I’m finally have completed Marisa & Ami’s birthday gifts (they were both in February) and am ready to deliver them! Needless to say, my grandma’s birthday and Emily’s birthday were this week. So I caught up, but instantly fell behind again.

This past weekend was busy & fun-filled. Jay’s parents came to town on Friday afternoon, and stayed thru Monday morning. We had a great visit with them, that included our first puppy kindergarden class & a trip on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train. Of course I took my camera!…but the only thing we took [...]

In the land of paper shredders, cheaper is NOT better. I have had 3 relatively inexpensive paper shredders in my self-employed life. They all have a shelf life of about 3 months before they get jammed, and start to make dying sounds when shredding the paper, and I get to the point where I want [...]

It’s 8:29 on Easter morning. The sun is shining, I’ve already been up, played with Murphy & fed him. Watched Good Morning America. Taken a shower. Checked my email. Jay has a wedding to do food for today (who get’s married on Easter?). I’m getting ready to pack up the car (including the dog) and [...]

Yesterday we took Murphy to the off-leash dog park for the first time. We want him to get socialized with other dogs, and we figured this was a good way to do it. They have a special section for shy & small dogs, and that sounded perfect. But when we got there, there weren’t any [...]