I am now the happy (but tired) owner of a sweet, loving, bouncy, HAPPY pomeranian. Possibly named Nelson, but I haven't decided yet. (His name is Willie. Nelson would therefore be a play on Willie Nelson, as well as the admiral.) He's snoozing by the couch now, after a brief nap in my lap. I can't tell yet if he really doesn't know basic commands ( Read more... )

I think my "Ten is a dork" icon is very appropriate here, because I've also had a dorky grin on my face lately. In less than 24 hours, I will meet this dog, and if all goes well, I will bring him home with me. I blame becky_h's pomeranians, for their sheer awesomeness, and Becky's assurance that they really are "doggy" dogs, despite their size. But ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took my cat to the vet for his checkup and shots. His vet has the patience of at least two saints and has an all-cat practice. (Can you imagine? Wow. Anyway, she's awesome ( Read more... )

Just read a fic that I didn't know I needed, but I did. Iron Man movieverse/X-Men movieverse, X3 fix-it, Tony Stark and Scott Summers. It's the kind of h/c that I want to write when I grow up, in that Tony helps Scott after the events of X3 without being blatant about it. It's System Restore, by inlovewithnightHere, have a snippet, where Tony is talking about " ( Read more... )

I've had my niece here for a few days, and now that she's gone, it's really quiet here. Which I was looking forward to, but just seems a little odd now. Denise had surgery on Wednesday, and they let her go home just before noon today--the surgery went better than expected. As Denise's mom said, they were due for something to go better than ( Read more... )

So, my friend Denise would like to know what you put in your meatloaf. Or what you eat for comfort food in general. Meatoaf for me (the way my mom made it) is ridiculously simple: hamburger meat, an egg, crackers, and cheese on top when it's almost done. Denise puts crackers or cornflakes and some kind of italian seasoning in hers, and ( Read more... )

Today did not go as expected. I broke my glasses. Dropped them, and the wire that holds the lenses broke. And a very important tiny bit of metal that holds the wire. They're frameless--the lenses are held by wire that goes through a groove in the edge of the lens. They use monofilament now, which is probably smarter. Luckily I had unopened ( Read more... )

IT IS FREAKING SNOWING. In Houston. And sticking, even, a little. I just threw snowballs with a total stranger (who is an elementary school teacher, as it turns out) and we were both giggling like little kids. I think this calls for cocoa.

OK, so we had a tropical storm blow through here not too long ago, and my internet didn't so much as blink. This morning, we had a little thunderstorm (mostly rain, even, not much lightning at all) and my cable modem dies a sudden death. And my phone, because they use the same modem, but the phone going out is nowhere near the emergency that the ( Read more... )

This day is not off to the best start. I thought I was going out of town tomorrow, and back Sunday, for my cousin's graduation party and graduation. Turns out (after some frantic texting with my cousin) that the party's Saturday night and the graduation's Sunday, which means I screwed up the hotel reservations, AND my dad's work schedule. So. ( Read more... )