So, I have kind of slacked on this. But for relatively good reasons. Be they taxes, new sites coming up, helping friends with their sites and projects, redoing an armoir and convention season kicking off.
So after the jump I’ll go through some of it.
Little snippets (in case you aren’t following me on twitter)
- Made a bailey’s irish coffee cheesecake. It was so well liked that people apparently stole the ones I made for my family the next day. (grr).
- Started working on 2 new costumes. One is almost finished with the dress while I wait for the fabric to ship for the other one. Both are for MTAC. One was originally for AWA and it just kept getting pushed back.
- Went to Momocon, pimped Seishuncon. Worried about Ichi being boarded (since she didn’t do so well the last time). They know her though. Someone at the vet called her HER FAVORITE. I was amazed.
- I did wear a costume at Momocon, I didn’t get any pictures. But that will change in less than a month.
- Went to watch Mom’s lasik surgery. I don’t advise watching it before you get it. I think even Dad was a little grossed out.
- Been working on a new site that will be all about the costumes. I don’t really care about having a site that’s all about the costumes, I just wanted to make a new site without destroying this one. Plus, I got to play in photoshop a lot. I’m getting much better at it.
- Played viral marketer a bit making various social networks for Seishuncon (facebook, twitter, thinking about foursquare).
As far as Ichi goes (since this is supposed to be a blog about her): She’s doing well in my opinion. Last week some friends came over with treats for her. We each took turns giving them to her with them starting. After I gave her the same treat that she had watched me give them some, she would then take it and eat it immediately from them. It was a big moment. She was then well behaved (but still kennelled) around them. No barking. She was acting with a level of eagerness, like she didn’t want them to leave (as their presence now means treats and everyone in the house took time to be with her specifically).
Next up, I bought her a new leash to use as a house lead. We’ll see if she can be in their presence, on it, but unkennelled. I hope so. It would be a huge step in her recovery from last year. Either way, the process of visitors greeting her with treats will continue until she realizes that visitors = treats and petting.
My parents are planning to visit in April, so I think it’s finally time to get the outdoor kennel for her. That way visitors that are afraid of her can be in the house and others can have more ease of access to her to comfort her. Eventually, I would LOVE for her to get to the point that we have a cookout and she’s out and about in the backyard enjoying it too. I can dream.
I’ve been sick a fair amount in the last month. The picture is of Nurse Ichi. When I’m sick she will plop on top of me making it difficult for me to get up. She will also huff if I do get up. She developed all of that this time last year when I had surgery. For some reason, she thinks putting her whole body across my stomach will make my stomach ache go away (it didn’t). At least she’s a cute nurse.