Last night, Rick graduated from high school.  There were times when we wondered if this day would come.  But for all the struggles with homework, Rick has been a fair student.  He loves to go to school, so getting him up and out of the house was no problem. Just doing the homework was quite […]

I was so proud of Sascha today.  Pete, the roof guy, stopped by for his check today.  Sascha didn’t jump up on him at all.  That’s a first for her.  Then she sat patiently at Rich’s feet while they were transacting business.  She was calm, cool, and collected.  Way to go, Sascha.  There is hope […]

Rich was giving me a hard time about not taking Sascha out scootering today.  It was a nice cool day with low humidity.  Perfect scooter weather.  Sascha’s been going a little stir crazy since Rich had his cortisone shot.  I didn’t feel up to walking her.  So I felt guilty and took her for a […]

Saturday was a horrible allergy day for me.  My eyes felt swollen and I can’t keep them open!  I’m got absolutely no sympathy from anyone around here.  Rich is nursing his arm.  Rick was waiting to join his friends for a birthday celebration.  Sascha just wants to be petted!  Come on, someone says, “Sorry you […]

For the  last month or so, Rich has been having pain in his right elbow.  Not sure when it started exactly, but he assumed he hurt it bowling one night.  That is his bowling arm.  The pain has been pretty constant and not really letting up too much.  I finally decided it was time to […]

Sascha had a tough day today.  It started out this morning when I put her out for the usual patrol around the yard.  Sometime after going out, a storm passed by close enough for her to hear thunder.  I heard her run being pulled and checked out the back door.  She was pulling the lead […]

Rich loves to go to Weissgerber’s German restaurant in Waukesha, WI for his birthday meal.  Something to do with ham hocks.  That’s basically what schweinshaxe is.  So we invited Dave, Chris, Tim, and Deb to go with us.  Barb isn’t into German food so declined to join us.  We did miss you guys, Barb and […]

In recent weeks, we’ve had quite a bit of windy weather.  Windy isn’t out of the norm for us here, but the type of wind is.  It has been almost gale force at times.  So much so that we’ve lost a few shingles and had some others that are literally flapping in the breeze.  This […]

Wow, it’s Easter already!  This year is flying by.  Glad I’m prepared for today though.  As I said before, major (and some minor) holidays are Polish eating holidays.  I love that.  Rich’s family has a lot of traditions and I’ve incorporated them into how we celebrate things.  I started off with brunch today.  We had […]