Poor Pup....

I was walking my two dogs in, what I think is the extreme heat (thank God and engineers for A/C), and as soon as they were done, I wanted to go right in.  One seemed fine with that and the other seemed to be resisting a little. After about a 10-foot struggle, I looked back and she had her harness around her waist and was rolling in circles within it as I was pulling her along.   It looked like she was smiling as if she was enjoying the ride.  What had happened was she had bitten through most of it and the last thread had given out during that walk.  Wish I had a video to share!

You Know the Saying....

...about borrowing from Peter to pay Paul?  Well, you know it is getting bad when you start wondering if they had another brother to borrow from!

When I Became an Impromptu Paparazzi Stalker...

 This first photo was one of about 80 pictures taken during my high speed chase.  I keep thinking," Why are they going so fast?"... and also, "I haven't renewed my driver's license yet, so I hope I don't get pulled over." (I was on my way to pick up my kids at school.)  I eventually realized that they were probably speeding to get away from me!

The entire reason for my madness was their license plate.  As you can see, it reads, "Tee Hee', which is what I had just put on the bottom left corner of the front of my blog's business card.

The real kicker here was that I ended up following this car right into the school parking lot.  They must have been parents of the school too.  Yikes!

This Blog's Business Card...

Two reasons for posting this: One - to set it as a place mark in time, and two - to set up the next blog (the one above this one)! 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Well Happy Spring to You Too! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Each Spring, it seems like Mother Nature too has a sense of humor as it looks like this tree in our yard is giving us many 'fingers' all around!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Happy Mother's Day to Me! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~

Either the kids were literally hanging out in the road giving me some space for Mother's Day, OR they were victims of my creative photography stunts.  Once again, we had to call out for cars coming! (BTW, the kids were standing in this photo.)

The Opposite of Cold Feet....

I had taken a motorcycle ride with my uncle when I visited him out in California.  The right peg for the second rider was missing on his Harley.  Before the ride, my aunt let me wear her Harley jacket and newly treasured Harley boots, that she had yet to wear. She took pictures of us before our 20-minute ride.  The last picture she took was a zoomed-in picture of the right boot.  My uncle, another guy with great ideas (not), told me to put my right foot on the exhaust pipe.  Well…..it was not long until my foot felt like it was on fire!  When I could no longer stand the heat on the sole of my foot, I transferred the weight onto my heel.  I kept rotating back and forth like this for a while.  Then I really wondered if my foot was actually on fire, and if so, would someone stop us to let us know?  I knew I couldn’t look to see because I had two choices: one – to look down and see for myself, thus risking both of our lives by chancing a shifting of weight on the bike and a possible accident, or two – risking injury to my one foot.  I chose the latter. 

 

When we returned to his house, he immediately began feverishly removing boot goo from his prize bike and my aunt took one look at the boots and instantly threw them in the trash. I sheepishly thanked both of them for the amazingly fun ride despite the unfortunate bad side effects. 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Are You Listening or Staring? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

When I become conscious of something that I don’t need to be, oh what a mess I make of it…..much like when talking to someone and then I become aware that I am only looking at one of their eyes.  Then I begin to think and start asking myself all kinds of questions.  Well, which eye should I focus on?  The right one or the left one?  Or do I switch back and forth?  Uh oh, now that I am so aware of focusing on their eyes, I feel like I am staring, or not paying enough attention.  Do they know what I am going through and how hard this is for me?  Maybe I should look away for a minute as if I am thinking about what they are saying. How on earth do we do all of this without thinking?  Help!!!  

They Say a Picture is Worth 1,000 Words......

 

I think she is thinking, "You are actually just going to stand there and take a picture while this fake fireman and his helper do this to me?  Help me!!!!"

Listen Up Guys for Some Insider Information: When is a 'Sip' Just a Sip?

.....Well, not when you are going out with, or married to, a female.  The sooner you accept this, the better your relationship(s) will be, and the significant reduction in arguments you will have.  This is insider information, so take it to heart.  We (women) will NEVER admit this to you (men) directly.  That is why what I am telling you is so valuable. 

If you have a drink and we ask for a 'sip' of it [note that when speaking of this aloud, you must use air quotes], we will inevitably have many more and may possibly even drink the rest of it.  You must never say anything to us about that.  Doing so, is like calling us a cow or something - a conversation you know you don't want to have for the next 3 hours.  In fact, it is better for you to just proactively order two drinks in anticipation that we will likely ask for a 'sip'.  You may even ask us if we want our own drink at times, and likely we will say, "no, we will just have a 'sip' of yours."  I know you would very much, and under normal circumstances, want to say something like, "but you are going to drink most of it; why don't you just get your own?".   Bite your tongue with all the strength you have; get the two drinks and, for your own sake, tell us that you are just THAT thirsty!

Also, the same thing goes with if we say we want just a 'bite'!  Good luck!!!