Monthly Archive: January 2008

Sometime in November, when we were getting bombarded with Christmas catalogs from far and wide, I decided to conduct what I called \”a social experiment\”. I collected all unsolicted mail for December and put in...

Today is  a milestone of sorts for Barb. For us. Barb woke up this morning without having to worry about upcoming chemo side effects.  Barb started chemo in September and had 6 sessions, every three...

Friday afternoon, when it had already been raining for 5 days straight, I get the usual phone call from Vandenbusch to confirm the Saturday morning ride.  Even though it had been rain rain rain for...

Kelly and the  CSUEB girls started their 2008 season with a 11-5 loss to Santa Clara last Thursday. The Cal State East Bay Pioneers are ranked 5th in the nation for div III schools. Santa...

In a strange twist of fate, we have to give back the dog we rescued and came to love. The short version of the story is that  the owner wants/needs the dog back. She is...

I\’m glad its January!  If there were ever a year that we\’d like to put  behind us its 2007.  When we were in Tahoe in July, when we had just found out what was ahead,...

Jasmine went back to her original owner today : ( She spent her first night here sleeping on Kate\’s bed, and spent her last night here sleeping on our bed. In between it was the...

Meet the new addition to our family. Jasmine is a six year old \”rescued\” golden retriever mix, that was until yesterday living temporarily at my sister-in-law Diane\’s place in Winters. We met Jasmine on Christmas...

And it really is.  They put up this sign and closed this part of the trail after the big storm blew through a few weeks ago.  Many people don\’t venture this far out, but we...