poison

We are entering the hottest days of summer. With that comes harmful algal blooms that can cause serious health effects for both humans and animals. Here's what to watch out for.

Harvey is lucky to be turning 2 later this month after he chewed his way through a child-proof bottle of a very common medication. He nearly died and racked up a $10,000 vet bill.

In all my life, I've never found myself in the situation where I needed to call poison control.  I figured if I did it would always be because one of my kids ingested something they shouldn't,  not because of my own tired stupidity.

Recently I was rummage sale(ing) in Anoka and bought the huge dish pictured above. My plan was to use it to serve my Filipino noodle dish called Pancit, it would have been perfect. WOULD have been in the key word. It wasn’t until I got home and flipped it over to put it in the dishwasher that I was horrified to find out I shouldn’t, I couldn’t use it for what I intended.

My wife's favorite flower is Stargazer Lilies.  This year as a gift she received some lilies for her birthday.   We displayed them on the kitchen table.  They sat there for a few days, until a crisis appeared out of nowhere yesterday morning.