Lazy Sunday Morning Chit Chat

Have a great time at the fair, Mindy!  I have to imagine the state fair must be HUGE! 

Gracie's lump seems to be a little smaller, which is good - actually, it looks just a smidge off from normal.  She still seems creaky/cracky, but she certainly is much stretchier.  I'm very glad.

Enjoy the day, all..

Wonderful news Barb!  And, good job Gracie...now stop being such a grouch.

 Aaaand the cat is back to peeing inappropriately - took just about a month to decide that peeing on the rubber mat by my husband's office door sounded like a good idea.  DH is now seriously looking into outdoor pen plans and I'm not stopping him....

 Congrats, Barb!

glenmar

Wonderful news Barb!  And, good job Gracie...now stop being such a grouch.

LOL Glenda. I think Paige said Gracie was cracky, not cranky.

Me on the other hand... I'm kind of cranky today. Sonja was up THREE times last night. And Willa throws a screaming fit when DH tries to get up with her (Willa) in the morning. NO! Daddy GO! Mama do it! *sigh* So I couldn't sleep in. To top it off I have a headache. And no chocolate or other sweets in the house to drown my sorrows in. Woe is me.

I've been putting off going through my work clothes to see what fits. I still have a tiny bit of pudge around the middle from Sonja. Nothing I really care about, but it's just enough to make most of my clothes too tight. But I start tomorrow and I need something to wear. Ugh.

ETA: Well, I tried them on. It's not the pants that are the problem; they fit fine. All my shirts are too short! Darn nursing boobies. I may have to make a run to Goodwill. :\

janobonano

LOL Glenda. I think Paige said Gracie was cracky, not cranky.

Thanks Jan. :D  Yep, creaky & cracky joints... not cranky.  She's actually quite happy/peppy today because some friends came over to help move some of my stuff around and she got to play w/a guy.  Guys will play rougher than Mom will, and Gracie loves it.

As for middle pudge - a long cardigan goes a long way toward hiding those kinds of bulges... esp if your zipper won't close all the way? lol :D  There's always the end-of-season clearances at weird places like Macy's where you can get nice stuff for cheap.  Target was kind of a bust for me today.  Not even any decent summer dresses.

Oye!  Sorry Gracie!

Jan, you are entitled to be cranky.  I haven't forgotten those sleep deprived days, despite the fact that MY baby will be 31 in a week!

I really didn't get much done this weekend.  :(  Oh, well.  I'll stuff a few more chores in after work.

I majorly busted my head on a cabinet yesterday.  Bent over to move a dog bed, and slammed my head when standing back up.  I have a knot forming, and it hurts when I move my hair.  Wahhhhh.

I think I'll watch an episode of Firefly (best cancelled show EVER), then take a nice hot bath, then bed.  :)

Mindy, I hope that you had a good time at the fair! I love fairs. I usually eat & drink way too much when I'm at a fair.

Way to go, Barb!!!!

Nicole, can you send me a piece of chocolate cake? Please?

MIL & I took Cher to Petsmart today. MIL decided that, because Cher is so sweet that she deserved "something special." Cher has MIL suckered. She's such a little con artist.... For her wonderful con work, she ended up getting a 4 Kong genius pieces, 2 stuffies, & a Kong wobbler. Cher has decided that she doesn't like the wobbler, but Bev does. I found it amusing that the wobbler loves the wobbler. 

I have to brag on my girl a bit.  She was great while walking through the store.  She ignored the other dogs who were pulling at their leashes, barking, growling, & generally being terrors.  She ignored the dog who jumped on her in an attempt to get her to play, & she humored a food rep by allowing the woman to love on her. 

Way to go Cher.  And good work on the two legged gramma too!

Where Mike is sleeping tonight has become a mute point.  He got off to a late start, so he's going straight through to Upstate NY.  Drat.  But, he'll be here NEXT Sunday at least.  Sigh.

 OW Amber. That's totally something I'd do.

BEVOLASVEGAS

She ignored the other dogs who were pulling at their leashes...  She ignored the dog who jumped on her in an attempt to get her to play...

Huh, I didn't know Rupert went to the store today. 

 Great job Cher!  The last time we had him at Petco, Aesop barked at another dog. He's currently grounded while we work on touching up the manners he has seemingly forgotten lately.  Embarassing

I meant to take Goose to the pet store (she rides in the cart..no feetses on the ground yet) but it got too late. So, she missed out on her weekend 'trip to a new place' At least she had a new experience of strangers in the yard who gave her cookies this weekend, though.   Next weekend she's going with us to Home Depot (in the cart again) to pick out paint for the kiddo's room.

 Good job Cher!

Luke hasn't been to a store in forever. Well, he's been to a pet store, but not to home depot or anything. We should go some time soon. 

I seriously need to go to sleep sometime soon, I have to get up in about 6 hours. I think this cable tv is just too much for me. I haven't had it in over a year in my bedroom, and now I'm just up at all hours watching total crap again. I might have to put on V for Vendetta soon. The movie puts me to sleep, and I have yet to see it straight through. 

It's actually after midnight here but will post anyway -- I am majorly thankful that this "visit" with my parents went MUCH better than I feared.  None of the barely leashed violence that I saw in Mom when we were here last -- she was on her 'best behavior' but I'm really not sure where to credit the change -- it may simply be that because Pa's health has declined *and* her vision is now at the legally blind stage they've had to come to terms a bit with their situation rather than battling every inch of their age.

It took us all 4 days but we've gotten Pa's computer up and running and all his peripherals running ok with Windows 7.  We wanted to be sure he had "legal" versions of everything (it's hard for someone 86 to really "get" why software has to go  with the computer and why you can't just "move it over" onto the new computer.  So there was training involved (which isn't easy at his age).

But I'm darned proud of him-- to venture into the computer age at 83 was NOT easy and entering into a whole new operating system, and new programs at 86 is a HUGE stretch but he tries SO hard to catch on.  We got "go to my PC" installed so I can help him from home.  (for anyone trying to keep their 80-odd year old parent's computer "together" from 2000 miles away it rocks!!)

Mom's dealing *better* with her sight loss -- I am truly proud of her.  She's NOT a gadget person and never has been, but she's got an electronic magnifier that allows her to watch some TV and do *some* reading (it magnifies things like grocery ads to inch+ high letters so she can read them on a TV screen right in front of her). 

Now for me?  I'd be majorly into the gadgets and that's never *ever* been Mom's thing.  for her to have come this far is major, and I think it's part of what's helped settle her personality back down.  Last time we left I was terrified she was gonna do something really ... horrible and this time I feel way better.  They play it close -- they allow no interference at all.  They are not the type of people to want me to come home and "take care of them". 

In honesty I feel like a 250 pound weight has been lifted off me ... I can't wait to get home tomorrow and see my pups (and sleep in my water bed .....*sigh*)

We leave at 7 so I willl post when I get home.  (I'm techy in some ways but I don't text *grin*  That's Davey's domain LOL)