Aug 13

Yesterday we made the very difficult decision to have Cody put to sleep. He was nearly 13 years old and had cancer in his urethra. He was diagnosed in October 2007, and had been doing pretty well since, but the tumor made it increasingly difficult for him to urinate. He had recently [...]

Aug 08

Planning before a trip can make all the difference between a fantastic vacation and one that is more frustrating than fun. It’s not that you need to schedule every minute of every day, but knowing your options before you go saves you time once you’re there and greatly minimizes occurrences of conversations such as:
her: [...]

Aug 05

A lot of people in the lower part of Michigan like to go “up north” for the weekend as often as possible in the summer. This means that heading northbound on any of southern Michigan’s freeways is probably a bad idea between, say, 3pm and 6pm on a summer Friday, unless you don’t mind [...]