The One With The Digital Thermostat

Brooke here.  This is the one when the heat went out. The new house came with a digital thermostat, which seems nice, but wasn’t.  Seems as though a device that’s designed to save you a few dollars a month shouldn’t end up costing you a hundred bucks out-of-pocket, but maybe that’s just me.  Anyhow, this […]

Sad (and Happy) Dog in Snow

Brooke here: Winter has arrived.  I hate winter.  I’m nothing but a high-pitched whine until mid-March.  This is not the post about the broken thermostat, however, as I realized it was a bit of a dick move to imply Rottweiler Prime was in pain but not delve into the whys. Simply, he’s old, and there […]

Japanese Maple, with Dogs

Brooke here: The Thanksgiving festivities have ended for another year.  I think I can say with a fair degree of certainty that for those families who play host, Thanksgiving is better known as That Time When You Clean Every Inch Of The House Twice in 48 Hours.  During the Holiday Of Cleaning, our friend Steve, […]

Doggies Gone Semi-Domestic

So, after grabbing Zu from rushing headlong into traffic, the puppy spun around and bit me hard on the… chestical region. I shoved him under an arm, saying loudly that “Someone is overtired and cranky and needs a nap!”  And my parents, who had seen the whole thing, agreed it was me who needed the […]

In Praise of Rottweilers (III)

Brooke here: This past week has been puppy-intensive with minimal sleep, so I hope you don’t mind some pictures of the puppy. Zu came from sketchy-ish circumstances.  He is between 6 to 10 weeks: the people who gave him to us said he was 6 weeks at the time we took him, but the vet […]

In Praise of Rottweilers (II)

Brooke here: Another post about dogs, mainly as we have done very little on the house this week.  Brown will be posting soon-ish, I think, which is good as right now he is my Canadian Husband.  He does exist, I swear!  You’ll like him. But we did get another dog. Meet Hanamizu.  Which translates to […]

In Praise of Rottweilers (I)

Brooke here: This post has very little to do with home repairs and might be an introduction to the wholesale destruction of both property and mental health. Everybody loves their dog.  Everybody thinks their dog is the world’s greatest.  Heck, everyone has iron-clad proof their dog is the Best Dog Ever.  So let’s accept that […]