not necessarily in this order

It's hard to believe, but we've had Maysie for an entire year! She's gone from being a 21 pound, long and lean Bernedoodle puppy to being a 65 pound, tall and long and lean Bernedoodle teenager! In honor of her "gotcha" anniversary, I wanted to share 10 things I LOVE about this pup who has brought us so much joy: One : Just look at this face!! Two : The Bernedoodle head tilt. Give her a command she doesn't fully agree with? "Talk" with her in a Bernedoodle-ish voice? Turn off her Olivia Rodrigo playlist? Her head goes to the side and those big eyes question your logic. Three : She's so cuddly. Our 12-year-old Maltese-Yorkie Bella came to us with food aggression and anxiety. On her best days, we can pet her back once or twice; on her worst days, only the Mr can approach her. Maysie LOVES to be pet, loved on, laid with, etc. Maybe too much? She will jump up and put her paws on your shoulders to "hug" you and make sure you give her your fu...

Sometimes you just gotta jump back into things, right? Here’re 5 things from this past week: 1. Maysie finished up a “party tricks” training class. I say “finished up” and not “graduated” (even though she did graduate) because she is way too far into her 2nd year of puppy-hood wildness to really pick up many of the tricks. She’s stubborn like the rest of us, haha!  2. Lil Momma turned 13 last week and then started 8th grade this week. I don’t even know how to process it. She’s as tall as me? She sleeps in on the weekends?? 2 days of school followed by a 4 day weekend seem like the best way to ease into this last year of middle school.  3. I’ve been on a vision journey where, after 6 months of dealing with it, I finally went to the eye doctor to figure out why my vision is super blurry at night on the days I work from home  (I haven’t been able to read books! Or recipes! It’s been so not fun.) As someone who wears progressive (tri-focal) glasses because I am both far- and ...