Last night around 5 my smoke alarm started chirping. You know, the noise it makes when it thinks it's running out of batteries? Yeah, that. Every 30 seconds or so..."chirp." "chirp." "chirp." It's annoying and it was driving the dog crazy ( Read more... )

Last night was okay, though there WERE quite a few fireworks. They started at about 10:30. When I took Summer out for her before-bed potty, she managed to squeeze out some pee before a firecracker exploded in the next block, at which point she tucked her tail and RAN back up the stairs. A little after midnight, I took her out again, thinking the ( Read more... )

We left off, last time, right before Summer was injured. As most of you know, she was injured from jamming a stick down her throat and creating a hole in her soft palate. Afterward, she started vomiting blood (and everything else she'd eaten that day). It was scary, even though she seemed to be staying fairly calm throughout, and was obviously able ( Read more... )

Today will be my last Saturday at work ( Read more... )

More pictures!

( No naked pictures this time...really, you shouldn't even bother. )

My camera came today! And so, as promised, a naked picture!

( Oooh, the temptation! )

So, I bought some clippers to shave Summer (the gal who shaved her last year never called me back, and I figured it would be cheaper in the long run to do it myself than keep paying someone $60). They arrived last week and I took them tentatively to my dog, who proved fairly...squirmy. As I didn't have anything to tie her to, I was having to hold ( Read more... )

I almost strangled my dog a couple days ago ( Read more... )

Look, I'm posting ( Read more... )

I'm staying at mom's house while she's out of town, and of course, Summer is staying with me ( Read more... )