animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

post office rant

I’ve been ordering Christmas gifts through the internet. One such gift required a signature upon delivery so I opted to have it delivered to the office, since chances were good I wouldn’t be at home when it would be delivered. I looked at the package tracking yesterday morning to find …

the nose knows

Alice’s nose is looking about 100 times better. Since she’s been on the steroids most of the scabs have gone away. Her nose still has a lot of healing to do (it’s all smooth and pinkish–not exactly dog-like), but at least things are looking up!

alice

Alice’s nose has not improved (in fact, it has gotten worse), so we made another trip to the vet’s office today. Doing biopsy is still on the table, though after finding out how much that will cost, we’re going to try the steroids first. Since her nose is so bad, …

no country for old men

This book took me a while to read. Not that it wasn’t good, but I watched the movie first, so there wasn’t a sense of urgency to read the book since I already knew the plot. I definitely prefer to read a book before watching the movie, but I did …

back to school

We did the Family Movie Night thing last night and watched this movie. I have to say, fashion in the 80s was really weird. It’s funny to watch these old movies and see how things used to be. Of course, Brian and I had already seen this movie, but it …