My two dogs charged out into the yard barking like their lives depended on it. I went running out to be sure they weren’t thinking of taking on a moose that might have wandered into the back yard only to find them hysterically screeching at a cat sitting on just the other side of the fence. The cat never moved and never flinched despite their best efforts to intimidate. In fact, the cat merely sat there un-moving, staring at them as though they were some lower class of being that had accidentally caught its eye.
Eventually the cat grew bored
I should be worried but I’m not
I managed to spend last Friday, Saturday and Sunday with my dogs and birds and did not talk or see anyone else. Never left the house. Never answered the phone. I know for some that would be three scary days. For me, it was heaven.
I think I might have a problem here and yet it makes me so happy.
I found out this week
I found out this week that my maternal grandparents were married on the same day as my birthday. I know so little about my ancestors and this just made my heart happy. We shared a special day.
My Christening Day, 19…. something
From left to right the people are:
My brother doing his best to get away from us all.
My Nonna Sereni trying to hold him down.
Nonno Sereni next to her.
Grandmom Zeccardi holding me.
This is probably the first and last picture ever taken of me in which I am the right weight for my age and height.
About my dogs’ grooming
I know there are people who think I’m cruel to get Carm and Snowy shaved as winter approaches because without a lot of fur they get cold. But here’s what happens when they have a lot of fur… their butts get… let’s call it questionable… because of the surrounding fur that has grown back. These are the same butts that get into bed with me at night. These are the same butts that want to curl up against me at night. These are the same butts that I often wake up to find IN MY FACE!
So they will continue
Cruz and Huckabee should be ashamed of their pandering
Let’s agree on a few things upfront. For one, Christianity is hardly under siege in America. You can’t be under siege and have your religion’s holy days celebrated as national holidays. That just doesn’t add up. Also, if this clerk refusing to issue licenses to same sex couples was Muslim and refusing to serve women whose hair wasn’t covered because it violated her religious beliefs, announced candidates for US president would not be standing by her side and proclaiming her a hero. Further, most of us do not get to pick and choose those duties of our job that we
Miss America
No matter how hard I try, I can’t come to peace with the idea that a woman should be able to walk in a bikini in high heels while weighing less than she did when she was 8 years old in order to become Miss America. And if I hear from one more Pageant official about how this is a scholarship competition I will scream. Unless they are sitting at a desk taking a test, this is NOT a scholarship competition. And if you want to know how much money actually goes for scholarships, check out John Oliver’s investigation of
Sometimes
Sometimes at night I’ll crawl into bed and my two dogs will instantly jump in and take their places on either side of me. From downstairs I’ll hear the muffled sounds of ruffled feathers and some soft cooing (snoring?) from my birds. And I’ll lay in that bed and think to myself how lucky I am and how perfectly content. I am surrounded by love. I have enough money to support my family. And the Big Bang Theory’s new season will be back in just a week or so. How can I not be happy?
There is nothing quite like…
There is nothing like walking into a room and finding one dog trying to re-eat his vomit while you other dog sits there patiently waiting his turn for any leftovers.
What has happened to my life?