The heat is sapping my will to live. This helps though: if you take a ripe mango (even super-ripe is okay here), three ice cubes, a bit of honey, a bit of cardamom and a small carton of plain yogurt and blend them all together.
Pupkin (the puppy I liked at Groom-a-Rama) has been sold. Today almost all the puppies in the front window were white. I found this disturbing for some reason. Yesterday they had a wider selection, and one little bulldog kept nipping a pug's tail, or rather, holding it with his teeth. It didn't seem to hurt the pug, however. The puppies seem pretty resilient. Sometimes I go inside and dangle my hand into their space and they jump up and nibble and lick my hand, and I can even pat them if they can jump high enough. To achieve this they sometimes use another puppy as a launching pad! This never seems to bother the under-puppy, though.
I saw a really disturbing website yesterday. If you are curious, leave a comment and I will direct you there. Basically, it makes me not EVER want kids.
Am reading and enjoying Gods in Alabama, a birthday gift from my sister. (My birthday is on Saturday.) The author is Joshilyn Jackson. It has more twists than any book I've ever read. I laid them out for D at lunch. I'm predicting an ultimate twist - that a guy one of the characters "murdered" is actually alive - but we'll see.
There is a park in New York called Gramercy Park that you cannot enter unless you have a key. To get a key, you have to live in one of the buildings nearby. Sadly, the park is always empty. If I had a key, I would use it.
Pupkin (the puppy I liked at Groom-a-Rama) has been sold. Today almost all the puppies in the front window were white. I found this disturbing for some reason. Yesterday they had a wider selection, and one little bulldog kept nipping a pug's tail, or rather, holding it with his teeth. It didn't seem to hurt the pug, however. The puppies seem pretty resilient. Sometimes I go inside and dangle my hand into their space and they jump up and nibble and lick my hand, and I can even pat them if they can jump high enough. To achieve this they sometimes use another puppy as a launching pad! This never seems to bother the under-puppy, though.
I saw a really disturbing website yesterday. If you are curious, leave a comment and I will direct you there. Basically, it makes me not EVER want kids.
Am reading and enjoying Gods in Alabama, a birthday gift from my sister. (My birthday is on Saturday.) The author is Joshilyn Jackson. It has more twists than any book I've ever read. I laid them out for D at lunch. I'm predicting an ultimate twist - that a guy one of the characters "murdered" is actually alive - but we'll see.
There is a park in New York called Gramercy Park that you cannot enter unless you have a key. To get a key, you have to live in one of the buildings nearby. Sadly, the park is always empty. If I had a key, I would use it.
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Also, have you read My Latest Grievance, by Elinor Lipman? I'm just a couple of chapters into it, but liking it so far...
If you're looking for some YA fiction to read, try "A Great and Terrible Beauty," by Libba Bray. I'm currently listening to the sequel during my commutes, and it's really good. Not that you asked for a book recommendation or anything.
That's sad that Gramercy Park is always empty. Maybe you could make friends with someone in one of the nearby buildings and get a key copied from theirs? If I lived in one of those buildings I'd totally let you copy my key.
Liz & Bdogg - the URL is shapeofamother.blogspot.com. It is basically a place for mothers to put up photos of themselves (some rather graphic) after pregnancy so they can make some kind of peace with their bodies. A lot of the pictures freaked me out and made me see pregnancy as a destructive force. But i would be interested in hearing what you guys think.
Bdogg - I've heard of that book! i'll add it to my wishlist. i'm always looking for recommendations. and thanks for copying your key ;)
You need a good set of lock picks to get in that park!
Pregnancy does ruin your body, but if you're rich enough you can get plastic surgery afterward. I wish I was.
It scares me a little...
Maybe they are worse case scenarios.
bdogg - me too :)
c - that makes me feel better! there was one who had 5 kids and a totally flat stomach...they asked her what her secret was, but she didn't respond ;)
My mom doesn't resemble those pictures, and she's had three kids (and no surgery). I think pregnancy and childbirth must affect every woman differently... although no one can deny that it's hard on the body.
If it were me, I hope that I'd think nothing other than, "Who cares? Look what my body did! It's amazing." But I can't deny that some of those dramatic physical changes would be hard to swallow.
And that bugs me.
Secondly, I'm afraid to look at that site. it sounds gross. I used to get grossed out watching 'a baby story' on TLC. Thank God I don't have cable anymore.
I've heard of Gramercy Park before.. was it in a movie or something? That's sad that they don't let people in there without a key. It should be enjoyed.
Also, I didn't realize that there were still pet stores that sold cats and dogs. That's very sad to me but maybe it's different in NY. They stopped having pet stores like that here years ago. Now if you want one you either go through:a)breeder b)aninimal shelter, or c) (myfavorite method) - a rescue group for the particular breed you are looking for.
Got my kitties from a rescue and they were so spoiled there. There are rescues for about every kind of breed you can think of and a lot of them have showings at the pet store on the weekends but they aren't sold through the store. I think it's much better that way.
I think I'll skip going to that site. I'm already freaked enough about the whole baby process.
ashley - i wonder if you'll give in ;)
amy - it really is good...pretty much the same thing as a mango lassi. i can only imagine the heat is worse in california :(
liz - it is awful that we care about that. but i think it's inevitable in our society. and maybe some of them don't care...at least that's what they said. they said it was all worth it, etc.
lost - cardamom is an indian spice, you can get it at whole foods and probably most other supermarkets. it has an interesting flavor. they do still have some pet stores here, though i agree with you it's not the best thing for the animals. my sister is addicted to the rescue sites, too...she has adopted 2 doggies (and she already has 3 cats!)
lisa - poor rowen! i'm sure she'll be psyched to have a new apartment to play in, sans boxes.
And I just added yet another book to my wishlist - thanks, Bearette ;) It sounds pretty interesting and the feedback from readers on Amazon is pretty positive.
Good luck with getting a key to Gramercy Park.
And most importantly...Happy Birthday Bearette!
Happy Birthday!
BTW, I'm listening to Undomestic Goddess (by Sophie K.) on CD. It's funny! I haven't read any of her stuff before.
I was almost dying when Samantha realized she had missed the Very Important deadline...