It is a good idea to where shoes to the table when you are top dog in the house. Sascha likes to reach out and keep contact while you eat and her paws are might rough.
May 17, 2013
May 12, 2013
Mother’s Day is for flowers
Traditionally, Mother’s Day is the day I start my planting for the season. I make it easy on the guys and just ask that they buy the flowers I plant on that day. Here, I have flower boxes on the deck that I plant in every year. I didn’t realize until this year that Rick’s [...]
May 12, 2013
Painting has completed
Rick has finally completed painting the garage walls. It took a little longer since the white part required a second coat. This included the ceiling. So the bottom half of the walls is now a nice shade of blue-gray. With a couple of finishing touches, Rich can now move into his new man cave. He [...]
May 12, 2013
Sascha, Sasch, Sascharini, Saschi
We all have our little nicknames for that furry kid in the house. My personal favorite is Sascharini. Rich goes between Sasch and Saschi. Anyway you say it, it’s Sascha and she’s adorable. Rich has been thinking there are lessons to be learned from Sascha. When it is time to go to bed, just let [...]
May 7, 2013
Tutu and all
I was showing Rich a video from Mishka the Talking Husky some time ago. He was convinced that Sascha could learn to do this trick. So over the last few weeks, Rich has been working with Sascha to do a trick called Twist. She gets a bit of cheese when she does it well enough. [...]
May 6, 2013
After the Derby
It’s Monday. We had a great weekend. First off, Rich and I took off from work on Friday. I took advantage of the time off to sleep in a little extra. We had a lot of running around to do in preparation for the party on Saturday. Someone had to lug that huge piece of [...]
April 28, 2013
Flood waters are receding
This has been an interesting week. After almost 6 inches of rain over the short course of three or so days, we were flooded here. This turned out to be the highest rate that the Fox River has ever seen on record. The river finally crested at 7.48 feet. That meant that the channels around [...]
April 21, 2013
Missing Blog for April 6
I did do a blog, but I was waiting to pull off the pictures. I know, not an excuse. Here is the earlier blog, with pictures. Wow, it’s the beginning of April! Where the first half of the year go? Too bad the weather doesn’t know that it is Spring. We finally saw 60s on [...]
April 1, 2013
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Once again, it was a good day for a Polish eating holiday. We had pierogi and sausage for brunch along with Mimosas for the adults. Zurek soup was on lunch followed by lamb, wild rice, and crescent rolls for dinner. Rich picked out a really nice pinot for the adult beverage.We had the [...]
March 17, 2013
Missing Blog for March 10 through 17
I never got a blog posted last week! I think I just got so busy and only worked on it sporadically. Today, I plan to complete a blog for this week and last.Busy Weeks During the week, I feel like I can’t think about anything but work. I do a lot of planning in my [...]