Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Guinea Pig

Today is all about our guinea pig Sandy. She is the cutest piggie in the whole wide world, in her parents' humble opinions :)

Sandy is a touch over a year old, and she loves us. I got her for Steven for his birthday last July, and they just adore each other. It's precious and I wish I could sneak pictures of the two of them.

These are a few pictures I have gotten away with. I took the first one a little after we got her. She's so tiny in that picture!

The Sandy Story:

Steven and I had talked about what pets we'd like to have--we both work at a vet's office, so it's a little difficult to not end up with one :) I had rescued a rat a couple years before and had enjoyed her, but Steven had more of a tendency toward guinea pigs because of their sociable behavior.

We've been in an apartment that doesn't allow pets, but come on, it's a guinea pig, a guinea pig doesn't count.

Last spring I went walking with a couple friends from work, Lisa and Nikki, and they helped me plan the birthday surpise :) (Well, Nikki was all about the piggie purchase, and Lisa was there to ask "What if he doesn't want a guinea pig right now?" and say "Maybe you should buy a small bag of hay in case he sends her back!") About a week before Steven's birthday, Lisa, Nikki and I went to PetCo after our evening walk. I called Steven, for my cover, to let him know that I was going to dinner with the girls, but his voice mail picked up (I got home before he heard it). Sandy was the third guinea pig I noticed--the other two ended up being a little too squeally for my taste, and when the girl picked Sandy up, I knew I needed to hold her! She went home with 'Aunt Nikki', and stayed there until the afternoon of Steven's birthday.



I got to leave work early that day, went over and got Sandy from Nikki's house, and put her cage in our office/exercise room. I wrapped her bedding and hay bag and hid them in the living room. I was worried about him wandering up to find her, so I set up a foot soak in the living room shortly before he would be home, and played "The Princess Bride," one of his favorite movies. Then I went to bring back sushi.



We had dinner when I got back, and then it was time for presents! He opened the bedding, looked at me, and asked "where is it?" I smiled, went upstairs, and came back down with the little guinea pig of 2-3 months in my arms. His eyes were wwwwwiiiiiiidddddeeee and I could tell that he loved her :)

We have "couch time" and Sandy runs back and forth between us, eats hay (and yummy treats!), and after a bit of running about she takes naps on us.





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Thursday, January 1, 2009

On a completely different note...

Your results:
You are Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)

Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)
85%
Derrial Book (Shepherd)
70%
Wash (Ship Pilot)
60%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)
55%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
45%
River (Stowaway)
45%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
40%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)
40%
Inara Serra (Companion)
30%
A Reaver (Cannibal)
25%
Alliance
25%
You are good at fixing things.
You are usually cheerful.
You appreciate being treated
with delicacy and specialness.

Click here to take the Serenity Personality Quiz


What a shame that it was only on for one season...

Happy New Year!

I'm very excited, I'm going down to Phoenix next Saturday to see Chicago at the Orpheum Theater! It's a small auditorium, seating 1364 spectators, and I will be sitting in the second row, close to cent stage, of the first section of the balcony. I am sparing Steven the experience of a musical (this time), even though, of the vast numbers of musicals out there, this could possibly be one of the more guy-friendly productions...

I finished the last Twilight book about an hour and a half ago. It took me such a long time to read it, I borrowed it from a co-worker and I kept expecting her to ask me where it was...Ever since I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it has been pretty difficult for me to get into a book. I can only imagine what it was like for J.K. Rowling to write it all, but I was pretty much a wreck from the very beginning. I poured so much into that series, it seems, that I had no energy to read anything else for a while!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

My first Blog!

Good evening! Steven and I are watching "The Sound of Music" on TV, and it takes me back to my second year of high school, and our performance...ah, memories...
So, I don't really think I have a whole lot to talk about this evening, but I just looked at the page of a high school friend, and I thought I'd try this too. So here goes! Enjoy!