July 2025
July 9, 2025 Wednesday - Today was another long, busy day of work. I got another bit of work from one of my clients. When I was done with my day job, I took the pups for a walk and then came back and had dinner. I spent a portion of the evening getting my work done. I was sweeping under my desk this evening and found this. It was pretty big and wasn’t dead. I got this photo and then took him outside.
July 8, 2025 Tuesday - The bush on the side of the house has been blooming for a long while. Sometimes there are lots of blooms and sometimes only a few. I got this photo after our morning walk. Today was a busy day of work. At the end of the day, my sister-in-law called and invited me over for dinner. Before I went over for dinner, I took the pups for their evening walk.
July 7, 2025 Monday - Waking up this morning was a bit difficult. I had to finish up my freelance work when I got home last night. I had a pretty full day of work so at least it was good to stay busy. At some point I saw Zak at the end of the couch where I usually sit and grabbed my camera. I got photos of all the pups, but this one was the best.
July 6, 2025 Sunday - Tomorrow my baby turns 29. I drove into Dallas to meet her and Ari for an early birthday dinner. She picked my favorite Italian place. I took all the pups with me since it was a rare cool day in July and I knew there’s plenty of shade to park in at the restaurant. I found out the hard way it’s illegal to leave your dog in the car for more than five minutes regardless of the weather.
July 5, 2025 Saturday - This weekend I have quite a bit of freelance work to get done. Not to mention a bit of housework to do too. When I was done for the day, I took a break on the couch. On the occasion when Dutton actually sleeps, she takes her turn on the dog bed for a while. The rest of the dogs are all on the couch to get away from her.
July 4, 2025 Friday - Today was a great day. I got out to meet a friend for lunch up in Plano. We picked one of our favorite places, Craftway Kitchen. I love this place most for this Frozen Old Fashioned. It’s probably for the best that this place is a little over an hour’s drive from my house. I went over to my other friend’s house for food, drinks, and cigars. We were able to stay dry today.
July 3, 2025 Thursday - I have Dutton for another couple of days. This time here, she’s taken to lying at my feet under my desk while I work. Sometimes I don’t ever realize she’s crawled under, and I’ll start to put my feet on her. I’ve wanted a puppy for a very long time, but this girl has so much more energy than my older pups. Biscuit and Pancake don’t tolerate her, so she harasses Zak quite a bit.
July 2, 2025 Wednesday - Last time Dutton was here, she left this little pig chewy toy. She had already chewed out the squeaker. She found it while she was here, and she was quite obsessed with destroying it even more. It didn’t take long before she had decapitated it and millions of tiny little pink pieces of whatever this is made of all over the place.
July 1, 2025 Tuesday - This is one of my birthday presents. When I met my friend a few weeks back after a doctor’s appointment, I went over to his house. His wife is an amazing artist. She does these amazing paintings of birds. She has a series of cards that are in lots of museum gift shops. She let me flip through a large bin of her art and pick out the one I liked best. She even signed it.