On Facebook, I've been taking pictures of Mika and posting them every Sunday (or every other Sunday ( Read more... )

So someone broke into our apartment early this morning ( Read more... )

Well that was an ordeal ( Read more... )

Mika turned six last month, so I'm pretty sure there's not a whole lot I can do, but one issue I've always had with Mika (one of several -- hey, she was a rescue pooch!) is her lack of social skills, further established tonight. As I walked Mika, a rather cute bigger gent was walking the opposite direction in my apratment complex with a little ( Read more... )

I saw this going around on LiveJournal, so here goes ( Read more... )

So Peoria got hit with at least fifteen inches, and the city came to a complete standstill. While it wasn't the end of the world that some claimed, I was amazed by the amount of denial many people were in on the impact of getting slammed with so much snow in such a short period of time. My work, for example, was very hesitant to let anyone go and ( Read more... )

So I was eating turkey chili that Carl made this morning, listening to music and putting my boots on in order to take Mika out. And that's when it happened -- tears suddenly came literally out of nowhere, and I began bawling ( Read more... )

So when I walk Mika, she'll find a patch of small grasses and the like by the bridge by my apartment building and just chow down. Seriously, it isn't just nibbles here and there, but full out grazing, like I have a cattle. I assumed a dog having a bit of grass was a digestive thing, but with the amount and frequency of this I'm wondering if there' ( Read more... )

Carl's still in the hospital; apparently something happened this morning and I have no idea what that "something" is; I was just told he'd tell me when I got there. :: shrug ( Read more... )

( Not a lot here, but reflections on the first semifinal... )