This morning began with some canine drama.  Buddy and Misty (our neighbor, Judy's dogs) came over and flat-out attacked, Elsie, the cute little poodle belonging to our two newest WWOOFErs, Kyle and Paige. Elsie is hurt pretty badly and we may need to take her to the vet.  Judy, of course, is mortified and will pay for the vet bills, but her dogs ( Read more... )

Okay, many of you have heard about my misadventures with the mouse that seems to have invaded our space. Emma, of course, does sh*t about it. Hell, she's actually watched him run by her and not even bothered to move. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt because she's old, but I secretly suspect she's just lazy and over-fed.

Anyway, I just ( Read more... )

Here's to a Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate.
Turkey and football (Patriots!) and pumpkin pie - it's all good! And, if you can avoid family drama, it's even better. We're having about eleven people at New Buffalo: Bob, Joe, my mother, Andrew, our neighbors (Jenn and Saul), Greyson (Jason and Greg), an old hippie named Aquarius Frank, and me ( Read more... )

I slept nearly eleven hours last night. I came home exhausted after an incredibly stressful day at work (twenty extra CSA shares, a HUGE grocery store order, and down two workers) and took a two and one-half hour nap. Then I got up for a couple of hours, ate a little dinner, talked to a few people, went to bed at 9:30AM and got up just before 6: ( Read more... )

Less controversial that the previous post.

Tonight we are going to a party but, as of now, I am home alone. And really alone. Not even the dogs are here. Honestly, this is the first time I've really been in this house utterly alone. It's not freaky just... empty and quiet. I'm used to having Malcolm.

There is now talk of delaying our departure by ( Read more... )

Things are tense here, animal-wise. Panama isn't feeling well. Frankly, we all fear he may be dying, for he's having trouble breathing and not walking as well. However, in his pain he'd decided that he HATES Malcolm. The problem is that Malcolm has not idea and still wants to be his friend, but his overtures usually end in Panama throwing a shit ( Read more... )