April 27th ~ Their First Day Without Dexy 💔

There are moments when I wish I could roll back

 the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the 

feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well...

 
Yesterday was a difficult, sad day for me. Imagine 

how it is for Rima and her family. Last week the decision

 was made to put Dexy to sleep.  He was in lots of pain

 and his quality of life was not good.  I loved that

 little stinker and my heart is also hurting.

It brought back memories of the day 

our Brutus died and the way our Shadow 

died. My heart is heavy and though I know it

 will be “better” again, right now it’s not.

Last night before falling asleep Rima sent me 

this picture.  Their routine is to always take the 

collars off the doggies for the night and put them in

 their spots.  Dexy's will never be used ever again💔 

This simple picture interrupted my sleep for hours.

We have our Sniff and he is a blessing in our lives, 

and for that I am always grateful.  He is my happiness.

What was supposed to be a relaxing and fun outing 

yesterday, didn’t turn out exactly that way for me. The 

day was beautiful. The food was good. The drinks 

even better, but my heart was sad.  It’s still is.

Not doing much today, on the other hand by early 

evening we will be bored and for all you know we

 may just take a little trip downtown.  A good day to all.

  Losing such a big part of your family is never easy 😢

~ I loved you for your whole life and

 I will miss you for the rest of mine~

~Nadiya~

Happy Thursday ~

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all,

  the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who

 we would be, and much less about what we would do...

I am so happy.  The last few days I have been 

spending lots of time with my parents.  My mom has 

pretty bad arthritis, and if I can help her in anyway 

possible I will do so while they are close to us.

As always Sniff and I have been awake early.  

He cries for his brushing, which he gets as soon as I 

can get some clothes on.  He falls all over my feet and

 never leaves until he is brushed and happy.

Food comes after brushing these days.  Once he 

has eaten he goes back to bed with his dada.  They 

both sleep for another couple of hours.  Sometimes

 when Arvid gets up, Sniff does not want to move.

Yesterday my parents took Liliana and I out to lunch. 

We went to one of our favorite restaurants.  The 

food was delicious as always and we had a good

 time all of us.  Arvid was busy doing other 

things so he was happy with a Burger.

Yesterday during our walk we encountered a variety

 of new friends.  Always happy and always have my

 camera ready.  You never know what you will see.

Arvid and I have a busy day today.  Maybe we will 

see my parents a little in the early evening.  For now 

good morning everyone.  Wishing you all a happy day.

Life is good.  Sometimes we forget.

I love my life and the ones in it...

~Nadiya~

And The Heat Continues...

Life is a journey that must be travelled no 

matter how bad the roads or accommodations...

A heat wave is mild to what we are having here in Branson, but at the same 

time grateful that we do not have the humidity like we do in Florida right now.

  No matter what this heat is "better"  Arvid says that one day when we do

 go back to Florida we will be spending the summers here in Branson. 

 We have a house here in Branson, so makes sense to get away from 

the Florida humidity in summer.  At least that's the plan.  From Branson 

it is easy to get to many other places, more specifically Chicago.   

The hotel business is going very well.  No complaints there.  Business 

is booming and we are doing good.  It is hard work at times, but 

on the other hand, we are NEVER bored.  Can't remember what 

boredom feels like.  Guess that is also good.  Branson is busy. 

There are many new attractions for families with kids.  Summer vacation

 is soon over.  Kids will be back to school.  Come September there 

is a different crowd that comes to visit.  More grown up people and less

 kids.  The theaters will be full.  People always seen to like 

the shows.  We have not been to any as of yet, and being hotel

 owners we can actually see them for free.  Hmm.. 

Arvid has finally realized that is way too hot to wear long sleeves sweaters. 

 All of a sudden he says, "I need to go buy some shirts."  About time he realized that.

Finally yesterday one of our favorite TV shows started up again.  SUITS. 

 Pretty interesting and now that one of the characters is dating Prince Harry in 

real life it will be fun to see what happens.  Arvid loves his TV shows.  

I don't really care if I watch or not.  When I get home in the evenings 

the last thing I feel like doing is watching TV.  For Arvid it is his 

way to relax.  Everyone does what works best for them.  

Has been another HOT day here in Branson.

Happy Thursday all and may you always live in interesting times.

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained 

in your living room by people you won't have in your home...

~Nadiya~