Father’s Day is right around the corner and while my husband isn’t my father I still have been trying to think of some fun and unique gift to get him from the kids for his special day. Sure a World’s Best Dad mug is awesome, but he has 6 of those already and I don’t [...]
For some reason I don’t ever remember seeing the buddy poppies when I was young. I’m sure they were there, I just don’t remember them, but ever since I met my my husband the buddy poppy has become an important symbol in my life. I remember the first time we encountered the buddy poppy together [...]
Today I’m participating in a Mother’s Day contest hosted by NerdWallet. All you have to do for the contest is write a blog post about the best Mother’s Day present under $25. Alright, I thought long and hard about this and to be 100% honest everything that I want is way more than $25. Even [...]
I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a cold winter afternoon back in January and I had stopped at Target to get band aids. On my destination to the aisle where the band aids were I came across a loving display of heart pillows. They were all big, and soft and heart-like. I was [...]
Dear Santa, I realize that you are quite busy this time of year but I was wondering if you could take a moment to do one special thing for a dog like me. You see, I’m a Newfoundland dog and I love winter. Last winter you didn’t let very much snow fall in my area and [...]
As I was putting up holiday decorations the other day I found myself counting the things that could potentially cause harm to the dogs if they fell into the wrong paws. 1. Snow globes. A lot of people don’t know that snow globes, if broken can be toxic to pets. Imported snow globes may contain antifreeze. How [...]
Today as a vast majority of us celebrate Thanksgiving, we’ll gather around with family and friends and give thanks for all that we are blessed with. We’ll give thanks for our families, thanks for our health, and thanks for our pets. Everyday I am thankful for my family. My husband, Bobby, Gracie, Sherman, Leroy, Plunger [...]
Today starts a little mini holiday vacation for me. I am off for 5 days in a row and I have a small list of things that I would like to accomplish over those 5 days. 1. Wednesday is my holiday card photo shoot. 2 kids, 2 dogs, a secret location, (and by secret location I [...]
Fourth of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the meaning of the holiday, the social gatherings, and the fireworks. Usually we celebrate the fourth with a party, because well, that’s what we do. We usually cook out and have a pretty nice display of our own fireworks. Yes, we are those people that [...]