Don’t know about where you are, but in my parts, it’s been cold, cold, cold. More so than years past – thanks to the Artic storms that met up in the Artic to create a double Artic storm. My boyfriend was at his cabin in the Sierra Foothills of California last weekend and almost got snowed in. It took him five hours to shovel the driveway enough to get out so he could come home. When my friend sent me the following email, I thought... 

Quick doggie update: She’s doing much better and has some of her pep back. The blood test results came in today – they found some stuff in her urine so now I get to have the enviable job of catching my dog’s pee in a cup. Yes, you read that correctly. My boyfriend and I had a little date night tonight (which included walking the dog with me following behind her, to no avail). It was cold but a nice way to break up my normal...