Author: boomingbanter

Like my family yours may be binge watching TV shows and movies.

When we’ve had enough of the news in the evening we’re into the first series of The Crown. That Queen person is so good to her dogs. No wonder she has such a big house with all those puppies. They have very fancy bedding but it doesn’t look as cosy as mine.

Our bed matches my coat and Mom and I have been availing of it for a snuggle each afternoon to watch The Chosen.

There are eight episodes of this show all about Jesus and his disciples and Mom is telling everyone about it because it’s so well done. You can download it for free on your phone or IPad.

The casting is great and the characters are so original and down to earth. They all seem to have fun and Jesus laughs a lot which is how we imagine him.

We are particularly fond of Matthew. He is super smart, has lots of little tics and quirkinesses but most important he has a dog.

Until he was « chosen » he worked as a tax collector and no one liked him at all except of course his dog.

It may be just another tale but it certainly is a wagging one!

Blessing # 682 – Kings and Queens

My Mom is a big fan of Walking Updates with Patricia. You should follow her she’s fun! We listen to all her video chat and it keeps us feeling chipper.

I’ve come to recognize her voice. She sounds a bit like my Mom. They come from the same part of the world.

Yesterday, Patricia, who was a hairdresser for many years, did a tutorial on hair cutting during lockdown.

We watched it a few times and Mom took my advice to try it. She’d already followed Patricia’s instructions on cutting her fringe and that had worked out good.

Armed with my grooming scissors which are the sharpest we have she got stuck into it this morning. She took it slow and spent quite some time in the bathroom. At one point I thought we were going to miss our walk but thought it wise not to disturb so just lay watching quietly.

It turned out fine. You can see a clear difference before and after.
When she asked Dad what he thought he said it was good but she’d missed a bit! At that point I thought she was going to explode as she was feeling very pleased with herself. Our walk was looking doomed but she breathed deep, went back to the mirror did a bit more chopping and off we went!

Blessing # 681 – Sniping Star

 

There are some weird and wonderful aromas all around me today. My nose is in overdrive once again.

The grass has just been cut which doesn’t help matters. It opens the airways and makes me sneeze something shocking.

The last bunch of daffodils have been plucked and brought into the living room. Mum says this makes her a little sad because they are her favorite flowers but they’ll come back again next year.

There are now other blooms coming out that smell really powerful. These flowers grow on big bushes beside our bedroom window and are called viburnum. They made me pass out for an hour or so just now.

Meanwhile in the kitchen there is some unrecognizable composition coming from the slow cooker. I saw herself chopping cabbage that’s smells like leaking gas to me. This went on top of pork and onion and mango and soy sauce and vinegar and orange juice and rice. Odd very odd. She calls it an experiment.

Truth is its her way of getting rid of all the bits and pieces in the fridge before the trash men come back tomorrow. While I love her to the moon and back I’m not convinced by her culinary skills. They are a bit hit and miss and it is unlikely this will be stellar. You know me that I’d eat anything and now that my bro has taught me to sit up at the table and eat like a human I’ll tuck in and be thankful.

Heaven knows the impact it will have on tomorrow’s tum though!

Blessing # 680 – Essential Oils

There’s been so much talk over the past few days about disinfectants and cleaning products it must have rubbed off on my Ma. The fact that we almost had a grease fire last night when she was frying burgers may also have had some impact!

We were hardly out of bed when she started I just about got out for a pee! She emptied the dish washer and started breaking up the stove and sticking it inside it.

It got worse after she’d been fortified with that black liquid she brews each morning. Once she downed that she ripped the rest of the stove up and started spraying all the bits with this stinky stuff.

She was scrubbing like a crazy person and all the while I was watching because I was sure she’d tackle me next. I was a bit musty after all that rain yesterday.

Sure enough the dreaded can came out. Trust me this is capable of transforming the most viril superhero into a whimp.

She wasn’t fast enough though I got under that table just in time and stuck fast till it was time to go meet Auntie Lori!

By the time we got back she was so fixated with putting her stove back together and singing the praises of that grease buster to Dad that she totally forgot about my wig! That’s one up to me and the weeks just starting!

Blessing # 679 – Clean Cuts

 

My bro was starting at 7:00 am so Ma and me were up at 6:00. The advantage of the early start was we got to tune in to the Rev Merv at Holy Trinity back in Ballylesson NI.  I’ve not been there in person yet but my Ma speaks highly of the place. See there’s a fine lamppost!

We went for a walk in the rain and got soaked. When we came home we watched Pastor Larry and the crew from Powell United Methodist. Who’d have thought I’d go to Church twice in the one day! Bet a bone I’m not alone either!

