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The pond lilies are opening.

Really? More rain?

     All I can say is holy crap!  Another day of very little sunshine mixed with many thunderstorms and lots of rain.  I may never get a chance to snooze in my hammock again.  One day of sunshine in two weeks is a good reason for getting a life raft.

     My basement may never be dry again.  If I set up the hammock stand, it will likely sink up to its hooks.  When you walk in the back of the yard the mud sucks at your shoes like a black hole.  There has been so much mud tracked in that I could grow crops on the back porch floor.

     I swear the Koi have made a mud slide from the pond to the yard.

     You all have a good one.  I’m just hoping for a dry one.

Me buy clothes alone? Never!

So, I admit it.  I’m a real fashion disaster.  That’s why I never go shopping for clothes alone.  Friends never let the fashion impaired shop alone.

     The other day I dragged G and Annie to the mall to help me buy jeans.  Yes, I am even helpless in buying myself decent jeans.  They were a great help because I came home with a pair of jeans and a pair of crop jeans. 

     Later I helped them both spend some money on themselves.  Turn about is fair play, right?

     You all have a good one!

I’m growing mold

    Another day of sprinkling rain and a night of torrential downpours.  The yard is once again a lake.  The Koi are thinking of going exploring I swear I saw little back packs being packed in the pond.

night picture of the Koi

     The house smells of wet dogs and there are muddy footprints everywhere.  I wish we would have more than two days in a row without rain.  One day of sun doesn’t even begin to dry things out.

     I swear I’m growing mold or is it moss?

And I still haven’t weeded the gardens

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Who is the Alpha dog in your house?

     Ten years ago Gavin wanted the position of Alpha Dog but after a year of dealing with Mr. Determined, I knocked him out of that position. Yes, it took a full year.  He was the most dominant pup I’ve ever had to deal with in my life.  We locked horns on a daily basis.  I celebrated when he finally got it.   What a great day that was when he came to the realization I wasn’t going to let him be the boss. 

     The Curmudgeon sometimes thinks he is the Alpha Dog but we all know better. You can almost see the dogs roll their eyes when he tries to act the part.  The ‘get a grip’ expression is priceless.

     Patty hasn’t applied for the position as Alpha, she’s content to be part of the pack.  Though Gavin thinks he ranks higher in the pack than she does, she and I know better.  It’s fun to watch her snatch his bone away, dance around victorious, Gavin sighs, and looks at me as if to say, “Can’t you control her?”

Thank you Charlaine Harris

     I have enjoyed reading all your books but The Curmudgeon can’t read much because his vision is screwed up for close things.  He couldn’t get how much I enjoyed them.  Then you sold the rights to HBO and Trueblood was born.

     I bought the first season and The Curmudgeon watched it with me.  He got hooked.  We bought seasons two and three.  I even pre-ordered season four.  According to Amazon.com, season four should arrive here on Thursday.

Scattered

     I see piles of unread books on the tables and more books languish in my Kindle.  I need to read but between The Curmudgeon and the dogs it seems I am not allowed to do that. 

     I hear the characters’ voices in my brain begging me to write them down and again although I need to do it I haven’t done it. 

     The house smells of wet dogs.  I need to clean and yet I haven’t done that either.

     Bitter and sweet the taste lingers on my tongue.  I think of grabbing another cup of coffee.

Belling the cat doesn’t always work…

     Many years ago we had a Siamese cat who should’ve been named Diana for her hunting skills.  However, she was named Snoopy because she couldn’t resist checking everything out from her first day with us.   She wore a bell and yet continued to gift us with many a dead animal.  Snoopy did learn that killing birds brought nothing but disapproval from us so she restricted her hunting to small furry creatures.

     When she stalked her prey you never heard that bell ring.  Fagin’s juvenile crew of pick pockets had nothing on her keep-the-bell-from-ringing skill.  That little seven pound cat could run like hell and keep the bell silent.  You only heard that bell of hers if she wanted you to hear it.

     I often observed her stalking some creature with the bell as silent as if she’d had a fifth paw to hold over it.  Then when I’d call her she come running with bell making all sorts of noise as if we hadn’t seen her silent sneak.  Once The Curmudgeon and I married, she came with me and became a house cat.  That never stopped her from hunting–she kept our house mouse free until she died at a little over twenty years of age.

     You all have a good one!

Breaking in the new neighbors…

     Unfortunately, in this neighborhood where most of us own our homes, and have done so for over twenty years, we do have a couple of rental properties.  These are owned by absentee landlords from another state.  One such place is across the street and the turn-over is horrific.

     The new neighbors moved in this week.  So far they’ve had two extremely loud parties and tons of people who are determined to either park in our driveway or block it.  Neither goes over well with us.  With both The Curmudgeon and me having medical conditions, we need the ability to leave on a moment’s notice.  I don’t have time to hunt down some stranger who has parked in front of or in our driveway. 

     I just had a discussion with one person about not blocking our driveway.  I told them that the ‘free getting to know you’ period was over and the next car to park in or block the driveway will have the police called on them and the gift of a ticket.  I hope they got the message.

     I would never dream of blocking or parking in someone’s private driveway but then I was raised to respect other people and their property.  Sigh, it seems to be a lost art these days.

     You all have a good one!

The final item out of the MIL’s house!

 

The last piece that needed to come home.  It should arrive sometime today!

The Curmudgeon is better today.

You all have a good one!

Wednesday

     Yesterday my day began to the rat tat tat tat of a jack hammer under my window a full three hours before my alarm went off.  I got up, closed my window, crawled back into bed, and pulled a pillow over my head.  It didn’t feel like a long time when my alarm began to blare music.

     I climbed out of bed, dragged my butt to the shower, and then got dressed.  I e-mailed Annie to tell her the street might be blocked.  She never got the e-mail and called instead, I forgot to tell her about the blocked street.  Oops.  Brain fart!

     Annie, G, and I went to Target to get a little shopping done.  Upon returning to my house we each tried a glass of the Chocovine  http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4058357  That was in one of my baskets.  It is to die for!!!!

     You all have a good one!