Do Life Right

Connor (our oldest cat, at age 12.5) is, by far, our most photogenic cat. He’s a loving and cuddly cat. Since I haven’t shown a photo of him yet, here is one. Enjoy!

One of the two most frequently looked at photographs on this site is of my lovely cat, Astrid, in my post “Adopt Pets from Animal Shelters“. For everyone that has found her as beautiful as we do, here is a recent photograph for your viewing pleasure.

Wow! My Mom sent me a few packs of the new Webkinz Trading Cards Series 2. I opened the packs and found that I was a very lucky recipient of a free mystery pet. The exciting (and scary) part is that I had to name the pet without knowing what the pet [...]

My favorite Webkinz pet has always been the cow. The cow is a super animal and makes a wonderful stuffed pet. S/he’s soft and plush and has the most awesome bean bag feet. Shortly before Christmas I decided to get my own Webkinz account, so it wasn’t too surprising that I received [...]

I’ve had concerned readers, so here is an update on our found cat.
I took “Diamond” into TALGV this morning, right as they were opening. The kind people (almost all exclusively retired volunteers!) there were happy to take her in at no cost since she was a “found” cat. I did donate money and [...]

Today, when my daughters and I were driving home from a really fun Unschoolers Park Day we had a little unexpected adventure.
While we do live out in the country (desert) and often see jack rabbits, quail, and lizards, we were quite surprised to have to stop the car to let four wild (free roaming) cows [...]

Without ever having heard the phrase, “Dude, Where’s My Car?“, my oldest daughter consulted her pendulum and discovered the perfect name for her Webkinz Gorilla: Dude. Dude is now a family favorite. We debated for a while whether Dude would be the Hawaiian shirt type, or the bib overall type. Clearly, Dude already [...]

The Solstices and the Equinoxes are some of my favorite days of the year. With the beginning of Winter, I greatly appreciate that the days are now going to be getting longer again. I really don’t like it when it is dark so early (anything before 7PM is early for me). I [...]

My daughters have asked me to tell more details about the following:
My children and I have taken two of our favorite activities and combined them into ONE super fun game that we enjoy so much that we now play it just about once a week. What are these two things? Webkinz and Trading [...]