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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Pets, Misfortune | 1 Comment
I had a non-dog-related post all ready to go, but I just have to relate this one story.
Yesterday while I was at work, Darwin took Millie out for a walk on her new 16-foot retractable leash. She was sniffing around the fig tree (on the side of the yard she prefers for doing her business), […]
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Pets | 10 Comments
I introduce to you the newest bundle of joy in the 1902 Victorian household:
This is Millie, getting her first bath.
Millie came to us, and to her name, in a roundabout way.
A co-worker of mine found a pup her neighborhood a several days ago. She put up flyers, called the local shelter and checked the missing […]
Monday, December 18th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Misfortune, Mr. and Mrs. | 2 Comments
The Gimp is back at work today. He was still in pain and walking gimpy until one day late last week when everything magically went back to normal. Almost normal, anyway. He’s still stiff and gets a little whingey when he has to stand up for too long, and the doc advised him to wear […]
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Misfortune, Sink, Mr. and Mrs. | 4 Comments
With our bathroom, it’s always one step forward, two steps back. In Darwin’s case, two very gimpy steps back.
On Saturday, we were trying to figure out exactly where to cut the openings for the outlets. I had the bright idea that Darwin should lift the massive cast iron sink and hold it in position on […]
Monday, December 11th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Finds, Bathrooms, Lights, Sink | 1 Comment
On my bathroom timeline, I said I’d order the sink faucet and vanity light this weekend. I was thinking that we’d need the light fixture once the electrical was done, and the sink faucet would be necessary to install the sink.
But then we realized we wouldn’t want to install the light fixture until the very […]
