Nine days until we meet our puppy! Still no photo identifying the one that's ours. Frustrating ( Read more... )

It's scary. The last time I felt the way I've been feeling (before and during our recent trip to Minneapolis and Northern Minnesota), was when I was living in London. I woke up one morning and just felt wrong. I was in school at the time, and mentioned it to classmates. I didn't know what it was, but something felt bad in the air. That night, ( Read more... )

After about two weeks of feeling completely out of sorts, I feel like the air around me is settling back into its groove again. I can't really explain it. It's as if my time/space/reality surface has been choppy -- so that as I passed across/through it, it was very rough and bumpy, like when you're in a small motor boat and it crosses the wake ( Read more... )

We arrived at T's parents' place on Sunday, and as we stepped from the car, I had the distinct feeling that we were being watched. I looked up, and there on a branch above us was a young eagle, looking down on us from just outside its nest. A pair of adults nests in the tree near the guest cabin (and has for 9 years), so I see those eagles each ( Read more... )

Water. WATER! The bane of the homeowner's existence. Our basement flooded in April when the city opened the hydrant down the block and failed to notice that all of the water immediately headed into our house. We just replaced the ruined carpeting last week. And Thursday night, the basement flooded again. This time, because the drain was ( Read more... )

A long, long weekend. So the Blitz plays went well. There were, of course, some things I wish we could have changed about the script, but all in all, T and I are pretty happy with it. T is happier than I am, but he goes a lot easier on himself (and me) than I do. I've heard enough positive feedback from folks who were there that I'll stop ( Read more... )

Man, oh man, I am exhausted. T and I were a writing team for the Blitz plays last night. After staring at blank pages for 2-1/2 hours, an idea finally hit, and a half hour later we were writing. We came in a little past the 6 AM deadline, but it was done. Not our best work. Not really even a good work. But we did it, and, more importantly, ( Read more... )

My newest discovery: bread in a can.
Bread in a Can!!!
We were at the store, getting just the essentials, and I saw Bread in a Can -- I had to get it. I had no idea what to expect. T was flat out against it. And you know what? It's good. It's not only good, it's great! Even for bread that didn't come out of a can! What's really great about ( Read more... )

RAIN! Finally! I just knew that if I left my garden sprinkler on long enough, the rain would come. Just to be safe, I didn't shut the water off until I heard the thunder.

New puppy pictures arrived last night, and T and I just about popped. Too, too cute. They look like little teddy bears in some of the photos -- look at those bellies!

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We just heard from the breeder -- our puppy will be ready for pick-up on the weekend of August 18th. It seems terribly far away, but also terribly close. We have a lot of preparation and reading and learning to do before then ( Read more... )