Day 3

Lots of noticeable body lesions now. He's already been sprayed with Micro-tek, hense the wet appearance.

I clipped the hair off on his legs, and the wounds were really painful.

( More icky photos )

The good - my job with the government is officially permanent. My first official day as a permanent employee was December 1st.

The bad - I invited my branch, Martino's branch and all our non-government friends to come out and celebrate at an Irish pub called O'Hanlon's tonight for a drink after work. Not counting Martino, 3 people came. Fucking ( Read more... )

In which Lightning would rather commit suicide than come to Regina ( Read more... )

Warning: the following link contains horrific awfulness that some viewers may find disturbing. Others may find it fascinating and/or eerily cool, but I guarantee you aren't ready for what you're about to see.We've all been told not to go barefoot/in sandals around horses. Seems obvious - delicate human toesies vs. ginormous sledgehammer feet ( Read more... )

Yesterday I ran out to grab something from the truck. As I opened the driver's side door something in the box caught my eye. I gasped in shock because I thought someone had thrown a dead rabbit into the back of the truck! Then I sighed in relief. It was only two severed deer heads ( Read more... )

First off - last night walking in the basement in my bare feet I stepped on something oddly soft and malleable. I was chatting away with Brooke, my sister-in-law, as I looked down and spied it - with my big toe I had just stepped on a house spider as large as my toe (well, my little toe, and only if you count the legs, but still!). I let out a ( Read more... )

Edit: Little mini is only about 4 1/2 year old (really easy to age them by their teeth when they're still babies!). My money is on that she's never had her feet done in her whole life, or at least not since those people have had her. Her name - ironically - is Princess. Any ideas for a new name for her new home ( Read more... )

I'm sure no one is a stranger to the occasional spider in the bathtub, right? Not very often, but every now and then I find a spider trapped in mine. I call Bruenor, who considers the butts of large brown house spiders to be a tasty delicacy (though he refuses to eat the head and legs). Sometimes I even find woodlice, little centimetre long ( Read more... )

Ugh, so much for riding today. -30c. It feels that much worse after a week of single digits - even Wyatt has been begging to come in the house! We let him sleep inside the last two nights. This is always the worst part of winter. The end is in sight, but temperatures have yet to drop to their coldest - the deepest cold is usually in February. ( Read more... )

Okay, so yesterday I rode Champ for the first time! The 50" girth was just the right size, the weather was great and I was ready to go ( Read more... )