I woke up at my usual time today (10:30a +/-) and am enjoying some coffee with the window open and the sun streaming in. It’s supposed to be in the mid-70s today so we (Maisie & I) will be spending much of it outside. I’m hoping that I will be mobile enough to do some …
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What About Chuy?
What about Chuy indeed! I post a lot about Maisie, as she and I are joined at the hip, but Chuy is a big part of our family too! So here’s his story and some pictures (of course). Back in 2016 I lost my minpin Pharaoh to heart disease. (I’m still not over it; he …
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A Nissen Blog Revelation
So today I was reading a blog, and there was a link in the upper right corner to a dashboard. Since it was right next to a tiny picture of me I was intrigued and clicked on it. Imagine my surprise when it took me into an old blog that I created during a health …
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Happy Internet Day!
It was 51 years ago today that the world’s first internet transmission occurred. If you’d like to read a history of the internet, there’s a good one here. I was only 12 at that time, but I had my first internet experience in the early 80’s. I was doing home health care as a live-in …
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Sunday Fun Day With Lyra
Our 6YO granddaughter Lyra has been here since Friday and is going home tomorrow. She is SO much fun! We did a lot of stuff yesterday, were out and about, but today I couldn’t do much of anything (high pain/low mobility) so we hung out here and did stuff. We played our ukuleles – she …
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Cops & Donuts
Our precocious wonderfully sweet and stylish 6YO granddaughter, Lyra, is spending a few days with us this weekend. Today we did some running around and then one of our stops was at the famous Cops & Donuts in Clare, MI as we passed through. She really enjoyed her chocolate frosted cruller and hot chocolate. And, …
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Autumn Colors – Oct. 21, 2020
These are some photos I took around the yard. It was a lovely sunny day, probably got up to about 60°F, and we still had some good colors despite the windy rain we’d had. I just love the colors against a bright blue sky! (I set this slideshow to move automatically so you don’t have …
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The Other Night – Another Maisie Tale
I do believe I still need to post about Maisie’s (known) early days, then when she came to live with me, how I worked with her, etc. – above and beyond what I shared previously but for now I just have another tale to tell :). A couple of evenings ago I had a dilemma, …
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A Lesson From A Child
Our daughter has a 6YO daughter who is a beautiful little diva. She has been raised to be confident and secure in who she is, no matter what. Having been born with a condition called neurocutaneous melanosis Lyra has had to see many various specialists in several fields on a regular basis at the best …
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