How We Keep Our Dogs Active: Adventures with Rosie and Rowdie

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NewNutrishPEAK #NutrishPets #CollectiveBias It’s true. Empty nesters treat their dogs like kids. (And this empty nest mom isn’t too proud to admit that!) Yes, we adore our two terriers: Rosie (our two-year-old cairn) and Rowdie (our nine-year-old westie). Whether at our Palm Springs area home or on our live-aboard boat in the San Diego Bay, these two dogs lead a decidedly charmed, active, {Read More}

A Merry Yacht Life and Mistletoe Mojitos!

A Merry Yacht Life and Mistletoe Mojitos!   It’s been just over a year since Tom and I purchased our humble but adorable “yacht” in San Diego. She’s a 35-foot, 1983 Bayliner cabin cruiser, and we aptly christened her Sea Y’all! in homage to my southern roots and our many years in Texas! Y’ALL!!! It’s SO MUCH FUN living the yacht life in San Diego! So much fun, in fact, that we make the two and a half hour drive {Read More}

A Sailor at Heart!

I spent many of my childhood and teen-year weekends boating on the Ouachita River and on Bayou Desiard in my hometown of Monroe, Louisiana. We fished, skied, tubed, and just cruised on the smooth-as-glass southern waters. Just after graduating from college, I joined a friend in a sailing regatta in Arkansas. And that’s when I knew I was truly a sailor at heart! (Or at least a boater of some sort, as it turned out to be). I moved from the {Read More}