Stephanie Newton Books

Yesterday, the husband and I took a little sunset cruise.  It’s the perfect time of day to be out on the water.  We cruised around a little bit, let the dogs bark at the pelicans and seagulls (their favorite thing to do on the boat), then decided to head back to the marina.  As we [...]

I don’t know why it is that dogs will sniff until they find the one stinky spot in the yard and then joyfully roll in it.  Today when we got home from a day long shopping expedition, it was very apparent to all of us that the time had come for the poodles to get [...]

Our toy poodles are cute. And smart. But with the smart comes easily picking up some bad habits. Like trying to get to our food when we’re eating. Like jumping on people when they come to the door. Like barking at everything that drives, walks, jogs, or hops by our [...]

“And I’ll have to rewrite that paragraph…”

Hippy Dogs

Frou-Frou Dogs

I love the scene in Dan in Real Life where the single dad goes to pick up his fourteen year old daughter at the coffee shop and finds her with (gasp!) a boy. He tosses her in the car with her sisters and driving off with her crying all the way, “But Dad, I [...]

What I caught CC doing yesterday.
She’s either saying, “What!? I was just kissing the Baby Jesus.” Or she’s incensed that there are no dogs in the manger scene. I can’t quite tell from her expression.

It wasn’t me, Mom. I swear I was framed….what? The teeth marks in the pencil? I don’t know how those got there. It must’ve been….yeah, that’s right. It was C.C. Definitely not me.

My dog Honey is really my daughter’s dog. But somewhere along the way, Honey decided that she is responsible for my safety. She wakes me up in the morning just before the alarm goes off. She follows me around…all day long. If I’m cooking in the kitchen, she’s right under my feet. And if I [...]