doggies – Page 37 – Kari Neumeyer

How long has this been going on?

Isis and I are alone for the next 24 hours plus. Rob is doing some mixed martial arts something-or-other in San Jose. I’m not scared. Just this second my ferocious guard dog leaped into action, barking her shrill head off, setting off the ultrasonic anti-bark device I installed by the library window for this veryContinue reading “How long has this been going on?”

Everyone say, "Aw."

I have a new nickname for my dog: EisBarBaby. It means baby polar bear in German. I assume. Have you seen this thing? Don’t you just want to rub your face on her rotund little belly?

Harry Potter and the Defective Moving Walkway

I finally got to starting the last Harry Potter book this weekend. After managing to resist the hype and remain spoiler-free when it came out last summer, I borrowed Rob’s dad’s hardcover copy and it sat around until Friday when I decided to pick it up. I knew that it would suck me in onceContinue reading “Harry Potter and the Defective Moving Walkway”

Treedition

We drove out to the tree farm with Isis on Saturday, parked and got her all harnessed up before we saw the “No dogs please” sign. So we got back in the car, drove and drove and drove, passed a little farm with cookie-cutter perfect trees, but kept going until we got to a placeContinue reading “Treedition”

Baby likes the snow

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I love dogs

Even when they’re not my own. Isis is quite curious about this bad boy, whose name is Buddy. She’s sniffing my pants to learn more about him.

Waaargh

Is it me, or is November just not a creative month? I’m finding it next to excruciating to sit down and make up a fictional scene. If that’s redundant, it’s because I’m trying to cough up 50,000 words by the end of the month, and that goes against my journalistic training to use as fewContinue reading “Waaargh”

Drat

Got a speeding ticket tonight. This sort of thing happens to Rob every other month, but I haven’t gotten one since Sept. 2003. I was on my way to a Weird Al concert then, so you can see why I might have been in a hurry. Today, I was driving leisurely home from a dogContinue reading “Drat”

Not neighborly

I’ve really had it with the jerk dog owners who share our trail who don’t keep their dogs leashed! Today, one woman politely grabbed hers by the collar, when she saw me try to put Isis in a sit. As she walked by, she said there was another little dog up the way. When IContinue reading “Not neighborly”

Wondering

…whether it was such a good idea to continue rainy-day dog walks with my hair still wet, after I started getting a cold. …and whether the rattle in my chest is pneumonia or just a chest cold. Anyway, I feel better today than I did yesterday, when I stayed in bed (and couch) all day.Continue reading “Wondering”