Ocean Dreamer

Things have been busy for the past few days, sorry for the lack of posts and comments on your blogs.  Briefly, here’s what I’ve been up to:

A *ton* of teaching jobs were recently posted for next year and I have been applying like crazy.  It is a long process and I have to apply for [...]

She spent the day at the vet after being sick yesterday evening and night.  They had to give her subcutaneous fluids that make her look like a camel (even moreso than you can tell in these pictures.)  Poor baby.

Happy Pet Parents Day (actually yesterday 4.27)!  Okay, its probably a holiday created for the sole purpose of feeding off consumerism … but I’m happy to celebrate it without buying anything.

“I’m ignoring you.”

I’ve seen this on a few blogs and want to participate.
My girls in one of their favorite spots!

I’ve been vegetarian for about ten years.  In that time, I only ate chicken on a trip to Italy, because I wasn’t sure what gluten free food I would find.  In all that time, I never had any craving for meat.  Not once.  Yet for the past week, ever since visiting my lovely locally-owned co-op [...]

Yup, not-so-lovely Aunt Flo appeared this evening.  This is only cd25, only 11 days after I inseminated.  I really thought I might be pregnant this time – had all the cramping and bloating I had with my chemical pregnancy this summer – and actually got my hopes up a bit, so Aunt Flo’s arrival this [...]

My sweet Miss Zoe has been diagnosed with a number of allergies.  You may remember that she has had ongoing health problems.  Well, she’s also had a cough since she was about one (she’s now four).  Vets kept saying it must be kennel cough, they’d treat her for it and it wouldn’t make a difference.  [...]

Seattle had its first snow of the season yesterday and today.  When I lived in Maine, we would get sick of the snow by the end of the winter.  In Seattle, though, we usually only get snow once or twice a year, so it’s always a real treat.  Someone forgot to tell the city that, [...]

Zoe’s fourth birthday was on September 1st.  The sweet girl had what I think was a lovely day.  She spent most of it with me (a *big* plus for her) and got a new rope-ball toy.  She promptly chewed the ball off and tore it into bits.  She’s been playing with the rope ever since.
Happy [...]