Yesterday we ordered grocery delivery and the only slot we could get was between 8:00 and 9:00 pm. Normally, the grocery delivery person texts us right away after dropping our purchases off on the porch by the front door. This time the text took a little bit to arrive, maybe 10 minutes. I don’t know
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The Stench
The fat black-and-white squirrel struck last night. We were all hanging out and playing computer games after the last day of promo, and then there was a stench. It was quickly discovered that dogs had gone outside and I didn’t realize and shut the back door. In my defense, Kid 1 leaves the back door
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Not Again
Nykie: Mom, there is a fat black and white squirrel in the back yard. Kid 1: No! No! Nykie: Dachshund genes triggered. Attack protocol activate. Mad sprint initiated. Fat squirrel! How dare you come into our back yard?! Meet your doom! Skunk: Oh crap. There is a small dog with big teeth running straight for
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UPS Bitching and Quincy’s Lament
I ordered some yarn from Purl Soho. It’s an alpaca blend, which I don’t normally use, and so I wanted to try it. It was shipped by UPS. Behold my tale of woe. It’s been sitting at the UPS for 2 days. Pre-Covid, shipments from California came in 2 days, door to door. I want
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Personal Post and Upcoming Promo
On July 12, Kid 2, whom some of you know as “Brandi,” sent a video of herself squirting hot sauce into her mouth followed by “Look at this, I can’t taste or smell anything.” This has never happened before in her entire life, not with colds, not with flu, not with any infection she’s ever
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The Bulldog Ninja
Gordon and I have about 2 acres, so there is a decent back yard, with trees and rocks, and most of it is fenced. The backyard is country dark, meaning without a moon, it’s pitch black. Last 5 nights: Sookie: I need to pee. One of us: Here you go, open door. Sookie, three seconds
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Life with Bulldog: Despair Edition
Someone didn’t get to go on a walk. Turn the sound up. Gordon took her around the block after we came home.
Cold War, Feline Style
We will have an announcement for you later today, hopefully. Meanwhile, after almost a week of rain and cold, sun came out a little bit and all of our cats promptly took off. All of them are rescue cats, so keeping them from going outside is a losing proposition. Behold, the kitty standoff, narrated by
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Adventures of the animal kingdom
Convincing Amazon to push an update to an ebook is a bit of an involved process. Amazon hates pushing mandatory updates because they wipe out people’s highlights. We are hoping they will fix it, because the Māori typo is very unfortunate. It makes us look like stupid hacks who couldn’t be bothered to spell the
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Brotherly Love
Leon peeled out onto the street. In the rearview mirror, Cornelius’ BMW glided out of the parking lot. We’d likely lose him before long. Cornelius’ top driving speed usually stayed four miles over the posted limit. The MII was roughly thirty minutes away but knowing Leon we would get there much faster if the traffic
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My Patronus
12:46 AM. Kid 2, text: I am on a mission. Kid 2: I am going to catch a ton of eeves and have one of each evolution. Kid 2: I already have two. Me: What time is it? Kid 2: Pokemon time. Me: How old are your parents? More importantly, how old are you that
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Artha, Artha, Artha
By popular demand, we did put Artha into a Christmas sweater for you. Also our email is full of “More Artha” requests, so clearly the love of German Shepherds is all consuming. We gave her her own category.
