Thanks to dear Megan I am back up and running!!! More after dinner!!!
It’s Broke…
Something is wrong with my internet connection and I can’t access my web site… stay tuned; I should be back soon!
Dirty Little Secrets
Okay. I have hidden this from you all for the longest time. But it is time to confess. I watch the soaps. Two of them. “All My Children” and “General Hospital”. If I can’t be there to actually watch them I have been known to tape them, or, (gasp) watch Soap Network on cable at night to catch up.
Anyone else want to confess with me?
Oh Shoot!
In the night I had this awesome dream. During the dream I remember thnking that it would make a great Blog entry. (You see, I am starting to think of my life as to what can be used as a Blog entry!)
Good. I had a great entry for a wet and dismal Monday morning and I didn’t have to stress about it.
Fast forward to Monday morning. All I know is that I “HAD” a dream that would have made a great entry. What it was about, who was in it, I have no idea.
The good news from New Hampshire is I have lost 2 pounds in a week. I’m back to South Beaching it.
The bad news is, it’s raining like crazy.
Another Cruise???
Hubby and I were sitting here last night talking and he said,
“So when do we go on our next cruise?”
I was afraid to ask if he is toying with me, but I told him I was ready whenever he was. The big question, of course, is where to go? We are not the sort to lie around, (well, I am, but Hubby is not) so this must be a cruise where you “learn and see something, besides eat and sleep. Thus, you can justify all the gluttony!
Hubby says the Panama Canal. Okay fine. I don’t really care. I just want a weeks worth of TLC. And this will tell you why.
As lunchtime drew near I asked Hubby what he wanted for lunch? I bent down and pulled a few things from the fridge. He came up with a meal as I passed all the items to him. I got out my lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, roast beef, Calamata olives and cheese (the MB salad) and went to make up my salad when I saw him sitting in the family room. All the containers of left oversee placed on the shelf.
“Aren’t you going to make your lunch?” I asked
“I thought you were.” he said, ignoring me and continuing to read the paper.
“Ah, no. I was going to make my salad.”
He did not move. Not one inch.
“Your mother ruined you, ya know! YOU RUINED HIM!!!!!!”
I said looking toward the heavens!!!
He never moved and would probably still be there starving if I did not put his meal together.
Yes, I need another cruise.
Observations on Life
I finally slept well last night, but I have decided that I need to buy a new bed pillow. The one I have has gotten too flat. I woke with the two dachshunds glued to my body feeling happily, snugly, warm!
My doctor started me on new medication a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I noticed that things that have previously tasted really good to me, (a particular salad that I make when I need to diet and lose weight, coffee, tea, etc.) no longer taste the same. While on the old medication, I had wanted to drink only coffee. Tea just didn’t taste good to me. Now, I have my morning coffee, then I want tea. Coffee just isn’t cutting it. I think it is so strange how medications can affect your taste buds!!!
Shubi’s eye already looks better. I cut the hair away from the eye, and of course she has the ointment now and that is making all the difference..
Our pears are starting to come in. I need to look up some recipes for preserving pears. Pear Jam?
Today is errand day. I need to go to Walmart for dog food, and the grocery store for MB food!
Now that Labor Day has come and gone all the tourists have gone home. I can drive around town and not get cut off. Tourists seem to think that winter arrives as soon as Labor Day does, so we se fewer and fewer of them after that! All I can say is “Thank You”!!!
Friday Afternoon
I had thought that things would be fairly easy. All that really needed to be done today was to get Fritz to the Vets for his yearly shots. I did get that done, and got him weighed in 75.5 pounds. (My, he is such a small shepherd) However, I noticed that Shubi had a yucky eye and so I arranged to bring her in too. She was 21.1 pounds, (Greta came with us for the ride and was 18.9 pounds) and Shubi has a hairline scratch on her cornea. But probably the most troubling is that they discovered a heart murmur. Now if this little dog hasn’t had enough problems in the last few years, now they have found this.
So, I’m feeling a little depressed about it.
I think Hubby is too. He came back and went into his office. He is pretty quiet.
By the way. The Vet. says Fritz is fantastic. That and Greta’s continued good health made my day a little brighter.
Flowers at Mount Rainier
I have been terrible about writing in Princess since we returned. I plead exhaustion and confusion. Exhaustion from the time zone change and all the traveling, (you know, I need a vacation from my vacation?) and confusion as I try to reassemble my house and life from this trip and get into a routine again.
Add to this the fact that our Concord Grapes and Plums all came ripe at the same moment and we had to stop and cook them up and then make jelly and jam. That’s finally done and it’ll be a week or so until the apple are ready to sauce.
Today’s vacation memory has to do with a hike we took at Mount Rainier. We were so lucky to have beautiful weather and there were even flowers still in bloom. I took this picture just for my cousin, Janet
I have no idea what kind it is, but I hope you like it Jan.
Now I need to get Fritz to the vet’s for his shots and then I have the weekend to get myself straightened out. LOL!!
My Little Greta
When we arrived home, the three dogs just about died with happiness! Shubi and Fritz have been through this before, so they were used to the comings and goings of their jet setting parents. But, this was the first time I have left Greta. At a year and a half, she has never been away from me, and her reaction has been one that has torn at my heart.
She has acted like, “what did I do that caused you to run away?”
She has been snuggling in my lap wanting to be held and patted. And she has needed constant reassurance. Even now, four days later. Poor Greta.
How I wish I could tell her that I was just going away for a few days and would be back. I wish she understood and wouldn’t be so upset.
I think it is just plain mean that Shubi and Fritz didn’t explain it all to her. Maybe they are getting her back for all the bones she has taken away from them!
More Alaska
So, what does one do when they get to their first Alaskan port of call? Why I called home! I wanted to share that moment with my sister and cousin and daughter! I also called to check on Shubi, Fritz and Greta. What a great place for a call! I was so excited I felt like a little kid!
We took a tour over to the Mendenhall Glacier. I think the first thing you realize when you see a glacier is how enormous they are! This was huge, and even more impressive then I can ever say.
It was at Mendenhall that we saw the Bald Eagles and the Mama Brown Bear with her two baby cubs. Believe it or not while standing talking to a Park Service Ranger about the glacier, the subject came up about dachshunds. And well, you guessed it. The next thing I knew we were talking about dachshunds and how wonderful they are.
In the very center of this picture you can see the Mama bear. This was as close as I was going to get to her. Sorry, but she just didn’t look too friendly to me.