Heart Like a Dog

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

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.

 

 

You Make Me Laugh – July 28, 2013

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One of the big reasons I started this blog was for all the crazy, funny things my dogs do that bring a smile to my face or a laugh to my lips.

Sometimes it’s not easy to write a full blog post about it and sometimes I forget to share.

Some posts will be You Make Me Laugh and others will be You Make Me Smile, but they will all be the silly, sweet, funny things Sampson and Delilah do that help make crazy days just a little bit easier.

Feel free to share what your pet does to make you laugh/smile in the comments.

Sampson and Delilah, the way you run down to bark at the horses when they snort, it makes me laugh.

Sampson and Delilah, the way you run down to bark at the horses when they snort,  you make me laugh.

 

How do your dogs react when confronted with an animal they haven’t seen before?

If you follow us on Instagram you know we’ve been traveling this weekend, we’ll be sharing lots of pictures this week.  If you don’t, what are you waiting for? We’re HeartLikeaDog

There’s a Big Bird in Our Woods

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Today we join our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs Blog for This ‘N That Thursday.  It’s THIS and THAT and anything goes day.  Which is totally cool.  Thank you to 2 Brown Dawgs for the hop!

This 'N That Thursday

There’s a Big Bird in Our Woods

Yesterday was probably the most enjoyable walking day we’ve had since May.

Except for the Big Bird.

Yes it’s true, I live in an area with lots of wildlife.  I’ve seen deer, wild turkeys, fox, and raccoons to name a few.  But yesterday on our walk, I saw a Big Bird.  I mean a really BIG Bird.

I kid you not.

Memorial Day weekend it was so cold we had a fire burning in the fireplace.  We went right from that to heat and humidity.  Because of the love affair the bugs have with me, I walk in long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, a hat and a bug screen.  It’s not a pretty sight, in fact I’m pretty sure I’ve scared a few people who have come upon me unexpectedly.

IMG_5310 See what I mean?  Besides being scary, it can make for a very hot walk.  In fact, I sweat like a whore on payday.

Which is why the break in the humidity came as a welcome relief, and the dogs and I had a lovely walk yesterday evening.

Except for the really Big Bird.  I saw it first and as one does when they see something suspicious or scary you try to stay clear of it.  So I redirected the dogs and thankfully they missed seeing it.

Except this really Big Bird was right on our path to go home.  I know.  The horror.

I shuddered thinking how will I get the dogs past this bird, without risk of someone losing a limb?  I thought about Storm and how she tackled that Canadian Goose that was bigger than she was and she won.  But she’s a Chessie, she’s a tough dog and trained to hunt birds.

My dogs aren’t.

I tried to keep the dogs away from it, but it really piqued Sampson’s interest and I could only hold him back so long.

I told them to Leave It, but eventually there was nothing more I could do and Sampson surged ahead to investigate the Big Bird.

I have to warn you, the photo is shocking.  Not at all the type of bird you’d expect to find in the woods.

IMG_5345 I told you it was a Big Bird.

WTF?  I’m not walking on Sesame Street people, I’m walking in the freaking woods.  How the hell does Big Bird get in my woods?  I’m flabbergasted.  What will I find next?  Dora the Explorer?

Wait a minute, maybe I know where Waldo is.

Blog Reading

I’m behind again on blog reading.  But there is some good news.  I have some time off coming up and expect to catch up.

I guess Feedly still has some issues to work out.  I signed in the other day and it told me I had over 700 posts to read, which was an increase of over 400 from the day before.

While some of you really are voracious writers I knew that had to be incorrect.  Thankfully it was.  For some reason it was telling me the WordPress tips blog (which I follow but rarely read) had over 400.

Follow-Up Friday’s Co-Hostess

I’m thrilled to tell you that tomorrow’s co-hostess is another repeater, Sue from The Golden Life.

That’s it for today, many thanks to 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday.

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