Bringing along OCD . . .

Even though I’m no longer blogging here, I want to keep the blog up for anyone who might find help and encouragement in the posts.  Below are links to some of the posts that seemed to be the...

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It’s more than just wanting your closet to be color-coded. It’s more than keeping your things neat and in place. It’s more than insisting on keeping a clean house. It’s a serious m...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2018/10/what-i-want-you-to-know-about-realocd.html

Dear readers, I have thought about this for a long time and done a lot of journaling and plain soul-searching. I have come to the conclusion that at least for now, I’m discontinuing posts on ...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2016/02/goodbye-for-now.html

One thing that has kept me busy for the last few months is helping the local nonprofit that works with our county animal shelter get its new website up and running. They put out a call for a v...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/11/volunteering.html

I started a new job on May 1, and I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to tell you how that’s going. So I thought I’d use today’s post to catch you up. I am a public information specia...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/11/where-i-work-what-i-do.html

Abbey, the tiny girl we adopted from the county shelter in April, has been a wonderful addition to our family. You may remember when I was still blogging in May that Abbey seemed to have s...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/11/plucky-abbey.html

Chase Bird, Christmas 2014 I can’t tell you about the last six months without first telling you about Chase Bird. We lost our boy on Tuesday, October 27. You know that my cats are my fam...

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Hello, friends! It has been many months since I’ve been in this space. A short time away turned into a longer period than I thought it would be. Many times I thought about starting back, b...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/11/back-to-blogging-back-to-my-friends.html

Abbey on her stool under the window. We got some upsetting news about Abbey this past week. She was set to have her spay done on Tuesday. I dropped her off at the vet’s office on the way...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-lesson-i-have-to-keep-learning.html

Abbey Hello, dear readers. I’m feeling a bit out of breath and overwhelmed right now with all the changes going on, but I wanted to catch you up on those changes. The big change is my ne...

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Abbey Hunny Bee Barbour Meet Abbey. She is the newest member of our family. We adopted her yesterday from the Campbell County Animal Shelter, and we are so excited! She is about one year o...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/04/meet-newest-member-of-barbour-family.html

Chase Bird relaxing in the sun on the enclosed porch. My anxiety is high, and I can’t seem to relax. That’s what I’ve been like for a while. I finally settled things with the job hunt,...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-time-of-anxiety.html

“You were running through the store like a cheetah,” Larry told me. We laughed, and I said he was exaggerating, but I actually would have liked to be able to run like a cheetah on Saturday...

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This is a view of the main road through Rustburg in December 2013, before the start of the Christmas Parade. How quickly things can change! I told you on Monday that I had accepted a job wit...

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A photo of Broad Street in Altavista. I think I took this on a Sunday a couple of years ago. I was standing at the library looking down the street. English Park is in the distance, as is the S...

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Today I have the pleasure of reviewing a book written by a woman who I met through blogging and who has inspired me with her advocacy for educating others about OCD. The book is OVERCOMING...

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Waddles and I in 2004.  I searched the magazine racks, back and forth, up and down. The only issue I could find was the next month’s issue, already on the stands, not the current month’...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/03/yes-i-love-cats.html

Slower than molasses in winter. That’s what I’ve spent the last two months thinking. What’s moving so slow? The job search process. Or rather, the hiring process. On Monday when I post...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-news-and-no-news.html

I am ashamed that I haven’t posted in a while and left with no explanation. There are so many things that have kept me from posting. I hope as I write the next several posts, I can explain mys...

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Hello, dear readers. I hope you have been warm and safe wherever you are. Central Virginia has had frigid temperatures in the single digits to 0 and even below, and that’s not taking into acco...

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Hello, friends. I hope wherever you are, you are safe and warm. This wild winter weather in the U.S. is wreaking a lot of havoc. It has been very cold in my part of Virginia, and it’s supposed...

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Six years ago, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, our Thunder Cat crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Thunder Cat was Larry’s first cat, and I officially became his mom when Larry and I got married in 200...

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Above and below, Chase Bird enjoying the sunshine on his fur on our enclosed back porch. Winter temps return this week. I’ve just about lost all hope for the new job. I am supposed to...

http://bringingalongocd.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-worst-thing-ever-sometimes-isnt.html

I can’t help but be glad that January is over. I spent a good part of it sick with various ailments and took three different antibiotics trying to get over everything. The good news is that ...

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This is Chase Bird sitting on my lap while we watched the Virginia/Virginia Tech basketball game Sunday. At one point, it looked like Virginia might lose. Chase Bird couldn't bear to look at t...

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