I tried to repair a tear in the carpet with duct tape today. If that sounds just as pitiful as trying to repair body damage on a car with du...

The rain appears to be over for a while. I'm glad because we did get a small roof leak last night. This wasn't in the living room wh...

We went and met the new boy today. Rolly is a sweet four year old male who seemed like he'd been living on the streets for a while. He w...

It's nice to have Janet back again. Nine days is a long time to to go without talking to anyone. Actually I did talk to a few people dur...

I noticed a big brown blotch on my arm today that wasn't there yesterday. It didn't hurt and it didn't look like a bite or infec...

I think Jenga is going to get a very good home. I went up to the boarding kennel today and met the young couple who wants to adopt him. I li...

Another hot sunny day that ended with a thunderstorm. This has been happening all week. Most of the brief afternoon storms have missed us, b...

Some workmen digging in the alley behind our house cut our fiber optic cable today. This was inconvenient because all of the sudden our phon...

Now we're talking. For the first time in over a week, I felt like I was actually making progress. The dryer is fixed. I'm glad I did...

Dash surprised me today with explosive diarrhea. What a mess. There was a long line of liquid poop running from the kitchen to the back door...

The appliance repairman said that there was nothing wrong with the stove. He agreed that the stainless steel countertop got pretty darn hot ...

We're making progress. It only took the new appliance repairman five minutes to find something that all three of the previous repairmen ...

I met a refrigerator repairman while I was grocery shopping this morning. He was parked next to me and the message on his company truck soun...

Janet helped me get Dash's orthopedic and protective gear on before she left for work this morning. I let him wander around the house ...

It was a beautiful morning, but Dash refused to walk again. Does his leg hurt? Is he feeling dizzy or nauseous? Is he just being stubborn?...

I'm so tired of continually fixing things. Today I noticed that the refrigerator was about ten degrees warmer and I knew it was time t...

Time slows down when you're waiting for a repairmen. They never tell you when they are going to arrive, preferring to keep you guessin...