A typical Tink relaxation position.

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Two weeks ago, KJ came to me wanting to get another dog. There was this dog newly available for adoption that would probably work well with Tink, could we take a chance on him? So that Friday we picked him up for a trial weekend, and he's been with us since. He's been bounced around between several foster homes, so he's taken a while to get ( Read more... )

She came up lame last Thursday, it was decided that she had a broken toe, and she's been restricted ever since. Cage rest as much as possible, in theory, but in practice she's had plenty of opportunity to do her usual scrabbling and bouncing around in the house. I've tried to keep her on a leash outside, though, so she can't go running around. It's ( Read more... )

So KJ's mom spent a week and a half with us. She went back home Thursday last week. We all had a good time. We took her out to a nice Chinese restaurant for belated Mother's Day, and she helped us hang the wallpaper in our bathroom ( Read more... )

So far new LJ looks uglier, still lacks some of the old features, probably even more bloated code. I'm sure we're all very shocked. But hey, gotta keep the PR people and coders happy ( Read more... )

Well, we're supposed to be journalling for Lent. Great job I've been doing so far, huh ( Read more... )

So I didn't actually finish a writing project last week, but that was because I switched back to my bigger project. I netted 800+ words on that in a single day. Feeling pretty confident about getting it done, even publishable, by the end of February ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago we headed up north to be with KJ's family, right in the thick of the cold weather. Tink enjoyed the snow. She'd sniff along and decide there must be something buried right here and start digging to see if there was. I needed gloves, coat, and scarf to be out for any length of time, and a hat and sweater were helpful too ( Read more... )