2022, a Year in Review

Another year comes to a close. And what a year it has been. Where should I start… On the Doggy front, I had 21 over night guests and 40 day visits…mostly due to 1 dog, I watch 1 day a week. I have been watching him for 3 and a 1/2 years now. I cant […]

Two, 2 day getaways, back to back

It was a 4 day whirlwind! I went to Cape Cod MA, with Dave, from Saturday to Sunday and then to New York City, with my cousin, from Monday to Tuesday. The Cape trip was to celebrate 1 year together, (I cant believe its been a year!), and NYC was to celebrate my birthday. Dave […]

Another New Hampshire Getaway

Some friends of mine invited me to join them, for the weekend, at their house in New Hampshire this past weekend. We had a great time! Their place was on Christmas Mountain, in Intervale NH and the weather was beautiful! We got there mid day on Friday and relaxed at the house. Saturday, we went […]

Doggy Guest #13, Bentley came back

Bentley came back, for a week this time, so we really had more time to get to know each other. We had a great time. He is such a sweetie, he loves to snuggle and play! It was sooo cold out this week that I couldn’t get any picks of him outside. I am excited […]

A last minute Doggy guest Lucy

I got a call at 3 pm on Friday from a women, from out of state, who was visiting her daughter for the day. Rhode Island is a very dog friendly state, but the restaurant they had planned to go for dinner, did not allow dogs. She wanted to leave her dog from 4-9 and […]

Everything is a learning experience

I recently wrote about wanting to run an Airbnb in my house. I have since deleted that post because I am not going to do it now. After talking to some people and doing a lot research online, here is what I learned; Regular homeowners insurance really doesn’t cover you when you are charging someone to […]

Where did the summer go?

It’s been a while since I have written. I lost track of time. I have been so busy enjoying the summer. Where does the time go? Let me recap; We had really good weather throughout August, so tried to be outside whenever I could. I have been walking a lot with a meetup group. We […]

A Very Busy 3 Weeks!

Wow, have I been busy….still working on my house, had a visitor from home and I am meeting new people. Since my last post 3 weeks ago, so much has happened; The storm/pet door was installed by Lowes and it has changed my dog’s life. She is more independent now, so I don’t have to […]

An interesting outing

Today I went to the Duke Farm with a friend and her daughter. It’s about an hour from me and I have never been there before. First, let me mention that it was 90 degrees out. We walked about 4 miles in this heat, but towards the end, we cheated and took the tram to […]

Mini vacation

I went on a 4 night trip to Washington DC, to celebrate my birthday. . I stayed at a nice bed and breakfast, http://www.bedandbreakfastdc.com/accommodations/brumidi-b-b I got there Thursday night and settled in. Friday, I went to the Smithsonian National Zoo. Saturday, my niece, who goes to GW, was my personal tour guide and showed me all the monuments. […]