Yrsa was five months old last Tuesday, and we’ve got to thinking about starting her on solid foods. We’re in no great hurry, mostly because we’re going on a ten-day trip at the end of the month, and it’s easier all the way around if we don’t have to mess around with baby food while… Read More Milestone

Finally, it’s summer vacation! Olof was able to work from home today so he could attend Tage’s skolavslutning (end-of-school do) this morning, and during his work hours the rest of us whiled away the day with a little of this and a little of that. Once he was mostly done for the day, we all… Read More Sommarlov

So it turns out the worst part of Lucy’s recovery wasn’t the cone of shame. This morning, after she still wouldn’t even sniff her food and had started having almost uncontrollable diarrhea, I wrote an email to the vet — they’re nearly impossible to reach by phone — asking what I should do. They called… Read More More

Lucy’s surgery to remove her bladder stones was yesterday morning, and though she’s still looking a bit peaky, she seems fine enough. She hasn’t eaten in more than 36 hours, but she is drinking, so I’m not too worried about that. Probably the worst part is the “cone of shame” … I take it off… Read More Medical report

It’s a long weekend here, with holidays on Thursday and Monday, and yesterday a “squeeze day,” and we’ve been favored by the gods with mostly nice weather to boot. Yesterday Olof and Petra went to town for some lunch-and-shopping quality time, while those of us at home enjoyed the sunshine out in our yard.

For a little while now I’ve suspected that Lucy had some sort of urinary tract issue going on, but I didn’t think it was any big deal. The only thing I’d noticed was that she would squat a number of times when I took her out but not really pee much, but otherwise she’s been… Read More Ailing

I have been on an absolute book-buying binge lately. I usually buy one or two books a month, probably, but in the past six weeks or so I must have bought a dozen or more. Every time I turn around, it seems, someone is talking up the great book they’ve just read, and I find… Read More Neglected

Lydia and I went to town this afternoon for lunch and shopping, and on our way home we stopped by the supermarket to pick up some stuff for dinner. I called Olof to see what he wanted, but he said he had no preference, so Lydia and I decided to play a little joke on… Read More Nice save

Yesterday was a rough day here, with lots of fighting and running away and yelling and various other sorts of misbehavior I’d rather not bring back to mind by recounting in detail. Suffice it to say that I texted Olof just before lunch with the message, “Your kids are assholes. Just thought you should know,”… Read More This is more like it.