tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19056103858074038812024-03-05T23:39:35.602+11:00littledogsonlongleashesStories from A Very Opinionated Dog.georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-75393100896756414072013-10-04T09:27:00.000+10:002013-10-04T10:46:15.260+10:00A day in the life of a partner of a dog besotted person.<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Oh no, I think he's not well," cried Saint Cushion. We had just passed a dog that was lying on the pavement in the late morning sun. He was sticking out quite a bit onto the walking path but everyone was careful to avoid him.</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 2nd time was when we got off the bus in Salta city, almost on top of 2 dogs huddled against a building wall. One of them had a gash on his leg. (I didn't see this myself.) "We have to get him to a vet!" Saint Cushion immediately declared, oblivious of the crowd of people around him trying to board the bus.<i> "¿Veterinario, veterinario?"</i> He asked everyone. "HOW are you going to get him to the vet?" I wanted to know. "He's not a small dog." I thought it was a very sensible question. As it turned out, no one knew if there was a vet nearby. So reluctantly, he moved away from the dog, muttering under his breath about how the dog's friend was so good to protect him.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This 3rd dog, on the busy pavement in front of Plaza 9 de Julio, he was not going to move away from.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was a tiny puddle of moisture on the dry pavement, just under the dog's muzzle. He was an even bigger dog. His belly was distended, somewhat misshapen. His fur was dusty and matted. His legs were twitching.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"He's definitely sick. We have to do something." Saint Cushion was adamant. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wasn't sure how he jumped to this conclusion. "He could just be sleeping and dreaming," I thought I'd mention. "Like Georgia? Having a nightmare?"</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No. The man was convinced the dog was very sick.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By this time, he had attracted a few passersby. <i>"El perro está enfermo,"</i> he told them. (The dog is sick - amazing how much his español improves in a crisis.) The passersby shook their heads in commiseration. They said stuff that neither of us understood. They came closer to have a look at the poor sick dog. <i>"¿Veterinario, cerca de aquí?"</i> (Vet close by?) But once again, no one knew.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being the cool (and, dare I say, rational) one, I suggested he ask the policeman in his booth at the street corner. He bounded over, relieved I'm sure to at last be doing something useful. He came back armed with the knowledge that there might be a vet down the road and round the corner and he could go get him. (There was no way we could have carried that dog.)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then Saint Cushion bent down to look at the dog, perhaps to whisper some comforting words to him in español. Right at that moment, the dog took a deep breath, let it out, shuddered. Then. Nothing. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"HE JUST DIED! OH NO! HE'S DEAD! WE'RE TOO LATE! OH NO!" </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Calm down! How do you know he's dead? He could just be sleeping."</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"¡MUERTO!"</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The turista told them.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, after more than 10 minutes of this melodrama that was going nowhere, one man decided to give the dead dog's paw a nudge with his foot. </span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm never letting you forget this, Cushion! Ever! Hence, this post. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course, I had to be the one to tell the policeman in his booth, <i>"Perro no enfermo, señor. Siesta sólo." </i>(Dog not sick, sir. Only siesta.)</span></b></div>
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<i>*With apologies for the Spanish or lack of*</i></div>
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-1282851656396336162013-10-02T08:19:00.000+10:002013-10-02T18:25:21.668+10:00So yesterday, I got an injection in my butt.<div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They said it wouldn't hurt! But it did! Boohoo. I hope Cushion appreciates how I'm always offering myself to check out local health services on our travels. The doctor thinks it might be food poisoning. Too many empanadas maybe. More likely, it's the fig jam I bought from a dusty roadside stall in the mountains - forgot to mention that to the doctor - which I am still eating because it's so good. I must be learning how to live dangerously.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Personally though, I think it's the change in weather that's messing me up. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Less than 2 weeks ago, we were walking around in heavy rain and wind. We were constantly soaked and cold. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A week ago, we arrived in Salta, which is in the northwest of Argentina, at the foothills of the Andes. It hasn't rained here for 8 months and everything is brown. The air is hazy with dust.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's hot in the day, very cold at night. I wake up every morning with blood plugs in my nose. My eyeballs are gritty with dust. Even our underwear washes out brown though how dust could have gotten in there is beyond me.</span></b></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not so Cushion, who did absolutely nada and still has baby soft feet. Life can be so unfair.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The city is famous for its colonial architecture. I found the street art more interesting.</span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It would be very cheap to live here, no doubt about it. A few days ago, I went to the local supermarket and bought 2 bananas, 2 mandarins, a head of lettuce, 2 tomatoes, 2 avocados, an onion and 4 bread rolls for 21 pesos (and got 5 sweets in change). If you were smart (like us) and got the unofficial blue exchange rate, that would be AUD2.30 which is less than what I would pay for one avocado in our supermarket in Balmain (usually around AUD2.95).</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every one tells us life here is muy tranquilo. Sitting in the sun, blowing bagsful of yellow snot and squinting at the ants working hard at hauling leaves to god knows where, I understand what they mean. Who knows. Now that I've got some Salta germs in me, maybe I'm a little more resilient and can live here too.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DOGGY TITBITS</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, serif"><b>In our neighbourhood of San Lorenzo.</b></font></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cushion named these 2. Timido (Shy) in the front and Hambre (Hunger) in the back. Hambre is exactly like Georgia and lives for food. </span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Around here, it can be hard to tell a street dog from a dog with a home who enjoys wandering. They are all equally dusty.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And if you've ever wondered...yes, real gauchos do use mobile phones. </span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite the gangsta hoodie, some dogs are obviously not from the street.</span></b><br><br>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is our conclusion (not verified) that everywhere is off-leash in Uruguay (and probably Argentina too).</span></b></div>
