Whoa, its Sunday already. Sue, you may remember as my current wife, Jenny, the elder and I drove to Rockford yesterday for the funeral of Sue's aunt. I believe she was 94 years old. That was kind of a sad day but we were able to visit with relatives we haven't seen for a while which was nice. Who would have dreamed that the ground would be covered with snow when we left. It snowed or rained on us all the way to Rockford. It did turn partly cloudy for the return trip last night. It was a long trip and I was worn out. I got up as usual this morning, read the paper and decided I really should be back in bed. I got up for the day at 9:50.
Sue was frazzled also but she is more accustomed to being a social butterfly than I am. She left me on Thursday and returned Saturday morning in time to go to Rockford. She went to Ames for a DAR State Conference thingy. I am never asked to ride along to these events, so I stay home and sulk. We had her in the back seat to catch a few zzz's which she did. I think that refreshed her a bit.
Having so much time to myself, I pondered many worldly matters while sulking but one really begged to be made known to y'all. I have shared my rules for driving, ranted about our solid waste agency and so forth. I decided a list of things on TV that make me crabby would be interesting. Let's see what you think. Here goes:
Commercials for adult diapers
Commercials for diarrhea remedies
Commercials for feminine hygiene products
Commercials for jock itch powders
Commercials for toilet paper that keeps you clean while cleaning you
Commercials for denture adhesives
Commercials with bad actors playing happy trade school graduates
Commercials with bad actors playing old people who fell and can't get up
Commercials for various prescription drugs with 60 seconds worth of warnings and disclaimers
Commercials for lawyers with class action lawsuits against the companies that made the above drugs
On our way to Rockford, Sue said she wanted to renew our vows. I didn't know they had expired.
The weather has been rather nasty here lately, cold and blustery. My granddogs have had to workout inside at the health club. Doesn't make them too happy I'll tell you. Kinnick has been working on his dock diving technique trying to lengthen his distance. Summertime is prime competition time. Along with working on technique, we have been working on building up the muscles in his legs. The trainers have fitted 6 ounce paw weights on each leg plus they have a backpack that he wears with a bottle of water on each side. He then puts in at least two miles on the treadmill. One mile walking and the other mile running. After that they put him on a balance ball thing. It looks like half of a big ball with a solid platform on it. It increases his balance. Kinnick does not like that one bit. All of the dogs get some time in the sauna to open the pores and help them relax - like they need help with relaxing. We monitor them closely in the sauna because the pugs can easily overheat.
The dogs have not gotten the hang of the indoor pee and poop stations we installed. These are state of the art contraptions, very sanitary. The dog walks up to the pee station, for instance, straddles the receptacle and proceeds to eliminate his waste. The waste is immediately flushed into a holding tank and a shot of water goes upward cleansing the appropriate area. Next, the dog advances to the turf area where he scratches the turf up with his paws. The shot of water has the dogs spooked. They just can't seem to get used to it. They get shot with the stream of water and they jump like there was a spring under them that shot them straight up. I don't know why. Maybe the water is too cold. We will keep working on that. The service tech did indicate that it may take a while for them to get used to it. I guess he was right. Probably should have been a red flag for me.
Pretty proud of Debby, the younger elder. She shopped for tires for her car, found the best buy, had them installed and got new windshield wipers installed at the same time. She says she didn't know that you weren't supposed to feel every bump in the road. Way to go, Deb.
While Sue was away, I decided I had better revisit the bathroom exhaust fan and light. You may remember that the fan worked but the light didn't. It was shortly thereafter that I decided to sell all of my tools and give up the handyman thing. I figured since she was gone no one would know that I had tried for a second time to get the light to work. If I failed I wouldn't say a word, if I succeeded I would take an ad out in the paper proclaiming my prowess. The ad will be in Tuesdays paper, only a quarter page though. Who would have guessed that the light bulb would have to be screwed ALL the way in? Book closed on that project.
Boy, I can't stop yawning. Should I take another nap already? I could brew up some more French Roast but it is midday. Why that makes any difference I don't know but it does to me. We will let you go now so that you can enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Have a good one and TA!
Sue was frazzled also but she is more accustomed to being a social butterfly than I am. She left me on Thursday and returned Saturday morning in time to go to Rockford. She went to Ames for a DAR State Conference thingy. I am never asked to ride along to these events, so I stay home and sulk. We had her in the back seat to catch a few zzz's which she did. I think that refreshed her a bit.
Having so much time to myself, I pondered many worldly matters while sulking but one really begged to be made known to y'all. I have shared my rules for driving, ranted about our solid waste agency and so forth. I decided a list of things on TV that make me crabby would be interesting. Let's see what you think. Here goes:
Commercials for adult diapers
Commercials for diarrhea remedies
Commercials for feminine hygiene products
Commercials for jock itch powders
Commercials for toilet paper that keeps you clean while cleaning you
Commercials for denture adhesives
Commercials with bad actors playing happy trade school graduates
Commercials with bad actors playing old people who fell and can't get up
Commercials for various prescription drugs with 60 seconds worth of warnings and disclaimers
Commercials for lawyers with class action lawsuits against the companies that made the above drugs
On our way to Rockford, Sue said she wanted to renew our vows. I didn't know they had expired.
The weather has been rather nasty here lately, cold and blustery. My granddogs have had to workout inside at the health club. Doesn't make them too happy I'll tell you. Kinnick has been working on his dock diving technique trying to lengthen his distance. Summertime is prime competition time. Along with working on technique, we have been working on building up the muscles in his legs. The trainers have fitted 6 ounce paw weights on each leg plus they have a backpack that he wears with a bottle of water on each side. He then puts in at least two miles on the treadmill. One mile walking and the other mile running. After that they put him on a balance ball thing. It looks like half of a big ball with a solid platform on it. It increases his balance. Kinnick does not like that one bit. All of the dogs get some time in the sauna to open the pores and help them relax - like they need help with relaxing. We monitor them closely in the sauna because the pugs can easily overheat.
The dogs have not gotten the hang of the indoor pee and poop stations we installed. These are state of the art contraptions, very sanitary. The dog walks up to the pee station, for instance, straddles the receptacle and proceeds to eliminate his waste. The waste is immediately flushed into a holding tank and a shot of water goes upward cleansing the appropriate area. Next, the dog advances to the turf area where he scratches the turf up with his paws. The shot of water has the dogs spooked. They just can't seem to get used to it. They get shot with the stream of water and they jump like there was a spring under them that shot them straight up. I don't know why. Maybe the water is too cold. We will keep working on that. The service tech did indicate that it may take a while for them to get used to it. I guess he was right. Probably should have been a red flag for me.
Pretty proud of Debby, the younger elder. She shopped for tires for her car, found the best buy, had them installed and got new windshield wipers installed at the same time. She says she didn't know that you weren't supposed to feel every bump in the road. Way to go, Deb.
While Sue was away, I decided I had better revisit the bathroom exhaust fan and light. You may remember that the fan worked but the light didn't. It was shortly thereafter that I decided to sell all of my tools and give up the handyman thing. I figured since she was gone no one would know that I had tried for a second time to get the light to work. If I failed I wouldn't say a word, if I succeeded I would take an ad out in the paper proclaiming my prowess. The ad will be in Tuesdays paper, only a quarter page though. Who would have guessed that the light bulb would have to be screwed ALL the way in? Book closed on that project.
Boy, I can't stop yawning. Should I take another nap already? I could brew up some more French Roast but it is midday. Why that makes any difference I don't know but it does to me. We will let you go now so that you can enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Have a good one and TA!
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