Beijing

Swimming, gymnastics
The Tivo is in high gear
I’m one with the couch

Baby’s First Haiku

Hey—what are these things?
So very, very tasty
Succulent morsels

Argh

Daycare tomorrow
How will I leave Maxwell there?
Nervous and forlorn

Playing catch-up

Here’s a haiku for today:

So very behind
Way too much to accomplish
Thus my blog suffers

Life continues to be hectic. Work is busy, and just as I check off a “to do” item at home another task springs up. I haven’t gotten around to birthday present thank-you notes, and I can’t remember the last time I sat down and paid bills. My parents were in town the weekend of the 21st and then I was visiting my friend Shelby in Phoenix this past weekend, so it’s been hard to get anything done. I have managed to do quite a bit of shopping, however. I’m not a great shopper (very picky) so it’s always an accomplishment when I actually find something I like and buy it. But of course, buying means more bills. Boo.

In exciting news, for my birthday Jim got me the digital SLR I have been coveting. So expect more and better pictures from now on. Once I figure out how to use the thing. The instruction manual is as thick as my head feels lately. But I can already tell it’s going to be fabulous from my limited picture taking experiments. We’ve managed some especially pleasing portraits and action shots of the dogs. So there’s another “to do” item: download pictures.

And yet another “to do” is awaiting me upstairs: laundry. So off I go.

Haiku Spew-o-the-Week

I think it’s time for some more haikus. The theme for today is: freelance.

How can I design
When the weather is so nice
Office or prison?

I need to make calls
I need to finish an ad
Better check email.

Getting organized
Making lots of little lists
Obsessive? And how!

Bullet dodged

Just got a call from Maggie and Banjo’s vet, and apparently their lab results were normal. Such a relief.

I whipped up a few haikus in honor of the good news.

Suspicious dog food
A hasty trip to the vet
Whew! They are OK

Hey Royal Canin
Reconsider your contents
Tainted rice gluten

Don’t mess with our dogs
We will karate chop you
Or call our lawyer