The last few days have been a little crazy, so I'm just going to throw it all into one big mishmash update.• The microwave is home. A very nice man named Steve took it back to his workshop. He fixed it up there, and he brought it back here (just like the Grinch, only he [...]

Ah, Mother's Day. You started out so well. Jasper, the puppy, miraculously slept most of the night. Tenzin, the husband, got up with the dog and let me sleep in. Then around 8:30, Elfie, the 7-year-old, brought me breakfast in bed. True, Tenzin made French toast with expired eggs and there's a 50/50 chance I'll [...]

Can you believe it? After two rescue groups, one humane society debacle, countless internet searches, and lord knows how many of you calling in your contacts, we found our "baby." Thanks to an old friend my Obama campaign days, today we brought home an 8-week-old Labrador Retriever/Finnish Lapphund.How can you be upset at that face?He [...]

Dear Humane Society,You don't know us. Actually, you do know us because ten years ago, we got our first dog from you. I guess at the time I had no idea how lucky we were to have found him so easily because this go-around, it's like we're in some sort of dog hunt from hell.Obviously [...]

So I'm starting to wonder if we're ever going to get another dog.Actually, what I'm really starting to wonder is if in a year, I'll be writing some crazy book called, The Dogs Must Be Crazy: Our Year-Long Search for Fido. Because we've struck out again.As many of you know, our German Shepherd/Akita, Uno, died [...]

Tonight, the kids and I sat around the table and cried over a lemon bundt cake. A year ago, we had to put down our dog, Uno. The anniversary was actually yesterday, but we missed it (I blame the Ugly Dog incident). It was Elfie's idea to get the lemon cake. Uno loved cake. Actually, [...]

So I tried to adopt a dog today. Actually, it was a puppy. It's two weeks shy of a whole year since we lost our dog, Uno, and we're finally feeling ready. Just one more reason to love spring.Note, however, that I said tried. Turns out the woman in charge of the rescue organization that [...]

It's Throwback Thursday -- when we post stories you may have missed -- and it just so happens that this was one of mine! I have to say that reading this ripped yet another little piece of my heart out because our dog -- the hero of the story -- died in April. He was [...]

So it's two o'clock in the morning, and I'm (obviously) awake. Because I'm sitting in the guest room, looking at pictures, and crying about my dog. I miss my dog. It's been three months since Uno died. For the most part, I feel like I've gotten used to the fact that he's gone. I don't [...]