Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Well, Thanksgiving is over, the election is over “kind of,” and Christmas is the next box we need to check off to close out the year 2020. I have been busy; I got my new carpet in, and finally got my new kitchen/dining room floor installed (dish washer had a bad leak), looks very nice. Did discover that when they moved the washer and dryer the vent hose fell apart, literally. I could see the rest of the hose through the hole in the floor, but it was too…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. As I am writing this article it is the first week of February. February already?! Wow! January just flew by and winter is just now really starting to set in. This weekend starts a very cold week, with Sunday (Super Bowl Sunday) starting with a high of only 11 degrees. Only 11 degrees! And the rest of the week does not get over 20 degrees. Brrrr! Anyway, I had the opportunity to fly back to North Carolina thise past weekend to participate in my oldest daughter’s, first child, “gender…

I was doing some house cleaning and came across some old books that were just gathering dust, but one caught my eye. “Live and Learn and Pass it on,” by Jackson Brown Jr. He essentially solicitated people’s comments on this phrase, “I’ve learned…” So, I thought I would share some of them, specifically, those from those that were 60-plus in age, since I figured they had a lot more time to learn something. “I’ve learned that life is a lot like a scooter car; not much happens unless you do some peddling.” Age 79; Unless you are of the “older” generation,…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. As I covered in my last article, my trip to North Carolina resulted in an unplanned overnight stay without food or baggage. After that rough start, you would think things would settle down, but as you know from reading the Dogpound all of these years, that seldom happens. I finally got my tired body home and found the house a bit on the chilly side. I bumped up the thermostat a few degrees and went on about my business of unpacking and getting my life back to normal. I…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful New Year world of the Dogpound. Despite IT being a new year, some things kind of keep going on past the finish line, like my computer. My last 2020 article mentioned that I was experiencing some problems with my computer at home. I was seeing continued deterioration of my connection to my AOL account. So, not being particularly “Nerdy,” I chose a recovery application that claimed that it would not change any of my settings or applications. Wrong on both accounts. The recovery was successful, but most of my settings and virus protection…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I hope you had a wonderful, blessed, and socially distanced Thanksgiving. Well, actually, forget the last thing. We need some normalcy these days, and wearing masks while carving the turkey just doesn’t seem to be something Norman Rockwell would have painted. So, anyway, my Dogpound world has been a bit crazy, as I have reiterated over the past few months. I have mice that are trying to turn my house into an Airbub project, but I think I have that now under control. One, I finally sent mommy to…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Is it Thanksgiving yet? Is 2020 over yet? To the first, almost, and to the second, not yet! Bummer! Anyway, the day is almost here that we stop for a whole day – at least most of the day – and give thanks for all the blessings we have received, and will receive. I know we focus on the big blessings, but we need to be mindful of all of the blessings we receive every day. We get up and flip the switch, there is electricity. We turn the…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. As I mentioned in my last article, I was in a battle of wits with a wily mouse that had escaped several traps. I nicknamed him the “fox.” Like all good stories, this must come to an end. I put peanut butter on the trap – figured that would be a lot harder to get it off – and I set up a tunnel-like entrance to give him less room maneuver to get at the bait. So short story to a longer story, I came home the other day…

Hi and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I mentioned in the past that I have a few mice prowling around. I finally had to go hard and put in wire spring traps, since they were taking the poison and not eating it. I think they were just stocking it up for the cold winter months. I caught a couple, and after a few weeks I thought my problem was over, but not so. Over Labor Day I went to visit my sister and her husband, and on my return, I found little gifts where they should…

Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Some good news to report: the BigTen has decided to have a football season after all. Ohio State will play a home game against Nebraska on the 24th of October. Start time, viewing, and other details are still up in the air, but it is something to look forward to. I have not watched much sports this year due to the over-politicization of the game to the point it being a distraction. I am not a baseball fan, I have not watched any NBA games, and – to be…