A few other updates from yesterday:

I was driving in some of the worst conditions I can remember this morning. Everyone was driving like 20-30 kph and the anti-lock breaks were still activating at stops. That was awful. I can tell other people were uncomfortable too because I was leaving a ton of following distance, and no one else tried to change ( Read more... )

Ella is confused by the sounds I make while watching voice training videos and it's pretty adorable. She's sitting in my lap and sometime she looks at my mouth or looks me in the eyes, I think trying to figure out if she should be paying attention or doing something.

A blanket we bought came with a blue satin ribbon as part of the packaging, so I ( Read more... )

When I was in Kenosha the time before last, Lisa and Erik gave me the most wonderful care package full of things that puppy girls such as myself are well-known to like and enjoy! Earlier today, they saved the day for Ella, who was able to go to the dog park. I was going to take her, but all my socks were in the wash, or in the bedroom where Miriam ( Read more... )

To reduce panic attacks about my home and all of my stuff having maybe caught on fire and been destroyed and my pets and Miriam dying while I'm away from the apartment for a few hours, I now have a camera I can look at from my phone. A fun part of it is now we can see what Ella and Purrsephone are doing sometimes. I've assumed that Ella spends most ( Read more... )

I'm having a really hard time getting myself to go out to the dog park with Ella. So little motivation. I keep thinking it would be a nice thing to do tonight, but I also just keep not doing it.

While my bicycle was being stolen late last week (more on that later; it's quite a story and I did get it back!), Miriam and I were driving to Prince Albert and Saskatoon and back. We ended up in a situation where we're not quite sure whether we were taken advantage of, or whether we took advantage of someone, or if it all kind of evens out. I'm ( Read more... )

Stuff from yesterday:

I went to the dog park with the intent of walking for an hour while Ella ran around, but the whole place was like walking through a living cloud of mosquitoes. Someone even gave me some bug spray and they were *still* getting me. Ugh. I left after about 10 minutes.

In the evening, I unexpectedly smelled a burning-related smell ( Read more... )

Ella was driving me crazy this morning.

I walked to the far end and back of the linear park and path that starts near my apartment. A couple times, I had to "go offroad" and/or jog quickly by other people with dogs so Ella would stop growling and snarling. When I got back home, I found that my keys had fallen out of my pocket. They could have been ( Read more... )

Ella got a new toy recently, and now she has a problem. She has to decide whether she likes her old squeaky rope or her new squeaky ball more. And sometimes a mischievous human squeaks one while she's playing with the other and she just doesn't know what to do.

This morning, she tried to bring her new ball outside with her and I wouldn't let her. ( Read more... )

This morning, local friends invited Miriam and me to join them at the dog park with their dog Brooks. (We have local friends! For the first time in years! This is so wonderful and slightly anxiety-making at the same time ( Read more... )