Month: December 2009

Our family is a little smaller tonight, we lost Duke this morning to what we think was the damage from the liver cancer. Late last night he came over to lay next to me and watched each of us for a

OK, I know you guys are just dying to find out what these Bacon-Wrapped Cheese-Filled Jalapeños are all about. So let me just tell you how to make them yourself so you can see how awesome these things

We just wanted to make a quick post to tell everyone Merry Christmas, if you are lucky you got some snow from that big storm that came across the country. We got some rain out of it because it's hard

I heard this song on the radio last Tuesday right after we dropped Duke off at the vet. It now sticks out in my brain as my "I miss Duke" song. He is still doing okay - not eating yet. But we are feeding

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to

I know there is no way to explain how personable Duke is as a dog but if you ever met him you would understand that he isn't just a dog, there is much more to him and because he is sick right now I wanted

We've had a crazy 7 days and I wanted to update our blog readers on what is going on with Duke. We are not sure where it all started, but the week of Thanksgiving we saw a flea on Duke and gave both

Cute lip dub of Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA!

Everyone had gone to bed before me because I was staying up to get caught up on my work. Sandra was sleeping near the back screen door because that's where the cool air was coming in. I went to sleep

My friend MJ just told me about this "Improv Everywhere" tonight and I thought this Surprise Wedding Reception mission was SO cute! This couple had no idea what was in store for them after their courthouse

We pulled up to Ernie & Karen's house and unloaded the car. This was a chance for us to do some laundry as well so we started a load and got ready for bed. The house was very warm so along with finding

After breakfast (2nd breakfast) we sat around and talked while Sandra read her Aunt Karen's Memoirs and old photos were passed around. Then it came time for us to go, we were on our way to Chicago to

Back in the early to mid 90's when you signed up for "the internet" you typically got dial-up account through someone like AOL and spent 90% or more of your time on AOL rather than on the internet. Then

The reunion was finally over and it was time to pack the FJ back up and start out trip home. We had a quick cereal breakfast and began packing the car. We had to rework our system a bit to make room for

A few of our group said their goodbyes and headed home. The rest of us had a lapse in judgement and headed to the lake for a swim. The water was cold, really cold. But once you went numb it wasn't