Do you have nights when you wake up and can’t get back to sleep and then when you do you sleep too long.
This happens to Ma regularly so I have to take care of her.
Invariably it happens on trash day so there is mad panic when she does wake up to make sure everything gets to the curb before the garbage guzzler comes.
We made it but that’s why I’m a bit late on the banter.
Now she has just about time to chug a coffee before we meet Auntie Denise for our trot.
She’ll share her toast with me because I was so helpful.
It was stinking hot yesterday and we spent close to three hours in the car.
Now ordinarily I’d not object to this as I’m partial to a tootle in ARETHA but yesterday it was the pits in more ways than one.
See there was another open house happening and we had to get out. Ma decided she was going to use the time wisely and get all the shopping she needed.
The Bro was off doing his thing so I had the back seat and Jaws was in the trunk as usual.
First we went to Kroger where Ma got a mountain of soda and beer and other beverages and two giant bottles of laundry detergent because there was a BOGO offer on.
She piled all this in around me because she figured the PIT might puncture something and might either get caffeinated, drunk or very very clean on the inside.
Next we went to the India grocers again because the Bro ate all the frozen Naan breads we’d got the week before. Ma got more of that as well as more of the spicy snacks she and Dad devour and some veggies.
Of course this too was stuffed in beside me and I became super well insulated.
Finally she hit Aldi. In she went and seriously I thought she’d never return.
During all these stops Dad had to stay with us because you aren’t allowed to leave pets unattended in cars when it’s hot in case they suffocate. So instead you leave them with an ancient Indian with the windows open who also might succumb!
When she did arrive her two giant shopping bags were overflowing plus she bought a 24 pack of toilet rolls that takes up more space than me.
By the time she shoved it all in I hardly had room to breath let alone move.
When we got home the realtors were still there so we had to circle a little till they moved out.
A loaf of sandwich bread suffered at this point as I stood up only to have to sit down again and I squashed it. Bread pudding anyone?
Just as we entered the garage the Bro arrived by some miracle to help us unload and then he took me and his daughter for a stretch.
Man that walk even though we were tethered together was one of the sweetest I’ve ever known.
It was stinking hot yesterday and we spent close to three hours in the car.
Now ordinarily I’d not object to this as I’m partial to a tootle in ARETHA but yesterday it was the pits in more ways than one.
See there was another open house happening and we had to get out. Ma decided she was going to use the time wisely and get all the shopping she needed.
The Bro was off doing his thing so I had the back seat and Jaws was in the trunk as usual.
First we went to Kroger where Ma got a mountain of soda and beer and other beverages and two giant bottles of laundry detergent because there was a BOGO offer on.
She piled all this in around me because she figured the PIT might puncture something and might either get caffeinated, drunk or very very clean on the inside.
Next we went to the India grocers again because the Bro ate all the frozen Naan breads we’d got the week before. Ma got more of that as well as more of the spicy snacks she and Dad devour and some veggies.
Of course this too was stuffed in beside me and I became super well insulated.
Finally she hit Aldi. In she went and seriously I thought she’d never return.
During all these stops Dad had to stay with us because you aren’t allowed to leave pets unattended in cars when it’s hot in case they suffocate. So instead you leave them with an ancient Indian with the windows open who also might succumb!
When she did arrive her two giant shopping bags were overflowing plus she bought a 24 pack of toilet rolls that takes up more space than me.
By the time she shoved it all in I hardly had room to breath let alone move.
When we got home the realtors were still there so we had to circle a little till they moved out.
A loaf of sandwich bread suffered at this point as I stood up only to have to sit down again and I squashed it. Bread pudding anyone?
Just as we entered the garage the Bro arrived by some miracle to help us unload and then he took me and his daughter for a stretch.
Man that walk even though we were tethered together was one of the sweetest I’ve ever known.
We had another family outing to the new ranch yesterday.
The Bro drove and Ma sat in the back with Jaws.
Of course I rode shotgun like a hero the whole way there and back.
We didn’t swim as Ma was too busy sweeping up leaves and she was also afraid we’d get wet dog smell.
I love this new place as it’s so great to run around and play fetch. I got a new toy and had fun with Ma.
Jaws escaped momentarily when Ma was going through the gate.
I think the Penny dropped with her that the fence leads to unexplored territory so once she was sequestered again she did an entire tour of the boundaries looking for holes she might squeeze through.
My feeling is she may start digging at some point so Ma and I have agreed she must be in eyeshot at all times.
Now you humans may struggle with this fact of life because you only have hair on your heads but listen up.
Imagine you had a mink and you wore it night and day for months. You never took it off not even to sleep or shower.
All of a sudden POOF it’s removed. It’s a hot day so you might feel great but come nighttime when your lying still and trying to get some shut eye that chill in the air is troublesome.
The only thing for it is to jump into bed next to your human and invade their blanket.
That’s what I did last night.
It may not be nearly as aromatic as your mink but man it sure helps you sleep being at that just right Goldilocks temperature.
Precious Peeps it me the PERFECT one here to propel you at speed into a wonderful weekend.
The stinking Gizz is all puffed up as he featured on the Groomers Facebook page. He thinks he is Brad Pitt (good name by the way!)
What do you think of his necktie?
Granny took it off as soon as he got home and put it away for me to wear at Halloween because it’s covered in pumpkins.
I think he looks like a muppet standing there among those leaves but he’s walking around the neighborhood with his head held so high he looks like a giraffe.
Peeps of immense beauty like me have instinctive comportment. We know how to strut our stuff and point our paws so we look like we just walked off the catwalk in Paris.
Be like me. Natural and in no need of titillation.
First I was piled into the car at an ungodly early hour yesterday morning and driven to the new ranch at speed. Fortunately JAWS was left home so I didn’t need to put up with her constant yapping.
Ma then meets a man from Korea and they tootle around inside the house for a while.
She then leaves him there and rushes me downtown to the new location for the groomers. It’s on the Main Street so lots of traffic.
It’s in a pet store called Pitter Patter Paws that is very cute but lots of people come and go and I kept thinking it was Ma but it wasn’t.
She eventually showed up and took me back to the ranch to pull out Consuelo who was cleaning.
I do look much better!! I’m a Dapper Doggy!!
We then went home very slowly as there was a major traffic jam. Big smash up.
Booming Banter 