I stayed up late last night finishing off the first of my second pair of socks. I finished right at bedtime, but just had to sew up the toe, then weave the loose bits in.
When it was finally finished, I put it on for a test walk upstairs. I was delighted – it fit absolutely [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Sock failure
Posted in frogging, knitting, socks on March 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A Post in which I do not mention Jasper
Posted in Kids, knitting, mothering, parenting, socks on March 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t think I mentioned that I finished my first pair of socks! I got all distracted by … oops, not mentioning him.
Well I did, and I love them. Here they are:
I immediately started on a second pair.
And I’ve just bought yarn for two more pairs (I meant to only get yarn for one, to [...]
Mammogram fun
Posted in breasts, daniel craig, mammogram on March 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I had my first mammogram last week. After all my fun with barium, having my boobs squished wasn’t as big a deal as some have made it out to be. It wasn’t exactly fun, but it was brief and transitory – and better than what men have to go through to have their prostates checked.
But, [...]
Obedience class is brilliant. That’s what I’ve realized. My dog is smart; obedience class is brilliant. I wish they had something similar for children, because we could sure use some obedience out of them.
Asher has decided the class is boring and he hates it and threw a tantrum. Maya has decided the same, but being [...]
Ask and ye shall recieve
Posted in dogs, doodles, pets on March 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yogamum requested photos of her god-dog in his misery. Just don’t laugh. He gets offended easily.
Does it get more pathetic than this?
He follows me around the house, gazing at me like this. Poor puppy. Finally, he gave up and went lie down on the forbidden couch (all couches are forbidden). I pretended I didn’t [...]
Spring! (for real this time)
Posted in cats, dogs, doodles, garden, gardening, pets, spring on March 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The warm weather and rain yesterday pretty much got rid of all the remaining snow. It was quite remarkable to watch my garden emerge as the day progressed. My front yard is a perennial garden in progress and since it is north-facing, it is encased in ice most of the winter. It is amazing to [...]
Jasper is off to the vet for the day, where they are going to – as the nurse put it bluntly – castrate him. They will also x-ray his hips, microchip him and give him flea and heartworm medication. I’ll have to take out a second mortgage just to get him back.
It’s already weird around [...]
Pets
Posted in cats, dogs, pets on March 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about pets and the human relationship with them, thanks to Jasper’s arrival in our lives.
When we got Jasper, I did what I always do when a new interest enters my life: I went to the library and took out every book I could find on dogs. There were many. [...]
Ha! Not! as my children like to say. It got lovely and warm last week for a few days. It smelled all springy. Every time I walked the dog, great swaths of grass on people’s lawns had been revealed.
Then, my cleaning lady/hand-me-down nanny/wife/saviour told me that the weather was supposed to get cold again [...]
Head of the class
Posted in dogs, pets on March 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Jasper and I had his second obedience class Saturday. The instructor says he’s the calmest Doodle she’s ever encountered. We get that a lot, comments about how calm he is, especially as he is not quite 6-months old. I’m totally impressed with how well J did in picking a good puppy.
He’s the star pupil. It [...]
