FRIDAY FOTOS: Beth Says Good-Bye

FRIDAY FOTOS: A Walk With the Dogs

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The FAMILY Pets

Sometimes cliques are right.

This weekend, Jordan, my old man cat, started his winter routine of sleeping on the heat vents. His favorite spot is the floor grate in the upstairs bathroom, blocking the heat to the whole second story.


Fiona has taken her hunting trips into the pucker bush and comes home with an infestation of burrs. She gets testy when I remove them.

Then, there are the dogs. If something or someone is in the yard, they’ll raise a ruckus, but they like cats. Jordan has been their buddy since puppy-hood. Apparently, skunks remind them of cats.


But skunks are different from cats. Really different. These 2 have had several opportunities to learn that, but the lessons didn’t soak in. Saturday night, they came charging into the living room and PEW!!! Anne, the more cautious of the 2, wasn’t too bad, but Toby stank. We’ve been down this road before. A bath only makes your towels stink. Tomato juice is supposed to work, but I’ve never had any luck. So they slept outdoors.


Beth thinks Pepie LePew moved into a ditch close to the house, so we may be seeing a lot of him. This is the 3rd … maybe the 4th such adventure Toby and Anne have had in their 7 or 8 years. You know what they say about old dogs. It could be a fragrant winter. Do skunks hibernate?

Quote for 9/30/09: Dogs

"Did you ever walk in a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives." -- Sue Murphy

Pat's Points: Observations on Life

The kids are back in college. Suddenly, I have a place to park my car and the wayward glasses have returned to the kitchen.




Never wash the car, when there's a crew working on your road.



Why buy an iron when you have a dryer and a wet sock?



Teach your children to play Tetras. It prepares them for college dorms.



It says something interesting about our country when the most profane word is the sex act. Songs, movies and novels are full of it. Advertising hints with enthusiasm. But we aren’t supposed to say it.



A good boss judges you by your work. A mediocre one judges you by his ego.



What idiot put Mother’s Day in May? It should be in August … on the first day of school.



Fat is profanity for the new millennium. It’s better to say “Fuck off,’ than “You’re fat.”



The only way that grilling is easier than using a stove is if your husband does it.



Think a circus can pack a lot of clowns in a little car? Watch your daughter pack up for college … or fill a closet.



Only a man would design a bathroom with a spacious area around the toilet and a narrow spot by the sink.



Big dogs are big cowards. Little dogs bark a good game.



Your tomboy has grown up when her nice tops out number her T-shirts.



When your children go back to college, they’ll miss the pets. They’ll miss the DVR. But they may not miss you. Your wallet, yes. You, not so much.