Lori, Rooney & Zuzu's Blog (5)

The teenagers are home today.

Somehow that always puts me in mind of Paul Revere's Ride and want to shout, "The Teenagers are Coming! The Teenagers are Coming!" While generally they are pleasant lads... they do come with some baggage...mainly in the way of noisiness, large quantities of food consumption and messes.

Truthfully though, I enjoy having my kids home and actually look forward to their days off from school.  I am as excited about the countdown to summer vacation as…

I did it.

I gave Rooney a haircut.

What on earth has come over me? Add this to the list of things that will surely be brought up at my Intervention.  In 17 years of parenting I have never once entertained the idea of giving one of my children a haircut.  Even when my daughter wasn't sporting more than 25 hairs on her head, I still took her to a professional. And, you may not have heard, but there are professionals available and willing to give your dog a haircut.…

Well, the neighborhood Crazy Puppy Lady is only getting crazier. At least, I'm pretty sure that's the word on the street.  

It was a beautiful day today and I was perhaps feeling just a bit too spunky with my return to good health.  This newfound zest for life gave me the ambitious idea to take Rooney down to the playfield near our house, with a long lead, to play a little fetch and do some some general running around.  I figured he'd love the extra room to exercise his legs and the…

As stated in my previous blog post, I am crazy about my little Labradoodle, Rooney.  And, as I also mentioned, this has come as a bit of a surprise to people who know me well.  Not the fact that I like my puppy.  I have always been a "Dog-Liker".  It's the fact that I love my puppy and have not generally been known as a "Dog-Lover".  But in fact, my deep affection for my Rooney has actually increased by interest and attachment to all dogs.…

Why am I here?

Of course first and foremost, I am here because I am a Doodle owner.  That's a given, right? But I've been a dog owner for twenty years and have never dipped a toe into a site like this before.  So, why now? 

Because my Rooney has turned me into someone even I do not recognize.  My sister, who has always been the true blue animal lover of the family, can hardly contain her amusement/shock when I prattle on about the latest dog book I've read, or my ridiculously…