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Big Dog Update
When it rains, it pours, but this is hurricane season, so that means floods over the levies.
The good Dr. called today with the results of Jackson's blood work. The good news? He doesn't have lyme disease. The bad news? He's got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. ::sighs:: The good news? The treatment is benign and effective. It's just doxycycline ( Read more... ) -
Big Dog at the Vet
safetypup and girlie47 came by yesterday to pick up Madison. Excited by guests, Jackson rushed up to greet them. Then, his right hind leg lost traction, followed by his left hind leg, in opposite direction. With a yowl of pain, he started scrambling. I rushed up to lift him by the hips, and I sequestered him in his crate ( Read more... ) -
Rant
If you're going to be late or you're going to cancel, call. It's polite. People shouldn't have to be told this, and yet over the last two weeks, multiple people have canceled or been incredibly late and just left me wondering WTF. Seriously, people. This isn't hard. -
Exhaustion, Thy Name is Fitness
What an exhausting week last week! And most of it was because of my new fitness regime. So, in honor of my complete lack of energy, I give you my workout schedule from last week:
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Very Good Taste
A good friend of mine, anw , has created a food blog, as all good foodies will eventually do (myself included; heavy emphasis on the "eventually"). He's recently made a post that encourages interactivity (and counting, which I do love), so I decided to play. He calls it a meme, but I call him on that. It is no meme, it is simply a pleasant and ( Read more... ) -
Regulars
wbenetti and I have two regular places that we go for dinner. (And no, one of them is not ColdStone, as much as he'd like it to be.) The first is Aoba Japanese Restaurant in Sterling, VA. We're both huge fans of sushi, and their speed, quality, and service are perfect for a local, neighborhood sushi joint. The second place is a new one: Hamburg Doner in ( Read more... ) -
It R Ur Birfday!
Happy birthday, wbenetti!
-- Love always,
Syntart, Ivy, Quake, DoomKitty, and Jackson
Yeah, whatever.
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Put Back Together Wrong
The line doesn't quite reflect this post, but it's catchy brutal, and I dig the Metalocalypse.
So I'm sitting here at Panera in Herndon because it's too long to drive back home before going to my workout, which was pushed back by an hour and a half. So, I'm just patching my laptop and playing City of Heroes. But as I walk in, a cute punk chick ( Read more... ) -
And then the thread goes where?
I've taken up sewing again. Not that I had ever "taken up sewing" before, but I knew how to sew (my mom taught me) and I've sewn a few things here and there. But now, I have "taken up sewing." The problem with this, of course, is that I'm god-awfully bad at it. My cuts are creative at best; my straight lines are at least bi; and I have managed to ( Read more... ) -
Scallion Cakes
As Belinda Carlisle sang, "Heaven is a place on Earth." I suspect, though, that she wasn't thinking scallion cakes when she made her reference. All the poorer she.
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