We had quite the eventful evening with the puppy last night. And I don’t mean oh-that-was-exciting! eventful; I mean oh-that-was-scary-(and-expensive)! eventful. My parents are closing on a house today in my town today (yay! They will be so close!), so yesterday I helped them with the final packing and loading push for their move. I left the pups at home [...]

I spend a lot of time online. So a lot of my shopping gets done – you guessed it – online. In the last couple of weeks alone, I’ve opened my door to find packages containing: a food processor, hand sanitizer, books, canvas prints, shampoo/conditioner – and dog food. Ordering dog food online was a new one for me. I’m [...]

I mentioned last week that Brian and I had put in an application to adopt a new puppy from a rescue group. We were approved to adopt, but it turned out that the dog we were looking at had already been placed in a home. We were disappointed because she was a little cutie, but we were also happy that [...]

Brian and I have been talking about making an addition to our family for awhile now. No, not a baby (yet)… A dog! Yes, we do already have two dogs… but we love them so much and want to open up our hearts and our home to another one. Plus, we’re not unfamiliar with having three dogs; when our Sethy [...]

This morning, I wrote a post about the joys a dog can bring to an otherwise difficult day. Then I went about my day… mostly centered around my Mom as she recovers from complicated surgery. Happy to say, my Mom is doing beautifully.  She is able to sit up, albeit with pain.  She ate almost her entire lunch of delectable [...]

Brian and I just moved to a new apartment. We love it because it’s within walking distance to the downtown area and, especially now that summer has arrived, we can enjoy walks in to town with the dogs. We take them to swim in the harbor, we take them to the ice cream shop (well, to sit outside with us [...]

I love my dogs and I love my nieces and nephews. So anything that allows me to combine these loves? Well, of course I love. Audrey is my only dog-less sibling, but I have my two dogs and Audrey’s husband’s sisters both have dogs, so Audrey’s boys have lots of 4-legged cousins in their lives. My nephews have always been [...]

As I’ve mentioned, Brian and I are just starting the process of looking for a house, and for the past year we’ve been living between our parents’ houses. It hasn’t been ideal, but we’re grateful that our parents have allowed us to do this in order to save money, especially at the expense of their personal space! We are also [...]

It’s time for bed… it’s late, Brian is already sleeping and all the lights are off in the condo. It’s not all darkness, though; there’s the light from my laptop, of course, but also the rotating glow from the lighthouse beacon in the near distance. It is quite beautiful and soothing. I love working late at night because there are [...]

This past Saturday, February 19, we had to put our Seth to rest. As you know, he was diagnosed with bone cancer in November. He put up a good fight for 3 months, but he had just gotten too weak and tired. He wasn’t himself. He was letting us know that it was time. To say that his absence has [...]