confoozled.com - Brooskey

Brooskey is our English Springer Spaniel. He was born on August 12, 2007 and came home with us October 6, 2007. He was named for New England football player Tedy Bruschi, but also for beer, aka brewski. His favorite activities are battling at the dog park, blowing bubbles in his water dish, and chasing the "red bug" (a laser pointer). These are all of the entries which mention Brooskey.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas	Mon 12/22/2008 4:54 PM
Christmas is almost here, and things are getting busy, so I may not be able to post as regularly over the next week or so (you already saw evidence of this last week). And I'm sorry that all of my entries as of late have just been personal updates and not thought-provoking spoutings of my unpopular opinions... 0 comments/trackbacks
christmas gifts and celebrations	Wed 12/10/2008 2:51 PM
Since I can't afford to buy gifts for everyone in my family this Christmas, I've decided I will at least send a Christmas bouquet or centerpiece to my Mom's house. Or maybe a Christmas gift basket from 1-800-Flowers... 0 comments/trackbacks
ready for a new week	Fri 12/05/2008 1:27 PM
I had quite the crappy night last night. It started out all right... right after work we went over to our favorite hangout and ate dinner... 2 comments/trackbacks
doing the christmas disco	Fri 11/21/2008 2:36 PM
Well okay, I'm starting to feel the Christmas spirit just a little bit... 0 comments/trackbacks
a week of twittered highlights	Thu 11/20/2008 4:03 PM
Since I'm short on post ideas, I thought I'd do a quick run-down of the highlights of the past week (not guaranteed to be interesting, amusing, or otherwise worth reading). I've used my Twitter stream to jog my memory... 0 comments/trackbacks
why am i not interested in christmas?	Mon 11/17/2008 12:39 PM
Am I turning into Scrooge in my old age? Or am I having a tougher case of depression than usual this winter? Or is it just too early? 1 comments/trackbacks
vixen and the squeaky football	Wed 10/08/2008 9:50 AM
I finally got Vixen on video growling at the squeaky football. It wasn't as funny as the first time when her growls were turning into whines of frustration, but I think it's still pretty darn cute... 2 comments/trackbacks
one year update on vixen	Wed 10/01/2008 12:04 PM
Today is Vixen's first birthday! It's hard to believe she's a year old already, especially since she's only been with us for eight months... 2 comments/trackbacks
finally, a purple iphone case	Tue 09/23/2008 2:44 PM
I know you all know by now how much I love my iPhone. I've been on a quest since the beginning to find a protective case for it in my favorite color: purple. I had a silicone skin, which was supposedly purple but in reality was more pink... 0 comments/trackbacks
happy birthday to brooskey	Tue 08/12/2008 12:49 PM
Today Brooskey turns one year old. Yesterday he got a birthday card in the mail, actually addressed to him, from the company that supplies our pet insurance... 4 comments/trackbacks
an evening with brooskey and vixen	Fri 08/01/2008 11:57 AM
As you can see, it's hard to catch Vixen in any one place for too long. In the last scene, it's hard to see, but that's a laser pointer Brooskey is chasing up and down the hallway - otherwise known as the "red bug"... 6 comments/trackbacks
small rant and puppy updates	Fri 07/11/2008 4:54 PM
Thankfully, another week is over. I'm not completely caught up at work from my vacation last week, but I'm getting there. I'd probably be further along if I hadn't spent half of this week undoing everything the oh-so-helpful temp did in my absence... 2 comments/trackbacks
twenty-nine and still counting	Mon 07/07/2008 8:25 PM
You can rest assured that I will never be one of those women who lies about her age. I will always be exactly the age I say I am, unless of course I get senile and lose count... 2 comments/trackbacks
thunderstorms, potty training and vacation	Tue 06/17/2008 5:46 PM
One nice thing about one's birthday being a federal holiday is that it only costs four vacation days to take the week off (unless it falls on a Saturday, of course... then I get screwed). I don't know what I'm going to do that week, yet... 0 comments/trackbacks
a perfect summer kickoff weekend	Tue 05/27/2008 8:45 PM
The whole weekend was a nice little mini-vacation, and the first time in a long time that I've felt like I've had a real break. I think I can handle a month of work... 0 comments/trackbacks
