We haven’t been doing a lot worth blogging blog about lately as we’ve been kind of confined to our jar. We did go to a doctor appointment and sit in a crowded waiting room and brood for a long time about how it can be legal or ethical for doctors to schedule 6, 7, 8 patients for the exact same time slot, and then another 6-8 people for 15 minutes later, and so on.
Yesterday we waited two hours in the waiting room before being placed in an airless examining room to wait some more until a... Read Full Story
Buck in the parking lot at Sierra Medical Center, morning before his operation.
It was our Life With Buck one-year blogaversary this month, but I haven’t done anything about it aside from renewing my domain name. I’ve been taking a breather from blogging, actually, to organize my thoughts and priorities after the horrors of this past month, and last week especially.
Last week Buck had to go into the hospital for an operation called carotid endarterectomy. (WARNING: do not click on... Read Full Story
When I Googled “buried in work” to find a suitable gone fishing-type of picture to post here, I discovered that 4 million people have blogged with “buried in work” in their posts. We make 4 million and two.
And no that’ not me in the photo but I’m with that woman in spirit. You go girl! You tell everyone at work to just “add it to the pile!”
We’ll probably be done sometime next week and then we’ll be back on here with some of those scenic videos I keep blathering about. But in the... Read Full Story
No I’m not endorsing the 2008 Torrent SUV (or whatever that car is), I’m demonstrating our crystal clear TV reception…with $17 rabbit ears from Radio Shack.
I often rant about our cable company Time-Warner and how much I despise it. Buck feels the same way. We have the package that combines TV, telephone, and Internet service. If you’re familiar with these packages you know that they find out which channel you really want, in our case that would be the Speed Channel (which for us... Read Full Story
I’ve been working this week, which is a drag because I took this job so I wouldn’t have to work. But I wanted to share this headline with you from Wednesday’s paper. I don’t know if the rest of the U.S. is aware of what’s going on here right over our border but it’s shocking. To read more about it you can click on the photo if you feel so inclined.
To leave you on a happier note, Stella is spending the afternoon safely napping:
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We actually left the house today, a monumental event that I captured with my video camera. As usual Buck insisted we pass the house he wants us to buy and live in:
Apparently we’re just not isolated enough in our current home. He wants to get to “High Ground,” whatever that means. Thank God this thing isn’t available to live in. Construction had to be stopped. Something about the fact when you step out the door you immediately fall down a fracking cliff…Can you picture moi living there... Read Full Story
The Happy Couple, Enemy Of Neighbors Everywhere
I should probably clarify something. In my post Slow Day News-wise, I was telling commenters how Buck gets nervous about me going out into the neighborhood and filming alone, etc., which is why I think he feels safer if I’m just hanging around filming our dogs or him or our property. I realize that sounds pretty cryptic. I respect his trepidations about me interacting with our neighbors. They don’t know us, we work from home so they rarely... Read Full Story
Warning: Some men might want to skip over this post and go straight to the Buck video in the previous post.
Little Miss Sew ‘N Sew gets all the credit for this great meme. She started the ball rolling when she posted a beautiful video of the song Hummingbird by Seals and Crofts. The song makes her cry, but in a good way. It so nice to hear that song. I’d nearly forgotten about it!
For me it’s House At Pooh Corner by Loggins & Messina. I think of it as my “crying song” because the second... Read Full Story
This Morning’s Acu-Rite Reading
No, that’s not “mountain graffiti” in this photo. On my way home from the store today I happened to be at a red light when I saw a person enjoying my idea of a dream ride: cruising in a convertible with a German Shepherd as co-pilot. The photo isn’t great (I had to hurry before the light changed) but you get the idea.
Shepherds are wonderful companions. They’re intelligent, sweet, and possessed with an excellent sense of humor. Plus, they love to... Read Full Story
