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 [...]

An old dog teaches me a darn good new trick… I have a granddog named Ryder who is one of the great joys of my life. She came to our family… well, to my daughter Jane, really… 10 years ago.  We had recently said painful good-byes our 2 family dogs, two brothers whom we had rescued and raised for 13 [...]

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 [...]

It has been almost 11 months since we lost our beloved Seth. Having 3 dogs was never overwhelming for me and Brian. Seth, Ryder and Tansy had an excellent dynamic together. So Brian and I had been talking for awhile about getting another dog – a brother or sister for Ryder and Tansy. We figured since we just bought a [...]

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 take the dogs to the park every morning. Tansy is 3 years old and 100% puppy energy. She runs after the ball at lightning speed. And then there’s Ryder, who still loves to fetch the ball, but takes more of a frolic approach to chasing it. At 9 years old, she can’t quite keep up with her [...]

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 [...]

You know those days on your life’s calendar that you’ve come to accept… but that you’ve been dreading? Yesterday was one of those life calendar days for me. My Mom had surgery scheduled for early yesterday morning.  I was awake all the previous night.  Tossing.  Turning.  Trying to turn off the thinking. I got out of bed at 4:00 am.  [...]

I’ve been writing a series of fun, easy little tidbits to share with your kids and grandkids each day… 365 Days of Literacy for Kids. Each day in 2011, I’ve shared something interesting to talk about with kids -  a word, a poem, a flower, an insect, a letter… and in September, IDIOMS. Today, the IDIOM I shared came to [...]

… Because how can this not make you smile!?