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Lately I’ve been watching the strangest TV shows
One of my favorites is Dr. Pol. Watching a vet make farm calls and take care of small animals. I worked for vet for a while. The clinic was only for small animals, I think a clinic like Dr. Pol’s presents more challenges for sure. I love National Geo Wild channel.
I also enjoy watching the Science channel. Morgan Freeman narrating anything is great.
I’ve also discovered that I don’t care for a lot of shows on a lot of channels. That’s to be expected, I’m not a TV nut like The Curmudgeon.
You all have a good one!
I’d rather be gardening
A little fish tale
When I managed the pet store I had a regular customer who we kept supplied with goldfish of a certain color and size, one at a time. No matter how well we instructed her on the care and feeding of goldfish, her son managed to kill about one a week.
After the third week, she explained it to me.
You see her son had Down’s syndrome and took great enjoyment in feeding his little pet. Yes, he fed the fish several times a day and no matter how often she changed the water, eventually the poor over-fed fish would die. She would sneak the tiny corpse out and replace it with a live fish while he was at school.
When she would come in for a new fish, I would sort through a huge tank of goldfish to find one the right shade of orange. We would joke about what number Finter this one was.
Would you have the heart to tell the sweet boy that he killed his fish? My weekly hunt for a new Finter was easy much easier than her job would be if he ever caught on.
You all have a good one and stay warm!
Yeah, he won’t be driving my car anytime soon.
“How the bleeeeep do you start your car?” First thing I heard yesterday before my coffee.
“Easily.” I poured a cup full of coffee, stuck it in the microwave to heat it, and smiled at him.
“No, seriously. How do you start your car? I was going to warm it up and clean it off but I couldn’t start it.”
“You push the button.”
“I did, it wouldn’t start.”
“What?” Now I was worried. I grabbed my key fob. “See this button? You push it twice to start it from here.” I pushed the button, the car started. I sighed with relief. “Did you do that?”
“No, I was sitting in the passenger seat and pushed the button on the dash, and it wouldn’t start.”
“Um, that’s a safety feature. If you aren’t in the driver’s seat with your foot on the brake, pushing the button will do nothing.”
I love my van!
You all have a good one!
Miss you Mom.
Some days the feeling of loss is overwhelming. Yesterday, the first, the anniversary of my Mother’s death in 2007, was one of those days. Mom, Grama, Dad, Kay, Betty and Mary are all gone. Aunts Janet and Eleanor gone too. Thank goodness for loving cousins, aunts, and an uncle.
I’m looking forward to a better day today.
You all have a good one.
Whoohoo dogmania!
Patty played fuzzy grey burrito yesterday, until Gavin decided he wanted to play and jumped on her.
Then it became wrestle mania.
You all have a good one!
Nice day
Yay! 65° yesterday!!! All the snow is gone! Even the dogs are pleased.
Other than that, it was a quiet day here at Casa Doggonnedmysteries. The Curmudgeon had a restless night, couldn’t sleep in the afternoon, and I hope that doesn’t make his walking bad tomorrow.
I, on the other hand, slept like a baby with my new CD player playing my sleep CD all night. Color me happy.
You all have a good one!
Calgon take me away!
I need a vacation. I mean it, don’t laugh, I really do need one. I need someone to babysit The Curmudgeon and dogs while I go find a nice warm beach somewhere. I need a break, a change in routine, a chance to recharge.
Just give me a nice, quiet shack on the beach with plumbing, electric where I can plug my lap top in, and a great place to eat nearby. A place where I don’t have to cook or clean, or worry about anything except did I remember the sun block?
You have no idea how much I’d love to disappear for a few weeks and do nothing but relax and not have to think or remember to ask The Curmudgeon if he took his medication while forgetting mine completely. Oh yes, I have done that often.
To not have to worry if that noise I heard was him falling again…yes, a peaceful vacation where I don’t hear him moan and groan all day long.
Maybe I just need to get out of the house for a few hours and go out to lunch with G. This snow has me stir crazy.
You all have a good one and if you are on a beach somewhere, please refrain from telling me about it. 😀
English: Ginowan Tropical Beach 日本語: 宜野湾トロピカルビーチ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Lullaby and goodnight?
For years I’ve had trouble falling asleep. Then I discovered several ‘sleep’ CDs that helped me fall asleep like never before. I would even stay asleep for hours.
Last night my CD player died. Do you have any idea how tough it is to find a new one? Everything is MP3 players. I finally found a couple of them. I bought one at Radio Shack.
No, with the street as bad as it is I didn’t drive there. I ordered it online. 😀
It may take a few days before I get a good sleep again.
You all have a good one!
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