gmail themes and puppy dog games	Thu 05/22/2008 1:23 PM
I love Gmail, but a lot of the complaints I hear about it are from people unhappy with the color scheme and the inability to change it without adding third-party extensions to one's web browser. That may be about to change... 0 comments/trackbacks
park princess	Mon 04/28/2008 6:31 PM
Before long, Vixen had taken over the small dog side of the park, and was having a blast with all of the other dogs. She even found a Yorkie puppy about her size to chase around... 0 comments/trackbacks
grooming and growing	Sun 04/20/2008 6:47 PM
It was an exhausting day for both of them, and they both passed out on the way home... Vixen fighting it the whole way by holding her head up as she slept... 3 comments/trackbacks
puppeh pundit	Fri 04/04/2008 3:37 PM
I decided to spare you all the attempt at an April Fools post, mainly because I couldn't think of anything good. I did get my mom and sisters, though, with a subtle e-mail asking what they liked for girl and boy names... 1 comments/trackbacks
canine kids	Fri 03/14/2008 6:04 PM
The two of them are getting along really well, though there are still a few arguments a day, but being that they are both very strong-willed, that may always be the case. Brooskey really loves to play with Vixen, but still hasn't quite figured out how much is too much for her... 2 comments/trackbacks
generous gifts	Wed 02/13/2008 7:16 PM
With his gift I achieved my goal: to surprise him with something he'd never expect from me. I owe some credit to his best friend Joe for the idea... 0 comments/trackbacks
sneaky siblings	Tue 02/05/2008 7:27 PM
She's a little kissing machine and washes all three of our faces thoroughly every day. Her absolute favorite place to be is in my lap, and I'm more than happy to accommodate... 0 comments/trackbacks
precious pup	Mon 01/28/2008 6:55 PM
Brooskey is maturing more every day and we look forward to all the fun we're going to have with him when he's full grown. And I'm already madly in love with this little girl, even before ever seeing her in person... 1 comments/trackbacks
couch potato	Tue 01/15/2008 5:31 PM
A little while later we caught him in this pose, sitting there on the couch like a little old man with his arm on the armrest, dividing his attention between the TV and people-watching out the window... 0 comments/trackbacks
oh seven	Thu 01/10/2008 6:12 PM
This past year was quite the year for me. It brought some of the highest and some of the lowest points of my life so far... 0 comments/trackbacks
iconic insanity	Thu 12/13/2007 11:32 AM
Oh yeah, and it's still not decorated. Turns out it's even more difficult to find time to decorate a tree with a puppy, than it is to wrap gifts... 1 comments/trackbacks
teething terror	Tue 11/27/2007 11:19 AM
He might take a couple of nibbles, but when it doesn't work fast enough, he erupts in this burst of pent up frustration, sprinting circles around the house, growling and barking uncontrollably. I recognize this as a display of absolute desperation, because it's about the same thing I would do... 1 comments/trackbacks
smart puppy	Tue 11/06/2007 12:53 PM
I'm amazed at how fast he's learning. He figured out "sit" in no more than twenty minutes in class on Saturday... 0 comments/trackbacks
brooskey update	Fri 10/26/2007 4:31 PM
He'll be going for his second vet visit and second set of puppy shots next Friday. It will be interesting to see just how much weight he's gained... 0 comments/trackbacks
providence meetup	Mon 10/22/2007 11:58 AM
We've been online friends for many years, but despite living relatively close to each other (she's a New Yorker), as compared to my distance from other people in my life, until now we'd never had occasion to see each other. But this weekend she took a mini-vacation to Providence to celebrate her birthday... 1 comments/trackbacks
hairy houdini	Mon 10/08/2007 3:57 PM
The trip home with him went really well, all things considered. He tolerated the first two hours or so in the carrier, with a few complaints but sleeping most of the time, which is pretty impressive for a puppy this age... 0 comments/trackbacks
boy oh boy	Fri 10/05/2007 12:31 PM
For the past few weeks we have been preparing for a new addition to our family. We've bought furniture and bedding, toys and supplies... 0 comments/trackbacks

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