She’s a pretty sweet dog who was a little bit timid at first. When I first met her, I was told she was fine around women, but didn’t like to be around men. Took her a little while to warm up to me, but once she did she pretty much became Velcro® dog, so I ended up becoming her foster dad.
When I got her home, she integrated into the pack pretty much right away. Simba didn’t even give me a hard time about it either.
(VELCRO® is a registered trademark of Velcro Industries B. V.)
Anybody know what’s going on at the Jabers store on Rutledge Ave? The last few days I’ve been past there (heading to and from the dog park) the lot’s been cordoned off and filled with large trailers. Some of them have markings on them implying some kind of film shoot going on there. Traffic is a pain with people slowing down to rubberneck and see what’s going on. I’ve also noticed a higher than usual number of people just hanging out across the street.
Update: Heard from some dog park people that Kevin Costner was filming part of a movie in the area.
Inspired by my sister, who got rid of their cable TV service a while ago, I thought I’d try something similar although not quite as drastic. I’m just going to leave the TV off for the rest of the month.
Aside from a few hours of watching the kids watch cartoons while visiting my brother, I’ve already been TV-less for a week now. I have plenty of books to read, the dogs to play with and a steady stream of movies coming in from Blockbuster.com (which I have to watch on my computer now because the DVD player is flaking out) to keep me occupied.
Except for a few shows like Mythbusters, Stargate and Battlestar Galactica, I wasn’t watching a whole lot of TV anyway. When it was on, it mostly provided background noise and a lot of times I was just watching reruns.
It’s been pretty easy so far and I haven’t missed the TV yet. Resisting the temptation to watch Battlestar Galactica on Fridays will be the biggest challenge.
Had an excellent trip up to the Seattle area last week to visit my sister and brother. The day after I arrived in Seattle, we took off on a road trip to BC to visit my brother. I got to meet baby Jocelyn, the newest addition to the family
Me and baby Jocelyn
I also got to meet my other niece, Vivian for the first time.
It was nice seeing all the kids together again
All the kids
We spent a couple of days there, then came back and did touristy things in Seattle, like visiting Pike Place Market. Even got to see some of the fish flinging that goes on at the Pike Place Fish Co.
A short but sometimes steep hiking trail takes you past a small power generating plant to an observation deck near the bottom of the falls.
The base of the falls
We visited the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery where I learned all about the life cycle of salmon and got to see a bunch of little salmon growing up in holding tanks
Me and Kieran posing with the salmon
and went out to dim sum a couple of times (you’ve already seen those pictures). Found time to visit a little zoo, the Cougar Mountain Zoological Park where we saw lots of interesting animals.
A trio of alpacasHelp! A grizzly’s got me!
And then after what seemed like no time at all, it was time to head back home. Even managed to make it all the way back home without getting stuck in Memphis this time.
