Dog hair irritations

We have a dog.

He is part golden retriever and

part great pyrenees.

He is a very hairy dog.

This must be the time of year he "blows" his coat.

There s dog hair EVERYWHERE.

I vacuum the dog hair.

The next day I vacuum more dog hair.

The dog hair is so bad it clings to the little felt pieces Ron puts under the furniture.

My chairs all look like they have hairy dog feet.

I cannot go to school wearing black pants.

If I do I look like I have hairy legs.

I have to use duct tape on my black pants.

When I use the "furminator" on our dog

I get fistfuls of dog hair.

Once a year we get our dog shaved.

I don't think he likes it.

He acts embarrassed when we go for a walk.

I feel like Delilah to his Samson.

If I could just figure out a use for this renewable resource.

Restaurant snob

So we go out to dinner tonight, surprise, huh?

But we don't go to our regular Thursday night hangout

Why, you ask???

For a completely dumb reason

Ron changed out of his nice work clothes and thought he

looked too much like a bum to eat at Charlestons.

Our first thought is Delta

but on our way there we see Red Lobster.

The first tip off that this would not be a Charlestons type dining experience

was the number of people there with tatoos, shorts, and men with ponytails.

Hmmmm, I guess I figured I truly had become a restaurant snob

when the lady at the next table asked,

"How many shrimps do I git on that there jumbo platter?"

Yikes!

Dinner

I made dinner tonight.

Now you may think, so what?

Well I have raised the standard of "legitimate excuses" for not fixing dinner to such a high level that some consider it to be an art form.

Here are my favorites...

1. I'm too tired

2. The meat is still frozen

3. I have this coupon for...Rib Crib, Delta, etc.

4. Let's finish up these leftovers

5. How about dinner out so we can have valuable one on one time.

6. I'm not very hungry, I think I'll just have a bowl of cereal

7. I have to go to rehearsal early so Ellen and I already ate (at Senors, of course)

8. Geez, there's nothing in the refrigerator (this always works a few days before payday)

9. The Shooks are inviting us over for dinner

10. I've had a BAD DAY!!! (this will always work!!!)

So, since I rarely cook dinner, Ron is very appreciative of my culinary efforts. If fact tonight he said, "You made dinner?? I thought we were going out!"

DAMN

I love my grown up girls

We can go to lunch (and it's not Wendy's)

We can go shopping (and it's not the Disney Store)

We can ride around in a car (and I'm not driving)

We can have a pleasant conversation (and I'm not the referee)

My husband is sad... because they are growing up too fast (and I'm not!)

Why I love autumn

It’s not summer

Long sleeved jackets

College football games

Candy corn at Walgreens

Knee high socks

Halloween decorations

A bag of candy corn

7:30 a.m. sun down the middle of 21^st street

Bright blue skies

Afternoon sun shining through bright orange leaves

Candy corn

Sitting on the back deck with the cool north wind on your face

Saturday afternoon nap with the window open

The harvest moon

Colorful candy corn

The sounds & smell of the Fair

Knitting a scarf

Did mention candy corn???

I don't feel 55

As they are walking up the stairs I just start singing and dancing and they can hardly contain their excitement, “When midnight strikes on Halloween the strangest sight you’ve ever seen…”. I must admit, I’m excited too. Who would have ever thought that a first grader’s enthusiasm could be catching?

Escape

After 19 minutes in class a first grader says, "I need to use the bathroom" and suddenly everyone is desperate to escape from your room. Yeahhh surre, you need to use the bathroom; you just want to roam the halls, meander down the stairs in search of nothing, just to get out... funny, I know exactly how you feel.