at She Knows Parties, with dog party invitations, and dog party games.
When you write for Simply Thrifty, even your dogs have thrifty habits and it sounds like Katelyn’s dogs are well on their way. Peggy at Tree Hugging Family explores reasons to choose a hemp dog collar and looks at a company that specializes in them. At Junk Creation she features some tutorials from various crafters — including making a dog bed from a skirt to recycling old dog collars into new ones.
Tracee from BlogFabulous to her kids - “Heck yeah, you can have hamsters if it only costs me $5, and there is virtually no maintenance involved,” while visiting country garage sale.
Colleen at Drinks After Dark shares the story of her dog Jackson. Jack was an adopted via her local SPCA. It’s great to hear and read heartwarming success stories.
Chloe at Tangled Thread has been sewing easy & inexpensive bandannas for her dogs to dress them up for summertime.
Noreen’s small dog keeps her hopping as he grabs and runs with yarn and other treasures in the studio while she authors Hankering for Yarn.
Here at at SoloMother I talk a little about the beloved pets of my youth, while looking forward to the day when we can welcome a new dog into our own little family.
Mary Emma Allen at Quilting and Patchwork shares some pattern and design ideas in Quilting Goes to the Dogs.
And from Gayla on Supernanny Rules - the latest picture of her tiny Yorkie, Molly, who has had a very rough summer battling parvo and adverse reactions to vaccinations. At 2.9 pounds, she has a very strong will to live.
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2 opinions for The Lifestyle channel has gone to the dogs… and cats and hampsters and
C~
Aug 14, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I couldn’t figure out how to email you, so I thought I would post and ask you here. I have read your blog on and off for over a year now. I had quit reading when I was in a LTR and got engaged. Then four days before my wedding (in June) my fiancee called the wedding off. What is really killing me right now is that my son (not his child) keeps asking where daddy Joe is. How do I explain to my son that “daddy” isn’t on the phone and won’t call us anymore. We didn’t live together, in fact we are seven states apart. But my son still remembers going on a plane to visit, talking to my ex, playing with him. Will he forget or have a screwed my son up by falling in love with and getting dumped by a loveless guy?
SoloMother
Aug 14, 2008 at 12:33 pm
C, it’s a hard lesson to learn. Some parents are adamant about keeping their children separate from their love lives until wedding bells are in the air. Some introduce their children to the adults in their lives, regardless of romantic interest, and allow their kids to develop a relationship on their own– but keep the grown up, romantic part out of their kids’ lives. Some parents jump in with their kids, feet first and damn the torpedoes.
As you found out, there’s no easy way to do this, and protect your children from heartbreak.
Healing and health depend on a great number of things: how old your son is, how well you manage your own sadness and disappointment, and how you guide yourselves through this sad time.
Share your sadness with your son in a matter-of-fact way, if that makes any sense. Be honest. You don’t know what happened, you don’t know why it happened, and you’re sad that Joe isn’t around anymore, too. Save the crying jags for late at night in the shower, however. A sense of your acceptance of the situation, incomprehensible as it might be, and your optimism that there’s someone out there for the two of you to love, somehow, someday, somewhere, will go a long way to restoring your son’s faith in love.
Cause he’s got you, right? No matter what.
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