Dad usually buys an assortment of cookies when they go shopping. Mom shakes her head, but doesn’t say much about them. She explained to me that Dad shouldn’t be eating them. She knows they taste good, and that they are a small part for the quality of his life. It is the same thing with the Diet Coke he drinks. She said it is a … Continue reading Part 52 – I Like Cookies!

It has been two days since Mom went to the hospital. I’ll admit that when her friend Brenda came to pick her up Friday morning, I was nervous. Dad, Missy, Sophia and I weren’t sure when she would be back home. She said she thought she would be home before dinner time. That seemed like a really long day. Dad had to take Missy out … Continue reading Part 51 – Mom’s Home

Mom and I had a long discussion before we got out of bed this morning. She explained that on Friday she was going to the hospital to have surgery. She said it was to have her gallbladder removed. Unlike when I had that tumor removed from my throat, this is not an emergency. She explained that she could make a plan for it. Her fear … Continue reading Part 50 – Surgery

Mom says I complain when I ask her to open the shades early in the morning. I just want to be able to see outside even before it is daylight. She may not be able to see well without a light, but I can. Okay, maybe not well because I do have vision issues, but I can still see things in the dark. That is … Continue reading Part 49 – Complaining

Mom talks about the weather a lot. There are days when she say she won’t let us go outside on our leads, although she still takes the silly dog out. There have been days recently where you could hardly see her under the layers of clothes as she headed out the door. She often tells people that here in our area of Texas, we have … Continue reading Part 48 – Winter

Mom gets emails about the Publisher’s Clearing House Prizes. One today was for their Search contests. They offer her silly things to search for, but she always wants to come up for her own ideas. Sometimes it is for things she cares about like her friend Gerry Eugene and his books. Other times it involves things she has seen on Facebook. She has threatened to … Continue reading Part 47 – I’m Almost Famous!

It is cold outside. It is also cold inside. Our house was clearly not designed for an 8 degree morning. Mom says there is only a little insulation in the attic and none in the side walls. When the house was built, the hot summers were more of a concern than the possibility of a cold winter. The skirting around the post and piers under … Continue reading Part 46 – Cold

Mom decided we would wait a day to do my post. She had scheduled a trip to the vet. She didn’t tell me about it until she put me in the car. I let her know that I thought that wasn’t a nice thing. She did it anyway. It actually wasn’t too bad. They did put that thing up my butt. I didn’t even yell … Continue reading Part # 45 – The Vet

Today is sunny and almost warm. Mom says it is 65 degrees on the front porch. She took advantage of the warm day to pack away the last of the Christmas things. She removed the lights and then put all of the boxes into the garden shed. While she did that, Sophia and I got to be outside on our leads. She doesn’t like to … Continue reading Part # 44 – Sunday in the Sunshine