Two years ago, my aunt moved down to Texas from Michigan to be with her daughter. While she was down there she ended up in an apartment that limited the number of cats she could have. So I took one to live with me and she kept the other. She always planned to move back to Michigan and I knew that one day she'd come to pick up Lily.

Last night Lily left for her new home. Lily and Nora never really became friends, but Nora sure did enjoy following her around the apartment, doing…

Nora - this shy dog - has been making so much progress since I brought her home. But there are always those little things you can't control which I had mentioned in my first blog post.

We were just finishing up our walk this morning. We were on the sidewalk and Nora was on my left and oncoming traffic was to my right. Suddenly a runner came up behind us and went to pass us on the left - Nora's side. She got spooked and jumped out into the street as a car was approaching.…

So over Father's Day weekend I took Nora for her first ever camping trip! 

Boyfriends often describe me as neurotic as I tend to worry about things that most often turn out to be not nearly as terrible as I expect them to be. So naturally I was very anxious leading up to our trip. I'd only had Nora for three weeks at that point and she is like me in that she could be described as nervous or a worry wart. She has a much better reason than myself. From what I understand she was kept in…