Oliver Sleeping in my Lap Last week I shared an update on Oliver, and I wanted to provide another one since many people have been asking abo...

Static Hair After Playing in the Blankets The Saturday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Oliver started hacking and coughing out of the blu...

Carrie and me at the Washburn Game Wednesday A snowy weekend here in Topeka. The weather forecast for most of last week warned that a big st...

Whiskey Exchange Bottles Sampled on Friday Night I am in a Secret Santa whiskey exchange with some friends and have been part of it for abou...

Our little Oliver has been loving the fall weather lately. Earlier this week, Carrie took him on a walk through the neighborhood. Although t...

To celebrate our twenty-third wedding anniversary, we made it a weekend trip to Kansas City. We had a wonderful time, ate at some great plac...

Wow! It’s hard to believe we brought this little guy home 14 years ago. He brings so much joy to our family. We love taking him on vacations...

 It’s been a busy week for me with a conference I attended in Pittsburg, KS. I worked on Monday, then drove to Pittsburg on Tuesday. I was t...

Carrie and me at Wedding Reception Carrie and I attended a wedding reception a few weeks ago. The picture to the left is a selfie we took at...

This week will be one of those rambling posts about nothing... or a lot, depending on how you look at it. To start, we have a few camping tr...

Coffee and Breakfast What a great weekend! Saturday morning found Carrie and me at  Circle Coffee for a late breakfast and coffee. I had no...

Sleepy Oliver What a busy week it was last week! The week flew by and it seemed like it was nonstop every day into the evenings. After being...

Sleepy Oliver on Christmas Eve It feels like a good time for a rambling post about various things that come to mind while I write. I had to ...

First Snow of 2024 Snow had been in the forecast for a week or so leading up to Thanksgiving. It disappeared and would reappear a few times,...

Oliver's First Day at Dog Hotel Last weekend, Carrie and I went to Des Moines, Iowa (see post ) for the weekend and we decided to try ou...

I hope you had a good weekend. It was beautiful outside the whole weekend, so I hope you were able to get out and enjoy. Carrie and I were o...

100 out... Oliver Loves it! Last week was another hot week with temperatures closed to 100 degrees the first part of the week. It found Oliv...

Oliver Walking on his Birthday Oliver turned 13 on June 5. It was his birthday, and we showered him with greetings throughout the day. But t...

Oliver Tailgating and Ready We have been talking about taking Oliver to Bark at the Park at the Kansas City Royals games since he was a pu...

Oliver is Scared Monday Night Jitters Oliver was acting out of sorts on Monday night. He hid behind my chair and restlessly moved from one s...