The kids are now officially on summer break and I couldn’t be happier for them. They had a crappy school year with the 8 week teachers strike and they deserve to have a summer filled with fun so I was super excited to see their faces gleaming when they got off of the bus for [...]

It looks like summer is finally here and it’s here to stay. Most of my family is extremely happy about that, including me, but there are a few members of our family that wish we could skip over summer and go directly back to winter. Those members are Sherman and Leroy. Poor doggies. Summer weather [...]

Like most everyone else in the world we have been experiencing a very hot summer. It really hasn’t been very enjoyable for any of us here. The dogs and the kids spend the day in the air conditioner because it is just so miserable outside. Usually in the summer I have a kiddie pool set [...]

It’s the dog days of summer. The mercury rises and we sizzle. It happens every year and every year we complain about it because we are human. I get that. But this summer is just so darn hot! I have found myself hanging out inside with the dogs rather than outside with the kids these days. [...]

If dogs sweat through their paws and we have had one of the hottest summers on record so far this year, I wonder what Sherman’s paws smell like. Judging by the look on his face I would have to say that they do not smell like roses.

I don’t have much to report for this installment of Monday Mischief. The sizzling temperatures has kept the boys mostly confined to the comforts of the AC. They can mostly be found keeping cool on the tile floor in the basement.   Or sucking up as much cool air as they can from the vents, leaving not much [...]

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 [...]

Sherman has never shown any interest in our swimming pool. Up until this weekend he could care less who was in it and what they were doing. Last summer I tried to get his attention by acting like I was drowning. Newfoundlands are suppose to be water rescue dogs by nature. Sherman didn’t care that [...]