get baby!
Sometime in March or early April, a new member of the get donkey! family will be arriving. We are very excited. Right now, with an early assist from my folks, I am wrapping up the process of preparing his chambers. Can I just say that I hate wallpaper? Mrs. gd! and I have made some initial voyages to Babies R Us to look at baby gear and have come a away with headaches. There is so much baby stuff out there! Anybody have any advice on what is necessary and what is not?
Buddy the spazzhound is already getting into adjustment mode. He and Bailey (who could care less) have been banished from sleeping with us in the bedroom since August. He is being trained to sit in his “house” on command and stay there, until we tell him he can leave. I think he’s starting to get it. On the advice of a veterinary behaviorist, he also is being trained to wear a basket muzzle (which, for some stupid reason, I call his “treat hat”) for about 30 minutes a day just in case he doesn’t accept the baby as one of the pack (he has been strange around kids in the past). He isn’t crazy about it, but it doesn’t really seem to bother him after a few minutes. We bought some treats that we can slide into the slots in the muzzle and he actually figured out how to drink with it on his head.
I hope that I will have more to write about as it gets closer to his arrival (did I mention the baby is a boy?). I also want to start writing more about the local area here in the mid-Hudson valley. To be honest, I get my fill of national politics on kos and atrios, so I don’t feel a pressing need to cover that here anymore. There is an excellent blog about the town I live in, but it is the site of the monthly town paper and is only monthly. I have been unable to find any other websites or blogs up here that cover the culture of the area, the politics, and, especially, the adjustments of moving from a large city (aside from here, there are many transplants from NYC) to a small city. It’s an interesting situation as there is some palpable tension between people who have lived here for their entire lives and the people moving in. This town used to be solid “red country”. That changed on election day, however when the city council went from a 4-2 GOP majority to a 6-0 Democratic majority. The only Republican left on the council is the mayor. Things should be getting interesting.
Anyway, it’s Thanksgiving time in these parts, so, if you celebrate it, have a happy Turkey Day. If you are interested, here is a link to my Thanksgiving Prayer from last year. I still like it.
