It's really nice to have a dog that doesn't cower and shiver in terror when the fireworks, or thunder, start up. Not that I didn't love our other dogs, but Sadie has no problem with the fireworks - mostly. When it gets too loud or too close if a neighbor is setting them off, she does bark at it. I think she's just warning them not to get closer.
Happy fireworks night to everyone.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
I should have just said
It’s time to start this thing up again.
That mess I posted yesterday was a bit self-indulgent and self-pitying. I was just trying to figure out how I got to July without more to show for it. I suppose those are all valid reasons, and of course I know I am not as bad off as a lot of people, but I could have just kept all that to myself.
OK. Forward.
That mess I posted yesterday was a bit self-indulgent and self-pitying. I was just trying to figure out how I got to July without more to show for it. I suppose those are all valid reasons, and of course I know I am not as bad off as a lot of people, but I could have just kept all that to myself.
OK. Forward.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
It’s time to start this thing up again
Where the heck did June go? Oh well.
Briefly, it’s been a heck of a year, which is part of the reason I haven’t been around here. There was too much to do.
Sick from December into January
Took through March to recover to a point somewhat less well than I was in November
In the middle of that our sump pump literally burned out filling the basement with smoke and water, eliciting a call to get the thing replaced
Then we got a dog
Spent a month recovering from that but it wasn’t her fault
In the midst of that, the new sump pump went screwy – a design flaw the plumber managed to fix (I hope permanently)
But we had a flooded basement again
The basement has been wet since December and just dried out in June
I really don’t have the energy to take care of the amount of water we had, not quickly anyway, so it was a bad time for a long time.
So here I am in July – a month I have a strange relationship with.
Time to start anew. Have I said that before? Well, at least the basement is dry so now I can start a new phase – cleaning out all of the stuff that got destroyed. At least it’s a definable goal.
Onward and upward – or at least not backwards. Sideways, I’ll settle for sideways right now, with maybe a little forward.
Briefly, it’s been a heck of a year, which is part of the reason I haven’t been around here. There was too much to do.
Sick from December into January
Took through March to recover to a point somewhat less well than I was in November
In the middle of that our sump pump literally burned out filling the basement with smoke and water, eliciting a call to get the thing replaced
Then we got a dog
Spent a month recovering from that but it wasn’t her fault
In the midst of that, the new sump pump went screwy – a design flaw the plumber managed to fix (I hope permanently)
But we had a flooded basement again
The basement has been wet since December and just dried out in June
I really don’t have the energy to take care of the amount of water we had, not quickly anyway, so it was a bad time for a long time.
So here I am in July – a month I have a strange relationship with.
Time to start anew. Have I said that before? Well, at least the basement is dry so now I can start a new phase – cleaning out all of the stuff that got destroyed. At least it’s a definable goal.
Onward and upward – or at least not backwards. Sideways, I’ll settle for sideways right now, with maybe a little forward.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
We got a new dog
Short version: we got a mini long haired dachshund named Sadie.
She’s from a rescue foster home, about 3½ years old, 8½ pounds and maybe 6 inches tall. I originally designated her a new resident of the household. She’s welcome to be a full-fledge member – she has to get used to 4 cats and I’ll leave that up to her (well, with some help). They need to get used to her, too. I am assuming that the best will happen and things are going well so far.
Of course, I have to get used to a dog in the house again, which is more of an issue than you might imagine for a variety of reasons. And I have never been around let alone had a dog as small as this. She really is a micro-mini long-haired dachshund. Of course, the only word to describe her is adorable.
For the most part she is well-behaved and very smart. A major problem is that she has been abused by possibly more than one person who bear a superficial resemblance to me. Fortunately she adores my wife and has from the first day. Once we get past the fear – and she is already learning that while I may look like the other men I don’t act like them – things will get better.
She is also territorial about my wife’s lap – which has already been claimed by one of our cats, so there are some issues there. That about sums it up: she has issues.
There’s also the fact that she has a condition apparently not uncommon in dachshunds called dry-eye. The people who had her before the rescue pretty much ignored it. Sadie needs eye drops 3 times a day and they never bothered. So she was untreated and in pain with eye infections and couldn’t see half the time – I wonder why she was a bit snappish?
Oh well, I suppose we’ll all live. At times like this I like to quote Ensign Pavel Chekov: “I’ll live, but I won’t enjoy it.” Which is just a joke because eventually everything will be just fine.