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We're in Punta del Diablo, Devil's Point, in the north of Uruguay, close to the Brazilian border. It started storming the day we arrived, and it hasn't stopped, not even for an hour. Overnight, the weather went from 30 degrees and sunny to 12 degrees wet wild and windy.</div>
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We're told the village has a permanent population of more or less 1000. In summer, the number can swell to tens of thousands of mostly Brazilians, Argentinians and local Uruguayans who come to party, enjoy the summer sun, and surf. Because it's so small and fairly isolated, we've come here strictly to chill, not to see if it's a place we can retire in. (But who knows.)</div>
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"¡Uruguay es muy caro!" locals have been telling us all week. Uruguay is very expensive. Who would have thought. But they're right. Prices of many things here, like petrol and utilities and even eating out, are surprisingly only slightly cheaper than in Sydney. </div>
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<i>These chewy caramelised coconut macaroons were 30 Uruguayan pesos each (about AUD1.50) and worth every centavo.</i><br />
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Here in Punta del Diablo, the Brazilian border town of Chuy is less than 40 kilometres away and locals drive there to shop and pump petrol. It still works out cheaper. As an affordable place to retire in, Uruguay wouldn't make our list. But in every other way, we love it. We can even imagine living here in this (currently) soggy village with gaping potholes carving up the dirt roads, no medical facilities to speak of for us oldies, and no permanent vet services for our precious pigdog.</div>
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As in other places we've visited in Uruguay, there are many street dogs in Punta del Diablo. The locals don't seem to mind them and, in fact, are very tolerant of their coming and going. Some wear collars and belong to people but are free to wander. </div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dear Rose, Mary, Jean, Olivia, Vero, Annie, Sonia, H, Tootsie, Chandra, Gizmo and Barb - h</span>ello, hola!</div>
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Thank you so much for writing and asking after us! Sorry for being such a rude tick and never getting back to any of you. I can't believe 3 months have gone by since my last post. I got busy, then lazy, and that was that. <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);">Hope you're all well! I miss you! though I do not miss blogging at all, I must admit.</span></div>
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Thought you might enjoy these pictures of our day out at the Mataderos Markets today (which took 5 hours to upload you can see we have great Internet connection here).</div>
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This old gentleman was very keen to show off his little dog's party trick.</div>
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The dog was so relaxed, he fell asleep.</div>
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The gentleman made sure I didn't forget his other friend.</div>
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Wonder if this one was ever found.<br>
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She didn't like seeing the bags being packed.</div>
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A last walk in the glorious Spring sunshine.</div>
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Yes we do, Georgia Little Pea. </div>
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-19041719601780111272013-06-10T22:28:00.000+10:002013-06-12T05:16:44.244+10:00An encounter in The Far North.<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Dear Georgia, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Yesterday, we saw a dog running around in town. It almost got knocked down crossing the street. Luckily, it was Sunday and there wasn't too much traffic about. There was no one with the dog so we knew it was a runaway or stray. We called the SPCA but it was their day off and we got a message to call another number. We called that number but no one picked up. Someone gave us the number of a friend who worked with the SPCA but she turned out to be from an SPCA in another town, and she told us to call Council. An old man who'd seen the dog told us Council would put the dog down in a week if they picked it up. "I've picked up a few dogs from the highway myself," he said. "People drive them far enough so they won't know how to get home, take off their collars and dump them." <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);">A waitress from the bar where we were having lunch, told us she'd seen the dog many times and it belonged to someone, even though it was skinny and had no collar. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>We were in a fix, Georgia, and had no idea what to do. So we packed up some chips and meat from our lunch and drove around looking for the dog. </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It took a while but we finally saw it! It was a new mama. She was scared, ready to run in an instant, hungry for the food in my hand. She got close enough to touch, but we had nothing to catch her with.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Suddenly, from out of nowhere, an old woman came up to us waving her walking stick and shouting, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU CAN'T FEED DOGS AND CATS HERE! THIS IS COUNCIL PROPERTY. GET OFF! HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? A FEW DAYS? A DAY? YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT TO BE HERE! GET THAT DOG AWAY!" </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>We were standing in a public space, on a nature strip by the side of a main road, and were stunned by her tirade. Her daughter came and took her away. "My mother's not well," she said.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It looks like we won't be buying the house with the waterfall after all, Georgia. Not today, anyway. We have a lot to think about. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Please thank Mr O for his lovely email and photo. Did I sense a note of desperation when he mentioned your healthy appetite? I hope you're not bullying the poor man into feeding you more than you should eat. </b></span></div>
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We had leftover curry for dinner in the kitchen.<br />
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Followed by a slice of homemade pie from under that cloche in the picture. No one else dropped by.<br />
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While we were eating, I saw an old lady walk into one of the rooms. Cushion didn't and there's been no sound or sight of her since. I'm sure I saw her. She must just be very quiet.<br />
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David Bowie is playing. Before him, Dean Martin.<br />
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Down the corridor, I can hear the telly in our room and Cushion coughing. From somewhere further away, a tumble dryer. There is no other sound.<br />
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Wondering about the people who used to stay in these rooms and shuffle along these hallways.</div>
