What we do when we are just around the house doing our normal thing.
James loves finding dog toys when we walk or visit dog parks. These “found” toys end up being his favorite toys! In Georgetown, James would love to walk past the tennis courts and collect any stray tennis balls that made it over the fence. It was actually pretty rare for James to NOT find a…
Look at how goofy Poodle James relaxes! The couch is so much softer than the ottoman AND the couch has a pillow! But silly James likes to do things differently! I thought these were cute photos of Chris and James. James is sporting his lucky green St. Patrick’s Day bandanna:
We recently went out of town in our RV and we forgot to bring James’ dog bed. We stopped in a PetSmart and picked up a Top Paw Orthopedic Cuddler bed. It is now J’s favorite bed! We ended up retiring the Bowsers donut dog bed that James LOVED for years. It was getting a…
I was talking to some of my classmates following a hot yoga class and the subject of overly scented products came up. We all agreed that things like hand soap and laundry detergent have way too much perfume. Even the unscented free and clear laundry detergents can sometimes give me a headache. Quite a few…
I can’t believe the summer is coming to an end. We were in Virginia for the 4th of July and we took some summer photos with James. I am not doing any therapy dog work with James because of Covid restrictions but I still dressed James up in a patriotic costume for the holiday (James…
James has a new puppy friend in the neighborhood and her name is Belle. Belle is a Samoyed and she is SO cute! Belle is absolutely enamored with James. She can spot James WAY down the trail and she will start barking! She has also figured out when we walk past her house (I think…
James is feeling better and we have been walking around our neighborhood a lot. There is an odd wall near our apartment that says “Curiosity killed the cat, nine times…” It is funny that the text is in English. But I suppose that is an English expression. Did you know that Lyon is known in…
We are in Lyon, France! We arrived by train from Marseille. It was a high speed train and that is good but it was the most crowded train we have been on in Europe! We booked two seats (not all trains need a seat reservation but for some high speed trains it is required and…
Join us as we show you our apartment in Marseille, France. I am really loving Marseille – it reminds me a lot of Los Angeles. The city slowly slopes down towards the Mediterranean Sea so almost everywhere in town has a water view. What do you think of our top loading horizontal axis washing machine?…
When we lived in Europe, I loved this style of mop that folded with a little washable pad. In DC, the mop I had was velcro and 9 times out of 10, the velcro pad would come off while I was mopping. I got rid of it when we moved overseas and then when we…
I love going into different TJ Maxx stores around the US. Some stores I love (Georgetown!) and others I don’t care for (Orlando!) but there is one thing that almost all TJ Maxx stores have: Poodle stuff! I actually walk into TJ Maxx stores now telling myself I am going to find tons of cute…
I love watching the leaves change colors. I just don’t love the below freezing temperatures at night! Can you see the trees turning red on the mountain in the distance?
Yesterday evening, James was playing like a 2 year old with his new friends that are both around 2 years old. James was running, jumping, chasing the ball and I couldn’t believe how nuts he was acting! I decided he needed a break and I took him home but then he kept pawing at the…
I love reading memoirs. Recently, The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger was recommended to me. Dr. Eger survived Auschwitz and I knew this book was going to be hard for me to read. But I couldn’t put it down. Even after finishing the book, I wanted to find out more about…
Back in April when James got sick, we knew he was feeling better when he wanted to play frisbee. Frisbee is J’s favorite game! It is actually a game of keep away and James works on intercepting the frisbee while we play. I realized I never posted these photos of James with all of his…
Pier 1 always has cute decorations featuring dogs for the different seasons. I just happened to see a Pier 1 store and I decided to stop in and see what they had and if anything featured Poodles. I was really excited to see one of their four dog pillows for fall has a Poodle! Pier…
I was at Whole Foods the other day when I spotted these cute Melissa & Doug sprinklers for kids! They are adorable!
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’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…