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PLAY NICELY (treat others how you would want to be treated) USE YOUR WORDS (not too loud Koda) KEEP YOUR PAWS TO YOURSELF (especially claws) SHARE YOUR TOYS (since you all like soft stuffed animals with strings) CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS or KEEP YOUR MESS WHERE IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE (litter box for Sansa →

As a mom of four silly kids this was possibly the first April Fools Day that no tricks were played. Believe me when I say that I am just fine with that. I had years of saran wrapped toilets and shower heads and even saran wrapped cars, toothpaste filled oreo cookies, fake plastic poop piles, →

Sometimes I am a little late to see a blockbuster movie or read a New York Times Bestseller. I hear the titles and think, “That sounds good, I’ll add that to my list.”  This year I am reading a bestseller from 2009 by Gretchen Rubin called The Happiness Project. I have never taken a whole year →

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Freedom is an exciting thing. To be allowed to independently explore new territory is thrilling and adventurous. It can be a bit scary not knowing what is around the next corner. No worries, safety precautions are in place. Toilet lids are closed and doors to the laundry room, master bedroom closet and the upstairs attic →

I thought that Koda and Summer had a lot of energy, but this kitten Sansa is something else. She knows two modes: freaky fast and dreamy dozing. These are the two extremes for Sansa. One moment she is purring with eyes closed as I gently run my hand along her smooth back; the next she →

All I have to do is place my hand over the basket holding the leashes and Summer and Koda begin dancing with excitement. We have established routines that are fairly consistent, including taking a long three mile walk around the neighborhood loop. There are days that I have to take a shorter route due to →

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It sounds like a children’s fairytale from down under. Sansa, our three month old tabby kitten has had interactions with Koda and Summer, her eleven month old canine siblings. It may puzzle you that we are taking our time with this introduction, but if you knew Summer and Koda you would understand why. It is →

I lived 28 years before becoming Grizzlybearma. The lucky day for me was St. Patrick’s Day in 1993. It was the day of the birth of our first child. We had cut our teeth at “parenthood” when we brought home two Shih Tzu puppies a couple years earlier. We learned what it meant to be →