Melissa Miles McCarter

@fatdaddysfarm

Melissa Miles McCarter

Melissa Miles McCarter
Location
Ironton, Missouri, USA
Birthday
February 27
Title
Smiler
Company
Fat Daddy's Farm
Bio
Melissa Miles McCarter lives in Ironton, MO with her husband, step-son, two English bulldogs (Daisy and Boss Hog) and three kitties. She is working on her dissertation on postfeminist composition studies. She also has a small press, Fat Daddy's Farm; right now she is editing a new anthology on motherhood and loss, "Joy, Interrupted," and the ebook version of her memoir, "Insanity: A Love Story" came out in March 2012. For more info, you can check out http://fatdaddysfarm.org

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APRIL 15, 2009 9:41PM

Calmbully

Today the dogs were hyper and I hadn't slept very well--so I learned online I could give chamomile tea to the dogs to calm them down. I mixed it with some ham stock I made for bean soup and it seems to be working.


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APRIL 13, 2009 6:40PM

Easter Monday

It is the Monday after Easter--Saturday night I made scrumptious Enchilada Casserole, one vegetarian and the other with beef.

Veggie Easy Enchilada Casserole Recipe:

Can of enchilada sauce

Lots of Taco cheese blend

Chopped-Zucchini -Green Pepper -Onion

Corn Tortillas

Layer the above ingredients

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Bulldogs
Crocs

View from our porch

Wood to be burned

Our newly sowed garden

Closeup of real broken blue bird egg

Toolbox, egg, catnips seeds in dirt (in a bundt cake pan)
APRIL 5, 2009 7:50PM

Lazy Daisy and Boss Hog Sunday

APRIL 5, 2009 12:33AM

SNL Snuggle

While we watch Saturday Night Live, we snuggle...

APRIL 3, 2009 2:08PM

Playtime!

Today is the optimal time to plant according to the Farmer's Almanac--and in bulldog land, it appears to be the optimal time to play. Boss plays so differently with another dog--bulldog specifically. He does tug of war and keep away, something he never did with us. And, his favorite, is what…

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APRIL 2, 2009 12:06AM

Boss is Sick

Today wasn't very much fun in Bullyland. Boss was sick and Daisy was lonely. Boss threw up multiple times--even all over his crate while napping. He also was shivering, which broke my heart--he hates covers but he even let me swaddle him in a blanket to warm him…

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MARCH 30, 2009 5:06PM

Monday Bulliness






I am hanging out with the two bullies on our porch amid the construction vestiges feeling the cool breeze this Monday morning. Boss and Daisy are enjoying their time outside, hanging out. Boss is scratching his back on the rough carpet on the porch while Daisy che/…

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MARCH 28, 2009 2:44PM

Boss Babyness






Thinking about all the baby moments of Boss, keeping Daisy's babyness in perspective.
MARCH 27, 2009 11:07PM

Boss Nostalgia






Not wanting to forget Bossness with the new entrance of Daisyness...




Supposedly she is crate trained. Supposedly house trained. But that doesn't mean, I am finding, in my house. Back to basics, and I pulling out the potty training I learned from Boss and a step-son. It even makes me want to go back on birth control and/…

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Otherwise known as Lazy Daizy, Hog Dog, Daisy Duke, The Boss, and other cute bully names as , deemed needed at the time. First there was Boss Hog Hurley, partly named after Boss Hog from the Dukes of Hazzards and after the lovable and witty character Hurley on our favorite show…

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