animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

prozac: day 1

Buster started taking Prozac today. It’s going to take a couple of weeks to build up his dosage so we probably won’t be able to tell if it’s working for a bit. He was kind of a pain in the neck this past week (when he was on a very …

frankenstein: prodigal son

This was a book written jointly by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson. I was a little wary at first given my disdain for the co-written James Patterson novels, but I was pleasantly surprised to find the novel very Koontz-ish. That said, there was nothing new going on in this …

the end is nigh

The end of winter, that is. I just worked out my 2014 gardening schedule and things kick off on March 10, which is mere weeks away (granted, the gardening events will be taking place inside the house, but gardening is gardening). Take that, snow.

v-b day

We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, but when we do, we celebrate it as Brian’s birthday. We had lasagna, a Caesar salad and a nice bottle of Valpolicella for dinner last night. Later in the evening, we watched Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy much to my chagrin (the guys picked …

quick puppy update

Brian took Alice to the vet today to have the lump on her lip aspirated. They did not see anything suspicious in the fluid, but the lump is getting larger, so she needs to have it removed. Her surgery is scheduled two weeks from today. As for Buster, he is …