Month: November 2011

  • Sascha continues to learn about life outside the kennel

    Tomorrow is my traditional day to put up the Christmas tree.  However, we are going downtown Chicago to Piece Brewery and Pizza for my birthday.  That meant I had to get the guys in gear to pull down the Christmas tree and all the boxes to decorate today. I have made it Rick’s job to […]

  • Sascha has a new job

    So the other day, I left Sascha outside to keep watch on those pesky squirrels.  After a while, I figured she should have had enough.  What did I see?  A hole about a foot deep right where I had dug up my dahlias this fall!  It looked like a bomb crater with dirt thrown out […]

  • Because Rich is a nice guy

    Today is the Thanksgiving fest at work.  This is the annual pitch-in lunch with the office staff.  My boss, Cathy, drives everyone to participate with great results.  We usually have a ton of very interesting choices for the meal.  So Rich deep fried turkeys for last year’s meal.  It went over really well.  Everyone who […]

  • Yes! It’s off! And Sascha went scootering.

    Today finally came!  I had a doctor’s appointment to remove my cast at 9:20 this I got there early and was ready to go.  At 9:50, they finally called me back.  I was going crazy.  The doctor turned out to be very busy and his regular assistant was off today.  OMG, I wanted to scream.  […]

  • Finally! Cast OFF!

    So I’ve been wearing this short arm cast for 4 weeks on Sunday (1113).  I can’t believe how much this thing bothers me.  I’m extremely claustrophobic and having this plastic touching my skin is unbearable.  The first few days was very hard,  As I come down to the last few days, it’s even worse! Amazingly, […]

  • Our first spitting snow

    So on Thursday, we had our first taste of snow.  It didn’t stick here, but the white stuff was flying from time to time.  It  was probably one of the chillest days so far.  That makes it kind of late around here.  I usually do all of my fall work in October.  Because of my […]

  • Rick and Sascha take a spin

    Yesterday morning, Sascha was all stretched out in the living room floor.  Rick just had to join her.  It was just a dog and her boy.  Ahh! So a little scootering today.  Finally.  I convinced Rick that he had to give it a try.  I think he was a little leery after I broke my […]

  • New gutters and soffit for the house

    The installers completed the gutters and soffits on the house.  It looks amazing.  It’s a small thing, but these tend to add up on a house.  We had the standard dark brown soffit and gutters. I just have a different picture in my head of what I want the house to look like.  The siding […]

  • Trimming up the place

    I know, I said the blog was going to be about Sascha and our new sport, dog scootering.  Something else came up though.  One of the storms this summer tore branches from the big Freeman maple tree in the front yard.  One of those branches bent up the gutter over the front door pretty good.  Rich […]