Parker's Pad

Parker · 03-18-2013, 09:40 PM

I filled in all of (my almost 1 yr old FMD puppy) Sally's excavation sites in the backyard yesterday, but she started another archaeological dig today ... I was kicking dirt back into the hole and saw that she dug up a rock.

Usually, I just pick up the rocks she finds and toss them to the side of the yard by the fence so I dont run over them with the mower, but even in the dark and caked with dirt, I could tell this one was different.

So I took it into the house and let warm water run over it in the sink while I went back out to pick up their after-dinner-presents and when I came back, I saw that it was some sort of crystal. I took a couple of pics of it, but my phone camera isnt great, so I took a video as well. I have no idea what Sally found, but this is one excavation of hers that I would call successful.

Video bonus - you can hear the traffic outside of my house in this video; and no, my windows and doors are not open. Even with all windows and doors closed, that is honestly how loud the traffic outside is.

After living on this very busy road for 4 years, I am seriously looking forward to living in a quiet rural area.

Gemme · 03-26-2013, 09:27 PM

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Wolf Symphony

Parker · 03-26-2013, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemme

Saw this and thought you'd like.

Wolf Symphony

I LOVE this - thank you for sharing it!

I love how one of them starts howling at the end, but the others dont join in so s/he looks around and turns it into a softer howl. lol

I confess that sometimes I will visit the Wolf Haven (sanctuary here in WA) website just to listen to their wolves howling.

Parker · 04-29-2013, 07:11 PM

A friend of mine came over for a visit and lunch today - when my little 1yo FMD, Sally hopped into my lap, I joked that I was a "foster fail" because I was supposed to foster Sally (and Jack) and I failed at it by adopting her (Jack too). So she took this pic and posted it to FB with the title, "This is what "foster fail" looks like."

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We had Ezell's chicken - which is a kind of Seattle landmark, so I was glad to have that one last time before I leave next month - and while we were waiting for them to make her fried okra, I was telling her how I still havent been to The (Pike Place) Market or the Space Needle but that I really wanted to visit both before I leave.

She offered to go with me and make a day of it - even taking the light rail and monorail since I have never been on either of those rides.

So the Monday before I leave, I will drive to her house and we will get her hubby to take us to the near-by light rail station, then take that to downtown, play around in The Market first thing in the morning by visiting my friend at his little store and getting doughnuts at some famous doughnut place, then take the monorail to the Needle and go up that scary-ass thing (lord, dont let me pass out or toss my doughnuts!), then go back to her place for movie night and taco pie.

I cant wait.

Parker · 07-08-2013, 06:31 AM

Saw Sally sniffing something on one of the garden fences - doing that thing where she sniffs it and backs away quickly like she is afraid it might get her. lol

Instinctively, I tell her to back off and I go check it out - turns out it was a cicada - which, I often call locusts for some reason, not sure why - but if you hear me mention a locust, odds are good I am talking about cicada lol.

Anyway, I am automatically fearful because of all the horror stories I heard as a kid growing up with these things and how they can attach themselves to you, it's very painful, etc, etc - so I tapped my foot against the garden fence and it dropped to the ground a couple of feet away.

Then I remembered watching Lucas (back when Charlie Sheen was cool) - which always makes me think of my college friend, Janet (from the first time I was at ISU in the early 90s) because it was filmed at her school and she was an extra in the crowd - and I thought that this might be a little baby and there I am, kicking it away and leaving it in the weeds on the ground.

I felt bad, so I grabbed a stick and went back to get it - got it to crawl on the stick and pose for these picks (it literally kept turning like it was striking a pose lol) and then put the stick on the bottom 2x4 of the back fence (so away from the garden fence and dogs) and under some vines because a storm is coming and I didnt want to leave it out there without some cover.

Such a bleeding heart, tree hugging, hippie liberal, I swear. lol

Also, now I want to watch Lucas.

Parker · 07-29-2013, 08:17 AM

Getting the old VA run around lol - I went to Urgent Care on Saturday and when I registered with this VA back in June, I was told that if I call ahead to Urgent Care, I could get travel reimbursement for the round trip, but if I dont call, I would be reimbursed for just the return trip home.

What they actually meant was if I call ahead and talk to the triage nurse and find out that the visit is needed now and cant wait until a visit with my doctor then I will get reimbursed for the round trip.

That's not what they told me, but apparently, that's what they meant.

It isnt a huge deal - getting reimbursed for one way is still better than nothing, but it was a pain in the ass trying to get the correct information out of both eligibility (who basically called me a liar by saying no one there would say that) and travel this morning - as well as getting travel to agree to talk to eligibility so they dont keep telling patients that.

Of course, if travel talks to the same woman in eligibility that called me a liar, she will just tell the travel guy that no one there said any such thing and I was crazy, so it all may have been moot.

It just sucks that more patients will have to go through this when, if we are given the correct info to begin with, we could do things the right way and not be caught off guard with mixed info.

I love when everyone blames everyone else and refuses to take responsibility - I was going to crack a a joke about it being the government, but to be honest, I have seen private companies do this kind of passing the buck thing as well.

Parker · 08-15-2013, 09:25 AM

This is amazing!

You dont know how much I want to write more and do THIS - stand up in front of people with my words and ... *gulp* perform ... like I did with my Vet Art Project - only without having to hold the words in my hand.

Part of this hit home for me - the part about washing your hands after touching someone? Yeah, when I touch most people, I can still feel "it" on my hands and have a compulsive need to wipe or wash my hands (kinda like Howie Mandel) - it's the reason why I dont like shaking hands with people.

