Canine Good Citizen

Bonsai and Grant have both passed the Canine Good Citizen test! Almost comical since the both tend to misbehave so much. It's funny because they both (especially Bonsai) know how to put their game face on when it counts. They are almost like different dogs when they are in testing mode. This is the first step for me to be able to volunteer with them.

Weekend Cat Blogging

Even kitty cats have a hard time finding something that fits in the morning...

Escape from Alcatraz

...not really, just from my backyard. Bonsai once again has caused me heart ache and grief. I learned a few months ago that Bonsai has been scaling the 6' fence into my neighbor's yard. I placed a 3" PVC pipe what I slit open lengthwise on top of the boards that he was scaling over. It created a very slippery, rounded surface so he couldn't grip with his front paws. I thought the problem was solved. My neighbor just told me he has still been doing it for weeks. The PVC pipe is no longer working. I have personally witnessed him scale the fence with the pipe in place. This time it came with some consequences. My neighbor has some t-posts in her yard next to the fence. Bonsai got caught on the post on his way down and ripped his side open in 2 spots.

I guess it's back to the drawing board to find ways to keep him contained...

LEAN CUISINE?

They actually expect people to survive on this? I wouldn't even consider this a snack! And look at it...not even close to the picture on the box. I guess if they actually showed what it look like, no one in their right mind would buy it. At least it doesn't taste too bad...but at a 180 calories, I am still hungry. I have been trying these Lean Cuisines at lunch time because I have gone way overboard with the eating lately and gained some weight. Though I have to supplement them with something else otherwise I would be one cranky bitch!

BTW...I really suck at this blogging thing. I haven't blogged since February (and a shitty post to boot!)

GOOD GRIEF!

I was eating lunch in the food court where I work (food court is open to
the public) anda man approached me and I think he was trying to hit on
me. He was staringat out table for maybe 5-10 minutes then he walked
up to me and asked me to read his fortune from his cookie. He said he
was blind. I was already in a really bad mood so I wasn't in the mood
for some older ugly man to approach me and use a really stupid ass
pick-up line. Now if he was a hot guy, I would be singing a different tune
here...so I read his fortune cookie without looking at him and handed right
back and ignored him. What I wanted to say to him was that his fortune
cookie read, "F OFF!"

I know that sounds really nasty and mean, but this guy really pissed me
off. Why is it that I only get these really ugly, way too old for me men that approach me?!? Don't get me wrong, I DO NOT think I am some beauty queen (not even close), but COME ON!! My friend tried to comfort me and tell me that it was at least better than not being approached at all...I don't think so. I know I shouldn't be looking at it in thisway, but I find it very insulting that these men think I would be attracted
to them...what does that say about the way I look? I know it's not all about looks, but at first that's all you see. A few years ago I was taking a golf class and I was waiting in line to hit some balls at the driving range and I was making small talk with the guy behind me in line (about work I found out he was also a civil engineer). After a few words
out my mouth, he interrupts me and says, "I am already married." WTF? And the shitter, he was even uglier than the guy in the food court! I think about that every once
in a while and to this day it still gets my goat!

MY DOG IS INSANE!

This last weekend, I learned something new about my dog Bonsai.
He hates when you spin around in circles. My nephew and I held hands
and were spinning around in circles just playing around. Out of nowhere
Bonsai comes hauling ass at us and broke through our linked arms and
jumped on me and almost knocked me flat on my ass. I have added it to
the list of things I can't do in his presence...or have to restrain him
when others are doing these things:

1.) Swinging
2.) Piggy back rides
3.) Jump roping
4.) Swimming
5.) Tossing babies/kids in the air
6.) Horseplay of any kind
and now....
7.) Spinning

I am not sure what he is capable of doing when he catches you
doing any of the listed items above, but I do know he can go
ape-shit. He did nip at my friend's shirt when he was jump roping
and ripped a nice size whole in it and knocked my poor niece off
a swing once. What a freak.

California Dog

It's a beautiful winter Sunday morning in February but the sun is shining, it's nice and warm, and my dog is eating an orange...can it get any better?