CoyoteMike got me hooked on an amazing series of books by Simon R. Green. I've devoured 5 of the books since he sent them to me.... so that's a book every two days or so. They are a very cool kind of noir detective series, with monsters and gods and all kinds of bizarro stuff.
The Nightside Book Series
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Our new puppy is amazing. I wish I had more pictures of him to share. Heckler *just* found his camera charger, so I promise to take some pics soon. Heckler took this pic the night we got him home.
Barkley is 5 months old now, and we've had him for just less than a month. He sleeps in his crate all night without a sound and has done since the first night we had him. He fetches AND gives the toy back when we say "give" - which is completely amazing, neither Heckler or I have ever had a dog that has known to do that
Barkley is a total snuggle monster, and the best part is that he seems to love everybody; the pug we had been fostering seemed to be a one person kind of dog, but Barkley is just as happy to be on our son's lap as he is on mine or Heckler's lap. Barkley will sit for his leash to be put on and taken off. He's learning to go to the door when he has to pee, but he's become fond of lifting his leg on the kitty litter box. We're getting there with the whole house-training thing; basically, we take him out every hour or so. I think he'll be more willing to do his business outside when it isn't so cold and rainy. Poor Barkley's little legs are so short that his tummy fur gets all wet from the grass.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this in a previous blog, I might have... anyhow, Heckler really got attached to one of our feral foster kittens, and decided to keep him. He was named by one of the girls at the vet office "Bee" as in "B for Boy." Bee's sister was caught just a day or two after, and the same girl named her "Boo" - we renamed her Honey, because we didn't want to put on the rescue website "For Adoption: Boo & Bee" Back in October, Honey & Bee were adopted out together, but were returned to us after about two weeks. It took both of them a long time to trust us again, after such a traumatic experience, but they came around. Honey found a lovely home with a co-worker of my mom's - she is completely spoiled. Bee is 8 months old today, and he's um, well, he's enormous. He is MUCH bigger than Barkley, and is just as big as our two adult male cats (also former fosters)... and he's still growing. He looks as though he may have a bit of Maine Coon in him, which would help to explain his size. We're really gonna have to watch him with food, because, man, he's already pretty dang chubby.
Bee when we first brought him home (12 weeks)
Bee at about 4-4.5 months old
Bee in his draw-me-like-one-of-your-french-girls pose (7 months old)
Bee sees what you did there
The Nightside Book Series
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Our new puppy is amazing. I wish I had more pictures of him to share. Heckler *just* found his camera charger, so I promise to take some pics soon. Heckler took this pic the night we got him home.
Barkley is 5 months old now, and we've had him for just less than a month. He sleeps in his crate all night without a sound and has done since the first night we had him. He fetches AND gives the toy back when we say "give" - which is completely amazing, neither Heckler or I have ever had a dog that has known to do that
Barkley is a total snuggle monster, and the best part is that he seems to love everybody; the pug we had been fostering seemed to be a one person kind of dog, but Barkley is just as happy to be on our son's lap as he is on mine or Heckler's lap. Barkley will sit for his leash to be put on and taken off. He's learning to go to the door when he has to pee, but he's become fond of lifting his leg on the kitty litter box. We're getting there with the whole house-training thing; basically, we take him out every hour or so. I think he'll be more willing to do his business outside when it isn't so cold and rainy. Poor Barkley's little legs are so short that his tummy fur gets all wet from the grass.I'm not sure if I mentioned this in a previous blog, I might have... anyhow, Heckler really got attached to one of our feral foster kittens, and decided to keep him. He was named by one of the girls at the vet office "Bee" as in "B for Boy." Bee's sister was caught just a day or two after, and the same girl named her "Boo" - we renamed her Honey, because we didn't want to put on the rescue website "For Adoption: Boo & Bee"
Back in October, Honey & Bee were adopted out together, but were returned to us after about two weeks. It took both of them a long time to trust us again, after such a traumatic experience, but they came around. Honey found a lovely home with a co-worker of my mom's - she is completely spoiled. Bee is 8 months old today, and he's um, well, he's enormous. He is MUCH bigger than Barkley, and is just as big as our two adult male cats (also former fosters)... and he's still growing. He looks as though he may have a bit of Maine Coon in him, which would help to explain his size. We're really gonna have to watch him with food, because, man, he's already pretty dang chubby. Bee when we first brought him home (12 weeks)
Bee at about 4-4.5 months old
Bee in his draw-me-like-one-of-your-french-girls pose (7 months old)
Bee sees what you did there
My camera died. It was just a little Sony one, but man, I miss it. I used to take so many pictures with it. Heckler has a big ol' complicated one, but I have no idea how to use it. Siiiigh.
