All alone at the office today. Shoulda brought Isis with me. Although she can be a little distracting, it woulda been a good opportunity to practice her first obedience lesson. She started school last week and I’m sposedta take her around on a 20-foot lead some places with a lot of distractions, to teach herContinue reading “Quiet on the Northwest Front”
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Handling it
So I’m crying at work, because my brother made a couple of YouTubes of Barney (may he rest in peace. Barney, not my brother). Mostly it’s the Cyndi Lauper song that made me cry, so I had to turn off the sound. I go into the ladies room to pull myself together and thought I’dContinue reading “Handling it”
Just what I wanted to hear
The delivery/installation/old vanity removal guys are here. When they saw how the old cabinet is embedded in tile, they said, “This is going to be a job.” Which wouldn’t be a problem, necessarily, if I could spend the whole day at home. But as luck would have it, I might have to go out intoContinue reading “Just what I wanted to hear”
Serious matters and not so much
Barney is doing well. Here’s a picture from a couple of years ago. He has a tumor in his jaw, which started bleeding yesterday. He had surgery to remove the necrotic tissue, which must have been what gave him such bad breath last time I saw him. As I understand it from my remote location,Continue reading “Serious matters and not so much”
So Retro
I love my Rolodex! I’ve never had one before, you know, and never woulda thought to ask for one, because, like everyone in my generation I use Google instead of a phonebook. But I was handed a new one that actually rotates all the way around, and has plastic slots where I can alphabetize businessContinue reading “So Retro”
Take your daughter to work day
Who’s the best doggie in the whole wide world? She’s been at work with me all day, and aside from knocking over her water dish a bunch of times, essentially washing my carpet, she’s been an angel. She even sat through a 1/2 hour phone conversation with my boss and didn’t make a peep. She’sContinue reading “Take your daughter to work day”
From an Olympia hotel
Rob and I both have meetings in Olympia today, and his job was kind enough to put him in a hotel. Is it weird that he packed four bottles of hair product, and I barely remembered to bring a brush?
Fish gotta swim
Funny story. I was on the road Friday, thinking about how my job is finally coming together. After 6 whole weeks, I actually felt like I knew what I was doing. And then I realized I forgot my camera. Good thing I was able to borrow one, so I could capture fantastic shots like thisContinue reading “Fish gotta swim”
Night of the comet
I’d love to be productive. I really would. But nobody else in the tri-county area seems to be working, because of the snow, and the cold, and the ice, and now the rain… It makes it hard to get them on the phone. I left Isis at home. It was a heartbreaking parting. I wonderContinue reading “Night of the comet”
You get what you pet
And raise what you praise. So if you let the puppy out of the crate when she’s whining, she’ll whine whenever you put her in the crate. I understand this and am determined to raise a perfect dog. At the office, Isis yelped at me while I was trying to type something. I really didn’tContinue reading “You get what you pet”
Kari Neumeyer 