To Rest Stop Or Not To Rest Stop?

We were coming home from the beach on Saturday when we crossed over Murder Creek, a part of our Birmingham -> Beach -> Birmingham route that always leaves me with a slight case of the shudders. Honestly, I don't know what it would hurt to change the … [Continue reading]

Some Thoughts About Crackers

I'm at the beach for a few days, trying to catch up on some writing, and I brought Hazel with me so that I'd have a little bit of company. What this means is that I've spent most of today looking at some variation of this - - which means that … [Continue reading]

Several Things That Make Me Laugh

Okay. This will just be a quick list-o-goodies because I'd hate to break my recent streak of being in the bed by 10:00 - but all of these things have made me laugh in the last 24 hours. In fact, I may watch / read again before I go to bed just so I … [Continue reading]

Reset

I have decided that having a puppy is kind of like having a toddler. Granted, one is human and one is not, but they operate in pretty similar ways. They put everything in their mouths, they fight sleep, they cry (bark) until they wear themselves out, … [Continue reading]

A Few Friday Favorites

This afternoon I got a bad headache out of nowhere (well, I say "out of nowhere," but it was at least loosely connected to a certain puppy who was riding in the car with me and barking in the most high-pitched manner possible - at the rate of about … [Continue reading]

The Dog Days Of March

Hazel is, of course, a puppy. This means that she enjoys biting, she enjoys running, she enjoys playing tug of war with towels, she enjoys baying (it's the beagle in her), and she enjoys wrestling with chew toys. Another one of her favorite things … [Continue reading]