(x-posted to dog_loversEvery year about this time, Oct-Nov, our Papillon (now 7 yo) chews patches off his hind end. It doesn't seem to correlate to fleas (we diligently have none), humidity (happened in dry OR/WA and in muggy VA), diet (was consistent for years; he's now on bladder stone medicated diet), or anything else we've tracked ( Read more... )

Up all night coughing - finally fell asleep about 6:00 am of such exhaustion that I didn't wake myself coughing again until time to get up at 9:30 and call in for my 10:00 meeting ( Read more... )

This sort of thing hasn't happened in this neighborhood before in the four years we've lived here. I hope it continues to be rare ( Read more... )

( TMI )

Wow. Ignore FaceBook for awhile and ... Ok, so I've got pending requests down to under 200 - mostly karma and my favorite apps (Sea Garden, Lil Green Patch, Cove, stuff I like to spend more time playing in than just accept-and-reply). I'll catch up eventually!

An interesting food item appeared in a dream I had last night. I've never seen this and don't know if it's possible to make 'em. Here's how I'd expect to put 'em together ( Read more... )

Yesterday and today, dajonjon took our leaf blower and tidied up the leaves in our yard and our two neighbors' yards ( Read more... )

I would so prefer this body Waldo to a wheelchair for those spoonless days!

We plastered my abdomen and belly with the castor oil pack for 60 minutes, the average of the times I've seen recommended ( Read more... )

It's not that I don't love the smell of good food - or that I'm not hungry. It's a question of capacity. 3 or 4 bites of something yummy fills me up ( Read more... )