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Last year our neighbor's dog was attacked and almost killed by an unleashed dog. We *know* the dog belongs to an individual who is frequently at the apartment building at the end of our street, but he simply left the dog at another place and claimed it was a "stray". The police really couldn't do anything because the dog is unlicensed (naturally ( Read more... ) -
Pure Gratitude
As a few of you know, Per was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. This is a condition that tends to confuse people, because they are used to seeing Autism presented as an uncommunicative child lost in his own world. Aspies are a little different in that they tend to be highly verbal and want to socialize with others--they just have a really ( Read more... ) -
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If you are even still around, you'll probably notice that I've been awfully quiet here lately. It's not for a lack of interest on my part--as a matter of fact, I still read here pretty much every day. Rather it's been a two-pronged issue. The first is that there's been some changes at work, and we now must clearly state our affiliation if we ( Read more... ) -
Golden Meows
Sunday night we had a "wee bit of a scare" to put it mildly. It had been a strange weekend already, full of unexpected bumps in the road, and by the time Dean & Per got back from the inlaws, I was more than ready to just chill out with a glass of wine. As I sat down on the couch, next to the Lord of the Manor, aka Pongo, he suddenly cried out in ( Read more... ) -
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This week, the Weekend 3 was tough to settle upon. We're having a young man who does landscaping come and finish up the patio for us. This is because after Dean set the retaining wall for me, we realized that it was going to take hours of backbreaking work to grade the dirt in preparation for the stone, and then after that it was going to take a ( Read more... ) -
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I know it's been a while since I posted here on LJ, and I've also been very quiet about my Weekend 3 doings. I don't think you're particularly interested in a blow-by-blow description of the vacation to Maine that we took, nor about the two weeks of travel and concerts with various and sundry BNL friends and Cool Neighbors™. Nor do I think that a ( Read more... ) -
Pati-whoa!
One day, about a year ago, Dean was mowing the lawn, and it struck me that it was really a pain in the neck, because he'd have to move all of the furniture on to the driveway or drag it around as he was mowing. At the same time, we had a big barren spot next to our driveway where some wood had waited quite patiently to be chopped and stacked. The ( Read more... ) -
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Some weekends, the Weekend3 is just not as obvious. After two insane weekends, between getting fully certified for Scuba (go me!) and then hosting two major gatherings over the holiday weekend, I craved nothing more than a very quiet weekend at home. On top of that, the weather around here has been unbearably hot & humid and we are pioneers who ( Read more... ) -
Weekend 3 Underwater edition
This weekend I have a fairly straightforward Weekend3. The first is that I'm going to run the hybrid coffee ground/inked bkg tests for Grindstone. I wanted to do that test last weekend, but the unbearable humidity made it pointless to try. If it works out, I may even be able to animate a scene. The second thing I'm going to do is to work for ( Read more... ) -
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It was hot and sticky and humid Saturday. What better day to try and do some artwork?
Of course, if you are an artist, you already know that I'm being facetious. Humidity is dreadful to try and work through. Paint doesn't want to dry, paper wants to curl and sag, and because there's so much moisture, ink tends to smear more than usual. But since ( Read more... )