animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

caught up on shit

And I mean that quite literally… My dogs go to the bathroom in the yard. I normally clean up after them every couple of days. In the winter, this usually isn’t possible because the snow covers up the deed before I get a chance to clean it up. I suppose …

big. sweet. rip.

The vet called with the results of Ripley’s 12-week thyroid test. Everything is great! Her numbers are now exactly where they should be, so she won’t have to be tested again for a year. Not only that, but she lost a few pounds since being on the thyroid medication and …

wascally wabbit

I was letting Lizzy out after supper this evening when she started barking her proverbial head off. I figured it was probably the one neighborhood kid who always seems to be walking his dog whenever I let ours out. But no, it was a rabbit. A rabbit. In December. I …

sponge bob the second

I almost forgot to mention the new addition to the family, Jake’s new betta fish, Sponge Bob II. Hopefully this betta will live longer than the original Sponge Bob’s 5 days. He ate a bunch of fish food today, so he’s already ahead of the game. I think I might …

going to the dogs

All of our money, that is. The vet called today with the first of Ripley’s test results. Her thyroid numbers are way low, so she needs to start on thyroid medication. I’ll be picking that up after work. One good thing about thyroid medication is that it is cheap. In …