How cute are they?
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Hah! It's mine now, all mine!!
Tizi graduated from Family Dog I class this morning, after a romp on the beach and breakfast at Kelly's. We were so proud! She is such a smart, cute, friendly little pup. We are just delighted with her!
Gail has been really tired lately. I think the dialysis is really wearing her down.
Gail has been really tired lately. I think the dialysis is really wearing her down.
4th of July
The party was great this year. The back yard was sunnier than in the past, because we took some trees down. But we had a great time nonetheless.
It is so much fun to have this party every year.
It is so much fun to have this party every year.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Tichka smelling the flowers
He's been tearing around with Tizi, rolling and tumbling in a roiling mass of puppiness when he stops a moment to smell how nice the hydrangeas are in the evening.
Tizi relaxing in the garden
After a rousing game of chew on my ear and slobber on your collar, Tizi takes a moment to contemplate her happiness.
Uh oh!
The two little rascals figured out how to get in the house and they had a grand old time making mischief! What are you gonna do? Here is Tichka, as innocent as he can be!
Mud =Fun!
This is an old picture of the puppies from January, but it is my favorite. Look how cute they are! Tichka is on the right and Tizi is on the left. We have been working in the garden, and they are covered in mud!
Update
I haven't been blogging much. Gail's blog has become the main way to tell the world what is happening, but it might be good for me to keep this one up as well.
Status report: Gail: She has been on dialysis since December 13th, almost 7 months. We never thought it would take this long. Her transplant coordinator says they just haven't been receiving type A organs. He said today that she is one of the top 5 or 6 on the regional list, so she could be the best fit for the next organ that comes in of her blood type. Or it could take some time. The more we know, the further off it seems, so that is a little depressing.
Robin and Sachi pick her up after dialysis every Tuesday and Thursday, which is of immeasurable value. They aren't available for the next three weeks, and it is just a bear trying to figure out the easiest way to get her home. I think I am getting it worked out tho, with a little help from our friends. I realized that it is easier for me to ask for help than it is for her. So I did, and everyone responded quite wonderfully.
Status report: Puppies: They are wonderful and smart and cute and rascally. They just turned 8 months old, and they appear to be willing to sleep a little later in the morning. That is a relief, because we were pretty much being awakened at around 5:15 every morning!
Status report: Me: I'm fine, I guess. Gail is doing the heavy lifting, and I am trying to support her. Sometimes I find myself being irritated by her passivity, but I think she is just tired. I will be so glad when the transplant is over.
I haven't been blogging much. Gail's blog has become the main way to tell the world what is happening, but it might be good for me to keep this one up as well.
Status report: Gail: She has been on dialysis since December 13th, almost 7 months. We never thought it would take this long. Her transplant coordinator says they just haven't been receiving type A organs. He said today that she is one of the top 5 or 6 on the regional list, so she could be the best fit for the next organ that comes in of her blood type. Or it could take some time. The more we know, the further off it seems, so that is a little depressing.
Robin and Sachi pick her up after dialysis every Tuesday and Thursday, which is of immeasurable value. They aren't available for the next three weeks, and it is just a bear trying to figure out the easiest way to get her home. I think I am getting it worked out tho, with a little help from our friends. I realized that it is easier for me to ask for help than it is for her. So I did, and everyone responded quite wonderfully.
Status report: Puppies: They are wonderful and smart and cute and rascally. They just turned 8 months old, and they appear to be willing to sleep a little later in the morning. That is a relief, because we were pretty much being awakened at around 5:15 every morning!
Status report: Me: I'm fine, I guess. Gail is doing the heavy lifting, and I am trying to support her. Sometimes I find myself being irritated by her passivity, but I think she is just tired. I will be so glad when the transplant is over.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Sleepy
Dropped Gail at dialysis an hour ago. I am so overwhelmingly tired I am falling asleep over my chai
Friday, February 02, 2007
Red-letter Day
Let the record show that yesterday, February 1, 2007, was the first puppy-accident free day at our house!
Huzzah! Nazzaza! O frabjous day, caloo calay!
The puppies are awesome!
Huzzah! Nazzaza! O frabjous day, caloo calay!
The puppies are awesome!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Cooking
This cooking thing is such a drag.
Dana came over last night, and there wasn't much in the house to cook. I was distracted with the pups, and she ended up taking over the cooking. We found some old frozen vegetables, but they weren't any good. She heated up some rice and we found some potstickers. So that's what we had.
It occurs to me that I need to plan meals when we go shopping. i usually just buy whatever looks interesting. It's overwhelming to even think about.
Maybe I'll sign up for an email you can get that suggests meals and gives you shopping lists.
I am trying really hard, but it's not easy.
Dana came over last night, and there wasn't much in the house to cook. I was distracted with the pups, and she ended up taking over the cooking. We found some old frozen vegetables, but they weren't any good. She heated up some rice and we found some potstickers. So that's what we had.
It occurs to me that I need to plan meals when we go shopping. i usually just buy whatever looks interesting. It's overwhelming to even think about.
Maybe I'll sign up for an email you can get that suggests meals and gives you shopping lists.
I am trying really hard, but it's not easy.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Mud Puppies
Needed to clear some brush from an area they like to play in, so I can see what the little rascals are up to. Took them outside with me, and we had a great time.
We were on such a roll, that we went over to the garden and started clearing out the old dead things that had bolted months ago. I think we cleared a lot of sunflower stalks and stuff. Very satisfying. And did they get muddy!!
