this photo was taken in 2003...many moons ago, it feels like. the rest of the photos were taken just since oct 24, 2011...that fateful monday in which everything changed at our house. the day it became real to us that paw paw was fighting a losing battle. not sure what happened to this photo when it was re-sized for blogging...it's... Read more →

i love me some nancy sinatra, don't you? i love this song and check out this lady...she is one cool woman! but that's not what i'm really talkin' about here. last weekend found kiroman speaking at brad glowaki's marketing bonanza in phoenix. i opted to stay home and make sure teenager studied for her finals. but then i found out... Read more →

ru·mor (r m r) n. 1. A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth. 2. Unverified information received from another; hearsay. yep...that's rumor alright... have you ever wondered how a rumor gets started in the first place? have you ever wondered what causes that one person to start that rumor? is it jeolousy? envy?... Read more →

it doesn't matter who has it. it sucks. period. end of story. i think it sucks more for children and pets. not that the rest of us don't matter. but for the rest of us, we have some sort of idea of what is going on. we may not understand the why or how but we know why we feel... Read more →

i'm hoping for another rebound. i know the rebounds will be fewer and fewer as the days go by. rebound hound had an awesome day on Thanksgiving. he had pretty good days fri and sat. today...not so great. it started off pretty good. he had a slow start this morning but then once he got his wheels under him, he... Read more →

i frequent this local grocery store often. most usually it's because super target doesn't carry everything i like to have in my pantry/fridge. so that means an extra stop. which is fine, because the local grocery store doesn't carry everything i like to have in my pantry/fridge. so the two stores work hand in hand for me. but lately, something... Read more →

well...after the evening we had last night, i wasn't sure how over night was going to go. we all camped out on the floor in our bedroom, teenager included. paw paw was totally all about being petted. he wouldn't let you stop touching him. if you dared, you were nose nudged back to it. and we all happily obliged the... Read more →

that's what i call him. paw, that is. he's my little rebounder. i've cried so many tears over the last few weeks...starting clear back on october 24th. that was the day after we got back from the horse show and i just knew it was going to be his last. i hem hawed on taking him to the vet. i... Read more →

so you read last post...this one picks up somewhere in the middle! i hope you can follow along... so...after sleeping on the floor with paw...which did absolutely nothing to help my sore neck and shoulder...which i have been battling since going back to the gym last friday, thank you very much...i have been getting adjusted and that has helped tremendously... Read more →

time has ended... so mon and tues were really good days for paw. mon especially. tues was mostly good but the evening kinda fell apart. paw didn't have the "want to" to get up and move. he scooted himself around on the hardwood with his front legs. i carried him to potty and carried him back in again. he looked... Read more →