Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Watta-Melon

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We had an impromptu dinner party last evening.  Friends stopped by and we threw some burgers on the grill, I whipped up a macaroni and cheese, with baby zucchini.

I had picked up a watermelon at the store and during the afternoon I had cut it all up, so we’d have it during the week.

Sampson and Delilah love watermelon, in fact they sat right next to me in kitchen, getting bits and pieces of it. 

After dinner was over, I thought about that watermelon and how it would be nice to have some fresh fruit to top off the meal.  I went and got the bowl and set it on the table.

Once again, Sampson and Delilah sat right there, waiting patiently for their share of the yummy melon.

After a few minutes the ladies got up and went into the other room, leaving the men at the table.  Until they decided to get up and go in the other room, leaving the luscious watermelon unattended.

It was at this point,  a certain Chocolate Lab decided to help herself to the watermelon, left unprotected on the table.

Jodi Chick got a frantic, “Christ, Delilah just ate what equates to almost 1/2 a watermelon, should I be worried?” instant message.  

Thankfully the answer was no.  She may have an upset tummy, but it’s mostly water.

Damn good thing she’s so cute.

She makes it sound so impressive, but really, any self-respecting Lab can handle half a melon.

She makes it sound so impressive, but really, any self-respecting Lab should be able to eat half a melon.

Today we’re joining My Brown Newfies, Alfie’s Blog and Snoopy’s Dog Blog for a little bit of Monday Mischief. Hop along and see what everyone else is up to.

Oh Lord, My Water Broke

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I walked out of the bedroom door and said, “WTF is this wet spot on the floor?”

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My first thought was that my water had broken, but I knew that was wrong because 1) my pants weren’t wet, 2) the puddle was in front of me, not under me and last but certainly not least, I wasn’t pregnant.

My second thought was someone had an accident.

On the rug.

In front of the bedroom door, NOT in front of the ‘go outside’ door.

Then I looked up and saw the empty ice cream container.  The one I’d filled with water and left in the sink to clean out before recycling.

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Yup it was clean.

A couple feet away was the cover.

IMG_5314 Wow that was clean too.

I was pretty certain I’d left it in the sink.  In fact, I know I didn’t leave it on the floor.

Oh that delightful lab, Delilah with her mad lab skills carried a half-gallon ice cream container full of water, about fifteen feet BEFORE she spilled any.

Why she spilled it there is beyond me.  My guess?  She bumped into the bedroom door and dropped it.

I told you she had mad skills.

This Monday Mischief Blog Hop is brought to you by Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog, and My Brown Newfies.

When the Universe Smacks You Upside Your Head

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Sometimes when you have the best of intentions and think you are prepared for whatever comes your way, the universe seems to have a different idea for you.

Friday night after I had finished packing everything for our trip, I sat down to get my Candy Crack fix and my laptop wouldn’t turn on.  I checked the plug and the grounding prong had broken off. Drats!  Well Hubby will know what to do when he gets up I thought, and took out the little Chromebook I won at Blog Paws.  Thank you very much by the way, BP!

When Hubby woke up he said, “Babe, it’s fried.”

“But you can fix it, right?  I mean we just need to find a Best Buy and buy a new charging plug.”

“I think it’s the laptop and not the power cord, because the laptop should try and turn on but you’re getting nothing.”

I took a deep breath, it’ll be okay.  I have the Chromebook, my mini iPad, my camera and my phone.  I’ll make this work.

About half way to our destination I took out my camera to take a photo, as I snapped the picture the low battery symbol flashed and I realized with a sick jolt to my stomach, the charger was at home!

Well turns out you can find a cheap ($10) charger on Amazon BUT buying a universal charger at Wal-Mart is $30.  My little point and shoot camera is 7 or 8 years old, and I’m not spending $30 for a charger I have at home.

I took a deep breath, it’s okay, I have my Chromebook, my iPad and my phone.  Except the iPad and the phone don’t connect to the Chromebook so any pictures I take have to be e-mailed to myself and downloaded (which I haven’t figured out yet) so right now the pictures you’re getting are taken with the Chromebook.

I figured you won’t care, because they’re still beautiful pictures.

Last night's sunset.

Last night’s sunset.

Sampson Why are you looking at me?  You should be looking at the beautiful view.

Sitting enjoying the morning view, I’ve decided I’m going to try and listen to the Universe and take it easy. Maybe read some blogs this afternoon or work on my book.  But this morning, I’m going to take the dogs for a nice walk in the country and just enjoy the beauty of nature.

Are you in tune with the Universe or does she have to slap you upside your head like she does me?

This is the Monday Mischief blog hop hosted by Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog and My Brown Newfies.

 

 

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