This Spring in Colorado… wait… it is Summer… has been cold! We keep getting snow and I am starting to wonder when summer will start. It is finally getting up to the 60s and 70s during the day so the snow does quickly melt when it does roll in. And we are WAY up in…
I am always on a quest to find the best mascara. There are so many good ones out there! These three are my current favorites and I have them in my makeup bag right now. Clinique High Impact Mascara I’m not sure why I keep searching for “the best” mascara when this one tends to…
We decided to get up in the middle of the night and take some night sky photos. I didn’t bring my big cameras – just my little Canon G7x. Chris brought his 360° camera and he also did some time lapse videos of the sun rising. He might show those off later here on the…
If you know me in person or if you have followed this blog for a while, you know I LOVE makeup. I love playing with it and finding the best of the best. I’m always on the hunt for something newer and better (especially when it comes to mascara). I recently read about a BB…
One thing I love about Colorado is that so many people have so many outdoor hobbies. It has been an unusually cold and wet May (now June!) and people are still skiing! I love seeing the skis and snowboards mounted in roof racks on top of cars driving down the road. Then you also see…
I’ve never been a huge fan of the cheap disposable/reusable food storage containers. The original Ziploc containers were okay – but they just seemed flimsy and cheap. It seemed like my food was going to leak out if the container tipped over and it also seemed like if I dropped the container or accidentally crushed…
It is fun coming back to the US and wandering around my favorite store, WalMart. You never know what you are going to find! I am actually surprised that it took Pop Tarts so long to make a cereal. I didn’t buy this because I don’t really eat cereal but it definitely caught my attention!
When we were visiting family in South Florida, Kristi and Jeremy told us about Lucky’s Market. We had just come back from many months in Europe and I hadn’t seen a Publix in years. So I was just too excited about Publix to stop at Lucky’s Market instead. And I didn’t even ask them about…
James has seen quite a few specialist veterinarians recently. Specialist #1 gave James his high dose prednisone to slow down his immune system since James was initially anemic and had zero platelets. Just in case J’s immune system was attacking itself, we had to stop it. But Specialist #1 also added in Mycophenolate, also known…
We are in Denver, Colorado and we took James to see his regular vet – my friend Sharon. I know Sharon from our time at the University of Florida! Sharon is an amazing veterinarian and we knew James would be in good hands with his ever growing chart from his anal gland infection. So far,…
Well, James didn’t have the 9th birthday we planned. He was drinking a little water and we syringe fed him some Ensure and Pedialyte. But then he wasn’t keeping it down. I was worried that he was probably getting dehydrated. So we took James back to the emergency vet Saturday night. I’m so glad we…
Today is Saturday April 13, 2019 and it is James’ 9th birthday! I am sure he had a party in mind. Or at least some fetch or frisbee. But James has been sick for a few weeks now. It started with his anal glands that we posted about here on the blog. Then just as…
Just hours after I posted here on the blog Thursday night about James getting better, he took a turn for the worse. His abdomen was really contracting and he was almost moaning in pain when it would happen. He was even panting – and James rarely pants. We knew he was in pain and we…
It has been just over a week since James’ right anal sac burst. He is on two different antibiotics and one heavy pain killer. He is definitely feeling better. He has been grabbing a toy to take on his walk and that is always a good sign! But he also has bouts of pain and…
We are getting a little medical on the blog today. Keep James in your prayers. He has been sick for a few days. The veterinarians have things under control but I still worry. Poodles tend to have problems with their anal glands. Not all Poodles, but overall it is pretty common in the breed. James…
We walked past a veterinarian office in Gouda and noticed a big Poodle decal on the window. We wanted to get a photo of James by the Poodle decal! We later found out from someone on the street that this Poodle belonged to the veterinarian and that Poodle has since passed away. But they have…
We celebrated Christmas 2018 in our beautiful Airbnb in Weimar, Germany. James got some gifts and we watched a few silly Christmas movies. We bought a little Conifer tree at the Blumen shop for our Christmas tree. Since it was a live tree in a pot with dirt, we hated to just leave it behind….
h We celebrated Christmas in Germany this year. We were in a beautiful house in Weimar. It had a fireplace, a huge TV and a huge couch. James got a few gifts to open on Christmas morning. What do you think he got? If you haven’t seen last year’s video of James opening his Christmas…
Happy New Year from Germany! Wow, it is 2019! Here in Germany, New Year’s Eve is called Silvester. I love seeing holiday traditions and I knew something had to be up with a pig in Germany because I was seeing pigs all over the stores mixed in with the remaining Christmas decorations and candies. Here…
Check out this prototype dog house from Ford! Forget the Thunder Shirt – what your dog really wants is a noise cancelling dog house! This dog kennel uses noise control to limit loud noises. It has an automatic glass door and hit has anti-vibration block risers to reduce sounds. James is a funny Poodle –…