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Sabrina Heise

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True confessions: * Not as politically aware as I should be. * I bite my nails. * I didn't love the Sex and the City movie. * I am actually, really addicted to sugar and should probably be in a 12-step program. * By addicted, I mean, I lash out at people and get grumpy when I haven't had my sug...

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Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles...

As some of you may know, Margaret is a soon-to-be dachshund mom. In her search for all things dachsund-related, she stumbled upon this website:

Common German Names Used as Dachsund Names

Here’s the kick. Being German myself, a lot of these names sound fairly familiar. It turns out that many of my family members’ names are popular picks for American people to name their dogs. Wowie. Thank goodness the closest thing to my name was Sabine (even though I’ve been told before that so-and-so had a dog named Sabrina).

• Andrea (cousin)
• Anette (aunt)
• Arno (uncle)
• Arnold (great uncle)
• Benno (Anette’s husband, my mom’s bro)
• Britta  (cousin)
• Elke (close family friend--practically an aunt)
• Elsie (great aunt)
• Frieda (great aunt)
• Fritz (grandfather)
• Gertrude (great aunt)
• Heidi (2 aunts)
• Helga (great aunt)
• Helmut (uncle)
• Klaus (dad’s middle name)
• Lukas (my name if I were a boy)
• Olga (great aunt)
• Rita  (2^nd cousin)
• Siegfried (uncle)
• Ursula (also called Uschi—mom’s cousin)