The year of living Caramelly

Today is the 1st anniversary of the day we got our Carmelita Linda, our doggy dream come true! She's come a long way in a year re: socialization. She likes most people and all kids but she's still a little paranoid about other dogs, esp females for no apparent (human) reason. I am shamed when other dog owners ask, is she friendly? Duh, I'm not sure, say I. For example, she's madly in love with a black lab across the street, but dislikes all other labs. I never know how she will react. Frankly, I'm missing out on a lot of extra-curricular doggy love. And I can never pet any of the neighborhood cats because she would like to eat them. Oh well, to quote Joe E. Lewis in Some like it hot, nobody is perfect.
Speaking of which, I have an appointment with a new gastroenterologist- I can say with all truth and accuracy that I am not a perfect asshole.

So, I'm enjoying Dancing with the Stars and loving Laila Ali. She is so gorgeous and fabulous and I love saying her name.
The other night, the English guy on the show called someone a geezer which amused and puzzled us all as it means old guy to us.
My Bro (on the case- he's a diamond geezer) looked it up and the following entry is what he found. I tried to e-mail it to Steve at work but it came back undelivered because the message contained a banned word. I cannot figure out what is objectionable unless it's the word "cockney". Geez Louise!
Who ever came up with that looks a dodgy geezer.

geezer n. As a contributor accurately suggests, this is very much like a British
equivalent of the American "dude". While Americans use "geezer" too, it implies someone much older and with much less street-cred than the British version.

brown bread, adj. brown bread = dead. (That old geezer's brown bread now.) Cockney Rhyming Slang. commonly used in England

Diamond Geezer (or Diamond) Someone who has done you a big favour and helped you out. (Geezer = bloke = man) "You're a diamond geezer" commonly used in England

Deep Freezer (Noun) Geezer = Man. Who is that deep freezer on the dog and bone? (Who is that man on the phone.) commonly used in England

dodgy geezer, noun suspicious looking man. (He looks a dodgy geezer.) commonly used in British Isles

loadsa money a rich person, that geezers got loadsa money! commonly used in England

diamond geezer:noun a realy wonderful man as in my sister found herself a diamond geezer shes so lucky. commonly used in England

Blogger has been hinky lately and messing with my font sizes.
Hint: if you hit the "control" key and your mouse wheel at the same time you can magnify the type.

Sleeping booty

Well after spending the night sleeping with another man (in the sleep center) it has been determined that in a 4 1/2 hour period, I woke 20 times and I have moderate obstructive sleep apnea.
The sleep dr, a pulmonologist told me I will not be cured but a CPAP machine will certainly help me and might even improve my sinusitis and post nasal drip. He was really wonderful and helpful and explained everything not only in medical terms but in language I could understand.
I will have another study with the CPAP in 2 weeks to see what air pressure and what kind of mask works best.
As this solution is not invasive,surgical or pharmecutical I am going to give it a shot.
One drawback is, Caramel dog does not like Steve's CPAP- she will certainly not like two of them!

two posts in one day!!!!

Okay, this one is boring, but still! My erstwhile cleaning lady Carol did not do such a good job but I was loathe to fire her. So she gave me a reason. She canceled then didn't return either of my calls to re-schedule until 3 weeks later. S
I went to the Internet for help. Me, who used to regard the previous phrase as an oxymoron! I went to the Servicemagic site and they hooked me up with a cleaning service. A dirty house stresses me out, man.
It is my custom to stay out of their way, so I am holed up by the puter sending words out into the ozone. The cleaner, Yamira is done and so dear reader am I. It got really warm out and it's time to walk the Caramel.