When they say to put the pizza directly on the oven rack, they mean it. I tried cheating. I didn’t want anything to get all over the clean oven, so I put foil on the rack. I ended up having to remove the foil because the pizza didn’t want to finish cooking. It was a floppy mess, and tomatoes still found their way off the pizza into the bottom of the oven. Lovely smell. Hope someone wants to see the house while that stench is still hanging in the air, I’d hate for anyone to miss it.
In other exciting news, the dog’s nose is turning pink. It was pure black until recently.
The Man: Have you noticed that her nose isn’t all black now?
Restless Knitter: Yes. She licks so much that she probably licked the black right off of it.
TM: I’m serious. I’m worried about this. Go get a black marker.
RK: Uh, okay, because if it is because she’s sick or because she licks so much, coloring it with a black marker is going to make it all better. Dork.
When we went to the vet for her vaccinations, I asked about it and the vet didn’t seem worried since she doesn’t have any other strange symptoms.
February 20th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Go get a black marker?!
Did the vet say if that kind of thing usually happens? Maybe it’s part of aging. Bella is beautiful, by the way.
E and I were talking about you and Bella today. We drove by a doggie day care place that showed the back end of a dog on their sign. We wondered if that’s where you take Bella.
February 21st, 2007 at 10:15 am
Have you changed her food/water dishes recently? This question comes up on dog lists occasionally.
From here:
http://www.happyk-9.com/dog-nose.html
Sometimes a dog’s nose will change color. This can be caused by having your dog eat or drink from a plastic dish. There is a reaction with a substance in the plastic which causes color change. Stainless steel bowls for food and water are highly recommended. Other causes of color change are vitaligo (loss of skin pigment) and cold weather. Color usually goes back to normal in warmer climate. This is usually no reason for concern.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Leave it to Janice to know why a dogs nose changes color! If those ideas of hers don’t work.. you can always knit the pup a nose cozy - in black of course!
February 21st, 2007 at 4:47 pm
you know, if you use a sharpie it’ll make her high
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:58 am
Janice beat me to it. I was going to say switch to stainless steel or pottery bowls for her food and water. It can take months for it to change back, but people are usually stunned that it works.
The pizza/oven thing sounds exactly like something I would do. Make a deliberate choice to ignore something with the idea that it will save me trouble and end up having twice the mess on my hands because of it. I’d say something like live and learn, but I never do.
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Is she a yellow lab? If so, thats just what happens…I’ve never had a yellow lab who’s nose didn’t turn pink at some point, even with stainless steel dishes. Totally normal! That’s why the vets always say to take lots of pix while they’re babies and their nose is black…