Interesting morning today. We took one of the Children's Zoo ponies to an equine specialty practice in Irving for a second opinion. Other than having to get to work an hour earlier than usual (6am) it wasn't half bad.

They were so well organized, and had all the proper equipment, you know, the stuff you can have when you're not limited to the tiny budget the city gives out. The procedures took about an hour to complete. If we had done the same, we would have been looking at three or four.

They had a wall mounted x-ray film holder. We have a contraption I McGuyver-ed out of an IV stand, rope and baling wire. We also have a contraption I made out of an old x-ray film box, duct tape, and two broomsticks.

I'm totally serious about building the equipment, the first suggestion was "oh, we'll just put on a glove and hold the plate". Excuse me, no fucking way. I don't care if it isn't my hand, I'm still not allowing my co-workers to be exposed to radiation unnecessarially - nevermind that it's illegal. Either buy us a real cassette holder, either wall mounted, or more realistically one that is portable so we can take it on barn procedures, or use the really embarrassingly unprofessional ones that I built.

My webhost was pretty quick at fixing me up when I finally emailed them for help after trying everything I could think of to do.

I have a quartet of photos to post today. The first two are the last two pairs of socks that I've finished.

These are Opal Elements, 64 sts on size 1 needles.


These are Regia, 60 sts on size 2 needles.

Zedd sunning himself by the front door.

Dave managed to be in the right place at the right time to catch this shot.

I did a little more work on Berlin Woolwork sampler, I can only work on this a little bit at a time because it is on such a small count.


Lately I've been working on finishing up Mystery 6. I still have one side and a quarter to complete, but it's been coming along. Hopefully I'll have a photo to post pretty soon.

Yesterday we took the Home Depot gift certificates we'd been collecting, and the pre-approved credit application and bought a gas grill. Last night, we invited the friends who'd helped us move it into the yard over and Dave grilled up a bunch of stuff. It was very nice. Dave wants to have a bigger grill party on July 2nd, and invite a bunch more people, so this was a trial run. Poor oven, I don't think you'll get much use anymore.

We also bought a bunch of plants to fix up the flower bed that the dogs keep digging in. The plants the previous owner had planted there didn't come up this year, so the dogs decided it made a nice, soft, well tilled lay down spot. They don't dig up any of the other planted areas in the yard, so hopefully the plants will keep them out. If not, there's always barbed wire and electric fencing. (Kidding!)

I have some photos to post of a couple of pairs of socks that I've completed, the latest work on Berlin Woolwork Sampler and a really great artistic shot of Zedd that Dave took, but alas, I'm unable to access my hosting site, so I can't upload anything. I'll have to try later, or tomorrow from work.