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Iko is starting up obedience classes at the Zoom Room which is really an awesome name for a dog training place. Once he passed Obedience 1 he has the option of also doing Agility training, which I suspect he would like. They also have age-based puppy play times, so we can get him back on the socialization wagon since we haven't taken him to dog parks since he hadn't had all his shots yet. (Nor am I convinced he would come when called if he's having too much fun.)
The downside of this is that now I have two more appointments to drive to each week for at least the next month or so; basically there are only two days a week that are usually appointment free, and one of them (Sunday) I work away from the house rather frequently. Oi.
R is off to WisCon this weekend, so I am gonna move my computer and maybe a mini painting setup upstairs so I can hang with the dog during the day while she is gone. He is now 5 months old and a complete doof.
The downside of this is that now I have two more appointments to drive to each week for at least the next month or so; basically there are only two days a week that are usually appointment free, and one of them (Sunday) I work away from the house rather frequently. Oi.
R is off to WisCon this weekend, so I am gonna move my computer and maybe a mini painting setup upstairs so I can hang with the dog during the day while she is gone. He is now 5 months old and a complete doof.
For the second morning in a row, Iko has been such an excite-a-puppy and so naughty during morning walk that I had to turn around after a short block because I did not think I could keep us safe. He is a Strong Boi even at not full grown, and I am not strong again yet and still supposed to be babying my ankle. (Also, the tree and grass pollen counts are way high, which is Not Helping me not feel like poo. I *did* hit the gym briefly last night, which I can feel a bit, but it was slammed so a big chunk of the weightlifting I'm cleared for was not actually available.
I'm gonna do my (small) Beltane stuff on Sunday, which is both when I next have time and the actual between-the-equinoxes day this year.
"May Day" is entirely a labor holiday in my head now, anyway.
I am a shuddering ball of whine.
I'm gonna do my (small) Beltane stuff on Sunday, which is both when I next have time and the actual between-the-equinoxes day this year.
"May Day" is entirely a labor holiday in my head now, anyway.
I am a shuddering ball of whine.
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Apr. 25th, 2019 10:19 am I just picked up my car from the mechanic and it drives like it's new again. I guess the clutch had been slowly declining for a long time.
I took the dog for a walk this morning so he would be a little less amped. Eventually - as in after we had been home for 15 minutes -- he got less amped. Hauling around 20 pounds of jumpy puppy is challenging, but getting less so. I'm definitely sticking with the ankle brace while doing so for a while, even though I'm not using the brace for much else at this point. Being able to walk normally again is just really, really exciting.
I took the dog for a walk this morning so he would be a little less amped. Eventually - as in after we had been home for 15 minutes -- he got less amped. Hauling around 20 pounds of jumpy puppy is challenging, but getting less so. I'm definitely sticking with the ankle brace while doing so for a while, even though I'm not using the brace for much else at this point. Being able to walk normally again is just really, really exciting.
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Mar. 31st, 2019 09:05 pmI basically sequestered myself most of the weekend and attempted to stay off my ankle, since it hurts like whoa. I am really hoping I didn't somehow throw the fracture out of alignment, but the times/situations it hurts it don't feel muscular. (And tylenol does nothing for me, and NSAIDs are out of the question for another month. Ugh.)
There are 40 blank pieces of glass on my workbench, because I can't actually fit more than that at the moment, but I'm hoping to have 80 finished by Thursday. It's been long enough that I had to go back through pictures and remember what themes I regularly used to do other than starfield with nebula, starfield with planet, and moonsets over water, because I'm not allowed to do many one-offs or experiments until I've got enough literal stock to fill my trays. This next in-person show is a handmade show, rather than a geeky show, so pretty is sufficient and attempts at real astronomy can wait.
Tomorrow I need to ship 2 panels worth to Conglomeration in Kentucky, Friday is the first day of the 2 day "Make Sale" in Monroe where I have a massive booth, and I'll put together my stuff for Norwescon in two weeks from ... whatever is left over or that I can make really fast after that. The warranty replacement for our glowforge has arrived, been named Bob the Vulcan, and will hopefully be non-sulky, which will mean making things rather faster or with less stress than before. I've got a slew of stuff in the "vector is made, but have to test it" phase, though I don't know how much other than finally getting the wine glass charm sets done I will really push on this week. (If ever there was a show where wine charms will sell, it should be this one.)
O found a Hatsune Miku game for the PS4 and so has devoted as much of her weekend to that as possible. And we got the last bits ordered for her cosplay for Sakuracon, which is also Hatsune Miku but in something that looks like regular clothes instead of the dress that is the default.
I quite like it when they play characters where 90% of the costume can be re-worn as regular clothes, and extra like it when it doesn't call for a short skirt, because wow, putting an off-the-rack set of short skirt and top on O's proportions goes badly rather quickly, since she's so long of both leg and torso; short skirts turn into miniskirts and normal tops become midriff tops, and she's not comfortable with that. And it isn't stuff you can just buy locally because of course my kids gravitated to the more obscure fandoms. I seriously walked around a significant chunk of the dealer room at Emerald City and spotted exactly ONE item representing their favorite fandoms. One total, not one each. Ugh.
There were these buttered-sweet-potato chips in O's japan treat subscription box, which she hated, and which I need about a case of. It hits almost the same spot as the buttered popcorn jelly bellies did. (I loved them so much. But the CEO of Jelly Belly gives money to support anti-trans legislation, so bye.) We took reaction shots while she tried all the different snacks in this month's box, which produced a wide variety of funny faces, but I don't have permission to share the pix.
Your moment of dog:
That purple lump in his mouth is a hippo bath toy that would change color if the water was too hot for the baby. I have no idea how it ended up outside in the yard 11 years after we stopped using it in the bath, but Iko loves it to pieces.
