Finally posting

I miss Harley. A LOT. I miss being bulldozed when I walk in the door. I miss being woken up in the morning for breakfast. I miss the way he used to snore softly and kick his feet a little bit when he slept, as if he was chasing bunnies in his dreams.

I miss the car rides where I would feed him French fries in the back seat of the car. I miss giggling and yelling "EWE!!!" when he'd fart and then get up and leave the room. I miss watching him get his freak on with his blanket or when he would just lick and lick and lick people.

I don't miss the medication and worrying that he was in pain still. I don't miss the "accidents" because he couldn't quite make it to the back door in time - only because I could tell it shamed him when I found it. I don't miss the sadness I felt when he just didn't want to go out on walks anymore.

Harley is in a better place and he is at peace. I am grateful for his doctor who had been with him for years. I am grateful for his quick and painless passing away as I held him, kissed his head, and told him for the last time how just very much his mommy loved him.

A day overdue

Happy Birthday to bunglegirl who's birthday was yesterday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BUNGLEGIRL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Yeah it's really hot here

Power Outage From California Heat Wave

Sep 3, 10:36 AM (ET)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Temperatures headed back toward triple digits Monday, the seventh day of a heat wave that has contributed to blackouts leaving thousands without air conditioning.

Temperatures as high as 108 were expected in the Hollywood Hills, with the mercury likely to pass 110 in the region's desert areas, according to the National Weather Service. At 7 a.m., the weather service said, it was already 77 in downtown Los Angeles, where thermometers peaked at 100 on Sunday.

About 3,500 customers in scattered parts of Los Angeles still had no electricity early Monday, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokeswoman MaryAnne Piersen said.

"Probably more than 90 percent of them are due to stress on the system due to the heat," she said. "Different pieces of equipment get fatigued and blow out, so they have to be replaced."

Lightning striking power system equipment during scattered desert thunderstorms added to the strain on the system.

Some 20,000 Southern California Edison customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties also had no electricity, spokesman Steve Conroy said.

"We expect at this point to make solid progress at getting a lot of the service back during the morning and midday hours," Conroy said.

The California Independent System Operator, which oversees the state's power grid, said no major shortages were expected Monday, but it urged customers to conserve.

Dozens of cooling centers were opened across California on Sunday for people who had no air conditioning as temperatures hit 109 in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley and more than 100 in other parts of the state. Parts of the area of have triple-digit highs since at least early last week.