(I’m sitting on the sofa working a crossword puzzle.) Charlie: (softly) Mow. Me: Oh! Hey there, Boo! (scritches his head) Charlie: (softly) Mow. Me: What’s up? Charlie: (softly) Mow? Me: (gets up, walks to kitchen) You have water. Charlie: Mow!…
Not the Biggest Loser
I have no idea how this happened (okay I do) but Charlie’s now 30 lbs. Not too sure how to deal with this, as he, Misty, and Max share the same bowl of food.* He’s not much of an exerciser,…
World's weirdest cat
He stared at the pig for over a half hour. Edited to add: My luck, and the way this year has been, he’s probably watching a poisonous scorpion crawl by.
Charlie in repose
PS. Um. I don’t think this NaNo thing’s going to work.
Charlie, Snuggles, Mickey
From my Treo! Charlie, Snuggles, Mickey. Charlie is really adapting to apartment life! He’s taken to perching on the windowsill and looking at life below. ‘…just to spend one day out there!’ Edited to add: The creepy doll is Snuggles….
Letter to a brown canine
Dear Max: When I come home from work and I’m already wearing my sneakers, this means that I have been to Curves already. And I’ve exercised already. And I most likely am tired and sweaty and do NOT want to…
Catch-up
Thor’s at the theater experiencing part 3 of six but really-hopefully- the last Star Wars movie. As you can tell, I’m not there. To each his own. Now before I go out and start tending to our barren garden…let’s catch…
Weekend update
(slyly puts some Disney music on in the background) Weekend in a nutshell: Mom’s Family BDay dinner friday at the Olive. No drinking, no bread. World of Warcraft Saturday/Sunday. Leota, the undead mage is now 15! Wings win 15-8! I’m…
You’ve come a long way, kitty
Back in May, Charlie was hiding in the closet. Now, he seems to have found a new place to hang out. I much prefer this one, don’t you? (3/17: no idea where the picture is) Welcome, Boo-bear. Dinner: 1 cup…
Slacker
Slacker Home sick today. Usually, I’d feel guilty, but the last sick day I took (according to my blog) was in August, and April before that. That’s the good thing about having a blog. I can look these things up!…
Fall Folly-age
Fall Folly-ageOn Saturday, Thor and I went to Springdale Farms for some mums. Because it’s our first real *season* in this house, I wanted to festoon it properly. We picked a hyooooooge (*tm* Trump) unbloomed pot of mums for the…
Charlie-boo
Crazy work-day yesterday, topped off by the fact that I managed to leave my briefcase home! Mind you, my briefcase contains my red binder of management goodness, which contains every single thing I’ve learned on the job since December. Surprisingly,…
