Heartbroken

February 27, 2026 After 17 wonderful years, Nox is no longer with us. We went to the vet this morning with hope that Nox had improved. Nox’s overnight treatment didn’t work and her kidney numbers went up. She lost weight overnight. Nox’s quality of life had rapidly gone downhill in the last few days. Our […]

Back from the Veterinarian

February 26, 2026 Updated later on February 26, 2026 The veterinarian was able to determine what Nox’s current problem is. Nox has pancreatitis. Unfortunately, Nox’s blood work showed an incredible increase in numbers for her kidneys function. This is bad, very bad! We are taking her to an overnight animal hospital to have drugs administered […]

Nox Is Not Feeling Well

February 26, 2026 We have an appointment with the veterinarian for Nox this afternoon. Nox’s health has taken a turn for the worst. Nox had developed a cough late last year. The vet prescribed medication to help the cough. She warned us that if the cough persisted, Nox was most likely having heart problems. Since […]

Feel Free to Skip This Post, Colonoscopy Prep Commentary Warning

February 25, 2026 After my recent scare that I might be having a heartattack (I wasn’t.), the hospital doctor who looked after me, set up various appointments with other doctors. Since I had a local Gastroenterologist, I went to see him on Wednesday (February 18). The doctor discussed medical routes we could try. I chose […]

Dog Bacon Biscuits Arrive

February 22, 2026 On February 17 (Tuesday), a package arrived in the mail. Nox was very excited to find the package was from her DogUncle, Rekio’s DogDad. Hmm. I guess that makes Nox and Rekio some sort of cousins. I am not going to even try to figure it out. Here is Nox’s thank-you email […]

Pantry Finished and Filled Up

February 18, 2026 We finished out the IKEA pantry today. After all the drawers and shelves were in, I started lining them Then I moved most of the food into the pantry. This opened up kitchen cabinets, which allowed me to organize the kitchen better. Once the food was out of the kitchen cabinets, I […]

Mostly Just Lazy

February 15, 2026 After my scare earlier in the week, I have been tired. I have been napping a lot. Thursday, the weather was a perfect day, not too cold and not too hot. Bruce convinced me it would be nice to take a walk around Blackberry Homestead. He was right. I felt happy to […]

A Bit of Drama and Now Back to My Regular Program

February 12, 2026 I had planned to write a post on Monday about setting up my IKEA pantry. I woke up on Saturday to the worst case of heartburn I have ever had. It felt like a line of fire across the inside of the middle of my chest. It seemed odd to me; I […]

The RV Is Sold!

February 5, 2026 Now the promised post of selling the RV. The buyers found the RV on RV Trader. They had a lot of great questions and were very excited to buy the RV. In January, they made an offer on the RV, sight unseen, during the midst of Bruce’s dad’s last medical issue. Bruce […]