The day started out with a roof leak in the living room and kind of went downhill from there. I had to have an insurance agent over to the...

The hailstorm last night was even worse than I thought. In the light of  day, Janet's Land Rover looked pretty well demolished. The hood...

Dot and Dash had a big day today. In the morning, they got to romp around in the city's new 22 acre dog park and in the afternoon they...

Yes, the rain did find a way inside last night. No, it didn't find its way to the carefully placed buckets I set out before I went t...

Well, we didn't get 101 Dalmatians at the dog park today. The six that actually did show up sure seemed to have a good time though. Ev...

The day started badly, but it ended well. The dogs and I had to endure wave after wave of thunderstorms before the sun finally emerged lat...

Yay! I think I sold a house today. I've signed so many documents this week that it's hard to believe the whole process has come to...

I've already gotten two offers on my rent property. What this seems to prove is that there is always a price where something will sell...

The Casino Party went well last night. Sometimes we get a crowd that seems very reticent about gambling. They'll bet one chip at a tim...

Every day that I go down to the rent property to fix things up, I find something else wrong. Today, I went down to paint, and when I was cle...

The dogs got a nice outing at the dog park this morning. When we returned home, I settled down for a long afternoon of chores. I'm so fa...

Janet and I went to another charity fundraiser tonight. I think this one benefited children instead of animals, but they're all pretty m...

I went down to the rent property to do some painting and cleanup today. I gathered all my tools together, went up to the front door and then...

I got a message this morning that one of my college classmates had died after a long battle with cancer. Spending as much time with dogs as ...

I started three big repairs today. The report card: one success, two fails. The washing machine repair was a big fail. After listening to ba...

Our weekly trip to the dog park was the high point of the day. After we returned and had a little lunch, it was non-stop chores. I went to H...

I awoke to the sound of lawnmowers. All my neighbors were mowing their lawn. I think this loud, raucous sound marks the official start of Sp...