My family is dogsitting right now. We have my brother's dog while he is visiting my other brother in Thailand. He's had lots of walks on the greenway and in the neighborhood, and he also likes to chase my laser pointer ( Read more... )

I had to sleep downstairs on the couch last night. Mom and Dad are celebrating their 500 month anniversary, so I had to watch Dixie. She usually needs to go out at least once at night or she will pee the floor. She can't go up or down the stairs very well either. I got up every two hours with her, and that isn't counting all the times I had to ( Read more... )

Angry budgie for all the crankiness I've felt over the past week ( Read more... )

I've been going non-stop since December 1st. I had a party with really good food that day. I remember they had prime rib, salmon, salad, and the biggest asparagus I've ever seen. They had good red velvet cake, and these little chocolate things for dessert. The chocolate things were like a mash-up of lava cake, a brownie, and a donut hole. Then ( Read more... )

I've been a little stir crazy this past two weeks. My parents get home from Europe tonight, and I'm ready for them to be home. Taking care of our big house and all the pets by myself is exhausting. I made Dad's birthday cake today. His birthday is Friday, but I hope the cake isn't stale by then or Sunday when we plan to celebrate. He wanted a ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a major baking day. I made two batches of caramels, cut them, wrapped most of them, dipped some of them in chocolate, and put salt crystals on those and a few undipped ones. Making those was a reminder of why I hate making dipped candies. I'm bad at it, that's why. I can't work fast enough, and they turn out ugly. They taste okay ( Read more... )

I've been super busy, but I found time to post today. I've been baking up a storm after taking the weekend off from any baking. I had to at least give myself the weekend to rest because I have yet another sinus infection. I don't even remember much of what I did over the weekend. It's like Saturday and Sunday disappeared from my memory. I ( Read more... )

I've made some observations about Nadia. She has a broad forehead. Skippy and Sunny had narrow heads, but Nadia's is different. She also has feathers around her eyes that are like Nigel's were, and they make her look a little grumpy. She is probably the sweetest most laid back female budgie ever. She can be skittish about new toys and sudden ( Read more... )

I have been too busy to post, but I am thankful that I did the majority of my Christmas shopping a week ago. It has literally taken my brain this long to process all the stuff I've done enough to write about it. I actually started at the Southern Christmas show on 11/18. One thing I bought that wasn't a present was a Christmas ornament for ( Read more... )

I'm having trouble getting into the holiday spirit this year. Normally by this time of year, I'm rearing to go. I think it's because of the health problems. I have a DMV medical review and need to have the eye doctor fill out a form, but mom is going to help me with that. I might not actually have to go over there because I had a check up this ( Read more... )