Month: May 2009

Mississippi is not feeling well today. She had a really stressful day yesterday and it’s been very hot. Today she showed little interest in going out in the backyard. It’s usually the first thing she wants to do in the morning. She is very affectionate and wants lots of belly rubs today. Her nose feels…

Our dog Mississippi is a 1 year old Border Collie/Labrador mix. She’s been out of the Oregon Humane Society for less than two months and for most of her time with us, she has had next to no patience. Trying to keep her occupied and out of trouble has been a full time job. We’ve…

So, I bought a Norditrack 990 Audiostrider Elliptical machine. It sucks. I sort of knew it would. I bought it anyway. I could have been smart and buy one that I could actually try out first. I just went for it. It wobbles so bad and it makes lots of noise. Anyway, it’s mine now…

Wow, has it really been this long since I posted a blog about the apple eating resolution? Sorry, I’ve been good at photographing them, but not as good at blogging about them. I’m running about 10 apples behind my 365 apples in 2009 schedule so I need to do some doubling up in the next…

I picked up Mississippi from Rockin’ Roxy’s on Friday and I’m pretty sure they swapped my troubled, frustrated dog with a happy, well adjusted, awesome dog. Suddenly she has almost completely stopped barking for attention. She lets us sleep until 8am and instead of waking us by barking, whining and destroying, she wakes us up…

The weather in Portland is phenomenal today. It’s so good in fact, I’m not sure why I’m bothering to post this right now. But, I thought you might like some salad ideas for this weekend’s BBQ bonanzas. Have a good weekend. Ingredients 8 oz israeli couscous 1 cucumber diced 1 to 2 cups of cherry…

A recent survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that honey bee colonies continue to decline in numbers. About 26 percent of apiaries surveyed reported that some of their colonies died of colony collapse disorder (CCD), down from 36 percent of apiaries in 2007-2008. CCD is…

Our San Francisco neighbor Marvin died this week. He’d been feeling run down but didn’t want to see a doctor. He stopped answering his phone and our building manager found him passed away in his apartment Tuesday. The medical examiner reported that he died of natural causes. He was a great neighbor. He was a…

Mondays are the toughest days of the week. Mississippi has had two days with the both of us instead of just boring old me. During the weekend we aren’t usually on the computer and generally if we are home, we are interacting with Mississippi in some way. Come Monday, Tom goes back to work and…

“Yer so cute I’m gonna eat you up.”

Looks like someone’s got a case of the Mondays. We had a very lovely weekend and I’m having trouble getting motivated now. Let’s retrace our steps. Friday morning I took Mississippi into Rockin’ Roxy’s for a half day and Tricia convinced me to take the night off from doggy duty. I went home and cried…

I took Mississippi to Rockin’ Rocky’s today for a half day of daycare and to book us a night of boarding on the 30th. We got to talking about Mississippi and how hard it’s been. Tricia at Roxy’s said something to me that I think will be my new mantra. “You are doing a great…

I’ve started mapping out all the galleries in Portland that I can find. The descriptions have website links and hours. I’ve just moved here so I know I’m missing a great deal. Please send me more links and info and I’ll add them. View PDX Art in a larger map

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Our trainer had said he thought maybe we didn’t have enough toys laying around the house. She is very good at destroying toys so many of her things are kept on the mantle for supervised play times. She destroyed a few of her first toys. So yesterday on my lunch break I went shopping. I…