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I haven't been around much in the last 6 months because we had a rough patch. DS got married in June - a very good thing-, but the next day my 94 year old mother was hospitalized and then was hospitalized again 2 weeks later. At that point, when she was discharged, Hospice was called in. Mom...

This morning, I was having my perfect morning-sitting in my pj's, drinking coffee, watching HGTV, and knitting. DH is playing golf, so I am watching HIS puppy. She looks cute, but thinks that she is in charge and loves to fight with Bogie. While running around with Bogie, she got the yarn...

I have two computers, a PC and a Mac for work. Up north, I have no problem getting on the internet with either computer. Down at the beach, I can get on with the Mac, no problem, but the PC is incredibly slow, won't open some websites, and won't download pictures on Newf Net and other sites...

It has been a very long week for us. My son was married last Saturday and then early Monday morning, my 94 year old mother, who has dementia, was having breathing difficulties and was going to be transported to the hospital nearer to us. Within 5 minutes, we were called back and told that she...

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there! What are your special plans? We're going to DS' for brunch at 9. That's what little kids and puppies do to you! Hope everyone has a great day!

Still kicking myself for telling DH he could get a Lab or a Newf while I was in Germany! Should have told me to get a Newf! But she is cute, even if she thinks that 5AM everyday is time for fun and games and she is quite the yapper. Plus, DH is supposed to get up with her on the weekends...

We got Maddie at 4 1/2 months old and she was just the sweetest, gentlest puppy. Now we have DH's yellow Lab pup, who is 11 weeks old and a typical mouthy Lab pup. Are younger Newf puppies anything like Lab puppies? I love Vandy, but she is so mouthy and terrifies our other Lab (he's not the...

After 2 weeks of our new Lab puppy, Maddie is starting to play with Vandy. Vandy is only allowed in the sunroom and is always with one of us. Today, she and Maddie were having a good time and were trading kisses. ( I think Vandy thinks her name is Kisses!, Vandy!) Maddie was trying to teach...

Maddie is very protective of her little tiny friend. If Vandy whimpers and cries in her crate, Maddie goes over to her to make sure that she's okay. Maddie's still not sure about her, but the relationship is making progress. Tonight, our son, his fiancee and her almost 5 year old son came for...

As some of you know, I was in Germany in February. On the way to the airport, my husband announced that he thought that he wanted another dog, which was a complete surprise to me. When I got to Berlin 2 1/2 weeks later, he had decided to get another Lab. So today, we drove down to Virginia...

We are down at the beach and luckily, I brought my Gateway and the MacBook I use for school. For some reason down here, the Gateway does not connect to all websites, but the MacBook does. Last time I was down here, I cleared all the cookies and I am still having problems connecting to AOL and...

Hallelujah! We made it! Easter Vacation! 10 days off with no papers to grade or nonsense to put up with. I finally got caught up on all my grading since my trip to Germany and worked over the weekend so that I can spend 10 days with DH and the puppers! Beach here I come!

This morning, my husband and I were horrified to hear on the news that there had been a school shooting in the state in Germany that I visit. The other teacher that goes with me and I have been following the German news media. Please pray for the 15 victims and their families. I will be...

Yesterday, I decided to take Maddie to visit my mother in the nursing home. When I got there, Mom was indisposed, so I went in to the living room to wait for her. Right away, all the staff was coming up to Maddie and petting her and commenting on how beautiful she is. Then, the daughter of...

After walking all over Germany for 3 weeks, I want to continue to walk. And I want to get in better shape for my son's wedding in June. Unfortunately, we live on a rural road, but have several county parks only minutes away by car. I get home around 3 PM and feed Bogie and Maddie right away...