Summer road trip anyone?
I found out today while taking a survey on Facebook that I am four states short of hitting all fifty states. Those four are probably not the ones you think they are.
I missed Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. My Mother missed Rhode Island. If I manage to hit those four states this summer I’ll break my mother’s record.
Wish she could be with me. She would have been thrilled to make her final state. We had planned to make that trip one day but that day never did get here. That’s why I made a promise to myself last night.
I am going to see my four remaining states.
You all have a good one!
I think Hecuba would enjoy a road trip. Don’t you?
We had more snow
It wasn’t much really, just very stick to everything fluffy, one of those great packing snows. Ideal for snowball fights and snowmen.
I let Patty out without the leash (since the pond is frozen I felt safe) She tore around the yard like a gazelle being chased by a cheetah. She’s quite the lovely sight when she cuts loose like that.
Gavin walked out, peed, and walked back in, he wasn’t impressed.
Once inside, he was the bouncy one and she was ready to take a snooze on the couch under her soft and fluffy blanket.
You all have a good one!
They say bad things come in threes…Maybe I’ll stay in bed tomorrow.
Whenever things get going too smoothly around here, I know the other shoe is gonna drop, hard.
The Curmudgeon has had a bad couple of days. Yesterday being the worse he’s had in a while. Bad enough that he had to resort to using his walker in the afternoon. Not fun for him or for the rest of us.
The vet called and said that Patty’s kidneys are not looking great. Her BUN and Creatinine levels are off. We are going to try to get her levels better with diet. If that doesn’t work then we have to go to medication.
We lost two of our Bullys to renal failure years ago and we’re hoping we can give Patty a few more good years yet.
You all have a good one!
So the snow finally got here…
Taken through the kitchen window.
The snow began to come fairly steady by the afternoon yesterday. At one point, I looked out the window to see this fat squirrel sitting in the tulip poplar, using his tail for a hat.
I had to call The Curmudgeon to the window so he could also get a laugh.
We didn’t get a lot of snow, we’ll see what happens over night and into the day. This is NOT my favorite weather.
I dragged out my winter boots and warmed them on the radiator. Believe me I was glad to have them when I took the dogs out because both of them decided it was playtime. Dogs and their first snowfall of the year are like kids. By the third snowfall they are more like me. ‘Let’s see how fast I can do this.’
You all have a good one. We’ll be hunkering down and keeping warm.
If looks could kill…
This was Patty at the vet’s office. Patty was not happy. Patty is real good at giving stink-eye.
I’m happy to say that she is feeling better and actually ate breakfast yesterday. She was eager for her dinner too.
Now all we have to do is wait for her blood test result on Monday to see if we have anything going on we don’t know about.
You all have a good one!
I can do without the snow and ice.
We did have a few days of unseasonably warm weather and of course that tends to lull one into a false sense of security. I hadn’t as yet put the liner in my good jacket and had taken my hoodie out of my old jacket again so I could wear just the hoodie in the ‘warmer’ weather.
In the last hour the temperature dropped ten degrees and shows no sign of stopping.
Even though it has turned to plain old rain again, I know that in a few more hours there’s ice, sleet, and snow in store for us. Yuck. At least Texas got snow before we did. 😉
This date last year.
A foggy night…I love it!
When I took the garbage out, I had to stop and take in the sight of the heavy fog blocking out anything half a block away. I do love when the fog cloaks the cemetery. Shades of Bela Lugosi! You almost expect him to walk up and tap you on the shoulder.
Two a.m. and the temperature is up to fifty-seven degrees, the warmest it has been all day…um …well, night. Strange weather we’re having for sure.
Yesterday afternoon the fog wasn’t as dense but still had us pretty well socked in.
She doesn’t want to go out now…
Another dog post?! Yes, I guess it has been one of those weeks.
My neighbor’s little bitty rat terrier chihuahua mix dog managed to get herself locked out of the house (in their fenced in yard) yesterday. We’re glad the weather wasn’t bad and the temperature was above 50 degrees.
The Curmudgeon, once he realized that she was outside and no one was home, called the three, in case of emergency numbers, we have for them while I attempted to get her to come to me. She refused and kept running away, foolish girl, she could have spent the day in a warm crate tormenting Patty and Gavin.
At last we got a phone call and was told someone would be home shortly to take care of her. Not long after that, the neighbor’s daughter appeared and the little dog was inside and happy. Later in the evening my neighbor came over to thank us and told us the little dog had no desire to go out at the moment. 😉 I wouldn’t either if I were her.
English: A sleeping Rat Terrier (Photo credit: Wikipedia) She sort of looks likes this one only smaller and with longer hair.
Soft bully, warm bully….
Patty discovered the new throw. It is very soft, furry, and warm. She likes it. She never sits on the couch with me and yet, when she discovered this fabulous new throw, she leapt upon the couch and somersaulted into the throw rolling herself into doggy burrito.
Gavin’s green-eyed-monster raised its head and he joined us on the couch.
You all have a good one!
No one knew what they were for…
Years ago, when we used to put up a tree for the holiday, we came up with a clever arrangement to keep the tree from tumbling to floor when the resident cat or dogs wanted to mess with it. We lost a few trees to cats who climbed them, or dogs who want to play around them, or both.
We got smart and ran wire from the two decorative rings on the wall to the tree. Never lost a tree after that. 😉
You all have a good one!
RIP to both Paul Walker and Roger Rodas
My opinion may not be popular, but I feel so sorry for the family and friends left behind to grieve, and angry that they, yes I said they, pulled such stunt that endangered others. Two grown men were in the car and had to be in agreement to the reckless act for it to happen.
I find it very sad that Paul Walker and Roger Rodas, men old enough to know better, are dead because they thought that a car was a toy to be played with and were speeding on a public street.
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