Years ago I had switched to Soy milk as an alternative to Cow’s milk, but found that the emulsifier used gave me migraines.  Once again I was looking for an alternative and tried Almond milk.  Once again those severe headaches have returned and I didn’t even think of looking at the ingredients when purchasing the product. What is Carrageenan? Well, here is some info copied/stolen (link: http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-carrageenan.htm ) from a website: Carrageenan is a product derived from certain types of red algae,…

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Last night the pups and I stopped at the gas station on the way home from the dog park and they were interested in what I was doing at the side of the car with that fuel hose.  These two are so amazingly wonderful.

Some people have commented how big Mooch is and can’t believe that Baxter was so much bigger.  Mooch is about 95 pounds and Baxter was close to 160.   Here is a photo of Baxter and me looking over our fence when we lived in Chandler.  The dirt mound was from a big whole which was dug to hold a hot tub.  I heard a few people gasp/shout when then saw Baxter watching them walk by on the sidewalk below.  He…

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The Prius enjoyed the rain yesterday as we all waited to start the Christmas hash and bash last night.

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All Phoenicians and most Arizonans are preparing for our first big storm of the year.  By 7pm tonight we’re expecting 30-40 mph winds and later the rain will start and continue until Saturday morning.  The higher elevations are expected to get up to two feet of snow!  Hopefully that means we can possibly kick this ski season into gear. 🙂  Be safe out there.

AZRescue.org has its Santa Paws pictures every year.  Last week I was the bearded gift giver and this week I took Mooch and Callie up to get their Christmas picture with Santa Paws.  They sat perfectly, looked at the camera and we were in and out in a few minutes.  I love my pups.

What a month will do!  This past month I didn’t turn on the AC or Heat and it has saved me over 100 hours.  I love Nest!  NEST

Still haven’t put the WG-1 through much, but so far it seems a bit faster. I will know tonight. We’ll see if the “great deal” paid off.

One of these came with my bike, tried it today and it was really awful. Do not waste your money.