Looks Can Be Deceiving

This is a picture of my dog Bailey, she's such an angel. She sat patiently while I fiddled with my camera to take her picture, even though we were outside and she was distracted by a bumblebee buzzing around. There was also a plate of cheese (one of her favorite foods) and crackers on the table right beside her, but she's such a good girl, she just sat there and posed for me. What more can I say, she's one in a million. And immediately after I commented to my husband on what a great dog she is, she snagged a mouthful of cheese and ran off the deck so she could eat it in peace before I scolded her for doing just that. Oh well, maybe she's two in a million.

If It's Good Enough for My Dog...

I love my dog. I know I've said it before and I'll say it again, but it's true, I absolutely love her. I've given my dog a special shelf in the kitchen, it contains her cookies and treats. Her treats are in an actual cookie jar, it's one I got for Christmas years ago but never used, because when I bake, my cookie jar is a cooling rack, there are normally not enough cookies left to warrant even putting into a jar, they just go on a plate and are eaten by the end of the night.

My dog has the usual treats, the Milkbone cookies and snacks in different sizes and flavours, tartar bones, tartar cookies and I'm always on the lookout for something different, something new. I recently bought her Beneful Snackin' Slices by Purina, they are bite size snacks in the shapes of carrots and snow peas, there is a picture of a cute little dog on the package as well as the ingredients that go into the snack.

My son complained to me the other day that he didn't like the new protein snacks I bought. He thinks they are too crunchy and taste a little "off". Hmmm, that's strange, I don't recall buying any protein snacks for him, but if he ate some, I must have.

I guess I'm going to have to start paying a little more attention to what I'm buying him. And I'll have to remember to buy my dog some more of those Beneful Snackin' Slices, she must really like them, because the package is almost empty, even though I don't recall giving her that many.

I'm going to put this whole thing down to me becoming more forgetful, yeah, that's got to be what this is all about.

Trying to do the Math

My in-laws celebrated their wedding anniversary last Thursday, sixty years. I normally do a Mother's Day bbq at my house but this year I thought I would surprise them with an anniversary party as well. The house was decorated, guests were invited, we toasted their anniversary and had them cut a cake, it was alot of work (especially considering it was Mother's Day), but how often does an anniversary like that come up, I'm glad we did something special for them.

My youngest daughter and I were taking the last of the decorations down last night and I told her to be careful with some of them, I planned on keeping the "60" ones for my husband's birthday in two years. She looked at me kind of funny and asked if her dad was going to be 60 in two years, because she was only going to be in grade 11 and I said yes he was, that's just the way things happen sometimes. She told me she thinks that is really messed up.

"The Happy Way I Feel Inside"

I wondered the other day whatever happened to Neil Sedaka. I first heard of him in the 70's, he had recorded a song with Elton John that I loved. I had no idea he had a past recording career, I only knew him for his albums in the 70's, they were ones I played over and over.

I can't remember the last time I heard anything by him on the radio, I happened to hear something by him last week while I was grocery shopping and since then, I've had that song stuck in my head. I kind of wish now that I hadn't freecycled all of my plastic albums, but who am I kidding, it's not like I am about to pull any of them out and start listening to them on a regular basis, it's so much easier to just go on line and download what I want to hear on an i-pod.

I had to Google him just to see if he was still around, writing and recording. I sometimes wonder what happens to recording artists, how does someone who writes just stop writing or someone who performs, just stop performing? I usually assume they made their money and have retired to some beautiful location, living a life away from the public eye, especially in these times.

I was happy to learn he's still around. He's still writing, he's still recording, he's still touring. He'll be at the Niagara casino in July and with that song of his in my head that I can't seem to shake, I'm hoping to be able to go and catch his show.

Laughter in the Rain by Neil Sedaka

Strolling along country roads with my baby
It starts to rain, it begins to pour
Without an umbrella we're soaked to the skin
I feel a shiver run up my spine
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside

After a while we run under a tree
I turn to her and she kisses me
There with the beat of the rain on the leaves
Softly she breathes and I close my eyes
Sharing our love under stormy skies

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside
Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside
(repeat and fade)

Romancing the Squirrels

Anyone who knows me knows my favorite flower is a white calla lily, it's so simple and pure, but sometimes hard to find when looking for cut flowers. My favorite easy choice would be white tulips.

My girlfriend was over last week and noticed some of my bulbs were starting to bloom. She asked me why my tulips were yellow and my daffodils were white. I told her I don't really like daffodils, I only planted them because of the squirrel problem I have, so by planting white daffs it makes me feel like they aren't really daffodils after all and if I plant white daffodils, I don't want to have white tulips, so I planted yellow tulips instead. She then asked me to explain why I have one single pink tulip. I told her it was a gift from the squirrels, when they raided my garden a few years ago, they left me the pink tulip, it's kind of romantic, right?

She told me she's going to call my husband, she thinks he needs to give me more attention, I told her after the freezer thing, I'd rather keep the tulip from the squirrels.