but she seems to be afraid of the crate.

Can you put some of your dirty clothes in there, like a t-shirt? If she can smell you, it should settle her down.

Yay Hil! And Steph is wise.

Yay Nilly baby! Yay new dog!

Hil, I crate train the dogs with food. We feed them in their crates, and every time I say the word "crate" I run to the crate with a treat in hand. It doesn't take too long for the dogs to be extremely excited about their crates.

Aw, NillyBaby is adorable!

Pix is wise.

I crate trained Cagney by feeding him in the crate, making it super cushy and giving him the MOST special treats in there.

I can say 'Go to bed' when we are out on the street and he will run upstairs and tuck himself in.

It does not hurt that he _loves_ his sleep. Like mommy, like puppy, I guess.

Woot for Nilly-Baby!

Woot for Buffy the Cutie Puppy!

My new telescope will arrive Tuesday!! So, no playing with it this weekend. Bah. Apparently making grabby fingers in the air does not make it come any faster. For those who didn't see in Facebook, I used reward points from my Credit Card to get free 80mm telescope with go-to feature. What? I was looking to see if they had an entry bench for the new place.

ION- cleaning guy came for second visit today. So cool to come home to a clean condo. Although it's a little weird to come home and see things in a different spot than where I left them.

I think the cleaning lady moves things just so I'll know she cleaned that surface. We call it reboot day. Ctrl Alt Del - shiny clean house. I will give up many things before my Christina.

Man, I miss my cleaning ladies. Once I get my last vacation loan paid off, I'm hiring them back.

Ok, because I have to share this somewhere, I had the weirdest dream last night. Wtf. I had gotten back together with an ex (who IRL lives in another country and I haven't seen in four or more years) and stole her from her gf...but also somehow that meant I had to take on the gf's pregnancy. Only she still wanted to be part of it. So I was suddenly six months pregnant, but also hanging out in a friendly way with both of them separately. And then there was a big earthquake but the buildings near us fell down but ours was ok. Them my mom was there at a picnic table in the rubble with us, because she was a doctor and helping out. (Again, IRL my mom is not a doctor. And pregnancy can't be transferred. And the ex's wife already HAD their baby)

Anyway. So weird. Also, why does it feel recently like I'm only getting good sleep in the last couple hours of sleep--like I'm sleeping more peacefully once it's light out??

Nillybaby cuteness!!

That's all I got. But it's enough.