I broke down yesterday. I cried and cried and cried. I got in the car and drove and cried all the way up Skyline Rd. I came to a decision that we need to get Missi some sort of a crate or pen. Each day she has a few hours of very destructive behavior and…

Mississippi seems to love the car. I’m encouraging this love by making sure we stop by somewhere fun every time we take a trip. Today we went to Sellwood park for the first time. It was a treat for me because I saw an eagle. It was a treat for her because there were all…

This weekend, Tom got to spend two solid days with Mississippi. She met a new doggy friend and we all went for a walk. She’s great with other dogs once she gets over her initial excitement. She just has trouble containing her energy at first. The random barking and misbehaving e.g. chewing on carpet, eating…

I took Saturday off to wander the city. There’s a fruit stand very close to our house that I’ve wanted to check out. All of the hand fruit is $.69 a pound! They also have large produce boxes full of “juicing apples” for $3 a box! Holy cow, more juicing for me. I got a…

My friends Alan and Andi have a similar breed and they know our pain. It has actually helped keep me sane, knowing someone else I know has been through this. Here’s a nice email I got from Alan today. Hey Alanna Border Collies are *great* dogs! But they are really challenging. We unwittingly brought one…

Tomorrow Mississippi is going to spend the day with Tom alone. It’ll give him a chance to bond with her since I’m almost always around her. It’ll give me a chance to get away from her and take a breath. It’s been a very intense week for the both of us. I know I need…

Sorry guys, all you are going to hear about for a while is Mississippi. I learned my lesson taking this photo. I accidentally encouraged her that apples are ok. We don’t want her helping herself to the fruit bowl so that was a silly thing to do. This was a Braeburn from Whole Foods and…

Mississippi and I had such an amazingly productive day. After our morning walk, she ate a big bowl of food. She hasn’t been eating regularly and didn’t have anything at all yesterday so this is such a great thing. I left her home in the main part of the house instead of putting her in…

Today marks day two of Mississippi’s new life with Tom and I. She is about 1 year old and is a border collie/labrador mix. The OHS has no information about her past. We fell in love with her pretty much the moment we laid eyes on her. She’s the only dog we met at the…

We tried Hash Restaurant in Sellwood on Saturday with Bradley. It was very tasty, as close to fine dining breakfast as I’ve ever seen, and for the quality of food and service, the prices are reasonable. We’ll probably go back occasionally. Definitely the type of place where you’d want to live it up a little…

This little sweetheart is our newest family member. We are all cozied up in my office while she adjusts. She is so full of energy, even though she’s 40 pounds, she’s tugging my arms out of my sockets! It’s going to be a fun ride getting her settled in. She was so good in the…

This was an ambrosia apple and it was super duper delicious. I don’t think I’ve ever had one. I got it at Safeway where their apples are usually lackluster but this one was great. I’m looking at apple recipes. I got a big bag of apples and want to do something a little more fun…

From Make: Reuben Margolin, try a Bay Area visionary and longtime maker, health creates totally singular techno-kinetic wave sculptures. Using everything from wood to cardboard to found and salvaged objects, Reubens artwork is diverse, with sculptures ranging from tiny to looming, motorized to hand-cranked. Focusing on natural elements like a discrete water droplet or a…

No, I haven’t faltered on my resolution to eat 365 apples in 2009. I’m still eating apples, and I’m still taking photos of them, but I haven’t been updating the blog on my progress as well as I’d like. Now that I can sit up without being in lots of pain, I’m filling in the…

I said I’d post a finished photo of my bug mosaic a million years ago and that is finally (almost) happening. It’s still not done yet but I’ve made progress on it. I like it and I want to do a larger piece involving a little more planning. Because I can’t do anything very physical…