Need Stock In Paper Towels

The floor is all covered with a plastic drop cloth but this puppy is running up the paper towel usage to astronomical proportions!

The two older dogs hide upstairs most of the day. The little guy who is now named Rowdy, is just too full of energy for them.

Lakai the Pitt Bull will play with him but only for a while then even he goes to hide. The big wimp...

When I go out I take the dogs along. The older dogs follow me or take off for a quick run. Rowdy though follows only briefly and then when I get back I find him waiting by the door whimpering to get back in. Guess he doesn't like the snow and mud. It's not really that cold. Heck I don't wear more than a sweatshirt, the heavy coat is just waiting!

Rowdy has been spending the nights in bed with me. He's already figured out how to crawl under the covers on his own and snuggle up all nice and warm. Any movement or noise during the night and his little puppy bark is in high gear. He thinks he's tough...

Two Pitt Bulls and a Beagle and they all cower by me if anyone or anything does come around. Some protection... I'm happy though that they do that. I'd rather have well behaved dogs than not. Just the thought keeps most people away. But after being around Pitt Bulls so long I have very little fear of them. I have more fear of the old Beagle. She is just plain grumpy. But then again as I get older I get grumpier too I guess.

I'm really getting grumpy over the price of fuel oil for the furnace. The thoughts of fuel for the tractors to do the work this year are not making me happy either. I'm seriously wondering if growing the crops to make mash and then building a still would be the way to go. Besides making my own fuel, if anything breaks down I could just sip the fuel and become drunkenly happy!

Well it's time for me to make some lunch and then get back to work, have a great day full of smiles!

Just Another Day

So here it is, it's Valentines Day.

Did you forget or have you remembered?

It's also my grand daughters birthday. Her big party will be this coming weekend. If the weather doesn't get real bad before this evening I intend to walk or ride the four wheeler and pay her a visit sometime after school today.

Other than that I have no plans for today but to just carry on with life as usual. Being single with no expectations of a relationship means to me that I also can celebrate that I don't have to listen to anyone else the rest of the year. I'm free to come and go as I please and when I please.

It would be nice to have someone to share what's left of my life with, but she would have to be someone who would really fit my life and be accepting of doing what we feel like when we feel it. That would be about impossible, so I just go on and play and don't even try and find someone.

Some think that's sad, a few understand how I feel.

I do not understand why so many think they need someone to fulfill their lives. Or make them whole.

Sometimes I wonder if that is not what goes wrong with so many relationships.

People think they need someone to make them and their lives whole, when in reality it is only them that can make their lives whole. Then finding someone to share that is like extra icing on a cake.

So many are in such a hurry to find someone that they chose someone who is not compatible and then try and change that person. That don't work simply because people have to want to change theirselves in order to change.

All you with partners to share this day with, I wish you all the happiness in the world. To those like me, enjoy the day with whatever you find that puts a smile on your face and makes you feel happy.

I haven't used my truck in about a month or a little longer. While I was feeling really ill I just stayed home and my kids would pick up what I needed. Then my son has been taking me along when he runs to town and I did the shopping then. I may see if that darned old thing will start and take myself to a nice buffet dinner.

I'm still not quite feeling like going anywhere though. So I may just drop in and see my grand daughter for her birthday and come home to vegetate some more. But who knows? I can do what I want when I want.

Thinking Spring

We had another snow storm over the weekend. Once again it didn't amount to much and this morning the sun is shining, so I do believe it will all be gone soon. From some blogs I read from around the world, the snow has moved to the opposite side of the earth from me.

I seem to remember from science classes years ago (yes, we had school way back in the stone age) that the earth not only spins on it's axis but it also wobbles.

I've observed during my life that once we had heavy snows that would begin in late October or November and wouldn't go away until spring. Over the years those kinds of winters have seriously let up. Now it seems we are in that wobble and the snows are now on the other side of the earth.

Those heavy snows occurred in the fifties and sixties. My grandpap told stories of earlier when the snows were even heavier. I've even seen pictures of them.

I suspect that in another thirty or forty years our old winters will be back. But I somehow doubt I will be here to see their return. It is something I think about though.

I have many serious doubts about the global warming scare. Just seems to me that geology proves the earth has been through so many things and has always survived very well. Some species though have not... Can mankind?

On another note the new puppy is here. He took over ownership of my bed last night. Or so he thinks!

