Yesterday was a busy day for us. Soon after waking up I got together with a friend who is beginning to train her dog to be a pschiatric service animal. She wanted Buddy and I to act as a natural distraction while she tested her dog om a few things. Immediately after that Tracey had an appointment to be re-evaluated for PCA and other services since ( Read more... )

Karate went fairly well today, especially considering the fact that we missed 3 weeks straight for 1 reason or another. We worked on line drills and forms. I did better than I expected to especially since we had all that time off and I kept forgetting to practice ( Read more... )

Tracey came home from the hospital and wisely went immediately to bed I decided to unpack our stuff and do laundry (I had been staying at her bedside 24/7 so I had a ton of laundry to do ( Read more... )

I haven't written in here in ages. Thanks to Sally for reminding me to do so ( Read more... )

I have been attempting to research my family history/ancestry over the last few months. I have found a lot of info so far - including the fact that my great grandparents apparently owned a tavern in Rockdale, Illinois for a while. Through talking to as many relatives as possible, I found out the name of the street where the tavern was supposedly ( Read more... )

http://www.hrc.org/13699.htm

In case you haven't noticed, this makes me VERY friggin happy!

And to the idiots on Facebook who started the "Would you vote for Obama all over again?" poll... HELL YES!!!

Tracey and I have both been researching family history a lot lately. We originally got into it through Facebbook. I found and friended severaly relatives that I hadn't talked to in a decade. The more I got talking to these relatives, the more I started learning about my family. The more I learned, the more I wanted to find out. And yes, I have ( Read more... )

Flu season is in full swing. After having different homemaker all summer because our usual person was dealing with personal issues, we were finally getting ready to get her back. In the end though, we won't be getting our usual homemaker back. She has to much on her mind these days and needs to take care of herself. On a good note though, the fact ( Read more... )

Did you know President Obama took the podium at an LGBT equality event last night? It was the first time a sitting president has spoken at the Human Rights Campaign's national dinner in over a decade.

Watch the video and see what he had to say! Just click on the link below. Leave a comment

At this rate it looks like I may be cone with taking Buddy to the dog park for the year. It's getting to cold for me to stand outside for an hour or more with no protection from the cold a wind. Yup - I'm getting old