Okay, I heard you - no more news links for awhile, I promise! It may say a little something about yesterday's state of mind that I found the whole Turkey Testicle Festival thing so entertaining to begin with. But today is a new day! On to the excitement:
My beloved pup Kylie went to the groomer for her quarterly day of beauty. She's part afghan, so maintenance of all that long fur gets a bit unwieldy if I let it go for too long. Once - only once - I thought, "I can save some money and do this myself!" I bought a pair of barber shears, placed my visibly anxious dog on the kitchen table, and confidently lopped yards and miles and tons of blonde dog hair from her trembling torso. When I was done, she looked like a Flowbee victim; I expected to hear from the SPCA by sundown.
So now I leave it to the professionals. This time, I asked them to cut the fur around her ears a little shorter, as it grows really fast (nothing on this dog functions in an even or predictable manner, other than her personality - which, if kept sated with tissues and recently worn socks, is unerringly sweet). Unfortunately, Groomer Girl took my instructions a little too seriously and chopped every piece of hair on Kylie's head down to less than a millimeter; she now looks like this baby antelope. It might sound like I'm exaggerating here, but you can actually see her little scalp through what looks like a strange canine version of five o'clock shadow. Good thing Steve is a trooper about letter her sleep on the bed, because she has exactly NO fur left to keep her warm. (Which raises the question, how do baby antelope keep warm??? I won't Google to find out, lest I be tempted to post a story link...)
In other "not quite news," I have some new book reviews up over at my website. Feel free to drop web manager Meg a line there and tell her how much she rocks for making all those pretty cover links work - Yay Meg :) And I'm looking for a new book, so if you're reading something great that doesn't feature the words "desperate" or "haunting" on the back cover, let me know!
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Well, my condolences to your dog- I've definitely endured my share of bad haircuts. . .
And on book news- I just finished Twilight- though it was definitely "haunting"
Happy Thursday!
Alyson
Poor Kylie. If I lived nearby, I'd bring her some doggie treats. Don't feel so guilty though; I'm sure she's much warmer than you think.
So you liked "Singing with the Top Down?" I bought that the other day at Target, and I read the first few chapters last night when I should have been catching up on sleep. So far, I like the writing, but the little girl seems a bit obnoxious.
Stacy, I LOVED Singing With The Top Down. Hang in there with the little girl - you'll want to hug her by the end!
Oh, yeah, bad haircuts and colors. REmember my elvira poodle look. God, I can so relate.
Manic Mom walking through the halls of CyberSpace: "I'm going to check out your web site... see ya there!"
"Okay, I'm back! That was a fun trip over to your blog. I LOVE what you've done with your book recommendations. There are so many on your list that I've read, so many I have but haven't read--great job!" Manic Mom sighs, whoo, that was a long trip over there, but I'm glad I made the journey!
Gosh, I'm blanking. I DO read! Just not a lot lately. I'm still working my way through Jen Weiner's short story collection ... I read a story when I take a bubble bath, which in fact I plan to do sometime in the next hour!
I highly recommend 'Walter The Farting Dog' and all following installments. We have all of them. You could read them to your dog as an apology. Them's good read'n'!
Anonymous -
You say you didn't find what you were looking for at my blog, i.e., different ways to earn money. CLEARLY you didn't read my posts, as they're FILLED with money-making ideas: learn to dance like Janet Jackson; gather soon-to-be-priceless chicken memorabilia...the list goes on and on! Why, just yesterday I gave a detailed primer on how you, too can become a dog groomer for low price of one set of shears and a little enthusiasm.
And just so we're clear, I made over $900 last month, too :)
Trish, you slay me. I love how you dealt with your blog spam. See, this is why I aspire to be you.
I'm supposed to be at the grocery store -- not reading book reviews. If
I'm late to school with Lizzie's birthday snack, I'm comin after you.
Thanks for the list of books; looks like some winners in there. I just finished reading Calm, Cool and Adjusted (it's about a chiropractor with OCD--fun!) by Kristin Billerbeck. The only thing that makes me mad is that I didn't save it for my plane ride to Pitt today. Aargh. Hopefully I'll have the chance to pick up something before I leave--I'll bring your list :)
If you've got $90 I'll take her to my appointment for the Curly Girl next week..... :)
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