Hot Diggity Dog

  My laptop developed a virus! Just add that to all my current mishaps! It was 47 degrees when I woke this morning. A bit nippy. I had to locate a sweater to wear as I was hurrying to accompany The Man to his cardiologist appointment. He was rebuked by the nurse practitioner for not keeping track of his blood pressure. He didn't hear her and had that deer in the headlight look on his face. He won't just tell people that he is having trouble hearing them. I have to do it. Other than neglecting to monitor his blood pressure, he is fine for another 6 months. While I was recovering from my ill-fated hand surgery, The Man ordered new hearing aids. He swore this was going to revolutionize his world. I was pessimistic. He needs to be evaluated by an audiologist to be properly fit with some that actually work. My prediction of doubt proved to be true. They were different, in that you didn't have to fiddle with the volume on the device itself. It came with pocket sized computer to d...

  As I sit here, BoJangles is at my side, eyeing the keyboard as I type. He must have something he would like to say, but it is my turn today. Hand is still swollen, but the pain has subsided a lot. I was able to mow the grass in the dog yard today. All the recent rain has the grass growing to new heights! It was so high I had to mow twice. Once with the blade higher, then again with the blade lowered. The Man say I am scalping the grass with the blade too low. He said it was not meant to be that low and to go up a notch. I told him if it wasn't meant to be used, it would not be there.  Anyway, I won that argument. After all this time of me mowing, years and years, I can pick the level I want the blade. I like the grass very short for many reasons. It is easier to scoop poop. Long grass makes it possible to end up with a surprise on the bottom of your shoe. Also, very short grass is not inviting to snakes. I have nothing against snakes as long as they stay away from my yard an...

  Hi, it is me again, Bo. Mom's hand hurts today and she told me I could take over the blog. Well, just for today. It has been a stressful morning at our house. Toni Louise needs to reset her internal clock. She cares not that time has changed to Daylight Savings Time. It is still dark at 6:00 when she stands at the foot of Mom's bed and barks. I tried to tell her that we should all wait another hour and let Mom sleep. Mom yells, "No, Toni, it is sleeping time." Then Toni barks again. This time Dad bellows, "Stop it!" Mom got up to take us dogs out. She was not very pleasant about it, mumbling about Toni being relentless. I was going to ask Eddie about this word, relentless, but he was not listening to me.  He was at the door barking his fool head off, before Mom even got there. Kevin was trying to talk to Eddie, too, but Eddie wasn't listening to anyone. Mom opened the door and that is when it happened. Eddie ran (he usually waddles and takes his time),...

  I am so excited about my late Mother's Day gift from The Man. I sometimes complain that The Man never pays attention to me. Over the years this has led to some pretty unique gifts. I really did not think he could top the Mother's Day gift he gave me when the children were young, but old enough to question his idea of a gift. That was the year he gave me 50 lbs. of cow manure. I his defense, I did say that I wanted to fertilize the gardens and grass. He says I asked for it, but I just mentioned it in passing. He gave me clothespins and trash cans one year for Christmas. That was early in our marriage when we couldn't afford to pay attention, and I did ask for those particular items. You should also know that was not the only gifts I got and my gifts to him were equally useful. I have a new toilet seat! The toilet seat that was in use before was hard to clean. I could clean it and know that it was clean, but it never looked clean. I told The Man that I was going to order on...

  Gas prices keep going up. I want to take a trip; I really want to go somewhere. My biggest obstacle is not the fuel prices, but appointments for both of us. Every time I think I have carved out a two-week span with nothing to hold us here, another obstacle steps up to block the way. Yesterday I had the stitches in my hand removed. Still so swollen and ugly. The nurse and I took the tight stitches out and I had imagined I would feel instant relief. High expectations, I know. In came the needle and syringe. No numbing, but the only part that stung was the needle piercing the skin. He was as surprised as I was that no blood filled the syringe, just a tiny bit of clear fluid. He ordered a pressure bandage and another visit in 2 weeks. It didn't start to really hurt until almost bedtime. A dull ache all the way through my hand, up my arm and mainly my wrist. I am hoping the swelling will go down and my wrist will regain some range of motion that doesn't hurt.  Remember when they ...

  Our old girl, Toni Louise, is aging rather rapidly. I saw her picture in an ad from the local dog shelter. She had a sweet little face and I was charmed. I showed the picture to The Man. He looked and agreed that she looked sweet. Then he made his annoying proclamation of "NO MORE DOGS!" A couple of days later the dog shelter called me (because, of course, I called them to enquire about the sweet-faced dog) to let me know that they had gotten a lot of strays in and reminded me that they were not a no-kill facility. Repeating that info to The Man, I showed him her picture again. This was back in our campground running days when I was held captive to the business, while The Man did the fun stuff, like mowing and towing and cleaning out septic lines. I am not saying that his work was glamorous, but it did provide him with the opportunity to leave the property quite often.  He called me in the office to say that he had an errand to run "in town" and would be back soon...