Author: boomingbanter

Well Ma and me are all caught up on our Simple Abundance daily readings .

Ma and Auntie Marsha are going out at lunch time to eat Greek and have a chat about it all.

One thing you have to do is write down five things you are grateful for each day.

Abundance starts with Gratitude.

Of course as you all know I’m an old paw at this but Ma has found a pretty calendar and is now recording daily too.

Of course I featured in her birthday list along with snow and gifts and a good movie.

I expect to feature regularly given my grace and gregarious goodness!!!

Blessing#2322-Five a Day

Ma was thrilled to have a good fall of snow for her birthday.

She is a big fan of the white water.

She had to go to church as she was one of the ushers but Dad stayed home with us as he was worried it was too slippery.

The journey was well worth it as she was showered with presents by auntie Lori.

Truth be told the roads were indeed quite treacherous so Ma had to slither home like a slug.

We then had a great snuggle reading the new book Auntie Marsha got her. It’s called Simple Abundance a Day Book of Comfort and Joy.

In order to get on the same page as Marsha we have to read up until February 16 so we can compare notes.

Since the humans postponed plans for birthday dining out Ma made her favorite slow cooked ribs and broccoli salad for dinner and had the special Prosecco that Auntie Paula got her.

All and all it was a wonderful white winter winner of a day.

Blessing#2321-Wonderland

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the number of this Tail is designed to sync with the date of Ma’s birthday but she’s not quite that old yet.

She was born light years ago though and I’m surprised she can gallop as fast as she can still.

She has as you know quite some wrinkles but she claims they are laugh lines. According to her being a little chubbier than she was helps hide the depth of these dents in the body work!

She also has very very very “blond” hair! Truth be told it’s because most of it is white but what she saves on highlights I get in MILKBONES so no need to tell her I said that.

I am going to be particularly snuggly with her today as there is not much else to do. We have freezing rain again to be followed by snow so too slippery for long trots.

I’ve smacked her a good one on the lips from all of you!!!

Blessing#2320-Many Candles

Did you have a romantic valentines?

Must say mine was pretty boring.

Maybe it’s my age.

Could be that I’m no longer the most eligible bachelor in this territory!

I was expecting at least to have a instagram message from the chicks at the end of the street on their fire hydrant but not a sniff.

Maybe it’s the smell of JAWS around our house that puts my fans off.

Oh well I know you dear readers live me more than tongue can tell.

I’ll go now and wrap my chops around a MILKBONE to cheer myself up a bit.

Blessing#2319-Love Hearts

Precious Peeps PITS here to wing you into a wonderful VALENTINES weekend.

Dad is looking for new wheels.

He is on a tight budget so choice is limited.

I’ve told him that as long as I can ride with him it doesn’t matter to me if the car is rusty.

Of course I’d prefer a two seater sporty little number that would exclude Grumpy from going anywhere with us.

That’s unlikely to happen though.

Maybe we will add some bells and whistles to make us stand out from the crowd.

I’m already planning my first trip. A day at the dog park to meet some Valentines sounds swell.

Hope you are feeling all loved up my little darlings.

Have fun and we’ll talk next week.

Blessing#2318-Go Faster Stripes

You all know by now that Thursday is trash day.

It means we have ten minutes less to snuggle as we can’t risk the truck passing without our recycling.

They almost always come first and as we are “GREEN WARRIORS” we like to make sure that we get our goods out.

You can tell a lot about peoples lifestyle from their recycling.

There are the raisin bran and oatmeal types and then there are the fruit loopers. Fruit loopers tend to be drink more apple juice and oatmealer are more orange juice fans. They may buy soy milk which is scary stuff!

You also see there are soda drinkers and beer drinkers and wine drinkers and the drinker drinkers like us.

Bet you had no idea that I was a detective in disguise did you. Just watch me sniff it ll out!

Blessing#2317-Blood Hound.

Precious Peeps it’s your very own Perfect Pitty here to push you over the humpty hill.

As you have heard the stinking Gizz and I have been having lots of rides in the car these days as Dad is still looking for his new wheels.

It’s great because Granny takes us with her when she drops him at work and we listen to U105 together.

Others don’t appreciate it but Granny is a great singer like me and we belt out those old tunes at the top of our voices.

We are particular fond of ditties such as WALKING IN MEMPHIS and RUNNING ON EMPTY.

Give me any other songs with activity in them and I’ll reward you with a MILKBONE.

There that’s got you thinking and it won’t be a minute until midweek is over all thanks to me.

Love you all. Talk soon.

Blessing#2316-Nightengales

The niece and I got to go for a ride in the car yesterday. It was freezing but very sunny so we pretended it was spring.

The THING is generally quiet in the car until we stop and then she starts scraping the floor like crazy.

It makes the car shake.

It’s hard to understand as Ma always makes sure JAWS has a pee before we take off.

Maybe she wants to escape or wants to get up front.

She is kept in the back in the trunk. Don’t fret or freak out it’s a hatch back so she has a window. Slobber covered I should add.

I of course ride shotgun and keep my eye out for any adversaries who might come our way.

When JAWS has finished scraping she starts singing. It’s all very perplexing but I don’t complain as a car ride is a car ride even if you have to listen to both Ma and the MONSTER.

Blessing#2315-Duets

Oh dear we lost!

I don’t know if there are any other people out there like my Mom but she feels responsible.

See she reasons that if we hadn’t said that we were cheering for the CHIEFS they’d have won but because we did the EAGLES had the victory.

Medically qualified persons reading this please feel free to comment if you think she has some sort of psychological condition because we canines don’t think this way.

I kept telling her “don’t worry Ma just eat the rest of those Laddus and Jalebis that we had for the halftime show and they will though you into a sugar coma”

She didn’t listen though and had just one serving more as solace!

So here we are awake at 5:30 blaming ourselves for this tragedy.

Oh well I suppose a snuggle of support might help her!

Blessing#2315-Next Year

Good Sunday morning to you. Today is special because it’s SUPERBOWL!

For those of you living on planets outside the USA this event ranks up there with Thanksgiving and Christmas in our national culture.

It is a unifying feast of chicken wings, dips and chili cheese nachos.

The best bit is the commercial as far as I’m concerned but I am starting to get into it after all my years on this earth.

Tonight in New Orleans the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles.

Ma and Dad and me are rooting for the CHIEFS since Ma use to go often to Kansas City when she worked in pet food. She still has pals there and my long deceased much beloved Labrador uncles Darcy and Bingley came from there.

The niece and her father will no doubt cheer for the Eagles just to make the atmosphere a little more edgy in our homestead.

Just be sure that y’all take long naps this afternoon as these events have a habit of going on forever.

Blessing#2315-Game Day