And now a public service announcement for the small handful of people who are still reading my blog ( Read more... )

We sheared in the beautiful 60-degree weather on Saturday morning. We had no fence or gate issues. Everyone stayed on halter and in the correct locations. Everyone was reasonably well-behaved for me, though the big boys were not cooperative with the shearer ( Read more... )

I'm very glad that I decided to get home from knitting group before dark. As I drove down the driveway, I saw that Pan had gotten stuck in the center field cattle panel fencing. I took off my sweater and pumps and put on muck boots and went out to wrestle Pan's head back through. Nothing doing. He was straining and pushing so far forward that he ( Read more... )

I took a couple of whacks at the azaleas between meetings this afternoon. It's not a great haircut, but it made me feel like I was making progress ( Read more... )

I didn't do my "I just woke up" exercises while I was on vacation, and paid dearly for it. I spent this past weekend almost crippled from the pain in my left foot. I wrenched my ankle, knee, and quadricep area on my left leg trying to compensate for my foot. Owie. 'Scuse me, I have the dumb ( Read more... )

Last night, I saw Dead Can Dance with Scherzoid. (His post is here) I thought that the singing was good, the musicality was fantastic, and the light show was alternatively really interesting and physically painful. ( more )

Our new hot water heater is a weird hybrid that is half heat pump and half traditional coil heater. That's not as relevant as the proof that it also has some rocking good insulation. We still had warm-enough water this morning for my shower, 2.5 days after we lost power. And, happily, the power came back on this morning while I was in the shower ( Read more... )

My chest cold has climbed into my face, so now my nose is actually running. ( cut for minor grossness )

Well, that's more than a bit annoying. I spent midnight up sick, and have had - ahem! - rather significant tummy trouble all day... I finally figured it out, and made the fateful phone call.

( the ah-ha moment! (and some TMI) )

I finished another book tonight. It tasted good, especially since it wasn't a Power of the Month subscription or even a And Now We're All Better book. But I think I might be done with violent urban fiction for a little while. Back to back with the Magic Bleeds book was a bit too much tension. I think I'm giving myself a semi-permanent stomach ( Read more... )