We went out and got us some culture yesterday. Not culture like we might be infectious but culture like arts and stuff. We went to see Wicked. I love the book and never really wanted to see the musical because they are so different. I loved that the book is tragic and almost everyone dies. [...]
This is the view I see of Freckles nowadays. This is because she is a jealous girl and we have a bunch of extra animals in the house this weekend. This is What’s Her Name, also now known as Under The Bed Dog. She is Z’s dog and doesn’t have a permanent name assigned to [...]
I did speed work today. On a track. Like a real runner. And I got up at 7:00 AM on a Saturday to do it. I walked a lap and then ran a timed lap at my normal pace to see how fast I run. It was about what I expected. I was doing about [...]
Being a vet’s dog is a mixed blessing. Your medical needs will be both immediately recognized and immediately ignored. You don’t have to go to the office to get treated but that means that you end up getting shots in the kitchen when you least expect it. Yesterday we had a lunch at work with [...]
Z’s mother got a dog a while ago in response to Z’s pleading. Mistake #1. Z doesn’t want a dog. I know this because she would look at Snowball and ask if we could get a dog someday. Ok, at the time Snowball was old and sick but really, that’s rude. Then after Snowball died [...]
Several months ago I signed up for a 5K race at a veterinary convention in August. August is a long, long time away. I recently came to the conclusion that August is now sneakily less than two months away. I haven’t been running since I hurt my hip this winter. That isn’t because the hip [...]
Meet Bernie. We dog sat on Saturday. He was visiting some neighbors of ours from his house in Wisconsin. All his humans went on a day trip so he came to us. He’s a Springer Spaniel/Beagle mix too. I think dogs are like cars. You never notice certain types until you get one and then [...]
I think dogs invented blogging and humans are just starting to catch up. Proof: You take a dog for a walk in your neighborhood. They stop at the same places (sites) that they stop every time. They sniff (read) what other dogs have left there (written). If it is particularly good they pee on it [...]
This morning Freckles, the SO, Z, and I did a 5K charity walk to help a local pet rescue organization. We went with two other dogs from work and five people. It was supposed to be a 5K. There was no sign for a turnaround point so we think we walked about 4.5 miles. It [...]
Work on the hallway started this morning. I was downstairs for sewing day and not paying attention to what was going on upstairs. Riley kept coming over and giving me looks though. He naps upstairs at this time of day and obviously he was being disturbed. (Poor Riley has a traumatic 24 hours. Riley, scourge [...]
In all the years I’ve owned my camera I’ve never taken a video. I knew it was an option but just never did it. Today is our third snowstorm in a week. Normal temperatures for this time of year is 41F. If we get snow it leaves in a few days. Freckles was out playing [...]
Riley loves to go outside. He does not like snow. This is a problem for him. He has been sitting and staring out the window forlornly. Occasionally he rushes out when the door opens only to find that the snow is indeed real. He loiters for about 30 face-saving seconds and then I call him. [...]
My neighborhood has old houses, lampposts, and snow that never seems to end. I’m starting to think that this is a portal to Narnia. It isn’t really snowing hard here but it just isn’t stopping so we are getting a bunch of snow again. I pride myself on being able to drive in any weather, [...]
Is it really necessary to sit on the back of the couch instead of how it was designed to be used? My cats do this too. I think it is because they can see better.
I love Nature’s Variety dog food. It cured Snowball of all her allergies. She went from eating steroids like candy to keep her from itching herself bloody to taking steroids on two days in her last 3 years of life. When I got Freckles I started her on it right away. I was using the [...]
I came up with a resolution! I never do resolutions at New Year’s time. It is too much work to think up things that I’m just going to forget about anyway. This plan only came into my head coincidentally around this time of year. I wasn’t sitting around thinking up resolutions. I am going to [...]
Grounded for having to be yelled at too many times for kitty chasing this morning. I’m working on cooking real live meals again. I get very easily distracted and then I cook things that only have to have water added and microwaved. I’ve been reading the running blogs and those people are seriously into their [...]
Someday I’m really going to make the Solstice decoration that I’ve had on my to do list for years. I bought this fabric this year. I’m not sure what it is going to be yet. Table runner? Wall hanging? Permanent part of the collection of cool fabric that I can’t decide what to do with [...]
It snowed. In case I didn’t know that I had a kid singing, “Yeah! It snowed!” over and over at the top of her lungs this morning. She is still alive. I’m counting that as my good deed for today. Freckles seems to love snow. She runs huge circles at the dog park as fast [...]