We had round three of chemo today. It was eh. Not as great as the last two. Although I am not sure if I am a very good judge. The day o...

Just found out that I was accepted into Austin City Limits Music Festival aka ACL . I am vacillating between thrilled and scared half to d...

First of all, drum roll please, Preacher is officially in remission! Whoo Hoo ! He had his second round of chemo today. When they called t...

Well let me start by saying another huge Thank You! I have received many jewelry orders that also include well-wishes for my Big Man. And...

I suppose I should think about changing the name of this blog if all I am going to talk about is Preacher. But he is about all that is on ...

Doing all this dog stuff over the years I have gotten a little jaded about people. You know the saying, "the more people I meet the mo...

Okay, I hope this is taken in the spirit that it is intended and not overly solicitous. But if you have been reading my blog you know tha...

A few months ago I commissioned California artist Gwen Rosewater to paint this portrait of Preacher for Tom for his birthday. To say we lov...

...or weeks? So Seven, our oldest, jumped off of the bed (which is ridiculously high) and did something to her neck or back. The vet thin...

I absolutely adore making these little gems ! And I always want more and more. A big bowl full of them is like candy to me. They are sim...

My big man is feeling kinda poopy . We took him in to see our vet this morning and it seems his liver is being squirrely . Hopefully it...

Can you stand how cute this dog is? Can you even imagine that he was like minutes from being euthanized? Don't get me wrong, I think our...

Saturday is my sweet husbands birthday. We have been married almost 10 years (October!) and I am anxiously awaiting the next 50! He is every...

I'm not the only one who is over the moon for my dogs. Recently my friend Jyl asked me to make her a necklace for all the dogs she has l...

Metalsgirl The mighty fine folks over at The Ginger Man have started this awesome new artist series on the last Saturday of every month. ...