Mandy...  
Here is Mandy this morning. We were out walking and she was not really interested in being photographed.


Last week, I called the...More...

14 comments | 5 kudos | 521 views | posted Jan 8, 2007 at 4:15 PM

Mandy and me...  
I am marveling at the wonderful recovery Mandy has been making. It is incredible, seeing her this morning, that just a little over two weeks ago, the vet wanted to take her life.

She is interest...More...

10 comments | 6 kudos | 359 views | posted Dec 31, 2006 at 1:45 PM

my part time job.....when not B1TCHING......  
No Bitching

10 comments | 5 kudos | 305 views | posted Dec 28, 2006 at 12:46 AM

Venting...  
My neighbor is remodeling his condo. He has put a lot of money into updating it. He built all new cabinets. Yesterday the guys came and lacquered them -- with oil-based lacquer -- shall we say stro...More...

18 comments | 7 kudos | 501 views | posted Dec 27, 2006 at 7:30 PM

Bah Humbug and Feliz Navidad!  
Reading much about how pagan holidays were incorporated into Christian practices has greatly eroded my holiday spirits in the last few years. I knew much of it of course, but the internet just provid...More...

6 comments | 4 kudos | 360 views | posted Dec 25, 2006 at 12:06 PM

Mandy - a blog in three parts - III. Treatment and Results  
I am trying to determine all that is wrong with Mandy and why she is having difficulty walking. That is something the vet did not discuss with me. He was busy trying to sell me surgery or euthanasia...More...

12 comments | 8 kudos | 311 views | posted Dec 20, 2006 at 12:01 PM

Mandy - a blog in three parts - II. Crisis  
So last week Monday night she was restless, and I took her for a long walk -- though she did not keep up with me for most of the walk. I gave her a chicken leg when we got back. On Tuesday, when I c...More...

0 comments | 1 kudo | 209 views | posted Dec 20, 2006 at 12:00 PM

Mandy - a blog in three parts - I. History  
It is hard to believe that less than a week ago, I was considering euthanizing my pet. She is doing much better, and I am doing much better for her. She is perhaps not yet out of the woods, but I ho...More...

0 comments | 1 kudo | 232 views | posted Dec 20, 2006 at 11:59 AM

Update on Mandy  
She seems to be doing better today. She was wagging her tail last night and this morning. She has been able to get to her feet under her own steam, and we walked around the complex -- perhaps a quar...More...

12 comments | 3 kudos | 348 views | posted Dec 16, 2006 at 11:08 AM

I am OK...  
I was just about to write this blog about how, in spite of the last blog and my forum post on depression, that I was really doing pretty well. And then my phone rang, and it was the vet where I had l...More...

10 comments | 5 kudos | 419 views | posted Dec 15, 2006 at 5:49 PM