I sit real quite in my pew and listen intently too. There’s a lot of talk about being kind and showing how much we love each other that I completely understand. In fact I’m gifted in that regard!

I’m also good at spotting squirrels as you know. Since Ma won’t take me out I’ve taken up indoor hunting. Today I struck gold. I pointed rather than barked and Ma saw me and got my pic and the squirrels too. It was on our back fence eating a nut or something.

The pic Ma took is not great as she had to get it through our screen but still it’s shows I’m super smart!

Hoping for my efforts she’ll give me a drop of that sweet smelling strawberry stuff she’s been making this morning. It’s some sort of traditional Sunday treat she says her own Ma made. It’s a surprise for the bro but as there’s a bucket load of it am praying I’ll get lucky!

Blessing # 678 – Triflingly Times

Ma and me had a wonderful day. We went for long walks and we also had a little afternoon snuggle in bed to get our wind back. 

She only scolded me once when I barked at a jogger. Often she whispers to me that she loves me very much.

When she chats to people she’ll often say that she does not know what she would do without me as I’m her best pal. Makes me blush!

Its true though that you never can tell the reason why things happen until you know the reason.

Who would ever have thought that when I was rescued and took that truck from Texas to Ohio on Friday 13 September that I’d be such a good luck charm!

Blessing # 677 – Sole Mates

The good Governor has announced that schools will remain closed for the rest of the term. Of course everyone understands.

Still it’s hard on the bro as it’s his last year. He has on line classes that he does in the middle of the night but he misses seeing his friends and everyone knows the last few weeks at school are always the best of all!

He’s at work again today so we had to go to school to pick up a sign the district has prepared for all the seniors. I got to meet some teachers and barked at them so they know how much we appreciate all their effort to make this a special time for everyone.

There are many other things going on too for the 2020 seniors. The one I’m most interested in is a free giveaway from a local store called Dipped Donuts. I’m definitely going on that run!

TV too is in on the job with a campaign called Brag About Your Grad. Wouldn’t you know Ma didn’t need much encouragement. She sent in our Graduates photo and so as not to hurt my feelings I was included in the photo too.

Guess what! We were the stars on the 5:00 pm news yesterday and people started phoning to say they saw us. Pity we missed it ourselves! Not to worry though we’re now on the NBC wall of fame. Hollywood here we come!

Blessing 676 – Stars at Last!

My bro has gone back to work today for the first time in a few weeks. He is on the early shift so left home about 7:45.

It’s so much quieter when he’s not around. There isn’t all that hip-hop boom boom that he plays and no one to rough around with me.

I got my walk in just before the rain started so it was a good day for extra rest but now I’m bored.

I’m just hanging around waiting for my bro to come home.

Staring our the window looking for a little life I can’t help thinking how hard it must be for souls who don’t have pals to play with right now. You can get just about enough of your own company.

Blessing # 675 – Hustle

Many humans like Friday best but my preferred day of the week is Wednesday. You see it is trash day in my neck of the woods and that means super sniffing stuff.

It’s particularly fun when it’s been windy as the trash bins fall over making it easy to stick the nose in. Ma objects to me retrieving items from the trash but man there is so much at the minute I’m in heaven.

As it’s Earth Day today I’m making a pitch for waste reduction and recycling. There are so many good things to do with things you might otherwise throw out.

Of course you can feed scraps to souls like me but Ma is not convinced bones are beautiful. I’ve inspired her today though to use an empty egg box to make little seed trays.

Don’t they look perfect. We’ll be planting soon!

I also have asked her to make some cookies to celebrate our big blue marble but she said she hasn’t the food color. Any excuse! If you do here’s the recipe.

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a52657/earth-day-cookies-recipe/

Hope they are yummy and that when all this lockdown is over we’ll still see as clearly

Blessing # 674 – Blue Skies Ahead

 

My Ma left me home yesterday to get our essential groceries. I was so disappointed she didn’t take me as I do love to ride in the car and bark at shoppers when she parks.

She went out again today and again she didn’t take me. She came home with a new leash for me and a million pooper bags! She needs a memory supplement for herself!

After walking with my new leash, that is meant for a heavy weight but can’t hold me back, she was in need of a snack. So she broke into one of yesterday’s purchases.

I sucked up to her and to Dad who also had some of these crunchies.

Dad folded easily! She eventually cracked and gave me some.

Man these things are truly awesome. So powerful. Talk about a wake up call they are like an earthquake. I needed a tsunami of water afterwards.

The consequence is I’m now bursting to get out again but she’s having none of it. Just have to keep giving paw and hoping for the best

Blessing # 673 – Sharing Treats