Playing Hookie

For those of you not living in Utah, we have a ton of snow right now. It's been coming down for over 18 hours now and the place is covered. This morning was particularly bad. Just look at the aftermath.

Keep in mind that I was crazy enough to try digging my car out to go […]

Beagle Puppies Are The Best

She's cute as can be. This is a good thing. It keeps us from getting too terribly mad at her. Annabelle has proved to be a strong-willed little squirt, and while Chloe did well with verbal reprimands, they seem to bounce right off of Annabelle. We've had to resort to smacks on the bum and […]

Two Dogs??? Part Deux (Or: Everyone, meet Annabelle)

Isn't she lovely? She's a little whiny right now, but we're hoping that's just a bit of separation anxiety. She's used to being on this huge ranch with like 30 other beagles. We just got her today and she's about 7 weeks old. She's so tiny! And she really has the cutest little personality already.
We […]

Open it yourself, pup.

I've been on a home improvement kick again. Last night, I decided to get moving on some projects I'd been putting off for some time. Of course, I decide to start with the most time-consuming one first: installing a doggie door.

TWO Dogs?

A few of you may already know about this, but we decided to get another dog. Mostly because Chloe has been super clingy and a little destructive (I believe I mentioned the numerous bed-chewing incidents) when left alone during the day. We figured she needed some company. A couple of weeks ago, we went […]

When age-old wisdom meets puppy training…

So last night we get home from work and notice that Chloe has chewed a hole in her brand new bed (the replacement bed for the first one she chewed up) and stuffing from the bed was strewn about all over the living room floor. We scolded her, of course, and then sat around talking […]

The Things Our Dog Does

I went home for lunch today for the first time this week. Naturally, Chloe wanted to go out into the backyard. Today, she got a treat; there was a cat in the neighbor's yard. The fence separating them, she got within about a foot of the good-natured feline and started running in circles, frustrated that […]

Travel Log, Sacramento CA: Day 2

The best laid plans almost went awry today. Repeatedly. Today's plan was to make an 8:30AM session at the new Sacramento temple, meet Vanessa and The Other Shauna in Placerville for Z'pie, and then head over to the Swift's reception at 7PM.

Girl, you won’t be a woman… soon.

I'm taking Chloe this morning to get spayed. I feel like it's really the best thing for her, but why do I feel so terrible??? Is she going to hate me?

It looks like she knows something is happening today. I'M SORRY, CHLOE!!