Category Archives: Life

Always an adventure with Kerri

Family, Life

What a hell-of-a-week we’ve had! As usual with Kerri, if it’s going to happen to 2% of the population, it’s going to happen to her. We were able to get that exact number when she was a child and got lice (it ripped through the school that year). No matter how many times I washed her hair with the OTC products, combed it, even chopped it off, those damn critters kept coming back. Eventually I realized that there was a teeny disclaimer on the box that said something to the effect that it wouldn’t work “2%” of the population. That’s when we knew we had a kid that should play Lotto.

Anyway, here’s Kerri’s take on this past week.

As of now, the problem is straightened out, and her passport will arrive Monday morning. Ker and Vin are leaving (again) for London Tuesday. This time, I hope they’ll be there more than 24 hours.

I want a pug like Lola

Animals, Family, Life, Pets

We had the great pleasure of dog-sitting for the dog-sitter. Katie occasionally dog-sits a cute little pug named Lola for her friend. This weekend, Katie and Tim had plans, so Kerri offered to dog-sit for Katie. We (including Dot) had already met Lola once before, but it was only a 2 hour visit. How would Lola do for a couple of days?

Well, she did just fine! She sniffed everything in sight, played with Dot, ignored the cats, sat on everyone’s lap, and came running when she heard Vin open a bag of snacks. We don’t give Dot any kind of treats except veggies, so Lola had to abstain as well. And Dot was such a good dog! She was a bit jealous whenever Lola would cuddle with someone, but Dot is not a cuddler, so there wasn’t much we could do about it. Besides, Dot gets jealous when Vin and I hug good-bye in the mornings! We just made sure we kept petting her, playing with her, and telling her what a good dog she was.

In the evening, Lola settled on Vin’s lap pretty early. My God, does she snore!!!

Katie had warned us that Lola likes to sleep on the bed, and that she was a bed-hog. With Schr?die spending so much time in Kerri’s room at night, we knew that there was no way Lola could sleep in there. We usually have Pixel with us at night, and we knew my MIL would never had a dog sleep in her bed. So, poor Pixel got the shaft. Lola slept with Vin and I, often right between us, snored all night and licked us whenever she woke up.

Dot got her back the next morning however (because Dot had to sleep in her crate): she ate all of Lola’s breakfast! All in all, though, it went so well, that I now want a second dog, a pug just like Lola.

firefox bookmarks frozen search results

Animals, Computers, Humour, Life, Pets, Society

I was actually googling “firefox bookmarks frozen” because I can’t add or reorder any of my bookmarks in Firefox, and I desperately want to bookmark some CDs I have been listening to through my Naxos subscription. I didn’t find any useful information, but I did see a line “Firefox has been frozen by your add-on.” in the search results. Even though the site was something I’ve never heard of (MyProps.org), it didn’t have google’s warning about being a spyware site, so I clicked on it. The article in question turned out to be just a link to another site, which turned out to be a photo gallery from the Telegraph (UK): “A tight spot: the silly animals that found themselves a bit stuck“. Great photos! Except the one with the six-week-old fox cub; that one was very sad. Thank goodness someone found the cub before it died. Of course, I still can’t add bookmarks.