We celebrated a very special birthday in our house yesterday. With a very special birthday treat.

Doesn’t it look… delicious?

It’s a gingersnap with a huge dollop of peanut butter, topped with a frosted mini wheat and pink sprinkles. In other words, it’s Tessa’s dream come true.

Tessa turned 4 yesterday, and as is tradition, […]

November 3, 2008 was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

One of the worst, if not the worst, of my life. The 10 days that followed were not much better. For those 11 days, Tessa had cancer. But then it turned out that she wasn’t sick after […]

Dear Mama,

I’m sorry for flattening the couch cushions.
But you can’t be mad! You see, I’m little, and you know how much I love to sit up on my “perch.” And it’s just so comfy, I can’t help but snooze here, too.

I’ll work on evening out the other ones… at least they’ll […]

It occurred to me that it’s been a while since I’ve posted any photos of Tessa. Or talked about her, for that matter.

The Little Girl has always been a show-stopper. Whenever we’re on walks, we get all kinds of action thanks to our dog. What can I say? There’s just something about dachshunds. She’s […]