Pippo saw his first horses up close today. I just took him out for his evening toilet run and two police horses went "off-road" and ended up walking through a bit of the honden toilet just as we got there. Pippo didn't seem to know what to make of these really big dogs! For once, he didn't even bark or growl, although he did rear up a bit as I ( Read more... )

A pot of soup is cooking, we have a new toilet, Pippo is home safe and sound, and I'm feeling better. All ways in that today is so much better than yesterday.

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We had an open house again today. Finally, good weather, instead of the rain we've had every other time ( Read more... )

I seem to be up so early this morning that I've beaten all the spam, sales flyers, flickr spam, and everything else that usually crowds my e-mail, gmail, and Google reader in the morning. That's all been read and deleted and it's still only 7:37 a.m ( Read more... )

Since Dutch lessons are a bit hard to come by here in Greensboro (although I've just come across a new group of people looking to get together to speak Dutch to each other here in the Triad area), G and I have bought the Rosetta Stone software to try and get some basics of the language. I have some issues with the program, but overall, it's fairly ( Read more... )

It has just occurred to me that Pippo doesn't like bikes.

This could be a problem.

I burned the hell out of the roof of my mouth last night eating dinner. It still hurts 17 hours later. I wonder if we have any of those numbing products for toothaches and such? Must investigate.

I'm in a mood today. Not a bad one, just a mood. I'm restless and a bit bored, but also not really feeling inclined to expend the energy required to leave ( Read more... )

The lizard is finally gone. It's a good thing that the windows were closed and we don't have any neighbors really close to us, otherwise, they probably would have called the police thinking someone was being killed. As much as I hate to be that girl, I really really really don't like reptiles or insects. When they get close and I'm trying to get ( Read more... )