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The cold spell continues

Jacques — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:06:52 +0000

It is remarkably clear and cold in Portland this morning.

LASIK

Jacques — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:23:50 +0000

I had laser vision correction surgery (of the LASIK variety) yesterday at OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute. My vision went from 20/200 (left) and 20/400 (right) to 20/15 in both eyes in one day. It’ll take a couple of months before things stabilize, but so far I’m pretty chuffed!

Jacques' right eye shortly after LASIK treatment.

My left eye looks fine — the suction cup hematoma is underneath the eyelid.

She plays hard, and bears her scars proudly

Angie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:45:06 +0000

I think someone else was using that ball....

Earlier this week, our 1-year-old French Bulldog Stitch had “an incident” at doggy day camp. As a member of the day camp staff described it, “she got another dog’s tooth caught on her head.” Basically, Stitch saw a tennis ball in the mouth of an older black lab, and hurled herself at it in an attempt to wrest it away. She succeeded only in scraping one of the dog’s teeth across her scalp.

You lookin' at me?

When I picked her up a few hours later, she was running around crazily with a Scottie, a little patch of skin showing where the on-site vet had shaved it to assess the seriousness of the injury. It doesn’t seem to bother her in the least.

Stitchie the big-eared reindeer

Angie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:15:03 +0000

Some of the hilarious photos from the Portland French Bulldog Meet-up 2007 Holiday Party, courtesy David Childs Photography:

Happy Holidays and Winter Solstice to all!

The pumpkin puppy

Angie — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:25:21 +0000

This was our first Halloween with Stitch, and it shows.

Really, can you blame us?

Stitch

Angie — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:25:38 +0000

We are pleased to introduce Stitch, our teeny-weeny, climb-y, snuggly, snorty, and all-around CUTE French Bulldog:

Needless to say, all things now revolve around Stitchimus Maximus. Me, I kinda like it.

Here’s the original Stitch: See the resemblance?

Holy crap, we’re married!

Angie — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:22 +0000

Jacques and I were married today. We were surrounded by love (my mom, Robin; her partner, Monica; my brother, Alex; and good friend Kal, who also performed the ceremony), warmth (the last day of summer was incredibly sunny), and beauty (Mt. St. Helens from Council Crest). Jacques and Kal have known each other since 1993, so in addition to officiating, Kal served as an unofficial witness for J, and had many lovely things to say about him. We were really fortunate that he agreed to help us celebrate our marriage.

Ons is verloof, now with hardware

Angie — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:20:11 +0000

J and I got engaged while we were in Europe this past June, but it wasn’t until September that we started on the quest for the perfect rings. Luckily, we found them very quickly, just in time for our actual wedding on Friday, 21 September. (We chose the date because #1, it needed to be before 26 September [which is when our license expires], and #2, it’s the International Day of Peace. As my mom said, it should be a good anniversary because we’ll be fighting the rest of the year like everybody else. What a kidder!)

The middle picture includes Tuta’s nose, for perspective. Plus it’s just plain cute.

The end of an era

Jacques — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:00:08 +0000

After almost ten years and 130k miles of top-down fun I’ve finally sold my Z3. It was sad to see it drive off into the sunset with someone else behind the wheel, but at least the new owners are great people that will take good care of it.

Jacques' 1998 BMW Z3 2.8

Meeting the new puppy

Angie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:17 +0000

Yesterday, Mom, Monica, Jacques and I drove down to Veneta (near Eugene) to meet our new puppy. There were only two available after selections were made for breeding and showing, which made our choice a little bit easier, but I’ll tell you what — not much! I was overwhelmed by their cuteness, and am probably lucky that there weren’t more swarming around. It’s quite possible that I wouldn’t have survived the experience.

The two available pups were from Amelie’s litter: girl #3 (top, fawn) and boy #2 (white pied, bottom).

After snuggling both and watching them interact with each other, with the other adult dogs in the yard, and with all us humans, we settled on the little girl. She’s tiny, stubborn, and has an adorable little sneer.

The little boy was also ridiculously cute, but he was a bit larger than the girl, and we’re hoping to give Tuta a fighting chance by choosing the smaller of the two. She may be chubby, but she’s no match for a dog!