Our other two dogs have accepted him well. Aggie the old beagle just stays away from him for the most part. She doesn't have the energy any longer to spend much time around energetic puppies. She checks him out but as soon as he starts getting playful she leaves for quieter places and sleeps.

The big brave (yah right) Pitt Bull Lakai, spends time with the new pup but doesn't seem to think much of him. But then again if it's not a glimmer of light flashing somewhere, Lakai never does think much. Only way to get his attention is to shine a laser light or flash light somewhere. Then he springs into action.

I'm still at a loss for a good name for the pup. So far he just reminds me of sleepy. He'll grow into active soon enough though and maybe then I'll come up with a suitable name.

I've started thinking about the garden. Just wish I had luck with herbs. Some years I have a little luck with some, but most years I don't and end up with nothing but patches of puny, scraggly plants.

Many years I get the feeling I should just give up on herbs, but the hardhead in me keeps trying.

I'm thinking of trying something new this year with them. I saw pieces of rain gutter used to put plants in. They were hung on railings of a porch. I'm thinking that would look neat on the porch railing and would be easy enough to keep watered and tended to daily.

Well, I'm off to get something done today. Have a great day full of smiles and warm loving feelings!

Anger Over Lies

Disruption, disturbance, upheaval, agitation, turmoil a general pain in the butt.

Not only was I ill over the past month, but there were other problems building. Problems that are not mine yet that may affect my life.

I'm having trouble trying to write anything sensible because my mind is on other things. The other things include anger, worry and a little depression.

Becoming bitter is not an easy thing to keep from doing when life tosses you a really bad curve ball. But I'm doing my best to stay in control of my emotions. I somehow will continue to smile.

I can't really talk about the problems because I will not discuss someone else's problems. That would be for them to make public if they would chose to.

So many times this week I felt like letting my thoughts about it out here.

What I do know and will say is that the universe will not give you problems you can not handle and everything works out in time. Maybe not the way we want them to work out, but they do. Maybe not even in the time we would like, but they do work out.

When bad people do bad things they do get their just deserts in time. When they do them to someone else they pay dearly. I have seen that work.

Someone I knew a long time ago told some lies that really hurt someone else and caused them some legal problems. The person that was lied about has a relatively good and happy life. The liars seem to go from one devastating problem to the next and are never happy. It actually got to the point that I felt very sorry for the liar.

Patience!

Patience is the thing you need to dwell on and pray for. That and the forgiveness of the person who did what they did to you.

If in some way you try and take vengeance, the universe has a way of punishing you.

So for my friend I am praying for their patience. I am praying that they will find the strength to wait this out no matter how long it will take or what may happen before the universe has it's say.

But my worry for my friend is something that right now is driving me up the walls and right outta my mind.

So if I should happen to miss a day here and there with the blog, please know my thoughts are with you all and I sure do want you to smile!

Have a great weekend!

What's A Guy To Do

It started snowing around eight this morning. I was done with the morning chores and decided to take a short walk in the snow. As I was walking and the snow was falling, sadness came over me. I despise that!

I can't help but wonder at what age a person quits wondering if they will ever have someone special in their life... But oh well, enough of that.

I mentioned to someone back around Christmas that I really liked a pup they had. Still believing at the time I would not be here in the spring but would be spending a month in Australia, I said I just couldn't take it. Well they decided they would surprise me and keep it until I got back.

Now that finances are going to cause me to cancel the trip I will very soon be bringing another pup into the family.

The pup is another Pitt Bull. He is cocoa brown with a black tail and a face that is black clear to his ears. Seriously looks like he dunked his face into a bucket of black paint. I thought I would name him Coco, but I'm just not sure.

Any ideas of a name would be greatly appreciated.

He has a really laid back disposition. He only nipped once that I was told about. He doesn't mind cats, doesn't mind children and loves to cuddle. I tried to give him a few snacks and he wouldn't even take them from me, he just licked at them. After I placed them on the floor he finally ate them.

I really like that because when children have food in their hands many dogs will just steal it. Breaking a dog of that is a pain and I'm hoping that just keeping him from adopting that habit will be easier.

My poor old Beagle girl has developed some tumors. The Vet wanted to open her up and have a look at them. I had that done once before and was sad because there was nothing that could be done and the dog died even faster.

When I found the one I checked her closely and found others. She doesn't show many signs of pain or discomfort. Only when she moves certain ways does she yelp. She is very slow these days in everything she does except eating. But that could also just be because of age.

