That's a damn shame about Heath Ledger. He blew me away in Brokeback Mountain.

I enjoyed voting against Rick Santorum today, EDIT: but I'm trying not to get my hopes up, because that would jinx the results. and for once, my vote prevailed, HALLELUJAH.

*does victory dance*

Went and got Pip yesterday. He can barely put weight on his back legs. With support, he can stand on all four legs, but without support, the back legs collapse. I hope it gets better. His glorious tail is hanging limp (limply?). If I pull it gently away from his body, I can feel a little resistance moving it back down, so there's still some ( Read more... )

Pip's surgeon says it looks like Pip will be able to walk. I'm so relieved and happy. I will probably be able to go get him on Saturday.

D's surgery went very well. The surgeon says he replaced the bad disks and cleared out "a ton" of bone spurs that were impinging on nerves. D has to wear a neck brace and take it very easy for a while. He's home and sleeping.

...will be at 8:00 am today (Thursday). They're replacing disks 3, 4, and 5 in his neck.

*crosses all fingers and toes*

My cellar is flooding and the sump pump is not pumping. I unplugged it to try to clear away debris, and in the process, loosened the pipe connections. Now when I plug it back in, water just pours from the pipe connector back into the cellar. I don't have the right tools to fix it. Or perhaps it's the common sense I lack, not sure ( Read more... )

The bad news is my husband has to have back surgery for degenerative disk disease in his neck, mainly. It sounds like they are confident that it must be done and that it will go well and prevent or delay major problems. Amazingly, it will be done outpatient. Also amazingly, the cost is estimated at $70-80,000, with insurance paying 80% and 20% ( Read more... )

(Update: It has been a month since my last entry, and there hasn't been another word about far flung job prospects.)

I loved Terms of Endearment and I enjoyed Lonesome Dove. So, in the wake of Larry McMurtry's wonderful screenplay adaptation of Brokeback Mountain, I sought out another of his novels. The library had audiobooks of a four-novel ( Read more... )

My hearing will be next.

I just bought J. a drum set.

Because he wanted one.

*is insane*