cheer up

nothing to be
sad about
so smile til your
teeth fall out

american toad

american toad, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

thanksgiving

6 cans of trash, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

waiting for scraps

ole

ole, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

thanksgiving pups

thanksgiving pups, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

have a fabulous thanksgiving this year

what about this guy

dennis & elizabeth kucinich





makes sense to me i must confess

visual excitement

google image search = "fist pump"

rocking tots

recent conversation between me, lande (6.5 year old girl) and ryal (3.5 year old boy):

me: is dan zanes your favorite rockstar?

lande: dan zanes is my favorite - or hannah montana - no dan zanes is my favorite THEN hannah montana THEN hilary duff

me: who's your favorite ryal?

ryal: daddy

***

me: are you gonna be an accountant like your dad when you grow up?

lande: no a rockstar

me: what instrument are you gonna play?

lande: the microphone

road warrior

he took the train
he caught his flight
he hailed a cab
he rode his bike
he walked a mile
a million times
with hope
out there
his love
he'd find

with shoes wore down
he heard it all
the tragic spring
the comic fall
the coldest days
he hummed the song
my love
is right
here all
along

tumor or not tumor?

the vet called with holden & nacho's blood tests & they're both "pretty much perfect" which is great but she's recommending surgery to take off holden's tumors.

she stuck a needle in them to test while we were at the office and said she's 99% positive they're benign.

the tumors have been there for about 4 years now, starting with one - the biggest golf ball looking one - now there are 4, all on holden's ribcage (cheetah chest) and don't get in his way.



they'd have to put him under for the surgery

he's 9 1/2 years old, which is like in his late 60's people years

it would cost $500-600, which really means $750

i don't want these to get to be the size of grapefruit & put stress on his other organs

if i wait much longer he'll be too old for surgery

but they're not cancerous and he's in great health and that's a lot of fucking money

anybody with tips, experience, advice, pointers, a rusty razor, let me know




holden votes "no"

it's snowing!

40 AM

40 am, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

drove back and forth to chapel hill yesterday thrifting along the way. it was great to get back to tar heel country after 5 years. got a tuna sandwich at foster's and it was just as good as i remember. here's a driving & clicking photo from around 730 am coming down off the mountain.