This is what my husband means when he says he’s going to go to the store to pick us up some tall boys.

Replaced the heating element in our oven by ourselves for only $20 instead of whatever calling a professional would cost. It only took 6 months and the threat of no thanksgiving food.

Well its aphid sex season so guard all your faceholes when you’re just casually outside.

Northern flickers and black capped chickadees are back on the block! And saw a Merlin behind our house today. It’s fall, y’all! #birds

This dog is an absolute menace. She is so cute but her breath smells like poop. Sometimes she teams up with her sister to stare me down for food. #Daisy #seniordog #ratterrier #shihtzu #bondedpair #abby

We have a mantis who hunts at our wasp trap. Clever girl! #prayingmantis #insects #garden

Just watched our hummingbird (his name is Evinrude, he lives here now) chase off a robin and a bunch of sparrows. Thinking of changing the water in the feeder but that might be a nighttime activity… #hummingbird #calliopehummingbird

So if I want to dye my armpit hair do I have to sit there for 30 minutes with my arms up? I feel like maybe I need to train for a month or something before I can take on the challenge. #hairdye

Don’t mind me, I’ll just be staring at my paintbrushes and yarrow

Outside checking out flowers for a few minutes and look who came to visit us again #hummingbird

We planted these yesterday and as we walked away today after working on drainage a hummingbird was feeding on it already! (It’s in the photo but not very visible). Also this mantis crawled up my leg and 10/10 will take that over a tick any day.

We are saying goodbye to our blind bundle of farts today. Barry had lots of health issues, and in the end his little body just couldn’t handle it anymore. He’s got 10 brothers and sisters waiting to welcome him.

Do YOU get permission from your local dump to go birding on their property after hours? Cause we do. #birding

Let me be clear. I will never purchase something that required me to interact with its ad on Hulu.

My name is Tater Tot and my mom scoots my bed around the room so I’m always napping in sunlight I’ll let you give me treats later

Saw a great horned owl mama and TWO babies today. So fluffy.

Sweater? I hardly know ‘er. #knitsky #firstsweater

After offering it for over six months, my niece finally text the other day asking if it was still ok to use our @dropout.tv login. I was so excited but trying to be chill. Probably similar to how people feel when they finally catch a fish for the first time

Nothing will silence the birds on a walk faster than a couple of red tailed hawks flirting overhead #birding #spring

Love our front yard in spring

It took one week but it is finished and I have a pair of socks. They are worth $1000 to me.

Holy cow i made a sock and it fits my foot.

Knitting my first sock and its going well enough i might have two socks by the end of this. #knitting #socks #learningtoknit

Signs of spring showing up in my front yard. I love planting bulbs in fall because I forget what I planted by the time they bloom (right after I’ve planted them) and it’s always a fun surprise. #hyacinths #crocus #springblooms

#Knitted my first hat. Modeled here by Tater Tot. #shihtzu #fiberarts #learntoknit

Reached a new birding milestone: I could tell what kind of bird Jackie and Shadow (the bald eagle couple of big bear valley) had killed and sitting around their nest based on its feet. It was a coot.

Watching more commercials these days because I’m not paying for streaming (except you, @dropout.tv ) and I’ve gotta say - the scented bleach cleaners are NOT the way, Clorox. #peopleatetidepods

Practice saying these phrases until they roll off your tongue effortlessly: "Am I being detained?" "Am I free to go?" "I exercise my right to remain silent and I want a lawyer."

I love that our Cornell puzzle had a poster included - but not of the puzzle to help you put it together, just for information.

Sometimes you do what you need to in order to get chores done. You can’t turn your back on these senior tzus for one second these days….

I watched some videos, thought I discovered a hack, learned about twisted stitches, and maybe I’m starting to get the hang of it. I get why it can be addicting in a way crochet is not… plus the needles look like wands. #knitting #newknitter #hobby #learningtoknit

Finished this hooded cowl. Now I need to find another crochet project to help procrastinate knitting.

I think I’ve forgotten how to knit (or re-learned how to do it wrong after a night of sleep) so back to crocheting a cowl for my granny square hood. Inspired by the snow to get it done up quickly so I can take advantage of its warmth #crochet #shoplocal #hobbies

Started a knitting class at my local yarn store yesterday. Glad I wore my mask because my mouth was doing most of the work for me. #knitting #shoplocal #community #newskill

If Musk is doing the job of Congress now can my Idaho congressmen justify their existence to me?

@nextlevelbanana.online www.theymightbegiants.com/shows If the idea of going to a concert didn’t exhaust me…

Just a dog melting on his emotional support lap

Just look at these tiny bleps. (Barry Larry Terry on the left and Ziggy on the right) #shihtzu #rescue #seniordogs

Yesterday i was gazing at the artwork for the puzzle we’re putting together, letting my mind wander, when i walked over to the puzzle, picked up this piece, and placed it exactly where it belonged. My husband witnessed it. Top 10 accomplishment, right there.

My husband is our blind dog’s favorite person and I just love how excited and bouncy Barry gets when he realizes he doesn’t have to sit with me anymore.

Building my “first” DnD character. I’m thinking changeling druid raised by forest gnomes, kind of a mad-madam-mim vibe but my familiar is a tawny frogmouth and we like to be twinsies so I cast bark skin on myself and we fall asleep in the forest together a lot.

The nuthatch stopped just long enough for me to get a couple of photos of it… THROUGH MY BINOCULARS. I’m perfecting this art.

I wish I could see my old Napster/Limewire lists because I’m sure there’s some weird stuff on there I’ve forgotten about. Remembered about the Lunachicks and listening to their stuff again (if you need some angry feminist punk that’s a little weird)

@dropouttv.bsky.social a mocumentary set 20 years in the future exposing Beardsley’s use of weighted die during #Dimension20. Who was involved? Who helped cover it up? Was it for the love of entertainment, or an insatiable desire to manipulate and confound Brennan?

Yesterday I sprained my ankle while cleaning my entrance landing (created a hazard on the stairs for myself) and today alllllll the birds came to the trees in front of my house so I wouldn’t have to go to them. Hairy woodpeckers, northern flickers, juncos, hawks, finches, oh my! Thanks birds.

Blep.

As someone who brings home senior dogs, I REALLY want to cheer from the rooftops about how we’ve had a death-free 2024, but there’s two weeks left in the year and we’ve been saying “any day now” about this guy for 2 years. (sweater made by me the other day - my first!) #crochet #seniordog #shihtzu

Watching the new #Dimension20 #TimeQuangle episode and it prompted a discussion with my partner: what two PCs from any season would make a good pair?

Me any time I have to take a photo for a job ID. #shihtzu #rescuedog #blinddog #bedhead

Finished crocheting my first dog sweater… er… dog cape. He’s in his…. Liberace era. Maybe he’s a magician? Either way he’s a 10. #crochet #dogs #shihtzu #rescuedogs