• Dogs,  Retirement,  YouTube

    Maddie’s Trim, Grandson’s Wee School, and Monetization on YouTube

    Good morning! Ms. Maddie got a trim yesterday and she looks so cute. I think she has a little pep in her step, and a little prancing around going on. I had them leave some hair around her ears so she didn’t look like a male dog, but maybe I need to trim that up a bit. They may have left too much. And of course the bandana swallows her. And the grandson started “Wee School” this week. It’s like a pre-K program just a couple of days a week. And he loved it. He wanted to go back the next day. I had tears when I got the pictures.…

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    Winter in Texas

    The snow was beautiful on the ranch! I love being “out in the country” so to speak! The “kids” took Little Buckaroo to a lactation specialist yesterday and a follow up today. He’s been a little jaundiced. We sat him in the sun some today. He has an appointment with the Pediatrician on Thursday. George came to get me yesterday and again today as he is staying at a “fisherman’s lodge not too far away”. I was craving unsweet iced tea so we went to McDonald’s drive thru. Someone had built a snow man. River got to outside for a pic! But yesterday and today the snow has melted. Oh…

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    Meeting Grandson and a Snow Storm

    And here we are, holding our precious grandson after traveling miles to get here. If we look a bit tired, we are. But don’t tell Katy. You never mention how tired you are in front of a mother who has just given birth! He is so special! Of course tears of joy fell at the milestone moment that I held the baby that my own baby “begat”! After a brief visit with Roger tied outside we gathered him up and headed to the hotel! We unpacked and checked the place out! Quite the interesting place, mostly where fisherman stay. A nice cozy place better than the motels! And by a…