Odds/Ends

1. Who knew it was possible for it to reach 900 degrees for two consecutive weeks? Aye, I should be used to it by now after 12+ years of living here but damn. It's a sad state of affairs when one feels that when it dips to 85 during the day, it's a cold front. Plus we're working on recreating Dust Bowl '05 here. Enough of the weather..it's hot. End of story.

2. Yes, it's FrankfUrt, not FrankfOrt. I can always count on cheet, esp when it comes to differentiating things Ohio vs Germany ;) ps. I get to see cheet in Seattle in less than a month!

3. Yesterday I took the day off and went with the Agent to her Gyn appointment (or as I like to say, going to her "Girl Doctor")..mainly I was there to take notes, ask questions, and remember treatment options. Would it be considered rude to find her doctor hot? I have to say, none of my gynecologists have ever been as cute as she was. My first dr was this old man who lectured me about getting on birth control (back in the day) and gave me the creeps. I've stayed with women drs ever since. I do have to say it was quite disconcerting to run into my current dr at a lesbian potluck (yes I know, cliche). I had no idea. So we spent part of the evening trying to hook her up with various partygoers. Anyway, don't think that I won't be attending the Agent's next pap smear to catch up with Dr Hot...is that so wrong?

4. I also stayed home to attend to one of the black dogs. The big dog had some hot spots on her neck and face and had scratched them raw. So I took her in and they had to knock her out to shave her face and treat the spots. The little baby dog was crying like no one's business because her sister didn't come home that night. I took her with me yesterday morning to pick up the big dog and she just licked her sis' face all over and was very happy to see her. We've now been calling the big dog "Shaveface Scratchhead", poor thing looks pathetic.

5. While I was home yesterday I also worked on my adirondack chair. I put on the back slats and legs. I just need to put on the arms and the seat slats and we're good to go. I plan to treat it with some kind of stain or oil since it's cedar and looks really nice, I'd hate for it to weather poorly. I'll post pix soon. I plan to make another one for the deck and then a beverage table to go between them. Woo!

6. My Seattle Storm team pulled out a good win last night against Houston, that really helped them b/c it was a conference road game and moved them into second place (I believe). Now, if only I can get my bball joo-joo going so that there are playoffs in Seattle while I'm in town for a wedding. Fingers crossed! Lauren Jackson has been killer lately, unstoppable. And if Bird looks to score a bit more to make up for Lennox being out, we might have a chance..others need to step up big time though. Good game last night from Izzy and some good minutes from Simone Edwards (surprise!). Correction: It was a home game, not a road win. Still, a good win.

7. RIP Peter Jennings.

That's all for now.