Me and Mine |
First off – “Hey.” My name is Mickey Mericle. I live in
the Uptown area of I have 3 basset hounds: Murphy (15),
McDuff (13), and Morrisey (1). I do basset rescue fostering and let’s
just say I’ve been less than successful letting go of the hounds that
pass through my doors. I got Murphy when she was 4 months old from the humane
society while I was in grad school. She may be the only basset in the world
with more frequent flier miles than people since she’s traveled the world
with me. McDuff came from Michigan Basset Rescue and my first words about him
were “he’s not very attractive”. Oh, how could I have ever
thought that as I now know he is the most handsome boy in the world? Morrisey
is the latest. She came into the house a terrorized, un-housetrained
disaster, but after a month she howled in concert with McDuff and it was all
over. ** Update: On February 21,
2006, McDuff, my sweet
boy, went to the Rainbow
Bridge.** The Salt Mines I earn my living as a finance manager
at Target Corporation. I’m currently supporting the Target.com part of
the business. Love the company. Who doesn’t love to shop at Target,
especially with an employee discount? It’s awesome, although no
maternity leave for adoptive parents, boo hoo, so I’m using all my
vacay just to go get the little peanut. No time off when I get back.
She’ll be in therapy for years, I suspect. Sick Days On my time off, I love to be outdoors.
I still haven’t learned my way around With 3 dogs, I spend hours every
weekend at the dog parks which are awesome in Reasons for Therapy My mom and dad live in ** Update: I wrote the previous
paragraph on February 12, 2006.
On March 27, 2006 my wonderful sister, my best friend, died suddenly
of a pulmonary embolism. It is
hard to see a future without her.
It makes me so incredibly sad she will never meet her niece
Annabelle.** Our last family photo, taken on Christmas Day, 2005 |
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