( Since I was asked for pictures... )

...quite the vast handmade jewelry collection. One of the artists at my mother's shop came in and I was working on the lighting fixtures for her space. She gifted me with a gorgeous lavender bead necklace - just because (she told me to pick something - anything from her case - and not to take earrings (too inexpensive in her mind ( Read more... )

...We're so surprised.

Max has taken to turning himself around and backing up while moving to a different part of the same room. And more times than not he gets tangled up in himself because he won't get out of his own way ( Read more... )

This evening I was doing basic errands and dropped by BestBuy to pick up a memory card for my camera. The BestBuy clerk that helped me obviously had a set "thing" to promote and sort of let it unwind as he scanned my item ( Read more... )

My parent's dog, Max, a pretty good sized black lab, is shedding like hell right now. After I helped my mom at the shop we went to my folks' for lunch today. After lunch we took Max out on the deck to brush him, since my dad hadn't done it after his walk. Fistfuls of fur came off him! And he treated it like a huge game ( Read more... )

My parent's neurotic dog has a new foible. You all remember Max right? I wrote about him here http://etakyma.livejournal.com/117116.html - where I discussed his habit of doing a crazy Ivan to enter rooms. He still does this - and sometimes at great speeds ( Read more... )

Or maybe it is because it is tax season that today has been aggravating for so many of you ( Read more... )

My father told me nothing but that they got a puppy. It is male, four months old (almost) and a black Lab. By the time I left this afternoon, little noname had been dubbed "Max." After discussing it nearly all afternoon, some names were discarded quickly. Some stuck around. And it finally came down between Charlie and Max. Max just seemed to ( Read more... )