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The Half-Couch Compromise: A Pig’s Guide to Guilt
She peed twice. Learned nothing. Negotiated furniture access. If you’ve ever wondered what shame looks like on a pig, allow me to introduce you to Moonpie — currently half on the couch, half off, and fully reconsidering her life choices. This morning started like any other. Breakfast was served. The house was calm. The carpet…
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Why We Foster (The Part That Hurts)
People ask us all the time why we foster. The short answer is simple:We saw a need, and we had the room and the resources to help. That answer is true — but it’s incomplete. Five years ago, we opened our home thinking we understood what that meant. Since then, more than 30 children have…
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Pet Life Lessons: What Moonpie & Ginger Teach Us
Life’s greatest lessons don’t always come from books—they often trot in on four legs, with a snout, and a wagging tail. Take Moonpie, our indoor pig. Lesson one: waste not, want not. If it hits the floor, it’s a gourmet inspection! Every crumb’s a treasure. Then there’s Ginger, our patient dog. Lesson two: patience, young…
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Snackie Patrol: Moonpie & Ginger on Highchair Duty
Some families have a dog under the highchair. We have Moonpie the pig and Ginger the dog — our elite, four-legged Snackie Squad. Every mealtime is a slow-motion action movie: baby drops a nugget → Moonpie snorts like a tiny tornado → Ginger tiptoes in for backup. They coordinate like professional food critics: no crumb…
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Laundry, Laughter and Legendary Messes
Laundry, Laughter & Legendary Messes Category: Chaos & Grace → Home Life Cleaning the house in our family is less “tidying up” and more “an epic adventure in chaos management.” Imagine me, armed with a vacuum, tackling mountains of laundry while Mark lovingly surveys the scene, muttering “I might need this someday” about random piles…
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Camping and Campfire Chaos
Camping & Campfire Chaos Category: Outdoor Adventures → Camping & Fires Some families go camping to “get back to nature.” Our family goes camping for sleeping bags full of sand, marshmallows on fire, and stories that get exaggerated every year. Bonus points if someone forgets the coffee — yes, that’s actually happened. The kids ran…
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Mud, Boots & Hiking Trails
Mud, Boots & Hiking Trails Category: Outdoor Adventures → Hiking & Trails Some families go on hikes for fresh air and photos. Our family goes on hikes for mud pies, chaos, and arguments about who chose the longest hiking trail. Bonus points if someone (usually Parker) steps in the one puddle of mud that covers…
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Moonpie: The Pig Who Thinks She’s the Boss
Most people get a dog when they want a pet. Or maybe a cat. We got a pig. An indoor pig named Moonpie. And she is absolutely convinced she runs this household. Step one in our mornings: don’t wake Moonpie. Step two: hope she doesn’t run you over to get to the breakfast bowl. Step…
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Cleaning With a Collector
You know those idyllic Pinterest cleaning tutorials? The ones where a couple happily dusts, folds, and sparkles through their perfectly curated home? Yeah… we don’t do that. Because in our house, the husband is affectionately referred to as “the Collector.” And by “collector with hording tendencies,” I mean he has a *very special relationship* with…
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And A Pig In The House
Let’s clear something up immediately: this was not part of the original life plan. At some point, someone said, “It’ll be fine — she won’t really be *trouble*.” Reader… she lives inside. We have dogs. We have parrots. We have chickens. We have rabbits. We have foster kids, bio kids, and visiting kids. And now,…