03/30/11: We're celebrating Kisu today. That's her at last year's
Highland Games. Eight years ago today, this adorable little furball moved in with us and took over the place. She could be the poster-pup for
adopting a dog from a shelter. She was not a puppy when we adopted her, but we took a chance (well, she really picked
us) and took her home and she shortly turned into our best friend. In my opinion, pure-breeds are fine if you're going to breed or show them, but adopting an "all-american shelter dog" is a win-win for everyone. Happy Adoption Day, pumpkin!
03/15/11: Yeah, I know I've been neglecting this site lately. It's not that I don't have anything to write about, but I've been busy with other things. A couple weeks ago, while working on a major software upgrade on my home computer, I broke my CPU. I mean, it just came out of the socket! Fortunately, a quick-thinking guy at the service counter at my local
MicroCenter saved me some bucks and some time by suggesting that I just buy a new chip, rather than having them check out the old one. It's a older Pentium 4, so it was only $12, but they put it in and it works like a champ. I'm still fiddling with the software, but you don't want to hear about that. (As a side note, the quick-thinking guy's name was Mike Hunt, which I did a double-take on. If you've ever seen Porky's, you'll know why.)
I'm also in what I hope to be my final rewrite on the novel I wrote back in November. As part of "winning" the
NaNoWriMo challenge, I can get a free proof copy printed, so I want to get the text cleaned up, and Stephie is working on the cover art, so I soon might just have a printed copy of my book in my grubby mitts. I'm pretty excited about that. And I'm already thinking of writing a follow-up.
Other than that, we're just dragging. I've not been sleeping well for some reason (maybe the change in weather has something to do with that) and Stephie has had some tests done because she's not feeling well. Now, Kisu seems to be having a problem with her back leg after she lays on it for a while. I think with Spring just around the corner, we'll get back to our regular long walks after dinner, and that will pick us back up.
Thanks for checking in, and have a great St. Patrick's Day.
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