Jan 16, 2014

Snowman Season!

Christmas decorations and music are so incredibly beautiful during the month of December.  Isn’t it strange how they become so hideous and garish come January until the next December?  No, tha...
Jan 9, 2014

A Thank You Note to Mom? Really?

Don’t know about you, but by the time Christmas is over, I’m exhausted, depleted, done.  But there was still another chore to do. So it was time, time for Sam to write some thank you note...
Jan 8, 2014

A Christmas Blunder for the Ages

Some dear friends have an adorable eight-month-old daughter named Grace, so for Christmas I got her some multi-colored stacking toys and a couple of Christmas board books.  It was all innocent, I swe...
Jan 3, 2014

New Year, Day 2

  So how it is so far for you, this 2014 thing?  Well, here’s my first blog entry of the new year.  Oh, the pressure of it all, to have something to say that is truly interesting for othe...
Dec 25, 2013

Merry Christmas from the "Real" Santa!

  Ah, what a relief!  Time to write a blog entry again — WOO HOO!  That to me is the best gift of all!  Christmas Day is here, and it all got done.  Well, not really but hopefully most ...
Dec 12, 2013

Sad News About Cowboy = Great News for Louise

  In the ongoing battle between sweet doggy Cowboy and Louise the outraged Queen Mother Kitty, we have a final winner.  Much to her elation, Louise is the last man/animal/cat standing.  To make...
Nov 28, 2013

Cowboy’s Turkey-Time Tussle

Cowboy has quite a thing going for this innocent stuffed animal turkey!!  Not sure what about it makes him quite so CRAZY OBSESSED, but there’s something special going on there all right!  Loo...
Nov 18, 2013

My Boy Cowboy v. Cat Girl Louise

So are you Team Cowboy or Team Louise? Oh my!  This dog really is like having a second child.  Actually it’s more like having a third, if you include Louise, which you definitely should.  Let...