Well, not really. But I hope to do something soon about the blur I see all too often. Thursday I finally got in to see my eye doctor. We were supposed to go see him last December (amid all the pre-xmas to do), only I was sick and canceled. My DH went for his, and found out that he's still seeing just fine through his glasses. I knew I wasn't, ( Read more... )

Well, Sid Meier's Railroads is NOT Railroad Tycoon II, the other child of Sid Meier's original game Railroad Tycoon. We laid track like we would in RT II, all one main line going through all the stations, and when we had enough trains to need double-tracking, we double-tracked it. It was a disaster! Without short connections, the trains can't ( Read more... )

Yesterday went much as Monday had. Except that we had a light (several inches) blanket of snow, so I foolishly thought Ivory wouldn't dig and left her for the full half hour. She did dig, although she didn't get quite so dirty. I guess the ground was colder. Meanwhile, she let me know that she did not consider going out to be a treat in any way ( Read more... )

Santa's elves gave us Sid Meier's Railroads! for xmas. They apparently dillied & dallied about it; the game I guess has been out a year. I feel terribly out of the information loop -- we need to find a good game comm or something. Anyway, I typically insisted on getting a hint book for it, and that didn't arrive till a few days ago ( Read more... )

So I've got a digital camera, actual pictures of Ivory, a Photobucket account, and theoretically the capability of showing you these pictures. Let's hope! I know the next step will be to figure out how to do this inside a cut, to save your friend's page, but one step at a time!

Ivory as a puppy (with me):

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I put Ivory out in her ex-pen today. A newly reconfigured ex-pen, more elliptical than circular, so as to exclude the area she dug in last week ( Read more... )

At the risk of making more tempestuous tea, I'm going to comment on the soft or rope toy controversy ( Read more... )

Train Gamer, don't divorce me, please!

You Are 40% Weird
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This is an update on the cooked rib bone we gave Ivory Tuesday night. After I heard back from people, I went looking for it under the couch yesterday afternoon. I couldn't find it, but I'm not very good at couch-fishing. Last night (after we got back home with a bathed Ivory) Papa looked for it much more thoroughly. He couldn't find it either ( Read more... )

I may have done something foolish last night. My DH & I were eating out, and I'd ordered a half-slab of baby-back ribs. I took a rib home for Ivory, bone & all. She of course was ecstatic, and promptly bore her prize off under the couch. (Mental note: next time gate her into the kitchen first ( Read more... )