The biggest news of 2011 for me was MJ surprising me on July 1st with an absolutely amazing marriage proposal in Sonoma. I still grin ridiculously when I think about what a perfect night and weekend it was. Details and more photos are on our site here: http://www.mjandlyz.com/engagement.shtml But it wasn’t the only exciting thing […]
Archive for December, 2011
Simcoe’s 2 vet visits
December 30th, 2011 by pleia2
Thursday morning we dropped off Simcoe at her primary care facility, All Pets Hospital, to complete the remaining testing to evaluate her health overall regardless of where we go from here and to see if she qualifies for the kidney transplant, this included: Total Health Plus blood workup Urine Prot/Creatinine Ratio Radiographs – 2 Views […]
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Aunt Elaine Visiting
December 27th, 2011 by pleia2
My Aunt Elaine came to visit this past weekend, it was the first time since moving away from home that I had a relative visiting over the winter holidays and she was happy to pass on Christmas to celebrate Hanukkah with us. She arrived Thursday evening and I headed down on BART to pick her […]
Simcoe’s visit to the transplant doctor
December 24th, 2011 by pleia2
Thursday morning we made the drive up to Santa Rosa to PetCare Veterinary Hospital for an appointment with Clare Gregory, one of the pioneers of kidney transplant procedures in cats and has done over 400 of them. The visit was a consultation to get some of our questions answered about the procedure and to see […]
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First Half of December
December 17th, 2011 by pleia2
We’ve been quite preoccupied with Simcoe’s medical problems this past week. Prior to that my month was quite busy with work, a bit of a fractured schedule that resulted in a couple afternoons off during the week and loss of a couple weekend days. This weekend I’m enjoying my first full weekend since Thanksgiving and […]
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Simcoe is Home!
December 16th, 2011 by pleia2
We picked up Simcoe from the vet this evening following her 72 hour diuretic treatment. Unfortunately the blood tests haven’t shown much improvement, but she did manage to put on some weight and has seemed more energetic. The vet sent us home with a whole bag of stuff to continue with her care at home: […]
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Ubuntu at ITT Tech, Linux Format and SCALE
December 16th, 2011 by pleia2
Wednesday night I held a well-attended Ubuntu Hour and Debian dinner here in San Francisco. Lots of great discussion at both meetups, huge thanks to everyone who came out! Last night I gave another (first was in September) “Introduction to Ubuntu” talk for a Linux class at ITT Tech in Oakland. After my short talk […]
Simcoe has Kidney Disease
December 14th, 2011 by pleia2
Last week I noticed that little Simcoe had lost the pouch of fat on her belly. At the time I assumed that it was just the diet food we’d switched both cats to in order to manage Caligula’s weight. MJ had a look at her too and we realized she’d actually lost more than just […]
Xubuntu Stickers, Twitter and Site Update
December 7th, 2011 by pleia2
Last month I took over as the Marketing and Website Lead for Xubuntu. Thanks to the rest of the team for supporting me! There have been several ideas floating around the Marketing wiki page so I decided to start here and make some laptop-worthy Xubuntu stickers. I went with Moo.com because I really liked the […]
Thanksgiving weekend in Monterey
December 3rd, 2011 by pleia2
Last weekend MJ and I spent a beautiful weekend down in Monterey. It was a much-needed break, I pretty much ignored all obligations for the weekend (including over 24 hours without looking at IRC!) and soaked in the beautiful scenery. We drove down on Friday, had lunch in downtown Santa Cruz at Hoffman’s Bistro and […]