holidays are as festive as you are.  festive is as festive does. even if it's raining and gray and muddy, you can always put on ...

i think photo calendars are a FUNctional and often hilarious present. i like them. dogs like them too! big thanks to betsylife for s...

  there are very few things in my life that i have done for consistently for 5 years straight.  i haven't stayed at one school, or pl...

this weekend we took pouncey out to trails end in waynesville to play with his brothers and his mama. there were 4 pups in his litter. all...

you will not find many recipes on this blog, but this one is fun:  1. peel a banana  2. bedazzle it with cashews  3. mangia! 

we were 6 hours into a 9 hour road trip, in a hotel parking lot in columbus, georgia. we were on our way to the florida panhandle for 'p...

snuggling with miss maizey, the almost-13 year old golden retriever.  also, if you haven't already, get your grubby paws on "...

my brother is 2 years younger than i am. he is also much more social than i am. when we were growing up, many times i wanted him to disappea...

pouncey had some vaccines this morning and as i brought him into the office, the vet said "looks like somebody ate his wheaties this mo...

happy birthday to my DAD! My dad is the greatest! Here is one small example. Not only did he go to every single one of my Saturday socc...

once upon a time there was a waterfall. nacho went to the top of the waterfall. nacho hopped straight down the face of the waterf...

it's been an eventful time for the doggies over here. last week, pouncey was caught like a striped bass by a fly fishing hook in the...