May 20, 2009

• Pets Gone Wild

  This will be short because my life has been rather boring this week and there isn’t much to talk about.

  The weather has been (and is supposed to be for the next 7 days) glorious.  Right around 80° with a bit of a breeze.  I opened a window in the bedroom’s bathroom yesterday and the freshness through out my bedroom was wonderful.  I still don’t have much energy, so I’m hanging out in bed reading (finally finished that first thick book!!!!) or wandering aimlessly around the house.  I can’t wander for too long or I black out. 

  I DID bake a cake yesterday.  One of those where you use a box mix, let it cool, punch holes in it, and add Jell-O to the top . . . then, serve it covered with Cool Whip.  I flavored it with strawberry (for Jesse) Jell-O and couldn’t taste a bite.  JoAnn loved it and I tried to remember what it was like to taste food, while I shoveled tasteless (but VERY moist) pieces into my mouth!  Sometimes I wonder why I bother eating the calories when I have no sense of taste.

                                  

  JoAnn had planned to take Chirper to the vet this morning (to have his nails trimmed), but the vet isn’t in today.  I’m so glad I thought to call before she made the trip!  She’ll try to take him tomorrow.  Meanwhile, the girls’ new glasses are in and that’s where they went, with a quick stop at Wal-Mart before returning.

                                              

  Sushi is getting a new collar today.  She finally outgrew her puppy collar.  She has become larger than we thought she’d be – tall, long legged, and filling out everywhere.  JoAnn and I were talking in the den this morning and Sushi spied a stuffed animal (we’d already retrieved from her mouth, earlier) on the formal dining room table.  Before we could blink, she jumped ON TOP OF THE TABLE.  I didn’t know she could easily jump that high and she looked like a billy goat on top of a dog house, just standing there on my beautiful table on all fours!  I was NOT happy!  Later, I saw her outside eating flowers from my rose bushes.  ????????  Strange dog, these days!  I ordered some dog perfume for her today.  She’s pretty “wild” smelling, despite giving her baths.

                                                
  Did you know animals smile when you take their pictures?  Both of our dogs do.  The cats do.  Even Tango fluffs up and looks happy when we talk to her.  They all seem to know what the camera is about and usually smile for us.

  I caught some cute pictures of Chirper and Tango playing.  Poor bird.  Chirper is the only one who really pays attention to her and they are together most of the day – him on the window sill, or end table, and her up against the bars of her cage (yet safely protected) to visit with him.

                                                 

  As far as the question about Sushi’s mess and me cleaning it up the other day . . . YES, I did bend to clean the carpet quickly with some carpet foam cleaner and wiped up the tile floor with 409.  I put Sushi outside in case it happened again.  I just couldn’t leave that mess in the carpet or on the floor, not knowing when JoAnn and the girls might be back.  It was just too nasty!

                                     

  I don’t know if the pets need fresh air or a nap.  They are wild.  Tango is in the den screaming, “Who’s a pretty bird?  Who’s a pretty bird?”  over and over and over!  Makes me want to yell back, “YOU ARE, Tango.  YOU are!” 

  The dogs are stretched out and sleeping on the floor near me.  Chirper has tired of playing with Tango (probably the reason she keeps hollering, “Who’s a pretty bird?”) and Stormy is no where to be found.

                                   

  It’s just me and the sound of the ceiling fans rotating!  Think I’ll say good bye and enjoy the quiet while it lasts!

  Be Blessed  ~

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