R.I.P. Frankie

I talked to my dad yesterday and got the news that we lost a close friend and family member on Saturday night. Frankie. Frankie was my dad's mini dachshund and.... well... pretty much his best friend. They did everything together. When my dad went to bed at night Frankie was there. When he got up to take a shower Frankie would come in and lay on his clothes and wait for him to get out. Frankie went to work with my dad every day and most of the time if my dad went anywhere during the day Frankie went with him. He was a constant companion and a good listener. He'll be missed greatly.

Give A Kid A Vegan Sausage...

And you've got LOADS of entertainment! Since we are still dealing with a sick Mason here there isn't much to report on our lives... I mean, aside from Mason's fever finally passing.... so I decided it was a good time to report on the most underappreciated toy of all time: the vegan sausage! While we were in Houston on our big Rodeo trip we ate dinner with my parents. My dad has given up meat (among a very laundry list of items!) this year for Lent, so we had spaghetti with vegan sausage. I have to admit that, while it does NOT taste like meat, it was far better than I expected. It had a pleasant texture and flavor. I quite enjoyed it. Mason enjoyed it more. Not to eat.. no... he'd rather use them like nunchucks! He had a verrrry good time swinging them around like mad. So now you all know what to do when you're at the end of your ropes with your kids...give 'em a vegan sausage!