I dont have OCD, but with all my quirks and "issues," I've always said I am one tragedy away from becoming Monk!

03-26-2013, 09:27 PM	#2
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08-15-2013, 09:25 AM	#7
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	Neil Hilborn - OCD This is amazing! You dont know how much I want to write more and do THIS - stand up in front of people with my words and ... gulp perform ... like I did with my Vet Art Project - only without having to hold the words in my hand. Part of this hit home for me - the part about washing your hands after touching someone? Yeah, when I touch most people, I can still feel "it" on my hands and have a compulsive need to wipe or wash my hands (kinda like Howie Mandel) - it's the reason why I dont like shaking hands with people. I dont have OCD, but with all my quirks and "issues," I've always said I am one tragedy away from becoming Monk!

03-18-2013, 09:40 PM	#1
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	I filled in all of (my almost 1 yr old FMD puppy) Sally's excavation sites in the backyard yesterday, but she started another archaeological dig today ... I was kicking dirt back into the hole and saw that she dug up a rock. Usually, I just pick up the rocks she finds and toss them to the side of the yard by the fence so I dont run over them with the mower, but even in the dark and caked with dirt, I could tell this one was different. So I took it into the house and let warm water run over it in the sink while I went back out to pick up their after-dinner-presents and when I came back, I saw that it was some sort of crystal. I took a couple of pics of it, but my phone camera isnt great, so I took a video as well. I have no idea what Sally found, but this is one excavation of hers that I would call successful. Video bonus - you can hear the traffic outside of my house in this video; and no, my windows and doors are not open. Even with all windows and doors closed, that is honestly how loud the traffic outside is. After living on this very busy road for 4 years, I am seriously looking forward to living in a quiet rural area.

04-29-2013, 07:11 PM	#4
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	A friend of mine came over for a visit and lunch today - when my little 1yo FMD, Sally hopped into my lap, I joked that I was a "foster fail" because I was supposed to foster Sally (and Jack) and I failed at it by adopting her (Jack too). So she took this pic and posted it to FB with the title, "This is what "foster fail" looks like." ----- We had Ezell's chicken - which is a kind of Seattle landmark, so I was glad to have that one last time before I leave next month - and while we were waiting for them to make her fried okra, I was telling her how I still havent been to The (Pike Place) Market or the Space Needle but that I really wanted to visit both before I leave. She offered to go with me and make a day of it - even taking the light rail and monorail since I have never been on either of those rides. So the Monday before I leave, I will drive to her house and we will get her hubby to take us to the near-by light rail station, then take that to downtown, play around in The Market first thing in the morning by visiting my friend at his little store and getting doughnuts at some famous doughnut place, then take the monorail to the Needle and go up that scary-ass thing (lord, dont let me pass out or toss my doughnuts!), then go back to her place for movie night and taco pie. I cant wait.

07-08-2013, 06:31 AM	#5
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	Saw Sally sniffing something on one of the garden fences - doing that thing where she sniffs it and backs away quickly like she is afraid it might get her. lol Instinctively, I tell her to back off and I go check it out - turns out it was a cicada - which, I often call locusts for some reason, not sure why - but if you hear me mention a locust, odds are good I am talking about cicada lol. Anyway, I am automatically fearful because of all the horror stories I heard as a kid growing up with these things and how they can attach themselves to you, it's very painful, etc, etc - so I tapped my foot against the garden fence and it dropped to the ground a couple of feet away. Then I remembered watching Lucas (back when Charlie Sheen was cool) - which always makes me think of my college friend, Janet (from the first time I was at ISU in the early 90s) because it was filmed at her school and she was an extra in the crowd - and I thought that this might be a little baby and there I am, kicking it away and leaving it in the weeds on the ground. I felt bad, so I grabbed a stick and went back to get it - got it to crawl on the stick and pose for these picks (it literally kept turning like it was striking a pose lol) and then put the stick on the bottom 2x4 of the back fence (so away from the garden fence and dogs) and under some vines because a storm is coming and I didnt want to leave it out there without some cover. Such a bleeding heart, tree hugging, hippie liberal, I swear. lol Also, now I want to watch Lucas.

07-29-2013, 08:17 AM	#6
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	Getting the old VA run around lol - I went to Urgent Care on Saturday and when I registered with this VA back in June, I was told that if I call ahead to Urgent Care, I could get travel reimbursement for the round trip, but if I dont call, I would be reimbursed for just the return trip home. What they actually meant was if I call ahead and talk to the triage nurse and find out that the visit is needed now and cant wait until a visit with my doctor then I will get reimbursed for the round trip. That's not what they told me, but apparently, that's what they meant. It isnt a huge deal - getting reimbursed for one way is still better than nothing, but it was a pain in the ass trying to get the correct information out of both eligibility (who basically called me a liar by saying no one there would say that) and travel this morning - as well as getting travel to agree to talk to eligibility so they dont keep telling patients that. Of course, if travel talks to the same woman in eligibility that called me a liar, she will just tell the travel guy that no one there said any such thing and I was crazy, so it all may have been moot. It just sucks that more patients will have to go through this when, if we are given the correct info to begin with, we could do things the right way and not be caught off guard with mixed info. I love when everyone blames everyone else and refuses to take responsibility - I was going to crack a a joke about it being the government, but to be honest, I have seen private companies do this kind of passing the buck thing as well.