Everything Sven

01/28/2026

01/26/2026

Well. it was pretty bad for a while here. I couldn't get out of building at all. Glad I got wee pads for my service dog, he would have busted up his guts waiting, albeit I tried to get out.

Snow blocked the automatic HP doors, it felt like bags of cement blocking them. I had just started griping about how unsafe it was becoming, when the bobcat came to clear doors. By the time I booted and suited up to clear around the car, an office staff member with husband and son came to help.

And thank goodness for that! I didn't think I was going to make it to 58 at the rate I was going, they might have found me dead in a snowdrift this spring. The "light fluffily stuff" was really packed and heavy from all the blowing wind and drifts. the car is iced over from coastal effects. We cleared all around it, but I still can't really get the car out, they said they'd be back later to Bobcat all the snow piles we made. We're expecting another 5-6 inches tonight, we're in for another night.

Ah well, meatball sandwiches for dinner and hopefully find a decent movie or show.

01/24/2026

Nationwide Winter Storm Coming. To all of our friends, fans, followers and everyone else, please Take Care and Stay Safe.

We managed to get a supply run done. Mom forgot sauce for the meatballs! Ah well she'll either have to make her own or use gravy. With the extreme temps, we're for sure staying off the roads. We have a good battery, but Mom's worried about the radiator in these temps. Her and Grampy checked the antifreeze and topped off all the fluids. Rumor has it Mom's trading-in the car in a few weeks for a 4x4 with a lot more room and trunk space.🤞

Right now she's got brain freeze from taking me & the trash out. The wind chill is just too much.

Earlier in the week after shoveling around the car and clearing it off, then walking to take trash out, chatting with a neighbor, she got diaphoretic, saw pink, yellow, blue and then boom - lights out, she fainted outside and had to go sit in the car for a bit before making it inside. I didn't go with her to help because it was very slushy and watery around the dumpster and she didn't want my paws or boots to have dumpster water on them. I would have alerted her had I gone. She spent most of the rest of the week in bed or the couch with a Migraine from hell. Changes in barometric pressures can bring these on. But all the shoveling can cause strain and changes in blood pressures, sugars and whatever else. Thankfully this next storm is the fluffy powdery stuff. She's lucky she didn't suffocate in the snow. And her hoodies (dbl. layers) got soaked, with no time to make a special trip to the laundry, we went to Walmart and bought a few new ones the other day, and a pretzel & lemonade. While there, someone stopped to talk to her and admire me, but while talking spit on her hand, pretzel and maybe her straw. Sigh... she just couldn't win for anything that day and with the flu going around, she just threw it all out. Sorry No photos of our outing, she had to put the phone in rice to dry it out after falling in the snow. Morale of this story? Bad decisions make for good water cooler stories. 😆

Hopefully the power won't go out around here or it'll be a long couple of days, looking forward to watching the Patriots game. 🏈

01/23/2026

Boston is preparing for some cold and awful winter weather. Make sure you and your pet are prepared! If you lose power, it's not just you who can get cold- especially those short coated pups!

01/15/2026

I've been struggling off an on all week with a whopper of a migraine and sleepless nights Just when I think it's gone, it's been coming back, but also stuffy head, low-grade flushed feeling and slight cough. Not really sick, but not really feeling great either. I went in to get a few cleaning & HBA things including some Nyquil...

Sven alerted just as I was coming down with an episode of the vertigo-fibro fog & migraine He gave me early enough warning to avoid a disaster. He went right to work as "point man." a position just slightly in front of me leading the way but still close enough to block a fall while also avoiding obstacles and people until we were safely outside of Target. Feeling wonky we made our way with Grammy over to Panera Bread and stopped for a light lunch, beverage and a slight rest before heading for home.

Below is a rare video if Sven in action, Grammy managed our shopping cart, so I had a free hand to hold the camera and the other on Sven.

01/12/2026

Mondays... Boy this was a tough one. Even though it was a good weather day, but unable to do any errands, (i.e. laundry, grocery, HBA) or mall trips today, there were road closures in and around the mall and Rt. 128 area due to a gas tanker roll over. Traffic in all directions, so we just opted to head for home. 5+ hours we heard they were still offloading gas from the tanker. Thankfully, no serious injuries, no explosions.

3rd attempt at trimming Sven's nails, a bit more of a success today, but it's always a a bit of a battle and a lot of coaxing with him ever since he got hurt at the vet's during neuter surgery few years ago, they really chopped them off back then, and he just doesn't like it anymore. Ruined him for life one could say. Today they could be shorter and rounder, but they're not hitting the floor, so we'll call it a success for now.

In other news, Chewy & Amazon are out-of-stock on pumpkin bars for dogs. I use them for Sven's pill pockets, as he's got so many food allergies to everything else. These also help to keep him regular with bowel movements and less medication side effects.

Well anyway... while searching the internet we found wild fluctuations in price. Normally they're about $35 for a bag of 6, and I saw them as high as $75 a bag and even $138 for a bag of 6. I'll put that one in the comments section because what the f**kity f**k...? That's really scalping people. Single travel size bars normally $2.99 were up to $8.59. I could get the powdered version for $14, but for a dog his size I'm going thru that like every three days. For now, we overnighted a few bars from a shop up in NH but I'm getting nervous. Hope they come back in stock soon. - trying to make or dehydrate our own would just be too much work all the time. I had all I could do to cut up a butternut squash for thanksgiving dinner, my arm is still killing me.

Ah well tomorrow's another day. And we'll be off to look at another used car with Grampy. Looks like TJ's Orange chicken for dinner.

12/31/2025

To our friends, fans and followers, we wish you a safe & happy New Year

This year, we were tested more than ever. We lost a lot, but also won. failed, cried, rejoiced, laughed, learned, loved, and railed, but most of all we're both still here, we did not break -we survived.

Thank You all ! Looking forward to another year of shared adventures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lMlGDZ5xBo&list=RD6lMlGDZ5xBo&start_radio=1

12/30/2025

Week between Xmas and NYE...

Cleaned up from the overhead water leak disaster, waiting on plaster and dry wall repairs. They still haven't fetched their mops and dehumidifier yet. Ordered new rugs online, fed up with searching grabbed some cheapos for now with crazy patterns that don't really match, tired of searching & didn't want to invest too heavily if it happens again. Watched part of the Patriots game with Grammy & Grampy. Grabbed odds and ends for NYE & Brunch, ordered Chinese food a day early, beat the crowds. And getting ready to trim Sven's nails...

12/26/2025

Today while out doing a few quick errands, I was admiring the vehicle we parked next to, we need an upgrade. Anyway, dog handlers notice other dog handlers, that's how it goes and I had the absolute pleasure of meeting and chatting with SDK9 Jax and his Veteran Handler. They're a K9 team from Company 2 Heroes a wonderful non-profit veteran organization, check them out.

12/25/2025

Kids: No real Santa's were harmed last night. He got away.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas to our friends, fans, and online family.

12/23/2025

No matter where we go, we have some of the best neighbors. Last nights were