As most of you know, our Sussex Spaniel (Nell) died on March 13th, and while we were all sad, I don’t think anyone felt the loss more than our Basset Hound (Sophie). We were given an opportunity to take in a retired Sussex, but with the dog about 1000 miles away, the cost to get her here was prohibitive. Everyday, we listened to Sophie mourn, and struggled to find any way to console her. I startedread more…
It has been a very long time since I visited and linked to some of my favorite bloggers, so let’s take a quick drive and see what’s going on: My friend Larry over at Political Realities always has timely commentary on news of the day, but a recent post of his called “I want to be that man” is worth the few minutes it takes to read and listen to the song. Ronnica over at Ignorantread more…
Yesterday we took our 13 1/2 year old Sussex Spaniel (Nell) to the vet and found out she had cancer. She had to spend the night at the vet for a few procedures, but it was decided that we would keep her comfortable and enjoy time with her as long as she was not suffering. They took her out for two walks at the vet today and when they went to get her ready to goread more…
At the Frosty 5K run/walk in our community this weekend, my sweet girl served as the medal presenter to all crossing the finish. She greeted them with a cheery “good job!” and handed them their medal. My sweetie. (My job was to make sure she didn’t run out of medals.) OneMom Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013Some Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under these license terms: X License Type:Attribution, No derivative workLicense Summary:You may copy this content and re-publish it in unmodifiedread more…
One current goal I’ve been working with Hannah on in school is memorizing the basic math facts (2+2, 8×7, etc). I found the best math flash card app from Whitney Apps – it’s called CardDroid Math Flashcards. We’ve been having timed math challenges which has been helping her build her confidence and she’s actually starting to enjoy math. A couple of nights ago we were having a challenge – I had had a particularly difficult dayread more…