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<b>"Are you sure you want to do this? I have 2 good knees and they were both in pain by the time I got down," Miki, one of the owners of the lodge where we were staying, said to me. "Some parts can be very steep and there'll be a lot of steps both going up and down. Think about it," she advised.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b></b><b>The shuttle bus driver who dropped us off at the start point of the Crossing was less diplomatic. "What are you doing here?" he demanded, loud enough for the whole busload of strapping teenage backpackers to hear. </b><b style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I couldn't decide if he was being serious. I had just told him that I'd had 2 knee surgeries and we might be a little behind schedule getting down from the mountain.</b><b> </b><b style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Would he please wait for us if we weren't back by 4? </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I felt my ears go hot. I was going to be the stupid old lady holding everyone up today. Sadly, no witty retort came to mind and I was suddenly filled with doubt.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Write ups on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing describe it as a one day walk, requiring anywhere between 6 to 8 hours of steady walking. It ascends for about 800 metres, descends about 1200 metres and the highest point of the crossing is 1886 metres at Red Crater. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>We were told though, that the Crossing could be done by a fit person, without stops, in 5 to 6 hours. In the end, it took us oldies just over 7. We got to the pickup point at 3.15, hurrah for us. </b></span><br />
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<b>The slow pace was <strike>probably</strike> my fault. Despite my 10 years of hard core (haha) capoeira training, I had to stop often to gasp for air, still my pounding heart and ask myself what I was doing there. (To be fair to me, I was also in charge of taking pictures and there was no shortage of things to shoot.) I'm sure the ever-competitive Cushion could have completed the Crossing in less time on his own, and he'll be pleased I mentioned this.</b></span><br />
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<b>While on the bus returning to the lodge, I read the pamphlet that Miki had passed me about the Crossing, and learnt that her husband Callum holds the world record for completing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. He <i>ran</i> it, in 1 hour and 25 minutes. The mind boggles. This record was set a long time ago, around 2000, 2001. No one has yet broken it. According to his website, th</b><b>e youngest person to have made the Crossing was 5. The oldest, 94.</b></span><br />
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I have an ear ache, which started the night before the flight. Both ears are now completely stuffed with a mixture of swimmers ear drops (from Cushion's stash of travelling medication), antibiotic drops (from Dr Bryan of Coromandel Town, NZD80 for consult + NZD15 for drops), and a baking soda solution (recipe free from Dr WebMD). I can't hear a thing and am learning to read lips. Cushion playing doctor. Details of what he's doing too disgusting to blog about, but if you must know, it involves a straw.<br />
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Got stung by a jelly fish at Hot Water Beach 2 nights ago. "Very strange," the locals said, "It's not jelly fish season." No after hours doctor available, closest one a ferry ride away. Bathed foot and ankle in urine (on the advice of young man with experience, urine kindly donated by Cushion) and white vinegar (kindly donated by restaurant at lodging), took an antihistamine (from Cushion's stash of travelling medication), applied pawpaw ointment for good measure.<br />
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Flu now coming on. Possibly from hiking up Mount Maunganui in rain yesterday. Achoo. Cough cough. Feverish. Taking antibiotics (from Cushion's fast depleting stash of travelling medication)<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you made friends with the horsies and piggies yet?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please remember not to chase the cows, and what I told you. If they're not in a sealed bag, they're not ready to eat. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How stoopid does it look. It cost 2 dollars at the market. The Typist is very proud of her frugal purchase. It will be her fault if the other dogs at camp laugh at me.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apparently, everything I need for my holiday is in the bag. I have serious doubts about this.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As far as I can see, there is a jammie, a raincoat, my flea treatment, dewormers, and a<strike> ridiculously long</strike> letter to Mr O, the camp commandant of Camp Could Be Nice, telling him stuff like how I like to eat a lot and sit on humans. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So that's it! I will be away a month. I hope Mr O likes me! I hope I make some friends! Please don't forget me! I will try to be brave. </span></b><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kissy boo and hooroo! </span></b><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Georgia </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">X</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The festival lasted about 3 hours. I felt like a fish out of water. 3 hours is a long time to flop around gasping. Surrounded by my happy fellow students of <i>capoeira,</i> excitement and expectation on their faces, freshly dyed new cords around their waists, I did my best to clap, sing and dance along, but the truth is, I felt morose, nostalgic and old. I couldn't decide if it was harder watching my friends do moves I've never been able to master, or moves I used to do easily and no longer can. It seemed like an age since I felt their bliss.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started training <i>capoeira</i> almost 11 years ago. I estimate a good 3 years of that was spent recovering from injuries and surgeries. I always joke that my body hurt less when I was drinking 7 days a week, smoking a pack a day, drinking red bull on all nighters at the studio, and the only exercise I got was clubbing. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I have zero regrets. I might have 2 bum knees now and will never trek Machu Picchu but <i>capoeira</i> gave me a lot more than it took. On a physical level, it improved my reflexes, coordination, spatial awareness, peripheral vision and balance which, I'll have you know, is very useful for scrubbing my toes while standing on one leg in a soapy wet bath tub. All good things for an older person, no doubt about it. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On a mental level, it made me face some fears, and while I didn't conquer all of them, I think I made a dent. I learnt how to sing in Portuguese and in public, a very useful skill I'm sure you'll agree, and how to play 4 new musical instruments. Best of all, for the first time since I stopped working 14 years ago, I felt part of a community, met some good people, made some friends, discovered Brazilian <i>churrasco, pão de queijo, feijoada </i>(all food, in case you're wondering), and re-kindled a childhood love of and interest in South America.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I told Cushion before the <i>batizado</i> started that this would be my last one. To my surprise, for someone who laughed at and sometimes ridiculed my obsession with the game (and rightly so, in retrospect), he said he was proud that I had lasted 11 years. That made me sniffle. He didn't think I would even finish the 8 week beginner course. Considering I couldn't do 5 push ups when I started and have the attention span of a gnat, I totally understand why he would have thought that. I have to take this opportunity to thank him for his patience. While I'm at it, I suppose I should apologise to my neighbours for pounding the <i>atabaque</i> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have to say, I'm proud of myself for making it this far. I'm also disappointed that I only made it this far. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I know it's time to hang up my belts, or maybe bin them like my friend Chapeuzinho. I'll still be playing in the park. If I'm lucky, maybe Astro, Cleopatra, Falcao, Sorriso, Louva Deus, Rogue, De'Ouro and other friends who left before me will play with me. Or maybe I'll play by myself at the gym, why not? It's always fun to amuse the other gym members. I still hope to attend classes with my <i>mestre</i> when time allows. But I think I finally understand what the bum knees, hyper-extended fingers, stiff neck, torn quadriceps, sore wrist, fractured rib, fractured toe and split eye have been trying to tell me for years. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And so I thank <i>capoeira</i> for its last and greatest lesson. Accepting that what you want to do and what you can do aren't always the same and that's okay. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I know most of you reading this won't have a clue what I'm rabbiting on about today but I just had to get the hum out of my head. Please feel no obligation to comment. I'm sorry I haven't been visiting. With just a week to go before we leave for New Zealand, I can't even promise to find the time to visit but I hope you're all well. I will try to do an update on the girl whose blog this is before we leave. She seems a bit stressed too, no doubt recognising the backpacks now lying in the guest room waiting to be filled. I miss our conversations, more than you can imagine. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know why The Typist worries about my diet so much.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It looks like I will be going to Camp Could Be Nice! I was going to show you pictures of the place, and the 2 short horsies and giant black pig that live there, but The Typist stuffed up and the piccies are gone.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Camp Could Be Nice is just like The Camp Commandant's place so I will be out in the paddock during the day with the other doggies. It looks cleaner though [important only to my humans] and I won't have to sleep in a cage at night. All us dogs get to sleep in a sheltered enclosed verandah right next to the house. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And guess what I saw when I was there? 2 big containers of raw chicken carcasses! [excess fat removed]. I think I'm going to be okay. Don't you?</span></b><br />
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<br />georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-81888254336527357782013-04-17T11:25:00.000+10:002013-04-17T18:37:34.984+10:00The Dilemma.<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sorry we've been missing again! The Typist has been busy planning the first of the reccy trips to find us <strike>a cheap</strike> another place to live. They will be going to somewhere called Noo Zeelen next month. The stinkers aren't taking me along because, apparently, it was too hard to find doggy friendly places to stay in. This means I am off to the gulag again and my humans have been checking out a few possibilities. Why isn't there someone like Ms Jean or Bert and his Vickie here? It is too sad. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sometimes meet Massa D in the park. He takes doggies out for walks and has them stay over at his house. He has 5 doggies of his own. They get to eat yummy food like beef casserole, pork chops and spaghetti bolognaise. They get hand fed many times a day, and sleep on the couch and Massa's bed. He must love them lots. Last weekend, I had a sleepover and met Massa's cat. I yowled at her! I have never seen a cat in a house before! they are always on the street where I live! I tried to jump up the cupboard to say hello! But Massa was pretty strict and I didn't get to kiss the cat after all. The Typist a.k.a. My No Fun Nutritionist isn't keen to let me stay with Massa because all 5 of his dogs are very very fat from their special diet and she's not sure Massa will feed me boring food. Personally, I have no problems being very very fat and hope she will re-consider her decision so I can improve my culinary knowledge. </span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">#2 The Camp Commandant.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've stayed with The Camp Commandant twice before. It's the place where I get to stay outside all day, walk in a pack, dig holes and get muddy. I only get to eat once a day though, and sleep in a cage which is a bummer. The best thing about The Camp Commandant is that I don't get baths at her place. I stayed 5 weeks the last time and never got bathed once! My jammies and blankie didn't get washed either. They were so gummy, The Typist had to bin the blankie. She would have binned my jammies too but it cost too much money. It was 3 weeks before I smelt normal again. The very worst thing about The Camp Commandant is that she smacked me on the head (very hard) for kerfuffling with one of her dogs. It was when I got dropped off and was scared. My humans were not at all happy, but it was too late to look for another place because they were leaving the next day for Brazeel. To everyone's surprise, I survived The Camp Commandant and came home better behaved and in good shape. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are right now on our way to Camp Could Be Nice! It is almost 2 hours away and just like The Camp Commandant's place which means I get to stay outside all day with other doggies. The Typist says the doggies there get a bath before they go home. This seems frightfully important to her. I think it sucks but, apart from that, it looks nice in the piccies on the i.n.t.e.r.n.e.t. so we are hopeful.</span></b><br />
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-9352316267823477302013-04-04T12:37:00.000+11:002013-04-04T13:05:25.771+11:00Rainy day rambling.<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With nothing but rain and dropping temperatures predicted for the rest of the week, my mind has turned to mush and memories.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My mother used to say an idle mind is a devil's workshop. She loved her proverbs. I remember being quite insulted when she said it to me. ¿Por qué mí? I was an active and fairly industrious child. Maybe she was just being menopausal and disagreeable, as I am now. Age gives you perspective.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, my idle mind is wondering what excellent stuff I could be doing if only I was 18 again [not that I would ever want to be 18 again].</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is definitely on the shortlist.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apparently, you can also do it a little higher off the ground.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I first saw it in Rio, in Ipanaema I think. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had no idea what it was called and I have no idea why I didn't ask. Too shy I guess. So it was almost 1 and a 1/2 years later, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">on my flight home from Brisbane 3 weeks ago that I found out. </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">It's called </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">slacklining.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"> It</span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> was featured in the inflight magazine </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">and you can read about it </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacklining" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">HERE.</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Further down the beach, on that rather grey day, other boys were...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...learning to surf? Maybe there's a name for this fun activity as well and I just haven't learnt what it is yet.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It would almost be worth it going through uni, acne and unrequited love again, just to have the bone strength, agility and <strike>stupidity</strike> fearlessness required to learn <span style="font-size: large;">parkour.