Christmas – Kari Neumeyer

December so soon?

This is our family tradition. Every year, we go to the same lot with our dog(s) and pose in front of our tree(s) before Rob chops them down. We get two trees: one for the house and one for the martial arts studio. We’ve been going to the same lot since before we had dogs,Continue reading “December so soon?”

Movies that make you believe in God

My people like our Christmases dark, especially when it comes to the movie portion of our celebration. An all-time favorite Christmas Day screening was Quills, starring Geoffrey Rush as the Marquis de Sade. Two years ago, Black Swan was my favorite Christmas movie. During the past week at my mom’s, I read Gone Girl (Marriage canContinue reading “Movies that make you believe in God”

Give doggies the gift of mental stimulation

I celebrated Christmas with my babies this weekend because I leave tomorrow for my traditional Los Angeles festivities. I showed a lot of restraint by only buying the kids one present. To Share. Am I stingy or what? Since it’s so dark, wet and cold around here, I’ve had to find creative ways to keepContinue reading “Give doggies the gift of mental stimulation”

Is it December yet?

Happy to see we weren’t the only ones getting our Christmas trees last weekend, even though Thanksgiving came a little early this year. Also tickled to find a dog blogger across the country who has the same tradition as we do: Taking the dogs to the tree farm. Our tradition goes back to 2006, when IsisContinue reading “Is it December yet?”