As I continue to explore ways to keep myself from leaping off a bridge while living in the burbs, I do need to count my lucky stars that at least I reside in the Portland suburbs-
More ways to keep yourself amused:
1) Place chickens in the garage.
Being Portland after all, small livestock (like hens--not roosters) are always welcome. As I couldn't stand to get just any old chickens and needed the fluffy, extra toed Silkie kind-- I happened upon a man selling indoor chickens (that's right- diaper wearing, TV watching fowl). As I am actually against the idea of poultry panties, I compromised by allowing these delicate ladies to spend the night in the garage (while they quietly sleep inside a cat carrier)...All is well until morning--then all hell breaks loose as they start their turbulent squawking. Often because at least one of the hens has laid an egg and needs to sing her "egg song"...Needless to say--this instantly wins me the award for "weirdest sound emitting from a suburban garage."
2) Alternative pet medicine.
It didn't take long for me to naturally accept the Portlandia way of life. After about the third recommendation for Dear Dingo dog to start acupuncture--for alleviating aging back issues, I sought out the nearest holistic vet. Not surprisingly, there are many near Portland! Alas, once the vet began her visit with my dear dog, she deemed Dingo's "arctic nature", (also known as aggression) made her a bad candidate for having needles placed in her spine. (Imagine that!) Thus the vet performed reiki instead. That's right--"healing touch" performed on a dog. But if nothing else, at least it wasn't boring. Points for that!
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