</span> You can read about this art of displacement <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour">HERE.</a> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Or better still, watch it here!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't watch parkour without a serious case of envy. Do you think their mothers worry?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And finally...perhaps some of you have already met this fella?</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Somehow, I don't think it'd be too easy keeping him in the backyard.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Oops. Did I forget to mention <span style="font-size: large;">aerial silk?</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes! We're alive! Thank you so much for your emails and comments asking how we are. Dear Livie and Petey, I hope your potato pancakes turned out well. Mary and Ben, no we're not in Brazil, unfortunately. Querida Sonia, do not worry! Tudo </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>está</b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> bom aqui! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wish I had a good reason for not posting lately and something earth-shattering [or even vaguely interesting] to tell you but, the truth is, I've just been lazy. </span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">I got this cartoon, week before last, from Ms Khalap and Anny. </span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They apparently <strike>stole</strike> borrowed it from <i>facebook</i>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Completely unrelated to this, I've been wanting to try a German bakery that's in a suburb next to ours. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last Monday, I asked Cushion if he would swing by the place on his way home from walking Georgia. I googled the address and text it to him along with what I wanted.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you remember, Cushion has sleep apnea. A CPAP machine helps keep his airways open at night. I have cute piccies of him in his new bought-from-Brisbane tropical jammies, wearing his strap and mask, but he would kill me if I posted them so you'll just have to imagine it. He looks like Darth Vader with a beige chin strap. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hear <i>google reader</i> will be disappearing soon. [Insert *sigh*] Thanks to Mango's Momma, I've signed up to <i>feedly</i>. This morning, <i>feedly</i> informed me I have over 670 unread posts. Dear god. How is that even possible? Some of you bloggers are obviously way too industrious. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's highly unlikely I'll be able to plough through all of them, so if I've missed something especially delicious that's happened in your life, please feel free to leave me a link to the post[s] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and/or a scold</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meanwhile, back to enjoying some autumn sunshine with my doggy, who has inexplicably started to prefer my company over Cushion's. </span></b></div>
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<br />georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-33275135689823156282013-03-11T10:08:00.000+11:002013-03-14T23:57:02.569+11:00Conversation with a man and a dog left at home alone.<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think the man is panicking. He spent 3 hours cleaning the car, day before yesterday. Another 3 vacuuming and mopping the house yesterday (and didn't even get to the bathrooms). There's no way our little house takes 3 hours to vacuum and mop. </span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Is this the first time you're cleaning the house since I left?" </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Silence.</span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Oh my god. It is, isn't it?" </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #45818e;">"I've been busy, babe!"</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Doing what?" </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #45818e;">"Oh, you know. I have to take Georgia out for her 2 walks every day, even in the rain. She won't let me rest. Yesterday I took her out to Callan, I had to bathe her when we got back because she got all muddy, then I had to cook her chicken, then I cleaned the car, then it was time to take her out for her evening walk. My back is killing me."</span> </span>"You should just have NOT taken her out in the evening." <span style="color: #45818e;">"I couldn't! She kept harassing me."</span> "Can't you just ignore her?" <span style="color: #45818e;">"No, you know what she's like."</span> But how did you take 3 hours to clean the house? It shouldn't have taken you more than 1 hour, including cleaning the bathrooms." <span style="color: #45818e;">"I don't do a cursory job, babe. It's VERY clean. I even vacuumed the cushions."</span> "Why did you have to vacuum the cushions?" <span style="color: #45818e;">"Georgia got fur on them."</span> "How?" <span style="color: #45818e;">"Oh, you know."</span> " No I don't. She's only allowed on the chair when you're on it, so how did the cushions get so furry?"</span> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #45818e;">"It's okay, babe. They're clean now. Did you like the picture I emailed you?"</span> "Yes. Why is Georgia riding in the front of the car? You know she's not allowed in the front seat." <span style="color: #45818e;">"It's okay. She was VERY<i> </i></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #45818e;">good."</span> "And what do you mean by, she wants my bed? Put the phone on speaker. I want to speak to her." </span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Georgia! Georgia! Hello. How are you girl? How are you sweetie?" <span style="color: #45818e;">"She's wagging her tail!"</span> "Georgia! I'm coming home soon. Are you being a good girl? I miss you! <i>Abajo</i>, Georgia! <i>Abajo!</i> Is she lying down?" <span style="color: #45818e;">"No, she's sniffing the phone. Who's that, Georgia? Who's that, girl? She's wagging her tail!" </span>"Good girl, Georgia! Is Cushion feeding you lots? Are you getting fat again? Don't forget her dewormers!"</span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"So what did you have for dinner last night?" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Silence.</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> "Poop, you had something completely nutritionless, didn't you? What? Instant noodles?" <span style="color: #45818e;">"No! No. I had canned pork. Don't feel bad for me! It was very delicious! I loved it, babe!" </span></span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">G</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">oing home tomorrow. Not a moment too soon.</span> </span></b><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">*</span>Thank you Ashlee and Sophia, for our new favourite phrase!<span style="color: #990000;"> </span>MKR rules. </span></b><br />
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<b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for all your well wishes! My brother is back in ICU, I won't go into the gory details but he's still fighting off the staph infection and a touch of pneumonia. Sister 2 arrives in an hour to take over from me. Sorry I haven't been visiting you the last few days! I promise to do so soon! X</b></b></div>
