May 05, 2008

It took about four hours of waiting in the rain to get Hillside tickets this year. That’s the longest I’ve had to wait in line for pretty much anything. And apparently, some people waited even longer. The Guelph Mercury tracked down some people who lined up at 5am — which is kinda crazy.

But all that nastiness is now behind us. Hillside is happening from July 25 to 27. If anybody wants to crash at our place during that time, that would be awesome.

April 17, 2008

So Lynn said, “you should take photos of your dog every day for a year.” Being tired of only taking photos of my wang, I took her up on the suggestion.

For the next year or so you’ll be seeing more photos of Ryder than you ever cared to. You see, Ryder is a camera whore, so this will work out for both of us …

March 31, 2008

Not only will dogs poop all over the house if you let them, but they’re also freaking expensive. So says the New York Times:

The dog owners spent almost $2,000; cat owners about $1,200. If you want a real deal, small animals came in at just under $300. Spending can run even higher in the first year, since dogs need training, and whacking them with a newspaper is no longer an option.

When we adopted Ryder, we definitely expected the poo, the chewed slippers, and the occasional vomit in our shoes. What we didn’t expect were all the bills. Whenever Ryder broke a toe or cut a paw, she instantly evaporated most of our savings.

Because I’m anal, I’ve been keeping track of our doggy expenses since we got her. We’ve easily spent nearly $3000 for the first year, and that’s not even counting the shoes she destroyed. See this graph? — all the sharp upswings are vet bills:

And because dogs love pie, here’s a big fat pie of doggy expenses:

But while our puppy definitely broke our budget, she offers something $3000/year doesn’t — piles of poo we have to pick up and wet licks in the morning. Awesome!