Babe's needs are pretty basic:  shelter, food, water, exercise and love.  Her schedule never really changes from day to day.  She is getting a little older and a little slower.  She sleeps more and she gets cranky more often. But then, aren’t we all?!  Babe is my niece’s nine (nearly ten) year old Boxer.  Well, … Continue reading Through Babe’s Eyes →

As long as I can remember, I have longed for, desired to have, dreamed about and pined for long, thick, wavy, healthy, beautiful hair - girlie hair.  For many, many years I bought in to the belief that long hair made you more feminine.  It made you more desirable.  It made you more beautiful.  It … Continue reading Why Does Your Hair Look Like That? →

So, my planned topic this week was French toast and the recollections that surround my sometimes... ahhhh... umm... ineffective attempts at preparing this simple dish.  That intention was unashamedly ambushed.  As the week has progressed and cooler, crisper weather has moved in, I have been forced to conduct my annual (bi-annual actually), relocation of spiders duty...and yes, that was the nice way of putting … Continue reading I Don’t See Spiders Like I Used To! →

With everything going on this past week, the sadness that has overtaken our country in a crazy and unfathomable way, it has been a struggle to sit down and concentrate enough to be able to write something light and cheery over the past few days.  I think I am pretty sheltered.... no, I know I am very … Continue reading As Long as You Can See the Double Line… →