Acorns from Heaven?

As I sat on my bench and waited for my dog to do his business, I kept getting hit on the head by something.





I saw where the object landed and picked it up. It was an acorn. Correction: a partially chewed acorn.

Those dratted squirrels are at it again.

This is 'their' yard and I am an intruder. They hate my bench as now I sit out there longer. And bring my fierce squirrel-hating dogs with me.

Boomer is standing guard. He knows his arch enemy is near..











I took a picture and he was wayyyy up in the tree. See him?

OUCH! He just threw another!

I'm going in.

I survived...

Wow, I am going to post my bad days more often.. I loved all the sweet notes and encouragment... :) Shucks... I feel like such a whiner, but I did love the love...

During my crash I made a lemon cake. I have had a hankering (Texas word) to make a fresh lemon cake for months. Why? I have no idea. I have never made one in the past and usually when I make desserts (usually for the boys) I head toward chocolate or peanut butter land.

So I bought some big juicy fresh lemons, searched the net for recipe and make it yesterday. I needed some sugar to sooth my raw nerves and it was just divine. I will post the recipe if anyone is interested.

And I also had my dh get some white wine when he went out last night. That helped, too.

I didn't sleep very well, but had the most incredible dreams! Those crazy mixed up dreams where everyone is in but the kitchen sink.. you know?

During part of it I dreamed that every dog sit customer I ever had ended up needing to drop their dog off at my house.. and they did! Dogs everywhere! I lost track of whose food was whose, when they were to eat, the medicines for some, the vitamines and joint flex pills.. then they started to come pick them up and I was scrambling to find the dogs!

I know, I am weird.

Today is better so far....

hugs,
Cindy

When do you sing?

I sing around the house all the time, and usually it is about my dogs. I used to sing to/about my boys when they were little but now I sing to/about the dogs and often in my mind substitue my sons' names.

Like:

"He's my sweetie...he's my little sweetie... love my lit----tle boy! I just love ______ so!"

Now do you see why I don't put my 17yos's name in the blank of the verse? Oh the eye rolls I might get. But I do hug them and call them sweetie pie sometimes in the morning when they are too sleepy to register. :)

Today I worked out and ran some quick morning errands, and upon remembering my next stop, broke into song. I get to see Jasper, my favorite Basset Hound today who just happens to live on the route between Lowes and Krogers!

I get to do mid-day visits for him today and tomorrow as his owner (who works from home) is out all day each day.

So, as I twisted the key in the lock to Jasper's back door, I stepped in his kitchen singing...

"Jassppppper! Jasper-poo! How is my sweetie?"

I hear rumblings, bumps and grunts from the laundry room which soon turned into snuffles, yawns, short barks and then baying! Whoopie! We get to play!

I threw him a treat (first things first) then grabbed the leash as Japser impatiently panted and bayed. He knew what was coming.. potty break!

On our walks I sing to him. He loves it. Then we sat on the flagstone patio and listenend to the birds on the beautiful day. He doesn't usually like going outside, but if I coax and sing he will.

We sat out for a while and he managed to cover me in doghair, nose juice and saliva. What a sweetie.

Can't wait to see him tomorrow and sing some more....!

(P.S.- Where but on google could you search images for 'singing basset hound' and get one back in a nano second? Isn't that a great picture? lol)

LIfe Imitates Art..

...or vice versa?

Too Much Time on my Hands *NOT*

For proof that a SAHM's hours are well spent I looked around my kitchen the past few days. Yes, I have two teens, no I don't spend hours teaching them. No I don't have a job that takes me out of the house a lot. ( I have two or three smallish jobs that I mostly do from in the house.)

But, if I did any of the above things would I have time for THIS?




Our first cold front came in and I had a WHIM to make pumpkin muffins. Then I had a whim to give some to some dogsit clients and had a whim to decorate a bag for them. Too-busy people don't have time for WHIMS! And I am glad I do!!

OR THIS?


