XOXO

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Hey Turkey!

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The Tale of the Apple Thief

Journaling: I decided in January 2008 that I needed to make sure that my family eats more fruit. We have a bad habit of not looking in the refrigerator fruit drawer and forgetting about it. So I placed a fruit bowl on our dinning room table. It didn’t take long, it seemed like my plan was a success. We were going through a couple apples a day. Then I noticed that Chinook had an unfamiliar red ball. That is of course until I got a better look at it. Little did I know I was just feeding Chinook.

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What part of meow don't you understand?

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Crikey

Brookfield Zoo

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The Beast

Journaling:
Poor Chinook. It all began because Justin’s best friend, Liam, is afraid of animals. So the kids began calling Chinook “The Beast” and would run away from him. We know it is just a game but Chinook is a nice dog - Beast is clearly not an appropriate name...2008

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Beauty

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All Boy

Justin @ Uncle Joe's house in Rochester, WA 04/07

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On the Prowl

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Where's Dinner?

Tigger sitting at the dining room table.

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Focused

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Feeding Frenzy

Journaling: Botanical Gardens. Feeding Canadian Geese and fish that surpass their size. Justin, Kayla, Lucas
6-2-08

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Nikita

Journaling: It has been over two years since Nikita passed but we still miss her. Every once in a while Justin will start talking about her and how ,”We have to rescue her from heaven” - because she is our dog and he misses her. It has helped that we have had a few fish that have passed, since they are now keeping her company.

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A Day In the Life of Chinook

Journaling:
A day in the life of Chinook
6:00am Have Tim wake me up and take him for a walk (mark my territory)
6:30am Say the pledge of allegiance
7:00am Go back to sleep upstairs
7:30am Ask for a treat
8:00am Work out
8:30am Eat breakfast
9:00am Harass Tigger
9:30am Go for a drive
10:00am Sleep on my chair in the basement
11:00am Go outside
11:30am Steel food from Justin
12:00pm Lay outside in the sun
1:00pm Take Justin and Diane for a walk to the woods (mark my territory)
2:00pm Get a drink from the main floor bathroom
2:30pm Chase Tigger
3:00pm Go to sleep on the front room couch
3:15pm, Get kicked off the front room couch
4:00pm Go back to the basement and sleep on my chair
4:30pm See what Justin is doing
5:00pm Wrestle with Tigger
5:30p,m Make sure the yard is safe and secure
6:00pm Silent beg at dinner
7:00pm Hang out withy the family
8:00pm chase Tigger
8:30pm Tuck Justin in bed
8:45pm Take Tim for another walk – he is high maintenance (mark my territory)
9:30pm Watch TV with Diane and Tim (they love when I stand in front of them)
10:00pm Get a drink from the upstairs toilet
10:30pm Go to bed between Diane and Tim
11:30pm Follow Diane to the office & lay next to her when she can’t sleep & is up scraping

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Hug LO

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Tigger (The Lion King)

Note the book Tigger is on top of - "The Lion King"

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The Neighborhood Chicken

Journaling:
About three or four months ago, our neighbor Deborah saw a man drive by our street and throw a chicken out of his car. The chicken began to hang out at Deborah’s house by their doorway. It would stare at them through their front room window. She has to young children and was a bit worried bout the chicken because it seemed a little aggressive. She thought maybe it had been a fighting cock. She had called animal control a number of times. They came out but never caught the chicken

Time went on and the chicken began to expand her territory. Soon she was roaming about a two block radius. We are right next to the forest preserves but the chicken never seemed to wonder toward it. The chicken actually did quit well for herself. We were surprised that she wasn’t caught by a fox or coyote.

Then in April they caught one and sited another cougar not far from our neighborhood. We were a bit concerned the chicken would be cougar bait.

It was actually pretty amusing living in the City of Chicago and looking out your front window to see a chicken run across your front lawn.

She sort of started becoming the neighborhood pet. The kids were always following her around. She would let you get real close to her.

I would be standing outside talking to a neighbor and suddenly say, oh look their goes the chicken!” I can tell you one thing that chicken always put a smile my face.

On April 18, 2008, our neighbor Ronda saw the chicken on her front lawn. The chicken then crossed the street to the Illings house. Rhonda called Denise to jokingly say, “Your chicken is home.” The chicken had begun to take up residence in her yard. Denise said, “You know we should probably call animal control. The chicken is leaving droppings all over the place. The kids keep following it around it’s probably not a good idea for it to be roaming our block.” She called animal control. It was a beautiful day so a lot of the neighbors were outside. When animal control arrived the neighbors were attempting to help catch the chicken. I have to say it was very entertaining. Finally they caught her. The man from animal control said they were going to take her to a farm. I hope that’s true.

The kids were all upset when they came home from school to find out the chicken was gone. Later Rhonda and Denise felt guilty. I think everyone actually misses the chicken. I know I do. I mean she did always make me laugh, and I like laughing.


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So, you think it is okay to leave without me?

Tigger before we left for our cruise in February

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Howl LO

Journaling: I am a wolf I am a wolf,running through the trees. Following the scents,on the midnight breeze. I am a wolf, howling beneath a silver moon. Hoping that my loyal pack,will answer back quite soon. I am a wolf, standing with my beautiful mate.We must stand strong and brave,and face any challenges we meet. I am a wolf, Hunting with my pack.With the young and the old wolves waiting, for meat to be brought back. I am a wolf, and I must kill to survive.But isn't that something we all must do, in order to stay alive? I am a wolf, withstanding man's fear and hate.But many have come to love wolves, and for us that's quite a treat. I am a wolf, wild, fierce and free. Living in forests and mountains, stretching as far as the eye can see. I am a wolf, I'd never want to be anything more. And I hope that even after I'm gone, there will be wolves forevermore. Sloane Jensen

Justin & Margaret Brookfield Zoo March 26, 2008

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Groundhog Day LO

Journaling: I’m a Little Groundhog
Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little Groundhog, Fat and brown, Popping up above the ground. I sure hope my shadow doesn’t show, ‘Cause if I does, We’ll have more snow!
Diane Thom
Brookfield Zoo February 2, 2008

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This was a scraplift from Hillary Heidelberg's City Life LO in the Feb 2007 issue of Memory Makers Magazine

http://hillaryheidelberg.typepad.com/photos/published/citylifecompletesubmit.html