We were on such a roll, that we went over to the garden and started clearing out the old dead things that had bolted months ago. I think we cleared a lot of sunflower stalks and stuff. Very satisfying. And did they get muddy!!
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Moblog
I just got things set up to send blog entries from my phone. Oh brave new world. A million ways to say something, and very little time in which to say it!
Transplant Update
Our world has changed over the last two months. Gail was waiting for a transplant any day, but it didn't happen. She went into the hospital on December 13th, and had a cardiac cathether installed in her chest, and she has been doing dialysis three times a week since then.
It is working well, but it still sucks.
She got a call this Monday that she is back on the active transplant list, so we are once again on-call 24/7. It was sort of relaxing not being on the list, but this is better.
We are trying to get the back yard fixed for the puppies, and I kind of hope that they don't call her until that is done....
It is working well, but it still sucks.
She got a call this Monday that she is back on the active transplant list, so we are once again on-call 24/7. It was sort of relaxing not being on the list, but this is better.
We are trying to get the back yard fixed for the puppies, and I kind of hope that they don't call her until that is done....
One baba, two pups
We decided we don't have enough stress in our lives, so we got two puppies. They are the cutest smartest puppies in the world, and we are very very happy!
Tizi-n-Tichka were named after a mountain pass in Morocco. Tizi is a very determined little girl, and Tichka is a mellow laid back big boy. They are Swedish Vallhunds, and we are in love. !!
This is both of them. Tizi is in the front. She has very dark markings around her eyes. We call her our raccoon baby.
Tichka is behind her. He is very sturdy and looks like a plush toy dog.
Tizi-n-Tichka were named after a mountain pass in Morocco. Tizi is a very determined little girl, and Tichka is a mellow laid back big boy. They are Swedish Vallhunds, and we are in love. !!
This is both of them. Tizi is in the front. She has very dark markings around her eyes. We call her our raccoon baby.
Tichka is behind her. He is very sturdy and looks like a plush toy dog.
Friday, January 12, 2007
In memoriam: Charlie
Sweet Charlie died last night. He was the happiest, sweetest, goofiest dog in the world, and he will be dearly missed.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Gail and I went to see her nephrologist yesterday. Her creatinine is now up to 3.5. It was 3.2 a month ago.
(Normal is .8 to 1.4, according to some website).
Her kidney doctor keeps asking her if she is still working full time. I have talked with her about maybe cutting back five hours a week, and she is sort of interested in it. But I think her job is really important to her sense of self, and I don't think she'll willingly cut back on it until she has to.
Sometimes I think I am more tired than she is...
Gail and I agreed last night that it looks like things are going really well. Getting on the transplant list four years ago was the best thing we could have done. And contacting the Transplant Center a couple of months ago was really good.
We are taking two gambles. One is not to have the fistula installed for dialysis, with the gamble that she can get the transplant before her kidney's get too bad. And the other is not to have the angiogram. That one I'm not as worried about. I don't think she has any heart disease that they wouldn't have detected by now (there is no reason for me to be so sure of that, but there it is). I am more worried about the dialysis...
She got her packet of material from the Transplant Center yesterday. It said we should plan to be at UCSF within 4 hours of when we are called. That is shorter than I thought, so we are thinking harder about how available we are by phone etc.
There was no binder...just a folder with papers in it. I'll have to go get us another binder! That at least will be fun.
(Normal is .8 to 1.4, according to some website).
Her kidney doctor keeps asking her if she is still working full time. I have talked with her about maybe cutting back five hours a week, and she is sort of interested in it. But I think her job is really important to her sense of self, and I don't think she'll willingly cut back on it until she has to.
Sometimes I think I am more tired than she is...
Gail and I agreed last night that it looks like things are going really well. Getting on the transplant list four years ago was the best thing we could have done. And contacting the Transplant Center a couple of months ago was really good.
We are taking two gambles. One is not to have the fistula installed for dialysis, with the gamble that she can get the transplant before her kidney's get too bad. And the other is not to have the angiogram. That one I'm not as worried about. I don't think she has any heart disease that they wouldn't have detected by now (there is no reason for me to be so sure of that, but there it is). I am more worried about the dialysis...
She got her packet of material from the Transplant Center yesterday. It said we should plan to be at UCSF within 4 hours of when we are called. That is shorter than I thought, so we are thinking harder about how available we are by phone etc.
There was no binder...just a folder with papers in it. I'll have to go get us another binder! That at least will be fun.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Dinah, Nina, Joanne (SpiderWoman!)
We had our 2006 Spooktacular last night. I wore many a boa and auctioned off many a good thing. We had a really good time. I sure ws tired afterwards, though...
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Gail and Dinah
We had a lovely Madrigal Dinner tonight. The food was fabulous and it was fun seeing everyone dressed up in their renaissance finery!
Saturday, June 03, 2006
The Peace of Wild Things
Ensemble Monterey, Cantiamo, and Con Brio premiered Imant Raminsh's new composition on May 14, 2006. That's me with the flowers on the left! It was a great piece and a great experience!
This photo is by Tom Birmingham from Big Sur Arts, a gifted photographer from Big Sur. He also took our wedding pictures a couple of years ago. I highly encourage you to visit his site for more great photos.
This photo is by Tom Birmingham from Big Sur Arts, a gifted photographer from Big Sur. He also took our wedding pictures a couple of years ago. I highly encourage you to visit his site for more great photos.
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