Is Your Puppy Taller Than You Thought?

January 16, 2015 ~ JodiLea ~ 4 Comments

I’m sorry if I have disappointed these past few weeks. No posts because other things keep popping up and there are only 24-hours a day. I have no new photos either, because, well…

My puppy is taller than I thought.

It’s like Ziva’s legs grow a 1/2 inch a day. Last week only her nose came up to the patio table. This week she can see what is on the table, and pluck it right off.

Unfortunately, my new camera, was too close to the edge of our patio table. And when Ziva got to be uncontrollable (every evening around 5:00pm) she was sent outside. To her delight, there was a shiny silver box to snatch off the table to gnaw on and toss about. And since it was dark out there I failed to notice anything amiss.

Hubby found it the next morning. He was not happy with either Ziva or myself. The limited warranty did not include puppy destruction, much to my dismay.

Being his sweet, forgiving (and handsome) self – he bought me a new camera, again. It is sitting under my computer monitor, right in front of my face. When I have read the user manual – I have to download the PDF of course, manufacturers are too cheap to send you a real one – I can then set up the multitude of settings. Then, maybe I will be able to take some photos. Sheesh!

I will tuck my nifty new camera inside a drawer where we keep cameras. It will be safe there.

Until puppy learns how to pull open drawers. 😉

A Few Words About Football

January 5, 2015 ~ JodiLea

I believe this sums it up:

AND… to rub it in, not one of my wild-card picks happened to win this past weekend.

For me, this season is so over.

I believe Jed York, et.al., are going to regret letting Harbaugh go.

I miss him already. . .

No, NO, This Cannot Be So!

January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 ~ JodiLea ~ 1 Comment

When you read the title just now, did it bring on Dr. Seuss flashbacks? Oh. Me neither.

I counted on the beginning of 2015 letting me return to my (not so normal) routine. I put off a multitude of responsibilities, until “the holiday’s are over and the kids (along with grand-kids & dogs) leave.” Of course I love when they are here, and I have no aversion to their hanging around for awhile. But…

I have difficulty, when others are around with anything that requires using my brain. I am very easily distracted. I can’t concentrate, even if my iPod is playing my favorite music. I need silence, and no distractions… so there is no way I can function now. The talking. The constant, too loud, TV that is playing kid movies – that kids are not watching because they can’t sit still. Man programs involving souped-up cars, snakes, some other crazy pointless ~~crap~~ stuff, or my personal favorite (not!), mindless channel surfing.

I am stressed and losing my mind, only able to hang on because tomorrow – I will have my house back to myself. Blissful, uninterrupted, quiet! This made me nervous in a “too good to be true” way, if you know what I mean. My intuition tried to warn me, but of course, I ignored it.

Hubby gets a call from his out-of-town buddy who is coming into town Monday – and wants (of course) to stay here for three nights.

“Is that OK with you?” He asks me, after writing the days his buddy is staying, on our calendar.

Sigh² * Oh Goody. I get to spend the next two days with my washer & dryer and my kitchen sink & stove. I will plan menus, then grocery shop. Don’t let me forget to scrub the guest bathroom, change linens & clean the main guest room. All of this runs through my head in seconds, as I stare speechless at hubby.

“Sure,” I answer, and I’m smiling, because in that very moment, I plummeted over the edge (of sanity).

TTFN ♥,

Jodi

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* Sigh² [sigh squared] A term using emotional math. It means a long, loud, eye-rolling, sigh of complete annoyment◊ .

◊ Annoyment [an noy’ mint] adverb. From the root word ‘annoy’: a state of annoyance achieved by an individual. (Taken from The Dictionary of Words That Should Exist, 1st Ed. 2013)