Booming Banter

Precious Peeps PITS Perfect here to help you holler over the hump.

Yesterday Granny took me and Grumpy for a very long trot.

When we returned I was still chipper so when she went to the yard to do a bit of gardening I got busy.

She returned to find that not only had I brought her underwear to feast on under the dining table I’d also ripped up her H for Hilfiger red shoe.

Now if this were a true Tommy I think I may have been sequestered to my quarters for a while.

However it was 100% fake made of pure plastic and acquired for the princely sum of $1.

It wasn’t even that tasty as she’d only got it a while ago go so hadn’t yet become super stinky.

I have been gifted it as a souvenir.

Hope you have a happy day. Talk Friday

Blessing#2161-Fake Fun

If you know anything about Indian culture you will know you must eat yogurt daily. (Top marks if you get the pun pals)

Now I have become accustomed to this dietary practice also as Dad always gives me some on my kibble.

He says it’s good for the gut!

So today he gave Ma and me instructions on how to make the wonder food.

He always makes it fresh at home and insists we must use full fat milk.

Ma and I listened carefully to all his instructions.

We slowly boiled the milk, thawed the seed culture, let the sterilized milk cool and then added the seed to start the process.

It’s been fermenting for nearly 24 hours so we are anxious to see the outcome.

Another lesson learned for the smartest Scooby in the Solar System.

Blessing#2160-Family Tradition

WOW the closing ceremony did not disappoint. So beautiful!

Ma says she won’t forget these games for a moment what with all the action she saw and Ireland placing in the top twenty and of course all those beautiful familiar spots in Paris!

Some people get to go in person others watch from home or, as was her case, hospital. Brings everyone together!

Like lots of ladies she kinda got the hots for that French swimmer Leon Marchand.

Ma says he’s a honey and will be President of France one day. She was thrilled he got the big roll at the closing. Looked almost regal!

Regardless it’s all good sport and we are most grateful that Dads flame is going strong unlike the big balloon that Leon snuffed out.

That oxygen is great! A winner Tom Cruise definitely is on it.

Looking forward to 2028 and LA for the USA

Blessing#2159-Endless

Precious Peeps it’s with Passionate Pitty Pleasure that I report to you my dear readers that I am no longer a down dog!

Grandpa has been discharged and is safely retuned to his usual spot on the sofa.

I am going to focus on gentle stretching exercises for the moment though to allow him some time to settle.

Chasing Scooby around the house will be reinstated once Grandpa is back to screaming at me and detached from the oxygen tube.

For the moment he is just so happy to see me that he has not yet said a single cross word. Imagine that!!!

My sun salutations no doubt have a calming impact on his condition.

Namaste nutters!!

Blessing#2158-Breathing Exercises

The silver lining to Dad being laid up is that Ma gets to watch the Olympics live from his hospital room rather than be at work.

She says she feels sorry for the person in the room below because her little feet were running for Ireland yesterday morning.

The 4x400m relay heats were epic and the Irish girls got through to the final. A first for country.

Overall team Ireland is currently in 16th place in the medals table which per capita of population must place them close to the top.

It’s all just so exciting and of course I had to watch it all again in the evening.

Blessing#2157-Replays

Precious Peeps it’s Pits Perfect here.

Usually I’m very chipper of a Friday but I’m feeling depressed as Grandpa is not here.

Even though he yells at me when I step on his tootsies or when I play chase or try to chew up shoes or socks he is very generous with the cookies.

Every morning when we come back from our trot he gives me and Grumpy custard creams.

I miss them and I also miss his snuggles as he is my favorite pillow of an evening when we watch TV

I understand he has to stay in hospital till they get to the bottom of his blip on the high road of life but I frankly feel lost without him.

Grumpy is no help because he’s even more upset than me. Just moping around like a big ugly turnip.

We found out yesterday when all the blood results came in that Grandpa has a viral infection not pneumonia as originally suspected. His cardiologist has inspected all his test reports and has proclaimed that his ticker is doing well.

Will y’all please petition the big guy upstairs to get Grandpa released soon.

Thanks!

Blessing#2156-Steps Forward

While the stock market crumbles shares in Milk Bones are soaring.

Ma has been in and out of the house like a yo-yo going to see Dad and as you know each time she exits Milkies are administered.

Now much as I love them I love Dad more and I miss him. Being home alone is no fun.

Good news is he’s making good progress.

He’s got a good appetite and scoffed some brownies from the Bro for breakfast and is bright as a button.

With all the good wishes and especially the fun balloons and snacks from Auntie Lori I’m sure he will Get Well Soon!!

Blessing/#2155-Mending

Precious Peeps it’s a Pathetic Poor Pity here on hump day. It is not happy!

I am stressed out.

Yesterday Granny nearly killed me walking in the heat and then when we came home she went crazy like a tornado stripping beds and doing the laundry and preparing food for the evening meal all because she was going to the pool to play with Auntie Lori.

At midday I was confined to my chamber to “rest” till she came back and the Gizz was left with Grandpa.

While she was away I don’t know what the Gizz did but Grandpa started feeling funny. His little heart was racing.

So when Granny returned at 4:00 pm he told her he wasn’t feeling so good so she hooked him up to his oxygen but still his little ticker was tocking way too fast so Granny called the squad.

They arrived in five minutes and whizzed him off to the hospital.

Problem was Granny went with him.

So there I was starving and thirsty and dying for a pee and still confined to my quarters!!!

My Dad was miles away for work and eventually went and got Granny and they came home at 10:00 PM.

The Doctors did all sorts of blood test and x-rays and such and found Grandpa had pneumonia so they started him on a drip with the famous Fleming formulation.

This morning he is much brighter and his ticker is now tocking at 83 and we are hoping he’ll be home soon.

Scooby will provide updates as I’m exhausted and have once more been confined to “rest”

Blessing#2154-The Old Mould Magic

You know that Miilk Bone is a frequently eaten enabler in our establishment.

We get one for being good when Ma and Pa go out and when we go to bed at night.

So last evening when Ma pulled a piece from its box last to give the niece on her way to the land of nod she started to giggle.

Look she said Nala has a Funny Bone.

Now I must say it looked like a treat to me a tad bent perhaps but Ma said it had a funny twist like an elbow.

So of course when we got the niece tucked in we had to find the origin of funny bone.

Well for once it’s not Shakespeare.

Just a quaint little play on words humorous HUMERUS!

Blessing#2153-Homophones

Ma was saying last night that she wished her Dad was still around so he could enjoy a Barr’s whiskey.

His preferred tipple was Bells and he always had to have it in a “fine” glass.

Of course his namesake Barr’s wasn’t around then but it is a very mellow blend that Ma discovered at the bargain basement price of $30 for 1.75 litres.

My Dad loves it and has one “medicinal” serving each evening.

We have now accumulated, over the course of the past year I hasten to say, several empty bottles that Ma is keeping for Christmas.

She plans to use them for nonalcoholic beverages at the tearoom and maybe the odd punch for our parties at home.

If that doesn’t work we’ll have flowers in them instead!

Grandpa could no doubt have helped her empty a few more.

Alas he’s only able to cheer us on with Bells from above but we still celebrate good thoughts of him!

Blessing#2152-Toasts