I finished my Seasonal Spuffy story! The first draft, anyway. I'm finishing up "A Chiming of Bells," and will probably re-post the whole thing as it's a pretty short story and it's been years since I posted the first half. So that's one WIP down, three to go. It's off the the betas, and I should have a couple of days to let it sit before I have ( Read more... )

BO: It's time for my walk ( Read more... )

If you have a bowl of delicious tequila lime wings, do not forget about it and leave it on the counter within reach of a dog who will, over the course of an hour or two, shark into the kitchen in stealth mode, steal one wing, sneak it into his crate and eat it super-quietly before sneaking back for a second wing, etc. (Bo is fine, but we about had ( Read more... )

Dratted beast scared the hell out of me - I was out in the yard playing tug with Bo, and he jumped after the end of the old towel I was using, and I think he twisted around in mid-air and came down wrong on one foot. He started screaming like his leg had been cut off, while I frantically tried to figure out which foot he'd hurt and if a trip to ( Read more... )

1. Vacuum three pounds of whole wheat flour out of the carpet.

2. Spend an hour cleaning flour out of the vacuum cleaner.

3. Refrain from skinning dog, who dimly comprehends that we are upset about something, but is cheerfully clueless as to what.

(Note on cleaning up flour: when you mix flour and water, you get glue. Tasty, tasty glue...)


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Bo is the only dog I've ever had who barks in his sleep. And he's definitely asleep. His mouth stays shut, but he makes these sort of muted "Wurf wurf wurf!" type barks. His feet twitch, and you can see his eyes moving under his eyelids, so he must be in the doggie equivalent of REM sleep, and dreaming about chasing trucks...


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If you insist on letting your dachshund run around off leash, and said dachshund is in the habit of barreling across the street to bark and leap at dogs six times its size, I guarantee you that sooner or later, one of those 6x dogs is going to be less even-tempered than mine is, and will bite it in half instead of looking mildly appalled at its ( Read more... )

When you leave it unguarded for two minutes, and the cat picks those two minutes to barf all over your desk, the keys pop off for easy clean-up!

(I will miss Silhouette when he goes. I will not miss his digestive system even a little bit.)


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I rescued another dog tonight - while I was out walking Bo, we ran into an obviously lost beagle. It was slinking around with its tail plastered to its belly, but I could see it had tags, so I coaxed it to follow us the half-block home and once it was up on the porch, had Kathy come out and snap a leash on it. Then we called the owner and he came ( Read more... )

Staying late to get some work on the Access back end done. One lone clerk is still doing input. GO HOME, LONE CLERK ( Read more... )