Author: boomingbanter

This may sound bad to some but I’m bummed.

Do you know what Ma had the audacity to do?

Send me a photo of Miss Missy sunning herself on a boat and sipping some cold concoction!!!!

Now if she can ride a pontoon why can’t I?

That lake air is just what I need to recover and being away from Jaws would have done my heart good.

Still, I did get chicken nuggets from McDonald’s for lunch yesterday and Dad and the bro got me some special wet pet food for dinner so maybe the kibble is nuked.

Blessing#2101-Tempting Tastier

I am still on hunger strike. These ham and cheese sandwiches are just too good to give up.

On departing for her “pleasure trip “ down south she uttered the immortal words “you better make sure Scooby doesn’t get used to this because it’s not balanced nutrition”

If she cared she’d have stayed home and fed me kibble one crunchy at a time.

Oh no drove all day and then partied in her pals smoky mountain paradise!

I’m so mad I could explode.

It doesn’t help that the bro is still snoring and I have my jobs to do.

Blessing#2200-Feasts and Famines

I have been so poorly and I thank many of you for your concern.

That little nasty Nala (I’m thinking something else but Facebook may ban me if I said it) nearly did me in.

I am severely wounded and suffering.

In the midst of all this can you image that my own mother is deserting me to go galavanting in Georgia no less.

Now I give you that the timing may not be bad since I’m on bed rest but still she could have stroked by brow and pampered me.

Oh well I suppose I will have to be satisfied with Dad and the cheese and ham sandwiches that he is feeding me in place of that stinking kibble. They’re GREAT!

Blessing#2199-Forced Grounding

Precious Peeps I bet you cannot believe your luck that I am publishing yet again today.

Of course you are used to my Passionate Posts of a Friday to project you into a fabulous weekend but today is a three in a row deal.

You are receiving this unexpected endowment because the stinking Grey Gizzard is sick.

We are not quite sure what is going on but he stopped eating on Wednesday. He is drinking OK and will eat certain treats and hooman food but no kibble.

He is also hibernating in his “leave me alone or I’ll bite you” spot.

This comes at a bad time as Granny is planning to leave tomorrow to spend some time with Auntie Laura in Georgia so Grandpa and Dad will be in charge.

We didn’t know what was causing the wobbliness but suspected some infection. When Granny found a tick on him she immediately took him to the vet just in case it was Lymes disease.

The vet tested him for Lymes and it was negative. Vet said he seemed to have some soft tissue issue on his right leg. Perhaps from playing rough with me.

So he has to rest and if he’s no better by Saturday my Dad will have to take him back to the doc.

Anyway I’m having a ball ripping around the house all by myself and snorting up in a second all the food he’s not been eating.

Talk about spoiled.

Blessing#298-Peace for Pitty Sake

Precious Peeps Pits Perfect here to bring you a second day of Philosophy.

Just when I thought I was the most popular person on the internet I was usurped by a baby.

Not the hooman gurgling kind but a pigmy hippo called Moo Deng.

She was born in a zoo in Thailand and is currently favored above all other mammals because of her chubby cheeks and chunky chops. I think she looks like an alien!

I am treating this as a glitch in the game of life.

There is no way she will stay that cute and cuddly for long.

So I’m sitting back and waiting till she turns into a grown up.

Shouldn’t take long till I’m restored to number one.

Blessing#2197-Patient Pitch!!

Precious Peeps Pits Perfect here to help you scale the hill of hump day.

I’m not in the greatest form myself as I spent yesterday from 8:30am till 4:30pm in my chambers.

That Granny girl was galavanting again.

Went with her “Ladies” to visit another historic home.

Now this may be fun for some but not for me.

However dear Peeps let me give you some sacred Pitty Philosophy. Each day is a new beginning so forget the past and plod on.

Put your precious nose in the air and made the most of every sniff.

Blessing#2196-Forward for Fun

Here is a discovery!

Corn starch makes scones fluffier.

See when Ma took to baking yesterday she had a limited amount of flour.

I told her to go easy when she added the milk because the mix might get too sticky but Ma being Ma just fired on and went with her gut.

Of course I was right and the dough was a mess and she’d run out of flour by then.

So she had to resort to invention.

The only available option was good old Argo!

She bunged some in and voila the product look good even shinier than usual.

Now Auntie Marsha will be asked to give her score on the scone this Friday as she is a connoisseur of the confection.

In the mean time Ma is walking around with a gloat that was last seen when Alexander Fleming found that magic mold.

Blessing#2195-Invention

Precious Peeps Pits Perfect here to share some joy with you on this mighty Monday.

I am so laid back today because yesterday Dad took the whole day off and we spent the whole Sunday together.

After my trot with good old Gran my Dad got down to cooking up a breakfast storm. Man the grease is great.

Grandpa and Granny were at church so we laid back and watched the Premier League footie. The stinking Gizz was around but we ignored him and he grumped.

We then popped some corn and picked our paws for a while before heading to the hallowed ground of our chambers.

Granny was feeling affluent when she did the shopping after church so we had a good feed of steak and chips for dinner.

Everyday should be like this but wait if it was maybe it wouldn’t feel quite so wonderful!!

Blessing#2194-Paw Patrol

So today is a big day for the Duke of Sussex. Ma says it’s hard to imagine he’s turning 40.

He was such a cute kid and there is no doubt it must have been a terrible loss for him when his lovely Mom died.

Ma was once a big fan of his but she can’t be doing with him now since he gave that interview to Oprah and if that wasn’t bad enough published that SPARE book.

Sometimes when we have quarrels at home the fact that the Royals are also having some tension helps put things in perspective.

What would it take for them to make up and move on? We don’t really know if they ever even speak to each other but it would seem that the passing of the Queen and the illness of the King didn’t make much inroads on reconciliation.

Maybe a birthday party back in Blighty could be the solution.

I’ll be expecting an invite since I am better at this self help thing than Dr Phil!!!

Blessing#2193-Equalizers

This is absolute truth that will be hard for our Irish friends to handle.

It hasn’t rained here in WEEKS and there is no rain in the ten day forecast either.

It is the worst drought Ohio has had in many years.

The most recent hurricane in the gulf decided it wasn’t coming up as far as Ohio.

You should see our yard.

It’s like straw and one of our big fir trees has died.

We have a sprinkler system but Ma won’t turn it on. Says it’s not good for the environment.

Truth be told she is too cheap to pay the water bill that it would amplify enormously.

I fear that if it doesn’t rain soon we’ll have to reseed the grass in spring.

Thank heaven for sedum in the pots on the patio at least it’s still alive and giving us a bit of color.

Blessing#2192-Succulents