I painted this watercolor for my dh for our 20th anniversary as he just loved this dog which we bought together after we married. People who work 60 hours a week at high tech firms don't have time to create such masterpieces.. (BG)

OR THIS?

I bought too many eggs this week so decided to hardboil a batch. After writing HB about 4 times I thought, I can be more creative... so we have a fridge door full of smiles.

See what we are adding to the world in our non-productive ways?

Humm.... I feel like making a batch of homemade cookies. Eat your heart out, Hillary!!

One Handsome Mutt

Isn't he just too suave?
Boomer (a Standard Dachshund) has in his latter years always had a chill in the winter months. An admirer gave him a sweater last week, and we pulled it out for this first cold snap. My, he is proud. :)

Quote from a frustrated writer-

As my oldest is working on his Bravewriter Expository Essay course.....

"I read Tolkien and discuss on blogs, what do they expect?"

This is as he tries to condense his usual verbose and generous writing down to concise essay form, on a subject for which he is passionate. Wow, what an exercise for him! I wonder where he gets the 'verbose' writing gene? lol

Koko Talks

Something we ran across in the 'trivia' category... gave me a giggle!


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... according to Wikipedia, the longest sentence ever communicated from a primate so far has been:

“Orange eat me orange orange me eat orange eat orange me me me me orange eat orange orange me eat eat orange me eat me.”

Cat Sit Benefits

We are cat-sitting this week. This is our only feline customer and the work is very easy compared to some dogs we have dealt with over the years.

Last night after we had done our scoop/mail/lights/water/try-to-play-with-the-cat duties, we sat in the living room. We stay 30 minutes and I know Allie the Cat liked it. She was always nearby.

Youngest son said-
"This is pretty easy work."

I said-
"Well, that is life. Some days you get paid for easy work, other times you will have a very difficult job with little to no pay." (this was said in my best motherly-wisdom-voice)

He said-
"Well, it is really nice for you. You get to sit and read in a living room that is much neater than your own."

He is right!

New meme

This from Maria's blog...

Scattagories.. Try it anyone who likes the idea, I would love to see what you come up with. You have to fill in the blanks with the things that start with the first letter of your first name.

And if you can't think of any, just skip, or ask your commenters for help! :)

Your Name: Cindy (Shortened from Cynthia)

1. Famous singer/band: Charlie Pride
2. 4 letter word: cook
3. Street name: ?
4. Color: chocolate
5. Gifts/presents: cookbook
6. Vehicle: cadilac
7. Items on a menu: chocolate shake
8. Boy Name: Christian
9. Girl Name: Clare
10. Movie Title: Charlie and the Chocoate Factory
11. Drink: Cocoa
12. Occupation: Chef
13. Flower: Carnation
14. Insect: ?
15. Magazine: Cosmo
16. US City: Chicago
17. Pro Sports Team: Cubs
18. Reason for Being Late for Work: Can't find my shoes
19. Something U Throw Away: clutter
20. Things you shout: Can to!
21. Cartoon Character: ?

Can anyone fill in my ???? marks?

Do You Need Another Reason Not to Ride a Roller Coaster?

Click here for the hair raising story...

Dilbert.. Can you relate?

Only if you have worked in a corporation for any amount of time!
lol... comics were good today!


(click on comic for larger view)

Zits- Can you relate?

...probably not unless you have teen boys... :D



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A Moment of Decision

I have until 9:45 to do my desk work.

This includes paying bills, reseraching insurance issues, filing.

You know the fun stuff.

Or I could read all my friends' blogs, respond to the thread on UC, post 4 more entries on my blog, do some blogging on Lean But Not Mean.

Ok.. off to do bills. Is this virtue? lol

Here's Looking At You!

I found this picture on my camera... lol!

WHO LEFT THEIR SHOES THERE!!!!? #@#$!

As I siddled up to the computer to sit down with my morning coffee, I tripped over this big clunker white tennis shoes. ARgh! Those boys left their shoes all over again.. how many times have I told them...

wait.. oh they are mine. :0