Tomorrow is a BIG Day!
I have to leave the house just before 7am, bleurgh. My mom & I are catching the 9am ferry to the mainland - I have an appointment with my orthopedic surgeon who will poke, prod & x-ray me and let me know when I can start walking again (or at least start physio... walking may take some practice, lol).
After that, we're going to go kill some time at Ikea - we don't have one on the island, so we're making the most of it. As you may know, I volunteer for an animal rescue, and someone in Vancouver wants to adopt one of our kittens; since I had to be in Van anyway, I offered to do the home inspection (which is part of our adoption process).
Once the home inspection is all done, we're driving 45 minutes to another town to pick up our little wee puppy!!! I'm super duper excited to finally meet him. I've had him "reserved" for about a month*, and I'm just way too excited to hold him in my arms. Heckler and I bought him a new bed, a harness, a flexi leash, some toys and, of course, some puppeh food on the weekend. He is 4 months old now and pretty much house trained, so I didn't think I'd need training pads for him (but I guess we'll see )
We should arrive to pick up the pup around 4:30-5pm, which means that we'll miss the 5 o'clock boat and there isn't another one until seven o'clock.. geez. That'll mean we'll get to the island around 8:30pm and home at... gosh, ten. Hopefully I'll get to see Heckler for a few minutes tomorrow...
* a note on the puppy
I have to leave the house just before 7am, bleurgh. My mom & I are catching the 9am ferry to the mainland - I have an appointment with my orthopedic surgeon who will poke, prod & x-ray me and let me know when I can start walking again (or at least start physio... walking may take some practice, lol).
After that, we're going to go kill some time at Ikea - we don't have one on the island, so we're making the most of it. As you may know, I volunteer for an animal rescue, and someone in Vancouver wants to adopt one of our kittens; since I had to be in Van anyway, I offered to do the home inspection (which is part of our adoption process).
Once the home inspection is all done, we're driving 45 minutes to another town to pick up our little wee puppy!!! I'm super duper excited to finally meet him. I've had him "reserved" for about a month*, and I'm just way too excited to hold him in my arms. Heckler and I bought him a new bed, a harness, a flexi leash, some toys and, of course, some puppeh food on the weekend. He is 4 months old now and pretty much house trained, so I didn't think I'd need training pads for him (but I guess we'll see
)We should arrive to pick up the pup around 4:30-5pm, which means that we'll miss the 5 o'clock boat and there isn't another one until seven o'clock.. geez. That'll mean we'll get to the island around 8:30pm and home at... gosh, ten. Hopefully I'll get to see Heckler for a few minutes tomorrow...
* a note on the puppy
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True Blood
A girlfriend loaned me a big box o' entertainment for while I was laid up after my surgery - in said box was the first season of True Blood. I hadn't ever seen it before, and really only knew it was about vampires... and I'm not really into vampires so much. But, being bored as all heck, I decided to give it a go.
I devoured the entire first season within two or three days. I had to download the other three seasons. A few days later I finished the series. Heckler is a fan of the show as well, and for Christmas he got me 8 of the Sookie Stackhouse novels... I finished them all within two weeks.
I have actually have a reoccurring dream that I am working at Merlotte's... and I'm almost always late for my shift.
I don't know what to do with myself now I'd like to start a new series of books, but I'm feeling a little meh about the books in my collection. The same girlfriend who loaned me True Blood is sending over the Game of Thrones novels next month, but until then... I dunno... I'm considering re-reading the Sookie books.
Questions: Do you like True Blood? If so, who are your favourite characters?
What books would you recommend for me to read next?
A girlfriend loaned me a big box o' entertainment for while I was laid up after my surgery - in said box was the first season of True Blood. I hadn't ever seen it before, and really only knew it was about vampires... and I'm not really into vampires so much. But, being bored as all heck, I decided to give it a go.
I devoured the entire first season within two or three days. I had to download the other three seasons. A few days later I finished the series. Heckler is a fan of the show as well, and for Christmas he got me 8 of the Sookie Stackhouse novels... I finished them all within two weeks.
I have actually have a reoccurring dream that I am working at Merlotte's... and I'm almost always late for my shift.
I don't know what to do with myself now
I'd like to start a new series of books, but I'm feeling a little meh about the books in my collection. The same girlfriend who loaned me True Blood is sending over the Game of Thrones novels next month, but until then... I dunno... I'm considering re-reading the Sookie books. Questions: Do you like True Blood? If so, who are your favourite characters?
What books would you recommend for me to read next?
