I posted a cute, almost dignified picture of Mal the other day, as the one I sent to my landlords. This is what he actually looks like most of the time these days:


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Finally home from a busy, busy weekend trip to Dayton and Fort Loramie, Ohio.

lyda_pearl found a great house to rent on AirBnB, where seven of us, plus two dogs, stayed. Everyone else was at a local hotel where our cousin reserved a block of rooms.

( Day One )

Poor little Zoe's not enjoying her distempter shot. It seems it can do a bit of a number on our little furry friends, much like a flu shot with little kids - they sometimes feel pretty crappy for a day or so afterwards and then they're fine. So I'm crossing my fingers that she'll feel better tomorrow but in the meantime, she's eating, and ( Read more... )

Zoe watched with a look that could only be called deep suspicion as I pulled out the travel crates this morning. We are off to the vet's office later (something I have been shamefully lax about these past few years). Once the crates were dusted off, I threw a pajama-worn t-shirt in each one to make it smell a little more like home. Then put Zoe's ( Read more... )

ani_no_mouse and I have been planning a day hike for months and today was the day for it. The weather was ominously promising rain but we were not daunted. ANM drove down from Grove City, picked me up, and we continued on down to Ohiopyle. Because we were expecting rain I didn't take my sunglasses, and regretted it the whole way down because there was a lot ( Read more... )

As a huge fan of Anne of Green Gables, I was finally tempted to watch Netflix's version, Anne With An 'E.' I was put off by the title, but persevered.

( Spoilers for first three episodes )

Small child incessantly dribbling basketball in echoey alley outside my window is Driving. Me. Crazy. It's like a dripping faucet only much louder. I am officially a curmudgeonly old person. I have however so far refrained from sticking my head out the window and yelling at the kid, so I guess that's something.

March came in like a lion this year. Thunderstorms early in the morning, around five. Heavy rain most of the morning. And then, like a little miracle the clouds parted and most of the afternoon was mild and sunny. When I left work, it seemed like the tail-end of afternoon instead of evening for the first time all year, still definitely daylight ( Read more... )

I lucked into some amazing hockey tickets for the Pens game yesterday. Six tickets, only seven rows back from the glass. I usually end up in or near the back row of the upper section, and I will never complain about those seats because going to a game is an amazing experience regardless of where you sit (and when you have a high up seat, you can ( Read more... )

I was having a lovely sleepy morning, after a long and exhausting week. And then I made the mistake of skimming over FB. Well, that ended all happy, feel-good, sleepy morning contentedness in a hurry. The detainment of two refugees attempting to enter the country legally, after helping the United States in one way or another for many years, is ( Read more... )