I don’t know about you but the world today sometimes terrorizes me. It seems like everyday we’re hearing about, reading about or learning about something that we should be worried about. The evening news is filled with fires, deaths, muggings or murders. The morning news is equally depressing. I watch it only to see the weather and 9 out of …
Goodbye 2014
On March 1, 2015 Rex’s Place will celebrate our 5th anniversary. We opened our doors on March 1, 2010. It doesn’t seem that long ago and yet so many things have changed. I always dreamed of owning my own business but many of them fail in the first year. We’re still here. Besides location, location, location, just how have we …
It’s NOT All Right
It just happened again. Rex, Seaquel and I were walking down the street. Seaquel is still young enough that she gets excited at anything that moves. She’s also knows she’s a good-looking dog. (Did I tell you she’s smart?) So we’re walking down the street, Seaquel sees someone she knows and he calls her. She get’s excited and starts running. …
Dog Days of Summer
Are we done yet? People that really know me, will wonder about this question. The fact is, I suffer from seasonal dysfunction so the summer is my “thriving” time. But I’m ready for August to be done. Do you feel the same? The month started out all right but then things started to happen. I started having some pain in …
Who Knew?
Sometimes the biggest surprises come when you least expect them. And I have to admit – I am SURPRISED. So puppy comes home (Seaquel for those of you that don’t know) and she is beyond adorable. Within two hours, while standing in Happy Husky Bakery, Rex let her know he was the boss. She ran away whimpering and I thought …
I’m scared
I’m scared. Seven years ago, I brought Rex home and he changed my life. He was my rock during several years of struggle and, now, everything is starting to come together. My life, although different than I’d planned, is returning. I can breathe a little, where I couldn’t before. So why, I ask myself, am I looking to shake things …
Got S.A.D.?
According to the dictionary – Summer is “a period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.” Winter is “a period of time characterized by coldness, misery, barrenness, or death.” Well that pretty much sums it up, don’t you think? Having lived in this area since I was 2 years old, I’m used to the winter. Not my favorite time of year but …
New Years? Bah, Humbug no more
I don’t know about you, but I’m one who has never understood the rush to celebrate New Years Eve. I don’t get it. When asked what I was going to be doing, I had a simple answer: sleeping. I don’t want to see Ryan Seacrest (now I”m really aging myself – it used to be Dick Clark). I’m not interested …
Conference Thoughts
en·rich transitive verb \in-ˈrich, en-\ :: to improve the quality of (something) : to make (something) better : to improve the usefulness or quality of (something) by adding something to it I’m sitting here in Baltimore and missing Rex, my parents, my staff, you and our dogs. I’m also thinking of all the speakers I’ve listened to over the past …
Understand the Winter and Dogs
I don’t know about you, but there is something I don’t like about winter. Maybe it’s the day’s getting longer (or seeming so). Perhaps it’s the cold. Maybe it’s the dark. Yes, it’s definitely the lack of sunlight which put’s me into a funk. As a child, I could eat a pint of ice cream and STILL be hungry. I …