So I'll keep her here safe and warm and attend to her in her final days as best as I can. She has been a really great companion and the source of many smiles and laughs. I owe her at least that much.

Now that I know I can't go on my planned trip this year I'm trying to decide if I can go on a shorter trip somewhere. Just don't quite know where...

Somewhere I could do some exploring and fishing would be nice.

Well, it's time to get outta here and do something with the rest of my day so have a smile filled day!

Hmm, maybe a snowman...

Thoughts While Being Ill

Housework does not do itself.

Neither does a son clean up after himself.

A son can not hear the words, clean up your mess in the kitchen.

A son can not see the messes they have created.

A sons can not follow a simple shopping list.

Say fruit to a son and he hears meat and potatoes.

But they can follow every unintelligent word and motion on U Tube.

And think you are interested even when your eyes are closed.

When not feeling well all food ties knots in your stomach.

Food smells make you gag.

Doctors think all internal things that could possibly go wrong for an old man requires them to suggest shoving something up your butt.

Doctors do not have all the answers.

Doctors love to prescribe the most expensive medications possible.

The expensive medications don't work as well as what grandma made for free.

When your in pain and someone drives you to a hospital, it is impossible for them to miss any pothole in the road.

When illness moves in my humor moves out.

It is possible to live without food for two weeks.

It is not possible to live without coffee for more than a day.

Plain yogurt with a drizzle of honey makes a great topping for a bowl of mixed fruit.

Thinking of perfect foods to clean out the digestive tract gives me headaches.

Severe stomach pain makes my back hurt worse.

When you can no longer lay or sit, standing gets old real fast.

Eating nothing but fruits and salads makes the toilet your best friend.

Fruits, salads and gallons of liquids really does help clean out the internals.

Dogs don't care that your ill, they still want to play tug of war.

If the phone is going to ring, it will do so just about the time your drifting off into a nap.

All pills should be made to taste like M&Ms.

Here I Am

I seldom complain about illness. It's usually the common cold or some other silly bug that is gone in several days and quite quickly forgotten. But when you are down for several weeks or almost a month it becomes ridiculous.

I still have no clue what exactly was wrong, but I was out of it.

Hospital for tests and x rays full of doctors and all I get is bills. Yes, even they didn't have any good answers. And my normal doctor wonders why I don't go to see him...

After one week of doctors BS I decided to do what I thought would be best and I did it. That was the only thing that started making me feel improvement. All I can say is, thankfully I listened and learned from great grandparents and grandparents. They did not have the luxury of seeing a doctor once a week or even once a year, but they survived.

Whatever I had gave me enough internal pain that I couldn't even think straight. Then I cut the pain pills I use for my aching back because they can cause stomach problems, so there was the added pain of the back. I couldn't even stand the look of food for two weeks.

Now I'm well on the way to being back to normal but I'm waiting to see the bills and the damage they will do to the wallet.

I'm pretty sure that my planned trip to Australia is doomed along with a few somewhat major purchases I had planned for this year. Yup, back to the make do for another year.

But that's life! We make plans and then some dumb thing comes along and messes them up. Life goes on and we try to make plans for another day.

So maybe next year will be the time I can take that trip I've dreamed of for a lifetime.

What made it all worse for me was the weather. Unlike our normal winters with fields covered in feet of snow and winds howling harshly, we have had a winter where the snow falls one day or two and then it gets warm and sunny. Well when it's warm and sunny I like to get outside and do anything. So here I was feeling like crap and looking at the sun streaming through the windows making me feel worse from the desire it gave me to be outside.

Last week I had finally had enough and made the decision that no matter how I was feeling I was going for a four wheeler ride. I went but within half an hour I was back in. At least I broke this jail cell of a house for that long.

I also had my suspicions confirmed of television. What else could I do but watch... Yes, there is nothing really worth watching on that darned idiot box.

To say I'm bored would be a vast understatement! I'm still not quite back to my normal self, but when I start getting grumpy and bitchy I know I'm almost there. That is always a sure sign I want, no need to get out to play. Even a simple walk through the fields and woods or a ride.

Now I just have to try and get back into writing something here on the blog. I was having blogging constipation before this all started. I really need to get out and start doing things again so my mind can contrive ideas to write about.

Well I'm here and still alive so I'll leave you for today with prod to smile and share your smiles!