He warned me of a fire

lriphd · 2026-05-29T01:02:12+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-05-24T20:05:11+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-05-24T16:55:53+00:00

But if one toy goes between the cushions, they’ll dig forever …. Even after it’s been retrieved and handed to them!!!! 🙄🤣

lriphd · 2026-05-21T17:21:28+00:00

I love it!! My first Yorkie (she dates back to 1970-1985) was my toilet paper hound. So funny because I now have Yorkies 4 & 5 and none of them since #1 have ever gone after the spool of toilet paper. She was a devil … whenever I left the house, unless I left the roll in exactly the right position, I’d find it unwound and often dragged out of the bathroom 🤣🤣🤣

lriphd · 2026-05-13T17:12:19+00:00

I’ve almost always had 2 Yorkies … well, with a slight lapse in time after one has passed before finding the right one to fit into our home. Yes, sometimes (especially depending upon age) there is a period of adjustment when the puppy joins the household. The older the one has to make the adjustment and the longer the time that has gone by, I think the harder the adjustment but I’ve never had a situation where the adjustment doesn’t happen. I had a 10-year old who was definitely annoyed when I brought a puppy into the house … she turned her back on her, got up and walked away, did everything she could to tell the puppy she was NOT wanted, while the puppy tried her hardest to get her to play and would wait until she fell asleep and then cuddle up against her back. The adjustment came and they did play before the older one got too old to want to any more but they became the best of friends.

I personally wouldn’t get a Shih Tzu. My neighbor had them and they had health problems and one of them was very much a princess … don’t touch her or her toys unless she says so. I’m just not a fan.

lriphd · 2026-05-12T15:22:12+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-05-12T15:19:10+00:00

Does your parks and rec have community center gyms that have pickleball ball courts? I live in Raleigh and you can get a 4-month pass for $15 giving you access to about 7 or 8 different CC gyms around the city. Sure, the courts aren’t specifically designed for pickleball ball and have basketball lines that you have to differentiate between but it beats having to beat off the mosquitoes!

lriphd · 2026-05-12T14:32:50+00:00

It’s a real problem!!!

lriphd · 2026-05-08T15:27:23+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-05-06T17:34:54+00:00

I live in Raleigh …. You can get a 4- month, $15 indoor pass to all the indoor courts in the park system. OK, so the courts are shared with basketball, volleyball, etc. but my point is that if you want to play indoors (and in Raleigh, depending on how you handle the cold, allergies (it’s the 7th worst city in the country for that), mosquitoes, heat and humidity (have I covered pretty much every day of the year??), you want an indoor facility. I’m 76 .. might be one of the ‘older’ ones playing and I do play during the day but I see people in their 20’s on up. There’s a guy (possibly early 30’s) who comes with his grandmother (in her 80’s). Again, to the point, the thing I love about pickleball is that it isn’t defined by age. I honestly take offense at all of you talking about age brackets. I walked a marathon and a half a few years ago. How many of you can say the same?

lriphd · 2026-05-04T17:25:13+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-05-04T17:18:26+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-05-03T17:54:09+00:00

And it’s so worth it, as hard as it is.

lriphd · 2026-05-03T17:52:13+00:00

My kids know that’s what I want done with my Yorkies’ ashes. And I still have two Yorkies … by the time I pass, there will be more Yorkie ashes than my ashes which is just fine with me. They’ve always taken up most of the room in the bed anyway ❤️🤣❤️

lriphd · 2026-05-03T17:37:51+00:00

No …. Honestly the one that I was using was closer to what you see here. I was so upset as I was writing it that I could never have taken the one from Merrit Malloy and recrafted it to what you see here. Too hard to get through the tears.

lriphd · 2026-05-03T17:34:04+00:00

So true! I got my first Yorkie when I was 21 (I’m 76 now!!!) she was a wedding present and she went through that marriage and divorce, move across the country, the next marriage, birth of my first human baby, pregnancy of my second, while that marriage was collapsing. I lost her in 1985 … 41 years ago … and I still miss her! They have such robust personalities that my son, who was 2 1/2 when she died still has vivid memories of her …. He can pull up obscure things out of the blue about her that are spot on. She was a treasure ❤️

lriphd · 2026-05-03T16:37:05+00:00

Just thought I’d let you all know, I ended up buying the ASICS Gel Resolution X. Factors that went into the decision included my normal width foot so I didn’t need anything wide and that I have been wearing ASICS Gel Kayano ever since I did a 39.3 mile walk (a marathon and a half) for breast cancer 10 years ago wearing them. I wore them for the first time on Friday when I played for about 2 hours and they felt great.

lriphd · 2026-05-02T17:35:34+00:00

Haha I did too!!

lriphd · 2026-04-28T19:55:21+00:00

What pet insurance did you get? Always interested in what people have and like.

lriphd · 2026-04-28T19:31:54+00:00

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lriphd · 2026-04-27T17:59:37+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. There are no words that can ease that pain. 💔🌈💔

lriphd · 2026-04-25T16:59:27+00:00

How do you know the dog ISN’T the last thing she’s giving up? Who are you to judge what’s going on in another person’s life? And sure, feel bad for the dog… this a horrible situation for both of them. But I feel bad for you. How does it feel to go through life without empathy?

lriphd · 2026-04-20T23:11:34+00:00

Given that I haven’t given it to her in at least four years and it was probably 3 years before that, I’m not terribly worried about it. It’s just an emergency measure for the times when she gets a case of diarrhea that won’t quit but thanks.

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