Monthly Archives: December 2012

Is my coffee ready?

     Some days you wonder why you bothered to get out of bed and other days you know why…for the coffee.

     The Curmudgeon is well-trained after all these years, and there’s always a full pot of coffee waiting for me when I get up.  Smart man.  I am very crabby without coffee.

     I can tell he’s having a good day by if he pours a cup for me or not when he knows I’m up.  If there’s a cup on the counter top all fixed and waiting for me, he’s having a good day.  If there isn’t, he’s having a bad day.

     Not that I mind fixing my own coffee but I do have to admit I find it very sweet when he has a cup ready for me.  Got to love the man!

     You all have a good one!

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Pooch pictures for a lazy day

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If they can’t teach good sportsmanship, maybe they should get rid of sports.

     After game violence again.  I find this revolting.

     I for one think there is too much emphasis on sports and too little on the sciences, maths, literature, the arts and music.  Maybe if top science,  math, and literature students were treated more like the premium students they really are we’d have more nerds, fewer jocks, and an incredible number of intelligent people walking about.

     Please, please, please let there be more emphasis put on learning than playing games.

     Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a child’s hero was a scientist, mathematician, literati, Artist, or a musician rather than some clown who makes millions running around playing with a ball?

     Please, hand your child a book instead of sports equipment…we need smarter kids.

     You all have a good one.

TV, crap as usual…

     Man, could TV possibly get any worse?  I am so glad that some of my favorite off-channel shows are coming back on.  What they are running on the big three is pure garbage.

     Hooray for TNT, Syfy, USA, History and the Science channel.  Without them, The Curmudgeon would drive me up a wall and around the bend.   (Yes, a very short trip for me these days.)

     Are you also being driven crazy by the lack of decent TV?

     You all have a good one!

 

Blessed

     I am not going to discuss the tragedies of yesterday.  More than enough discussion has already been done all over the news and the internet.  Let the healing begin.

     Let us look into the blessings in our own lives.  Did you wake up today?  So did I and I am blessed because I did.  Did you have enough to eat?  I did and I am blessed because I am not hungry.  

     Did you have someone tell you they loved you?  I did and I told him I loved him too.  If you have children, did you hug them today?  I don’t have kids but I did hug my dogs.

     I took a walk…

     I breathed fresh air…

     I drove my car…

     I E-mailed my friends…

     My home is warm…

     Yes, we are blessed.

Spoiled brat of a dog.

     I had to laugh at Gavin yesterday.  It seems that he fussed so much in his crate when The Curmudgeon came down in the morning, that TC took him out right away instead of making Gavin wait until his meds kicked in.

     When nap time rolled around Gavin went into his crate only to fuss like crazy five minutes later.  I figured it out.  He only had his crate mat and no towel to roll up in.  Poor baby! 

     I threw a towel into the crate and within seconds he began to snore.

     You all have a good one!

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Mish mosh of subjects.

     The vitamin D seems to have done some good for The Curmudgeon.  I did have him take extra on Tuesday and Wednesday he seemed to do very well.  I’m looking forward to seeing if we get the same or better results next week.

     Gavin has decided that it’s okay to yank my arm out of the socket when I take him out on the retractable leash.  I put him back on a six-foot long training lead again.  He’s not thrilled but at least the rest of the day he didn’t yank my arm off.

     Patty didn’t want to play with Gavin today, she wanted to cuddle with her Daddy instead.

     You all have a good one!

Vitamin D improvement a fluke or for real?

     The Curmudgeon was having real bad Tuesdays after he had his Avonex shot on Monday nights.  So, we tried something new this week.  After he had his shot, he took a double dose of vitamin D 1000 mg.

     Surprise, he had a good Tuesday this week.  Wow.  Okay, now in hopes that this isn’t a wild fluke, he’ll repeat it next week.

     Keep your fingers crossed that we found a way around his bad Tuesdays.

     You all have a good one!

Momma, tell her to come and play with me!!!

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What is in the tapestry of your life?

     As we grow from childhood, to adult, and on to old age we weave a tapestry of a life, one would hope, that is well lived.

     Each experience we have, lesson learned, and sorrow survived adds color and texture.  The weave is either intricate or simple.  The tapestry is long, short or somewhere in between.

     I hope mine grows longer, more intricate, and continues to add plenty of texture and color.

     What is your tapestry like?

     You all have a good one.

A little piece of heaven in NY

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     I do love these girls.  I have great hopes of going to visit them next summer if all goes well here.  This is one my favorite places in all the world. 

I often think of how nice it would be to have a little cottage not far from Newfane or another nearby town.   Maybe even on the lake in Olcott.

     The only thing that holds me back is that The Curmudgeon’s doctors are all here and he doesn’t adapt to change well anymore. 

It sure would be nice to live near all my cousins and their families.

     You all have a good one!

 

Picture Saturday

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