Yesterday a golden retriever followed us home and hung out in the kitchen until we tracked down its owner.  It seemed really happy to see me whenever I entered the room, dogs are so strange.

 I have a sixteen year old cat and a two and a half month old baby, both of which are healthy and both of which , if they're sleeping too peacefully, I find myself staring to see if they're still breathing. 

 Izzi will not be modelling the knickers just yet; she isn't walking and they're too big for her just now.  However, here they are along with the 'matching dress' (back view of dress) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/miserypudding/PICT2391.jpg Now I cheated on the dress and sewed the buttons straight through without buttonholes. 
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 It's Wednesday of this week but mentally I think I'm on Tuesday of last week.  The irregular sleep and periods of doing the same thing several times a day everyday make much of my time blend into a lumpy haze ... "lumpy haze", is that even possible?

I now covet, hard to find, black eyelet trim.  Who knows what next week will bring.  Do I really ( Read more... )

Voltaire is coming to Middle-of-Nowhere, Canada.  This makes me happy.  
It's too bad I can't take Izzi with me.  
She slept through Hellboy II, which I found amazing because I thought the cinema had the volume too loud even for me.  So since that test run went well, I'm going to try for a matinee show of Iron Man.

I've been trying to come up with a post for a while now. OFL finally suggested that I keep it simply, so...>
This is me and some

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( I made this. )

Yesterday I went wall climbing for the first time in over 6 years - it was great. 

July 21st - Road trip to Deadmonton:
Several hours out of the city we entered into a discussion about the latest Harry Potter movie (5), which lead to stopping at the first Walmart we saw for a copy of "The Deathly Hallows". As I was not driving, I was therefore reading - loudly, to be heard over the roar of the road ... (several hours at that ( Read more... )

What is it about this heat that has me so bored?  Or maybe it's too much exposure to A Picture of Dorian Gray.  I wandered about the appartment thoroughly disenchanted; I am bored and irritated, and the weather for the rest of the week is going to stay like this - I'll be at work for most of it (which is blessedly air-conditioned) but is always so ( Read more... )