Mondays are the toughest days of the week. Mississippi has had two days with the both of us instead of just boring old me. During the weekend we aren’t usually on the computer and generally if we are home, we are interacting with Mississippi in some way. Come Monday, Tom goes back to work and…

“Yer so cute I’m gonna eat you up.”

Looks like someone’s got a case of the Mondays. We had a very lovely weekend and I’m having trouble getting motivated now. Let’s retrace our steps. Friday morning I took Mississippi into Rockin’ Roxy’s for a half day and Tricia convinced me to take the night off from doggy duty. I went home and cried…

I took Mississippi to Rockin’ Rocky’s today for a half day of daycare and to book us a night of boarding on the 30th. We got to talking about Mississippi and how hard it’s been. Tricia at Roxy’s said something to me that I think will be my new mantra. “You are doing a great…

I’ve started mapping out all the galleries in Portland that I can find. The descriptions have website links and hours. I’ve just moved here so I know I’m missing a great deal. Please send me more links and info and I’ll add them. View PDX Art in a larger map

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Our trainer had said he thought maybe we didn’t have enough toys laying around the house. She is very good at destroying toys so many of her things are kept on the mantle for supervised play times. She destroyed a few of her first toys. So yesterday on my lunch break I went shopping. I…

I ate apple 128 while hiding out in Tom’s man cave. I needed to get some serious work done and our dog Mississippi is being a little brat, as usual. I’ve got my apple, some strawberries, and some juice down here. I’m plowing through bugs ten times faster than I would if I were upstairs…

I pulled a tuberous root out of the back yard a couple months ago. It was too thick to put in the yard debris bin. It has been sitting by the side of the house along with a large branch that the movers knocked off our tree. We break sticks off all the time for…

We had two at home visits this week. Once from Richard Spencer-Mills who specializes in tough cases and herding breeds, and one from our trainer Tim from Pawsitively Pawssible. Things have definitely calmed down here and I feel like now we can start to really get some serious training into her. Richard helped me so…

Today was a great day, Mississippi went to doggy day care for the first time, I got a development environment up and running, which means my work contract could be extended, and I found out I don’t have skin cancer. I didn’t really believe what I had was skin cancer, but it’s been worrying me…

We’ve had Mississippi for four weeks now. We are still having plenty of bad moments, but there are plenty of good moments now too. Since I hurt my foot last week (it’s healing fast), I haven’t taken her for a walk but Tom says the walks are sometimes downright pleasant. She’s been going to dog…

I wanna bake a cake so bad right now. TheDVchallenge.com presents “Dessert Island” from Keith Heyward on Vimeo.

Edelweiss Deli **** 3119 SE 12th Ave at Powell, Portland OR Hello momma. Wow, this place is oozing with deliciousness. A deli/German grocery store with tons of German meats for sale. Sausages of every variety imaginable and large racks of smoked pork chops that I must try. They have a small seating area and you…

The above video is me showing off my incredibly smart and talented dog. After just three weeks she can do all these commands and more. And just look at how darn cute she is! When I watch this video I can’t believe I have moments when I want to give her back. She’s the best…