Today is my birthday, I am thirteen years old today. In eight weeks I will have lived with Far Side and Far Guy for 13 years.
I am getting old, feeling my age a bit but I still go for walks and I can play ball as long as I don’t jump in the air…Far Side just rolls the ball for me now a days. I take pills that make my arthritis better and I can go up and down the stairs most days. I need help to get in and out of the vehicle. I still like to go for rides.
Far Side says I am a little spoiled. Now who really knows for sure. I have plenty of food and special treats and a warm place to sleep and good company.
![Chance #4 Dec 26 2004 Chance #4 Dec 26 2004](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gD7nnbtprdgrC8NbaLLKrC9omoYiuEQgeTm9pxLBQuV0cUGPY7yollhY5D9zJnO784XtLmnuSffqHsritR2wJFgx9nifYBC4Lw4Fcp9v5vu2n6dPGA5XC2wsSgBmgvKv-s0qOLQvzPI/?imgmax=800)
December 26 2004
This was back when I was so lonely at night that Far Side laid on the couch all night with one hand inside the laundry basket where I slept.
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Someone put me in an airplane March 2005
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Driving a boat in 2006 probably on Lake Kabetogama
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In a snowbank December 2008
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Among the daisies 2009
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Chasing water drops 2010
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My magestic on a rock photo in 2010
2012 on a foggy October morning in Indiana
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October 2013
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October 2014
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October 2015
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October 2016
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Happy Birthday to me! This is my official 13th birthday photo. Not sure how many more birthdays I will have. Far Side says everyday is a gift….hope my gift is a little bit of cheese …or some spaghetti squash…or peanut butter!
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