My sweet thespianmobile picked up some crickets for me when we were out running errands yesterday.  I'm not sure if I forgot to put them in their box (& they somehow worked their way out of the bag) or if I left the box open or what, but my house is full of escaped crickets.  And there are none in the cricket box.

Well, not exactly "full".  But I keep hunting ( Read more... )

Cutesy moment from a couple of days ago:

I was lying in bed and the cat was curled up on my belly. Mr. 
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Just a brief update. Let's see:

• I've had a cold.
• Mr. cheez has a cold (totally coincidental, I'm sure.)
• Our cat has... butt problems. She's had to wear one of those plastic radar-dish looking collars. She is Not Happy.
• She does get drug-laced wet food (normally a treat), so that's something.
• We did not make it down to SLO for the holiday party, due to ( Read more... )

So, uh, obligatory Holy Crap it's an Earthquake! post.

There was a big crash.  It sounded like our gigantic bookshelves upstairs fell down.  Then more crashes.  I was confused at first: "what the hell is that?!?"  Mr. cheez helpfully pointed out "It's an earthquake!"  Oh, right.  Duh.  We ran to stand by doorways, and watched the walls waving back ( Read more... )