All About Max the Dog

How could I have this space and not talk about our dog, Max? Max is our little 9 lb short-hair dachshund. He is almost nine years old, so getting a little grey in the nose area. He's a very loyal and loving dog and really enjoys his time with his humans. How did we come to get Max? About seven years ago, Joe was walking in our old neighborhood and spotted a woman walking two dachshunds. Joe commented on what a cute pair they were and she said" thanks, want one?" About a month later we decided we wanted to have a dog, so Joe went to this lady's house to see if she was serious about giving up Max. Indeed she was, and she said "he'll be at your door in half an hour." Now, she wasn't being mean, and it wasn't anything about Max, she and her husband had taken him in for a friend who was very sick, and they already a dachshund and some cats, and it was just too much for them. So, Max came to our house, bounded up the stairs in and into laps and has been happy as a clam ever since.

With new medication

This is how I feel today with my new allergy medicine. Yea!

Musings on Allergies Part I

Thursday I went to my allergist as this has been a pretty bad allergy season so far up here in Minnesota. He gave me some new meds and also mild steroids to give the medicine a big ol' boost it needs to work faster. I'm now taking Zyrtec-D and Flonase.
That's how I was before the wonder drugs.

Soon to miss - ALIAS

I've been lamenting the loss of a great TV show. Or soon to be loss, as it is going bye bye soon. That would be "Alias." Although this final season has had its interruptions, and of course, rather confusing twist and turns of a plotline, it's still a fun show to watch. And what did they do in last week's 2-hour episode? Through Vaughn back into the loop. Of course we knew he probably wasn't actually "dead" but now we still ask "Who is Vaughn?" Hopefully the last few episodes will explain a lot and leave us asking questions. That's all I have to say on that issue.

The beach in Florida

Thought I would put some more photos on here from our trip to the beach. We stayed just south of St Augustine (the oldest city in the nation, founded 1535) in a little town called Crescent Beach. Here are some photos from there.
The first photo is Joe walking along the beach. The second is another view during the day from our balcony. We were all of 25 yards from the beach, it was simply lovely. There's nothing like the smell of the ocean air. We spent a lot of time walking in the warm sand, and had fun finding seashells when the tide goes in and out.

Back to Reality

Well here I am setting up a blog. This should be a very interesting and fun project to do daily, weekly, however it works out. I've just returned, early last week, from a fun getaway to the Florida coast with my partner, Joe. Relaxing on the beach, taking longs walks along the ocean, and in the ocean, and it was rather difficult to come back to reality. The reality of work, city life, crazy traffic and all that. I live in Minneapolis, not necessarily a huge city, but it can be stressful. Here's what I miss about the ocean, seeing the sunrise over the Atlantic horizon.