Okay. I have not lost any weight recently. (Though after the F2F I'm resolved to. And also to throw out my bras and buy new.)

But with all the animal stuff going on I have dragged myself off the floor and away from compulsively hugging the dog (Lucy thanks you) to say - did I ever mention that there's a bar in Chicago called Kuma's, that has a bear as it's emblem? I always think of you guys when I go past it.

Josie, Pico, Bear - good hunting.

Pico has decided to stop hating me for leaving him with the vet all day, and we just had a nice snuggle. He cannot resist my siren call to the snuggle.

Good News Audit

Just found out that I did well in my performance review. Bonus of about 1 month's pay, and a 3% raise. Yay! (And whew! I can pay for the F2F trip.)

Nice! Good for you, dcp.

DH accidentally turned on the front left eye of the stove instead of the back left. He then took defrosted chicken on a plastic plate out of the microwave and set it on the front eye.

The house smells like burnt plastic. We're ordering pizza.

David, I'm so sorry.

My good news? My cousin's mare Tula had her foal yesterday and he's ADORABLE!

I'll put put his pictures up on Flickr so you see the wee foalie.

What a sucktastic day.

So much love to Sue, GC, lori, and Hec.

love to sue,lori, and GC

so hard,david. I'm sorry.

In Better Pet News, changing Percy's diet seems to be helping his diabetes enormously. WE still don't know if we need to stick him -- but this is a good sign

In other good news - I'm about to go make G&T's.

did I ever mention that there's a bar in Chicago called Kuma's, that has a bear as it's emblem? I always think of you guys when I go past it.

That's cool! Yeah, we had two dogs named Bear, in English and in Japanese. What? It fit!

Good News - I'm being published in print - even paid. Not much, but there will be a tiny check with my name on it.