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-76709146894847432862013-03-07T10:52:00.000+11:002013-03-14T23:57:02.573+11:00Good morning!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Do you think I have enough antioxidants and fibre for the day?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>That's a tablespoon in a very large bowl. Maybe there'll be enough good stuff there to blow away the beginnings of flu.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The mango is a new discovery. It's not everyone's favourite Kensington Pride and the fruit shop man strangely didn't know what it's called. It's a bit fibrous, but the flesh is dripping with juice and it's even sweeter than a KP!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The pink guava and figs are fresh plucked from my brother's garden. After reading how nutritious guava is (and apparently good for losing weight), I cut a third one into the bowl.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The man still isn't home yet. He's succumbed to a staph infection. I feel quite useless here now. I've done as much cooking and cleaning as I want to, and don't think I should go anywhere near an ICU with a sniffly nose. Let's hope the bowl of fruit does its job and doesn't just send me potty.</b></span><br />
<br />georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-73685104714055256032013-03-03T09:19:00.000+11:002013-03-14T23:57:02.571+11:00If only dogs could speak.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>In my last post, I mentioned how Georgia is (apparently) missing me. Many of you thought that was to be expected. Well, I didn't expect it! Georgia is daddy's girl and usually does a good job of ignoring me. There are only 2 times in the day when I become the centre of her universe. 1. When it's time to eat. 2. When she's sick.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Number 2. surprises me. Considering how close she is to Cushion, you'd think he'd be the person to go to when she's feeling crook and needs someone to wipe her butt or vomit, or hold her paw as she goes up the treacherous garden steps in the dark of the night to do a chuck up or wet one. My theory is that Cushion has whispered in her ear that if she really truly loves him, she'll let him sleep and wake me up instead.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>So yes, it was a surprise to me that (he thinks) she's missing me. This is why he thinks that -</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>On the first night I was away, she didn't follow him upstairs to bed as she normally does. After I don't know how long downstairs, she did go up to the bedroom. Cushion of course instantly invited her up to his bed for a cuddle. Normally, she would jump up (if you remember, I wrote a <a href="http://littledogsonlongleashes.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/small-stone-sunday-6th-january_6.html">Small Stone</a> about that). That night, she looked at him, looked at my empty bed, then went to her own bed in the corner and spent the night there.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Wow. I feel so loved.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Yesterday, fresh news came about how clever daddy's girl is at communicating.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It's been raining in Sydney. Cushion thought it was too wet to take Georgia out for her morning walk. She didn't complain and all was quiet and good for a while. Then, I'm told, missy went up to Cushion, put her paw on his lap, turned round to look at her butt, then back at him. In short, he believes she was telling him she needed to go out to do a poop. (So he did, deciding to drive to a less swampy park, and it stormed on them and she refused to get out of the car, but that's another story.)</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I'm not making this up. I think Cushion might be though.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It's been pissing down here nonstop for the last 43 hours. I could do with a laugh.</b></span><br />
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</i></b></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>"If I could speak, Typist, I would be telling you in no uncertain terms that you're not feeding me enough. 40.6 kilos? Come on! What sort of a nutritionist are you? I should be 42 at least!"</i></b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Sorry, using the only pictures of Georgia available to me on the iPad which happen to be ones taken over our Christmas holidays in Brissie. Georgia had a weigh-in at the vet's yesterday and has lost 3 kilos over the last 2 months. My fault of course. I'm sure it has nothing to do with her fish hook episode, scavenging and perennial bad tummy. Oh no. It's always the cook's fault.)</span><br />
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-31437186543833193242013-03-02T00:21:00.000+11:002013-03-14T23:57:02.567+11:00When the cat's away.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My brother has still not been discharged. A complication that he can't explain to me, or doesn't wish to. Nothing serious, and hopefully, he'll be home by Sunday or Monday. Thank you, everyone, for asking after him.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Meanwhile, I'm taking the opportunity to do a little cleaning and cooking. Like many people who live on their own, my brother is used to his mess and can get a bit huffy when he sees me scrubbing and tidying, so just as well he's not here.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #45818e;">I hope my brother doesn't notice I've shredded the cushion cover on his favourite easy chair. It was grubby! I had to chuck it in the machine! Needless to say, I'm never mentioning this post to him and, with any luck, he won't smell the fresh detergent fragrance now emanating from <strike>what's left of</strike> the cushion cover.</span></i></b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);">Jean, I'm doing my best <a href="http://littledogsonlongleashes.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/how-to-use-water-like-rwandan.html">to use water like a Rwandan </a>(though I might have blown it by doing 3 laundry loads in 2 days). T</span>he storms that soaked Brisbane last week blew out the hot water heater pilot flame and apparently, <strike>I'm too stupid</strike> it's too complicated for me to light it again. So I'm counterbalancing the excessive washing by having very short showers. Don't ask me why I would need hot showers in the sub-tropical north but I do.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Look what I had for dinner! I think it would be too cruel to eat something like this in front of my brother (whose fortnight supply of light and easy healthy meals were delivered this morning), so I had it today (followed by a slice of fresh cream cake.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It's chilly, honey, sesame and pepper shredded beef. Deep fried (I think), crispy, sweet, savoury, hot. I first had it maybe 10 years ago. I'll never forget the moment. It was in a Chinese retaurant in a small rural town called Biloela in central Queensland where a cousin lives. We'd just come home from a deep sea fishing trip to Swain's reef, aborted after the seas got too rough. I couldn't eat enough of it! and when we got back to Brisbane, I was thrilled to find it in a Chinese restaurant near my brother's place. Unfortunately, we've not managed to find any in Sydney so if anyone reading this knows a place, email me. PLEASE!</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>That's it for this quiet Friday night. Thank you for keeping me company. Have a great weekend, and for those of you living in the northern hemisphere who've been so looking forward to it... Happy Spring! X</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>P.S. I'm told my dog is missing me. BWAH haha!</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Miss you too, Georgia! </b></span><br />
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-13522697516704103682013-02-28T20:31:00.000+11:002013-03-14T23:57:02.565+11:00The romance of flying, circa 2013. <br />