There are 40 blank pieces of glass on my workbench, because I can't actually fit more than that at the moment, but I'm hoping to have 80 finished by Thursday. It's been long enough that I had to go back through pictures and remember what themes I regularly used to do other than starfield with nebula, starfield with planet, and moonsets over water, because I'm not allowed to do many one-offs or experiments until I've got enough literal stock to fill my trays. This next in-person show is a handmade show, rather than a geeky show, so pretty is sufficient and attempts at real astronomy can wait.
Tomorrow I need to ship 2 panels worth to Conglomeration in Kentucky, Friday is the first day of the 2 day "Make Sale" in Monroe where I have a massive booth, and I'll put together my stuff for Norwescon in two weeks from ... whatever is left over or that I can make really fast after that. The warranty replacement for our glowforge has arrived, been named Bob the Vulcan, and will hopefully be non-sulky, which will mean making things rather faster or with less stress than before. I've got a slew of stuff in the "vector is made, but have to test it" phase, though I don't know how much other than finally getting the wine glass charm sets done I will really push on this week. (If ever there was a show where wine charms will sell, it should be this one.)
O found a Hatsune Miku game for the PS4 and so has devoted as much of her weekend to that as possible. And we got the last bits ordered for her cosplay for Sakuracon, which is also Hatsune Miku but in something that looks like regular clothes instead of the dress that is the default.
I quite like it when they play characters where 90% of the costume can be re-worn as regular clothes, and extra like it when it doesn't call for a short skirt, because wow, putting an off-the-rack set of short skirt and top on O's proportions goes badly rather quickly, since she's so long of both leg and torso; short skirts turn into miniskirts and normal tops become midriff tops, and she's not comfortable with that. And it isn't stuff you can just buy locally because of course my kids gravitated to the more obscure fandoms. I seriously walked around a significant chunk of the dealer room at Emerald City and spotted exactly ONE item representing their favorite fandoms. One total, not one each. Ugh.
There were these buttered-sweet-potato chips in O's japan treat subscription box, which she hated, and which I need about a case of. It hits almost the same spot as the buttered popcorn jelly bellies did. (I loved them so much. But the CEO of Jelly Belly gives money to support anti-trans legislation, so bye.) We took reaction shots while she tried all the different snacks in this month's box, which produced a wide variety of funny faces, but I don't have permission to share the pix.
Your moment of dog:
That purple lump in his mouth is a hippo bath toy that would change color if the water was too hot for the baby. I have no idea how it ended up outside in the yard 11 years after we stopped using it in the bath, but Iko loves it to pieces.
*grumpiness intensifies*
Feb. 27th, 2019 06:55 pmI have not been cleared to stop using the damn CAM boot brace thing.
I might get cleared *next* week. Maybe.
but that will mean graduating to an air splint, not to regular shoes.
I plan on wearing the 14 hole docs that should have arrived by then to the appointment, or at least one of them, to suggest that they are an adequate replacement for the damn cam boot.
They said 4-6 weeks of immobilization when they first put this thing on me, I broke it on January 6th, got the brace on the 14th, so it's been 6 weeks of immobilization, damnit.
ankle injuries suuuuuuuuuck.
This is going to make Saturday rather more challenging. Especially for Sean, since he's going to be doing all the heavy lifting required in my show setup now, I guess. Under other circumstances I'd just do it without gridwall, but I'm not sure I actually *can* do this without gridwall. with the products I'm taking.
And I made appointments for the kids on the assumption of when I would be able to start driving. (Taking a cab to see our doctor in Roosevelt is no biggie, taking one to downtown at 7 am on a weekday and then *back* during morning rush hour is ... ouch. )
SO. GRUMPY.
In thanks for reading my whining, have a cute pic of the rapidly growing puppy:
I might get cleared *next* week. Maybe.
but that will mean graduating to an air splint, not to regular shoes.
I plan on wearing the 14 hole docs that should have arrived by then to the appointment, or at least one of them, to suggest that they are an adequate replacement for the damn cam boot.
They said 4-6 weeks of immobilization when they first put this thing on me, I broke it on January 6th, got the brace on the 14th, so it's been 6 weeks of immobilization, damnit.
ankle injuries suuuuuuuuuck.
This is going to make Saturday rather more challenging. Especially for Sean, since he's going to be doing all the heavy lifting required in my show setup now, I guess. Under other circumstances I'd just do it without gridwall, but I'm not sure I actually *can* do this without gridwall. with the products I'm taking.
And I made appointments for the kids on the assumption of when I would be able to start driving. (Taking a cab to see our doctor in Roosevelt is no biggie, taking one to downtown at 7 am on a weekday and then *back* during morning rush hour is ... ouch. )
SO. GRUMPY.
In thanks for reading my whining, have a cute pic of the rapidly growing puppy:
snowpocalypse 2019
Feb. 9th, 2019 04:17 pm
Snowpocalypse is pretty if you don’t need to go anywhere. The only sound outside this morning was the birds occasionally knocking snow off a branch.
The dog was not 100% behind this “walk in the snow” plan at first, but they ended up taking a quite long walk. He came home, filled the house with Wet Dog Smell and still had enough puppy juice to require romping with the children for another 20 minutes. He's completely sacked out now, though.
I have not ventured beyond the front, sheltered, steps since Thursday, and hope that I don't have to until things melt, though that seems unlikely. I am hoping the workshop I signed up for that is tomorrow will be rescheduled, and am not sure that if it does go if I will try and get there or not.
Someday I will get instagram/wordpress to dw crosspost working again, but today is apparently not that day.
