We now live lakeside and didn’t have to move or spend a fortune.  It rained all day and with the ground frozen, the rain had no place to go.  The yard is now a lake, and by this time of night, a frozen lake.  It’s a good thing that the rain stopped earlier tonight or the Koi might have had a chance to explore the grounds.  Knowing them, they would’ve camped out at the back door and waited for food.

     Patty doesn’t like wet weather so she only asked to go outside today when she absolutely HAD to go.  Gavin doesn’t mind rain, doesn’t like snow much, but the rain he tolerates.  He always wants to go out and gives the ‘go out’ bells a good workout every day.  Yes, there are days that I want to choke him with the bells.

     Bells ring.

     “You were out five minutes ago.  You peed on everything that is upright.  You don’t NEED to go out.”

     Bells ring.

     “You can’t possibly have to go.”

     Bells ring.

     “ARGH!  All right I’ll take you out.”  I put on boots, coat, hat, and we go out.  Gavin tinkles on the Tulip Poplar, barks at nothing but the wind, and heads for the door.  We go in.

     I take off my coat, boots, hat, and settle in front of the computer to work again.  I type one sentence.

     Bells ring.

     “You’ve got to be kidding.”