My trainer came out to my barn today for the first time in months, to give me a lesson on my horse.  The last time I saw her she was six or seven months pregnant; this time she came toting a fat and healthy baby boy.
I wonder if I ought to get her a baby [...]

My best friend and my sister are both cat people. I’m a dog person. This difference means that we often end up involved in intense discussions about the differences between cats and dogs. I often end up learning a lot from these talks even though I don’t like to admit it.
As a result of one [...]

My sister recently told the whole family her big news that she had been looking forward to announcing. She and her boyfriend are going to be having a baby in about six months. I do not know if they are going to get married but we really hope so because we really like the guy [...]

President Obama recently made good on his promise to adopt a dog once he got into the White House.
Sort of.
The dog he chose is a purebred Portuguese water dog puppy — a two thousand dollar dog — which has some people up in arms over whether this is actually in keeping with his promise.  Most [...]

Artificial Christmas trees are really the answer for a lot of us.  Not that we’re scrooges or anything, but at least out where I live, real trees are terribly expensive, usually already dried out and often weak and spindly-looking.  Don’t get me wrong-I love real trees and the smell of them.  But then again, I [...]