Prize has been dieting. I know you can’t tell from this picture with a full winter coat but there is less of her. This has been accomplished by very strict dietary guidelines imposed on her and her two buddies in the “Plump Pony Paddock.” I decided that I would go over there today and slip [...]
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 [...]
I’m battered and bruised but I survived Christmas. The SO picked up the kid on Christmas morning and we headed up to my parents’ house 3.5 hours away. Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we went with a kid and a dog and a trunkful of luggage and gifts. The kid [...]
Bad vacation Originally uploaded by spirit97 On her skiing vacation ZombieBaby had a horrible accident. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
ZombieBaby returns Originally uploaded by spirit97 She’s played with sharks on St Thomas. She was threatened by iguanas. Now ZombieBaby is spending Christmas vacation skiing! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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 [...]
Today one of my coworkers, who is prone to asking me to do the impossible, asked me if I could make it stay light longer. I replied, “Yes, just for you it will now get a bit lighter every day from now until June.” She stared at me with a hopeful look. “Really?” I promised [...]
I am a delicate little flower. That is my story and I’m sticking to it since it sounds better than saying that I am a wimpy crippled layabout. Ever since I started running I’ve had soreness in my right hip flexor. I managed it with special emphasis while stretching. It was sore this week but [...]
Sadly, I didn’t go looking for these. I took both of these pictures on the same errand-running trip. Why does the nativity scene have caution tape around it? Why if there has to be caution tape does it have to be anchored around the wise man’s neck? (We’ll let the question of why there is [...]
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 [...]
This would have helped today. I was useless today. I woke up when the SO left for work. I was going to get up. Next thing I knew it was 3 hours later. I did drag myself out to the trails to run. I should know better than to try to run when hormonal. I’ve [...]
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There is a Virtual Christmas Quilt Show going on here. I think I’ve only ever made one Christmasy thing since I’m not a fan of the season. I made this as part of a block exchange. It was made for my mom because she likes Christmas decorations. This was one of the very early quilts [...]
When I run with Freckles I use a Gentle Leader headcollar to control her. She’s a major puller when her leash is hooked to her collar. With the Gentle Leader the leash is hooked under her chin so if she tugs against the leash it ends up pulling her nose back to me. It is [...]
My blogging life is my secret identity. No one in my real life has the location even though I’ve been asked a lot. I want the freedom to write whatever is on my mind without falling prey to self-censorship. I already muffle things that I might want to say in real life but am too [...]
Freckles had a playdate yesterday. The SO took her to the neighbors’. This was the first time I’d been the house without her. The world is a different place. The cats knew the moment the door closed behind the dog. Powder came down off the armoire. She even came and cuddled with me on the [...]
This is Freckles post-workout. Maybe I could be fast enough to keep up with her if I stored my energy like her for the rest of the day.
(I’m going to make this sticky for a week in order to let anyone who wants to enter the giveaway. See below for new posts.) This is my 1500th published post on this site! In honor of the milestone I’m having a giveaway. Specifically I’m giving away this quilt top made into a real live [...]
I have not just been an exercise slacker. I’ve been a cooking slacker too. I’ve been eating things where the directions consist of open package, pour in bowl, add water, microwave, stir. Of course I have excuses for this. I’m blaming my kitchen for being uninspiring. It is tiny. There is inadequate counter space. Sure, [...]
I haven’t been running much since ..(mumble, mumble).. I ran on Sunday with Freckles. The plan was to run again today. I woke up this morning with a sore back and my shin splints were acting up. I was downstairs browsing blogs and explaining to Freckles why we weren’t going running today. Then I came [...]