<b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">2 weeks prior.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ME: "So should I just book directly with the airline or check Expedia, Webjet and Zuji?"</b><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b>CUSHION:<i> "Of course you check everything! There are always special deals. John just flew to Brisbane for 40-something dollars."</i></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">A few hours later</span>.</b></span><br />
<b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Are you sure, Cushion? I can't seem to find anything under $59."</b><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b><i>"59's not bad!"</i></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b>"That's one-way."</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b><i>"Oh."</i></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b><b>"And only carry-on baggage with a 10kg limit."</b></span><br />
<i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>"What's the hurry? You can do better."</b></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">2 days later.</span></b></span><br />
<b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I have to book something, Cushion. I think the prices change every few <strike>days</strike> hours. It's not $59 anymore. It's $69 and that's only if I fly at 6am." </b><br />
<b><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />"So book it."</i></b><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>"Great."</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">An hour later.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"You know, I don't think I can make the 10kg carryon limit. I just weighed the bag. It's </b><b>almost 4 kilos. The Spanish dictionary alone is almost a kilo. And don't tell me to stuff the dictionary and iPad into my backpack. The 10kg limit is a combined weight. Besides, if I only have carryon baggage, I won't be able to bring my little eyebrow scissors."</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i><br /></i></b><b><i>"Don't be silly. It's a domestic flight."</i></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>"But I just checked the regulations! </b><b>Maybe I should just buy a 15kg check-in luggage allowance? It'll be cheaper to buy it now when I'm booking than at the airport.</b><b>"</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>"Oh, and should I reserve my seat you think? It's $5 each way for a standard."</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>"Goodness, should I buy carbon credit?"</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>"Crap. I think I should get flight insurance. What if something happens and I need to go up early?"</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b><i>"Listen. Don't worry about taking the 6 o'clock flight. You're only saving $20 and we'll have to get up at 3.30. That's just ridiculous. I don't want to get up at 3.30. Just book a later flight. And go for the 15kg check-in baggage. You're wasting too much time on this."</i></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>No kidding.</b></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Seats 1 to 15, keep left. 16 to 30 (or was it 32?) go straight." The Departure Lounge Lady announced. I was in seat 15. Obediently, everyone got up to queue. The best time to go to the ladies, I thought. So off I went. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">By the time I got back, there were only 5 people ahead and in no time at all, I was front of the line. Clever me, I congratulated myself. Just as I got to the counter, Departure Lounge Lady bellowed out, "Mobile phone check-ins to the left." </span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Click. Whrrr. What? I was <strike>desperately</strike> trying to digest this new information, when Departure Lounge Lady grabbed the boarding pass from my hand. As I stood there <strike>with vacant eyes and slack jaw</strike> contemplating whether I should go left as earlier instructed *whirr*click* ...</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">"Straight ahead!" Departure Lounge Lady called out impatiently, pointing behind herself. "You have to go straight through the door." Next to me, in his mobile phone check-in line to my left, I heard Man In Suit snigger. </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 24px;">What are you sniggering at, you rude sod! I wanted to tell him. I'll have you know I am a well travelled woman! And just because I'm not familiar with web check-ins, express self check-in machines, bag drop counters, mobile phone check-ins, SMS itineraries/notifications at 0.99 cents a pop, carbon tax options and how much cream, gel or water I'm allowed to carry on board this particular domestic flight </span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">doesn't make me stupid. (Right, Cushion?) </span></b></span><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Anyway, look at you, Mr Man In Suit. You're so low on the totem pole, you have to take the cheapest flight out to Brisbane on the cheapest carrier, mingling with sandalled backpackers and frugal menopausal housewives. BWAH haha, I say. BWAH haha.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>So I followed Departure Lounge Lady's strict instructions and of course, ended up at the line going up the back of the plane. "Sorree!" I said to Tarmac Lady, pointing at the chute overhead, going to the front of the plane. "I think I'm supposed to be up there." "No worries," she beamed back at me, unnaturally jovial at 5.45 am. "You're seat 15. That's right in the middle." </b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></b></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We sat on the tarmac for a good 15 minutes. Someone announced that the plane was being refuelled. The InFlight Ladies walked up and down chastising people who were trying to kill their fellow passengers by not turning off their electronic devices, who hadn't buckled up, who already had their seats down, who put their bags in the overhead compartment wrongly. "Wheels in first!" they called out. It might be a cheap flight but The Ladies were ruthlessly efficient. The plane started to taxi. It taxied for so long, I fell sleep. A loud unhappy grumbling woke me up. 2 thoughts collided in my head. "Finally! We're off! And "Oh god! Does the plane sound sick?"</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 24px;">No sooner were we up in the air, when the InFlight Ladies came round with their trollies. "Coffee? Tea?" </span></b><b><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; line-height: 24px;">Lady, do you honestly think I would waste $3 on a small plastic cup of blackish hot water with not even a dry bikkie to go with it, after waking up at 3.40am to save $20? </span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>No thanks, I replied politely, pulling the crushed cold pumpkin, spinach and feta muffin that Cushion had bought me the day before, from the bottom of my backpack. A bit of water to wash the crumbs down would have been good, </b><b>but I hadn't brought any because I wasn't sure if a bottle would be allowed through. (Note to self for future reference - possibly yes because the mother and daughter across the aisle were drinking brazenly from a 1 litre bottle.) </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br /></b><b>5 minutes later, InFlight Ladies came round to pick up the empty cups. And before you could say "Whatever happened to the romance of flying?" the pilot (or whoever does these things) was announcing our descent into Brisbane. </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-61962142792930265992013-02-24T14:45:00.000+11:002013-02-24T14:50:34.800+11:00Beep beep beep. <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>A few days ago, <a href="http://www.somethingwagging.com/2013/02/21/11-insanely-useful-weird-dog-commands/">Pamela wrote a post about words she uses to communicate with her dog, Honey.