October 5, 2004
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Yay for duct tape!
I stuck the broken battery door shut on my pocket camera. It
works. The repair was hastily made yesterday, so that I could
capture Koji perching on the back of the couch.
It isn’t his favorite place to sit. He always looks a little
uneasy up there. He seems to only get up there when he wants to
get the attention of whichever primate is at the computer. He and
Doug had already discussed their proposed walk around the block and out
to the mailbox, but I’m not sure the dog fully understands the concept,
“later”.
He might, on the other hand, grasp the idea of “not now,” because after
a while he relaxed a bit. The spot he’s in is a favorite for the
cats. It is close to the woodstove for warmth and provides a
perspective on this whole big living-dining room/kitchen complex where
we all spend most of our time.Muffin, there on the right, had been snuggled up beside my legs before
I got up from my nest of blankets in Couch Potato Heaven. This
shot shows my low-tech water heater, named Kermit. It’s the green
pot on top of the woodstove with the saucepan-dipper inverted on top of
it. It only works in winter, however. In summer we heat
water as needed on the kitchen range. Out of frame on the right
is the PS2, my favorite non-destructive, unproductive pastime.
That’s where I’m headed next, after I’ve had some breakfast.I have a cold… or maybe something a tad more severe than a cold…
flu perhaps. Call it misery just for convenience. It comes
at the same time of year and with the same set of symptoms as the onset
of the big infection that nearly killed me five years ago. This
time at least I have adequate supplies of bronchodilators.
Greyfox discovered, in the dumpster at Felony Flats, several cartons of
ampules of albuterol for inhalation, just barely past their expiration
date. I got out my old nebulizer and found out that the nasty
side-effects of the albuterol inhalers the doctor gives me were from
the propellants and not the drug. Now THAT is a fine
discovery! ‘Twould be nice, at times such as this, to have a
functioning immune system, but one can’t have everything, I guess.
Comments (9)
I have a camera held together with duct tape too.
Koji is handsome. What a beautiful dog.
Koji is handsome.
I have a rotten cold, too.
Ah, the joys of a woodstove. I’m okay, but my brother is the master. He can get that thing going at night so that you sweat all night long and get up in the morning and it’s still going. Don’t know how he does it.
Good to see Doug in the backdrop. He’s a cutie and I’m glad he’s there for you. YOu are very lucky. I hope you feel better…I hate the onset of flu.
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Hi sweety–great shot of the dorg. Weather is 20% chance of precip through tomorrow, hope to do lots of business–did $20 a bit ago, woo hoo!
Take care, keep breathin’, love ya!
I love that pic of Koji with Doug in the background on the PC
Gorgeous boys!
my daughter is asthmatic and we have a nebulizer too…so sorry your feeling ill and my prayers are going out for you to feel better very soon…as for the inhaler giving you side effects…I’m not sure it’ll work, but we use what is called a “spacer” and you sort of plug the inhaler into the end of it and take your puffs (if you whistle you did it to quickly) and all the propellant poison sticks to the sides instead of the inside of your mouth and back of your throat…also always rinse after using either the nebulizer or the inhalant…we are kind of professionals sadly with this stuff…Tere’ is getting better with her teenager years and more sports activities but it is a horrendous disease to live with…Koji and Muffin are beautiful and I know have aface to your son…it was a wonderful peak into your world…huggs…Sassy
stares dumbly at KCscouts message.
*clicks the link to his site*
…am back…KC karma fund? o_0 i need to find this guy and throw a glass of water on him. i might hang onto the glass…i might not. we’ll have to see.
and. koji is a cutie! what a face. what. a. FACE! in that 2nd shot? he’s like…oh, fine…*doggy sigh*…i’ll just wait here…still loving you forever even if you’re making me wait for a walk.
dang couch looks comfy. covers and a back pillow…you’re the sofa queen there!
hope your cold/flu is improving. you know how i worry about your breathing.