Posts by Melissa
In the very early hours of the first day of October Jeremy and the dogs were woken up by sirens and flashing lights. I was away at a corporate retreat so he ordered everyone to stay put and shut them in the bedroom while he hurried down the street to see what the commotion was. Read more
—and now, the conclusion Jeremy had skipped Tulsa Winds rehearsal and had come home hours earlier than anticipated, surprising us all. After he stepped over Bowie in the front hallway he found Aurora holding court in his favourite chair by the fire, calmly sipping a glass of his best wine. Scorn was etched Read more
“Well don’t just stand there,” Aurora chastised, clearly reveling in my mental breakdown trying to process her appearance on my doorstep. This is clearly a terrible Covid side effect. Delusion. Hallucination. I need to see my doctor. Or my therapist. Or get my anxiety meds adjusted. Possibly all three. I’d sunk to my knees Read more
The dachshunds never faltered once in their mission to keep me safe from SARS-CoV-2. With my cardiovascular disease already present, Covid would kill me and the dachshunds trusted no one. In the earliest days during April of 2020 when Jeremy came home with groceries I was banished to the other end of the house while Read more
The only way that dachshunds expedite their business in the early mornings before I have to go to work is if it’s below freezing outside. Then they hustle, running and shivering off the porch to empty themselves and then come scurrying back. There is something desperately unfair about watching dachshunds tunnel back under blankets Read more
The holiday season was upon us and I had stacks of cookbooks and all sorts of plans for meals, snacks, and an itinerary of activities, parties, and other ways to make Christmas magic for everyone–but just like every year when it finally came time to execute these plans I had no energy, desire or resources Read more
It was September 1st and so it was Gustav’s birthday. A canine safe birthday cake and a special cookout was planned with everyone important to dachshunds in attendance. Johann even wore his “It’s Party Time!” tie for the occasion and Bowie was frightened by the birthday balloons. On that weekend we were all relaxing Read more
(Note: there are Amazon affiliate links to the products we used in today’s story. I receive a small commission on purchases made from those links. These products were purchased by me, and not provided by any company.) As the summer days stretched long into the evening and the heat/humidity kept me restricted to the Read more
Every time one of us says “Oh good, I think the dachshunds have finally stopped marking inside, they are learning and I’m glad we’re past this” we don’t realize that said dachshunds are hiding around the corner rubbing their paws together and whispering “We’ve lulled them into a false sense of security, there is no Read more
The morning was quite cold and overcast, a result of the surprise thunderstorm we’d had the night before and Jeremy was up before I was. He let the dachshunds and Bowie in the back yard to do their business and enjoyed some peaceful “me time” with coffee in hand and Hoku the ancient cat upon Read more
