M & M Monday

Maggie has grown accustomed to the dog beds:

The girls meet Mum:

"Yes, you're very sweet. Now go away."

Mum stays consistent on her dog policy: minus the hair & the mess & the smell, dogs are OK. When they're smaller. And maybe outside. Away from her. ;-)

Day of Rest

Nice day to settle in and read. :-)

So Cute

For my niece's 8th birthday, her teacher had her classmates write birthday letters to her. And my niece wrote her own:

Dera my self,
I am sowe happy it is my brithday!
my brithday list I want
a bribal and a DS and a DS
Game.

The "bribal" is a bridle as in horse, not bridal as in white wedding.

If you were writing a letter to yourself, what would you say? Dear Myself . . . .

FUNny

In honour of T-day:



I've just discovered Remi Gaillard on You Tube. His spoof on Saving Private Ryan is hysterical! Mum, you will LOVE his Fake Tour de France where he has a finish line crowd welcome unsuspecting bicyclists at the top of a hill. "Congratulations! You've won the race!" Here's a link to his website with all his videos. Happy Black Friday, everyone! Mum & I are going to have a Chuck Fest today. :-)

Gratitude Quote from Emerson

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food,

for love



and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Stanley Vizzie

Mum's friend Stanley-from-The-Orkneys came for a few days. You may recall I told the story of how Mum hitchhiked up the coast of Scotland when her flight was canceled. Sir Stanley was her ride. He's smart-funny-brilliant with the handshake of a lumber jack.

He lived in India during WWII and had a pet cobra. His Indian friend said he should have one for good luck, so they went to a snake charmer & he removed the venom sack from the roof of a snake's mouth. It was about 2 feet long, & Stanley used to keep it in his jacket pocket. It would climb up his sleeve and come over his shoulder. That was all well and good until some women came to join their company. So he returned the snake to the snake charmer & the snake charmer says, "Where have you been? You were supposed to come back after 6 weeks." Stanley asked why. "Because the venom sack grows back." He'd been carrying a fully-loaded, venomous snake in his pocket! Ah, good times.

On Monday, Stanley & Mum came over for lunch and rescued my new silverware from bondage.

HURRAY!

We had pumpkin soup & some sort of squashy thing, & proper tea. Stanley was talking about polar bears and said, "They say that polar bears are generally well-fed and that you're supposed to stand still and they won't chase you. What I want to know is if the polar bears know this rule." Hahahaha


On the way out, Mum holds pumpkin soup & points out my tattered Tibetan prayer flags.

Mum leads the way down the dog ramp.

What a delightful visit!

M&M Monday

This is Millie. I joke about the girls not lying on their beds. Cute pictures here. Here she is using BOTH beds. You can see Maggie's feet in the bottom left corner. Speaking of feet, they're not having the huge Lick Fest that they were having a coupla months ago. Allergy season seems to be over. We'll see how they do in the spring!

I'm writing this on Sunday a.m. Here's Maggie melting off the bed:

Here's Millie not using her bed. I should move it into the sun for her.

I got the 4 beds at Costco ($20 each); 2 in my office & 2 in the LR. I had a cashback rewards check, so essentially I got 2 for free. Yay, me!

Barkley & Remi's old beds are in the kitchen--so I think I have all bases covered--until M&M plant themselves in my bedroom when I'm in the shower! At first they didn't like the beds, & they sneezed at the cedar inside. Really, it smelled like a hamster cage when I was driving home! But they've gotten used to them & I think they're comfortable. We have settled into an ordinary life.