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Welcome. We're So Glad You're Here!
This site represents who I am as a Disabled Person and Dog Handler.
I write about what matters to us as a Service Dog Team and Dog Mom.
I hope my site can inspire, educate, entertain & enrich your life in some way.
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November - Thankful & Grateful
November was another month that rolled in and out quickly for us. It was mostly filled with chores and catching up on things from when I was down and out with an extended case of extreme exhaustion again. Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Thyroid, and Migraines can have me incapacitated from time to time. Great Danes are perfect companions for service dog work like this because they also can sleep 16 hrs. a day. (usually not all at once). Sven is accustomed to when this happens, and he ca

Everything Sven
Nov 303 min read


October - Winds of Change
October - winds of change I finally recovered from the extreme fatigue flare up. It took lots and lots vitamins, water, rest, food, peace and quiet. Lots, 3K mgs of Vitamin C, B-complex, 200 mgs of magnesium, and 325 mgs of iron. This month seemed to go by faster than fast, warm Indian summer like temps early in the month and raw cold rainy days by the end of the month. It's definitely starting to feel like holiday season, football and thanksgiving. We finally conquered the l

Everything Sven
Oct 303 min read


September - Shakedowns, shots and sideswiped.
This was a hard month for us. It went by really fast, and I was still experiencing the worst exhaustion ever, I have several ailments...

Everything Sven
Oct 22 min read
August; Que sera, sera
This month found us at a butcher shop, a pizza joint and a moment with a holy statue. We couldn’t make too many social media posts this...

Everything Sven
Sep 42 min read
July - It flew by.
Well July this year brought the heat and near defeat, along with jubilation. After lots of paperwork, preparations, running around and...

Everything Sven
Jul 284 min read
June's Gloomy Blooms
Slowly our old life is fading into a new one, things are transitioning for all of us. Meeting new people, places and getting accustomed...

Everything Sven
Jun 293 min read
May's Mayhem & Moving
Well May didn't go as planned either. Does anything ever? We got to our new address ok. The Movers were very late arriving, and I really...

Everything Sven
May 242 min read


April Blossoms & Blessings
After years of hard work, extensive searches, many disappointments and lots of waiting, we were finally blessed with an HP unit and will...

Everything Sven
Apr 192 min read
March Madness
Well, the blarney started early this month. We got a call for an apartment at the southern end of our county and about as far as I’d be...

Everything Sven
Mar 293 min read
February's tales of puppi love and other near disasters
Feb didn't start off too well, at the close of Jan we learned of a death in the family, and then another in the extended family. Older...

Everything Sven
Feb 254 min read
January Jubilation, Juxtaposition and Jive talking.
Well, the new year didn't fail to surprise us with more highs, lows and unknowns. NYE was a bust for both of us, just way too sore and...

Everything Sven
Jan 264 min read
December's complications, cortisone & corona extra
This month brought us more PT visits, and less mall walks as my knee injury has really impeded any progress. I endured 8 weeks of severe...

Everything Sven
Dec 31, 20243 min read
November sick days, snagfus and other disasters
November was true to its reputation as a transitional month. While Sven's ear infection and skin condition continued to heal up and...

Everything Sven
Dec 3, 20242 min read


October Shenanigans
October was a hectic month for us with the increase in Halloween tourism in our city. Our adventures included shopping with Grammy Kohl's...

Everything Sven
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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