Flannel Shirt

More later

Just got back from a night at the theater, past eleven. Gil seems to be getting better. Over and out.

(another night off)

Tired. But Gilbert is home.

The news from Portland

Well, we got news from the pet hospital. Gilbert has an enlarged mitral heart valve. There's medicine that can help and he's expected to come home tomorrow. While he's been away Izzy has been occupying some of Gil's favorite places on couches around the house. 

We actually got a dry day today. The big storm is coming in tomorrow, I think. The mountains are going to get lots of snow over the next week or so. 

I'm running out of flannel shirts and blue jeans, so I think laundry day is approaching. 

Things are slow

Real slow. 

I bet this car wasn't going slow.

Great pizza, with Kate and Andrew

Went to Pizzeria Otto down the street with Kate and Andrew. Great pizza there. They're planning on going up to Mount Hood to do some snowboarding tomorrow, and tomorrow night we'll be having a big fish stew. I'll manage.

Great pizza, with Kate and Andrew

Went to Pizzeria Otto down the street with Kate and Andrew. Great pizza there. They're planning on going up to Mount Hood to do some snowboarding tomorrow, and tomorrow night we'll be having a big fish stew. I'll manage.

It's cold

It gets under freezing at night and hangs around the mid-thirties for most of the day. And there's a cold wind that's been blowing the last couple of days. And, of course, Izzy loves to get walked frequently, so I'm getting a nice warm parka to put on and off when I go outside. Rain is supposed to come in tomorrow, and depending on where the rain is coming from there will be snow from the top of the mountains to down in the valley where we are. If the rain is coming in on the Pineapple Express, from down around Hawaii, the temperature should go up. If it's coming from the Gulf of Alaska, I guess you could call it the Polar Bear Express, then all bets are off. I sent off for snow cleats, the kind you put on over the shoes, just in case we have any ice storms like we did last year. The city may not plow our little dead end street, but I at least want to be able to walk across the street to the Laurelwood where I can get a beer and a burger. Actually, I hardly drink beer anymore (my pants aren't so tight) and a cold beer may not be the choice for winters around here. I wonder if they make hot toddies.

Birthday party with Lindsay

This is how old I am

This is how old I am: Over the weekend the Portland annual naked bike ride passed a half block from us, but I did not even have the inclination to get up off the couch.

Eat pig!

A few days ago Joan had an appointment at the Kaiser center near the Willamette. On the way home we had an early dinner at The People's Pig. Great barbeque.