</a> </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beep beep beep is how Pamela tells Honey to back up. That woman is funny, isn't she?</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is my response to her question </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"</span></b><strong style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; line-height: 21.875px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What are some of the strange cues you use to tell your dog what you need from her?</span></strong><b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"> </span>It was a bit too wordy to leave in her comment section, so here it is as a post :)</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't know if the words are strange but I certainly find them useful! In no particular order of importance, here they are -</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I guess <span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">back up</span> are words every bigdog living in a small house has to learn. Georgia is pretty good at it. She can even go up steps backwards. [Just a few, not a whole flight.] I don't think she particularly enjoys doing it though.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>"Methinks I better wait here. That corridor is too narrow and if I wait by the door, I will just have to back up out of it when Cushion comes home with my meat."</i></b></span><br />
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Having stinky knees, I use the word <span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">slowly</span> quite often. It is a good word to use when </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you'd rather not have a 43kg dog bounding by you on the stairs while you're </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">carrying 2 cups of scalding hot coffee.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #7f6000;">"Hey Cushion, can we move a little faster here?"</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What do you mean...stop tailgating me?"</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since Georgia likes to sleep in t</b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he kitche</b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">n [usually </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">right behind my feet while I am holding a sharp knife or directly in front of the fridge </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or pantry door in case food crumbs drop on the floor], </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had to teach her how to move away on cue. </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We say <span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">excuse me</span> because we like to be polite in this family. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Flashback to an early lesson on </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">excuse me.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i> </i></b></span><b style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"What IS that thing, Mr T?"</i></b><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="color: #7f6000;"><i>"Why is it following me?"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>"Oh, shove it, Mr T! I'm not scared. You just look like you could do with some company."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Curl up</span> </span>is something I would love to teach Georgia because it's uncomfortable sharing a small bed with a large dog that likes to sprawl and dig her nails into your legs in the middle of the night, then grumbles when you try to push her back.</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So far, I've had zero success teaching her </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this phrase. </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Any ideas?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I always tell Georgia to <span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">relax</span> when I'm giving her a massage. It isn't a word that requires her to respond in any way. I just want her to associate <span style="color: #45818e;">relax</span> with an action she enjoys. Does she actually understand this? Who knows, but there are definitely times when it would be good for her to believe that this word means something nice is about to happen.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>"Relax, girl. You'll feel so much better after I squeeze </i></b></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>that awful smelly stuff out of your butt.</i></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>"</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Ready?</span> </span>is another great word we use to prepare Georgia for something that is about to happen. For example, we use it before we lift each paw for washing or drying and it actually makes her shift her body weight so it's less of a struggle to lift the paw. Because the poor girl isn't psychic, I also tap the leg I want to lift as I say <span style="color: #45818e;">ready?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Finally, </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">leave it!</span> Could these be the 2 most useful words in dog training? I can honestly say, not a day goes by when we don't use <span style="color: #45818e;">leave it! </span>at least a few times. </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are some practical examples of how we use them.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="text-align: start;"><i>"Leave it!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="text-align: start;"><i>"Leave it!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="text-align: start;"><i>"Leave it!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="text-align: start;"><i>"Leave it!"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"Georgia! Leave! It!"</i></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #7f6000;">"I don't know how you can expect me to stuff any more words in my head and keep up with my hand signals and </span></b></span></i><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span class="Latn" lang="ast" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">español.</span> </i></b></span><b style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I'm a dog, you know. Not a genius."</i></b><br />
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georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-24323176764286926722013-02-22T14:03:00.000+11:002013-02-22T14:03:41.064+11:00The fearsome pigdog makes a stand.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"What is this thing you put on my head, Wellie and Stanley's human? It is attracting unwanted attention."</i></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Do you not realise I am a proud and fearsome pigdog? Please remove it <span style="font-size: large;">immediately!" </span></i></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></b>georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905610385807403881.post-14034293940816006402013-02-21T09:47:00.000+11:002013-02-21T09:47:21.227+11:00A quick update.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The big man came out of surgery fine and was on his way to ICU when I called last night. Still too early to get an update this morning. I forgot Brisbane is an hour behind us.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Thank you so much for your well wishes and especially for sharing your personal experiences on bypass surgery and broken toes! They were exactly what I needed to hear (and it thrills me to know I'm not the only accident prone person on the planet :)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Normal programming will resume shortly! Until then, much love and gratitude, The Typist X</b></span>georgia little peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.com