You know, I see her, but it is hard to believe that there is a dog this small in the house.
She’s from a rescue foster home, about 3½ years old, 8½ pounds and maybe 6 inches tall. I originally designated her a new resident of the household. She’s welcome to be a full-fledge member – she has to get used to 4 cats and I’ll leave that up to her (well, with some help). They need to get used to her, too. I am assuming that the best will happen and things are going well so far.
Of course, I have to get used to a dog in the house again, which is more of an issue than you might imagine for a variety of reasons. And I have never been around let alone had a dog as small as this. She really is a micro-mini long-haired dachshund. Of course, the only word to describe her is adorable.
For the most part she is well-behaved and very smart. A major problem is that she has been abused by possibly more than one person who bear a superficial resemblance to me. Fortunately she adores my wife and has from the first day. Once we get past the fear – and she is already learning that while I may look like the other men I don’t act like them – things will get better.
She is also territorial about my wife’s lap – which has already been claimed by one of our cats, so there are some issues there. That about sums it up: she has issues.
There’s also the fact that she has a condition apparently not uncommon in dachshunds called dry-eye. The people who had her before the rescue pretty much ignored it. Sadie needs eye drops 3 times a day and they never bothered. So she was untreated and in pain with eye infections and couldn’t see half the time – I wonder why she was a bit snappish?
Oh well, I suppose we’ll all live. At times like this I like to quote Ensign Pavel Chekov: “I’ll live, but I won’t enjoy it.” Which is just a joke because eventually everything will be just fine.
You know, I see her, but it is hard to believe that there is a dog this small in the house.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Mondays
I have a problem with Mondays. Even though I am not working, I am bound by the work schedules of the people that I deal with – mostly doctors, but others as well. That means that I see weekends pretty much the way that everyone else does. There is also a very strongly ingrained pattern of behavior after decades of living a typical workweek schedule.
That means that Mondays are still that first day of the week when I need to get into gear.
This first week of January has been a Monday.
Blech. At least I feel as if this cold is finally lifting.
That means that Mondays are still that first day of the week when I need to get into gear.
This first week of January has been a Monday.
Blech. At least I feel as if this cold is finally lifting.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Onward! Or, the self-motivational post, sort of.
OK, I admit that I am slacking off. That’s what happens when there’s a weekend after a holiday. Everything seems to be waiting for Monday to begin. I did a few chores, but mostly I just slept this weekend. Hence the wee hour of the morning posting.
I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. Not for any philosophical reasons, I just never get around to it, so there’s no waiting to start in on them. I just make plans. I need to keeping working on my recovery – which means moving on to the new things I was about to get to when I got sick for most of December; I need to read; I need to write; I need to learn; I need to create.
There, that’s a sketch of a plan/resolutions for the new year onward – with additions and edits and course corrections along the way.
I wish for everyone a good start to the first week of 2010 and a good year to follow.
I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. Not for any philosophical reasons, I just never get around to it, so there’s no waiting to start in on them. I just make plans. I need to keeping working on my recovery – which means moving on to the new things I was about to get to when I got sick for most of December; I need to read; I need to write; I need to learn; I need to create.
There, that’s a sketch of a plan/resolutions for the new year onward – with additions and edits and course corrections along the way.
I wish for everyone a good start to the first week of 2010 and a good year to follow.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Just a post for the 2nd
OK, so the cold knocked both me and my wife down so we stayed in on the 1st. This is the cold that will not leave. Also slept most of today, so we’re starting the year off very quietly. Which is not such a bad thing. I wish I had a clear enough head to read, but this cold is leaving me exhausted and my mind is muddled.
For example, I wrote yesterday’s post and then the editor lost it. I rewrote it – obviously – but I liked the first version better because it was clearer. Why can't I write the same thing twice? Oh well.
I always want to start a new year off right, but I’m not going to kick myself around. I’ll up the pace as soon as I can.
Congratulations to everyone who is starting off on new adventures this year! Good luck to you all!
For example, I wrote yesterday’s post and then the editor lost it. I rewrote it – obviously – but I liked the first version better because it was clearer. Why can't I write the same thing twice? Oh well.
I always want to start a new year off right, but I’m not going to kick myself around. I’ll up the pace as soon as I can.
Congratulations to everyone who is starting off on new adventures this year! Good luck to you all!
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