Before summer started, Mr. Roller Coaster and I were planning an adult only vacation. He took leave, and we made arrangements for his parents to watch the kids. After discussing our vacation options, we decided to be spontaneous (well, as spontaneous as a couple can be when they have to be spontaneous within a particular time frame). […] Read more…
Top 10 Ways Life Changes When a Puppy Joins Your Family
As you may have read yesterday, the Roller Coasters welcomed puppy Gunner into our family last week. Gunner is this tiny furball of hyperactive energy and endless kisses. He’s awesome. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had a puppy in my house, and like having a baby, you really have no idea how much […] Read more…
Introducing Gunner
Last week I wrote about picking out a puppy and the heartbreak our family felt when that puppy died from Parvo. Well, thanks to a very determined husband, we found a beautiful, happy, healthy puppy that I instantly fell head over heals in love with. Introducing Gunner, the newest member of the Roller Coaster family […] Read more…
Puppy Love Update
If you read my post earlier today, you’d know how excited I was at the prospect of getting a puppy. You’d also know that the puppy we picked out was diagnosed with Parvo and hospitalized, but was responding to treatment. Sadly, I learned a few hours ago that our puppy died. […] Read more…
Puppy Love
I love dogs. I had a Great Dane when I was a kid, and Mr. Roller Coaster and I had a chocolate lab who died a few years ago. I can’t imagine my kids growing up without a dog, but thanks to the craziness of military life, the time was never right to bring a […] Read more…
