the garage is finished!

finally, finally, i have finished scraping and painting my little garage. a lot of help from my friends, and a bit of patience with myself, and slowly that sucker has become a lot more presentable.

the problem now is that it's a prime canvas for any graffiti artist out there...

i've been scouring the freebies on cragslist for free gravel or landscape rock, and i think i've found a source. very soon, my outside projects will come to a close this year, and i will focus on inside projects. what will i chose? some possibilities:

a new bathroom sink - one of those cool basin-on-the-cabinet jobs, which would mean getting rid of the old one and re-plastering the wall, and re-painting....

a new cabinet for the television, more shelves.

paint the kitchen

paint the front porch

convert my spare bedroom into a big humongous gorgeous closet!

so much to do, so little time.

pup had a few days of being unable to keep anything down and severe diarrhea. the barfing is not so unusual, but she always has good poop. the diarrhea can indicate kidney failure, so i was really concerned.

i made burger and rice for her, she was still drinking well, and i gave her 5 mg of pred am and pm. because the vet is so stressful i waited until the 2nd day of her being sick to make an appointment to go. i wanted to see if she'd recover on her own, and luckily she ate a little something, finally, and didn't barf. then daily, she got better and better - now she's full force and happy!

but what the heck made her sick??

i'm thinking she got into something outside. stress doesn't usually get to her that severely, but there were a few nights i went out to music and theater. a little motherly guilt, perhaps...

so i've been walking the perimeter of the yard daily to check for anything that might get into the yard. i'd put her into a giant hamsterball if i could.

there's a visual.