No trouble getting to work this morning now that the streets are plowed.

This afternoon is the college graduation ceremony at Joslyn. Normally I'd like to wear a skirt or something nice but given conditions outside, I settled for black jeans and a mohair sweater instead.

I just checked the Nebraska Humane Society website for the first time in a ( Read more... )

This morning we got up early and put in our three hours walking dogs at the humane society. Given it was the first time for me since adopting Muddy, it felt different. No longer was I looking at each dog wondering "Could this be the one?" but instead was there to do a job to the best of my ability. Dogs of all shapes and sizes were walked as " ( Read more... )

When you're kinda sorta in the market for another dog, volunteering at the Humane Society is like repeatedly taking a dangerous roller coaster ride. Of course there was another we liked and would consider adopting: Maverick. At 3 years and 45 pounds, he's younger and smaller than he appears to be in the picture (admittedly not the greatest). His ( Read more... )

At 103°F (30.4444444° C for those into metric) no one in their right mind is hanging around outside. There's not even much traffic. I just finished walking the little dog hoping the heat would tire her out. My evil plan worked. Sort of ( Read more... )

It's not that I can't be spontaneous but a little advance planning really goes a long way. Shannon mentioned earlier in the week that her mom, aunts, cousin and bridesmaids might have a bachelorette party of sorts one night over the weekend. Nothing wild, mind, just a few drinks, maybe a band and some dancing. Friday night came and went with no ( Read more... )

Spare time to write in LJ is becoming a luxury. Friday night after work we spent an hour at the pool, grilled hamburgers and played with Megan before turning in early to read. Sounds boring but it was definitely the most relaxing day of the weekend ( Read more... )

No one has to twist my arm to get me to go shoe shopping which is what I did yesterday after the Farmer's Market. I went to five different stores around the 72nd & Dodge corridor looking for silver heels to wear in Shannon's wedding with no luck. The limited offerings either didn't fit right, were too high, too expensive, not in my size or just ( Read more... )

Ah, Fourth of July, an excuse for Americans to play with explosives semi-legally. Luckily Megan doesn't seem to be too bothered by it one way or another even though some of the blasts are rattling the windows. Have I mentioned yet today how much I love my little dog ( Read more... )

With the addition of the Morphine bootleg Lucky Day recorded on March 8, 1994 at Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland, the iPod has now exceeded 3000 songs ( Read more... )

Lest anyone think that I've given up volunteer work now that I've got a little dog to call my own, rest assured 'tis not the case. While Bruce stayed home this Sunday to work on rebuilding the patio, I was at the NHS by 7:45am. Since most of the morning was spent shuttling dogs back and forth to playgroup, I stayed on an extra hour to walk my ( Read more... )