All Rested Up?

Hey there most humans and many others,

Are you just about recovered from the Christmas weekend? I think that Missy Linda got pretty much recovered on Christmas day. Of course, she would say that was all erased the next day when she had to go back to work. Evidently, they were very short-staffed, and Missy Linda came home pretty exhausted. She was also yammering on about how the two people who were there for work were sucking out her sanity by their behavior. One kept hiding in the back of the store and taking breaks she wasn't allowed to take. The other spent the whole day complaining about the first worker. Missy Linda was really cranky by the time she got home!

I am afraid that she is going to be cranky like that again soon. This weekend she has to be at work at 7:00 am for a big sale the store is having. The next day, she has to be there at 6:00 am for inventory. The store will open at noon, and then the regular hours of the job will start. She says she wouldn't mind if she actually made some extra money. Some companies actually pay extra per hour for working more than regular hours. Missy Linda wants one of those jobs!

Christmas is for Napping

Seasons' Greetings most humans and many others,

Well, my goodness! Here it is after Christmas, and I did not realize that so much time had passed! It seems like a couple of days since I talked with you all. I have been so booked up with galas, charity balls, and holiday parties that I just lost track of time. (Yeah, that's the ticket.)

Those of us who do our main Christmas celebrating on Christmas Eve have the actual day free that most people are cooking and trying to find enough garbage bags for all the trash. Missy Linda took some antihistamine (for allergies) and proceeded to take a long nap. I'm guessing that she enjoyed her Christmas day.

Mr. Nelson enjoyed his Christmas celebration playing with Missy Ryley and Missy Emma- - -that is, after the pre-festivity brushing, bathing, and nail cutting! He did fall asleep behind the couch a couple of times, but it was a late evening for him. He didn't even hate the ride home. He sat in the child car seat that Missy Linda keeps in her car for Missy Emma and Missy Amelia. He looked out the windows and smiled a lot!

Accident Prone

Greetings most humans and many others,

How are you all doing in the Christmas rush? I suppose that I am doing great, partly because I don't really have to do any work for holidays. Of course, around here, there's not going to be any parties or anything fun. All the fun will be other places, I suppose. I'm hoping I get to go to some fun happenings, but I never know for sure until I either am picked up from my perch or left sitting there all alone- - -mostly the latter is my lot in life!

On to more entertaining (?) subjects- - -I am beginning to wonder if Missy Linda shouldn't try to find a less dangerous job. And on the flip side, she should probably not be allowed to do certain things at home, either. I think she is getting what you humans call, "senile." Right now, her hands look like (well, I don't really know what to say they look like.) They kind of look a mess for sure. Her left hand has one crooked finger from last spring when she tripped and jammed it at work. Her pointer on that hand has the fingerprint area missing due to a hot glue gun accident. Supposedly, these are common accidents among the glue gun crowd, especially if one hasn't used one for awhile. Really?

The middle finger on her right hand is the ugliest purple color I have seen lately. It seems that she shut the big back door at the store while her finger was in the way. I can't help but wonder if she is trying to assume Mr. Nick's place in the family as most accident-prone member. At least hers are not bad enough to require trips to the emergency room. That's when the line will be crossed! There will have to be an intervention!

Being Specific

Hello most humans and many others,

I thought that I had heard about the goofiest things that Missy Linda has said have happened at work. I now think that the sky is the limit regarding the stupid things that she will do.

On Sunday, usually a busy day at the store, Missy Linda re-pierced her coworker's ears. It seems that they had been pierced, but had grown closed. The other employee had those sharp earrings that they shoot from a gun in the shops, so it wasn't that bad, Missy Linda maintains. The craziest thing is that for some unknown reason, they performed this little ritual up at the front counter rather than in the break room or someplace discreet.

I agree with Tio Kane, who said, "Just because something is not specifically prohibited in the employees' manual, doesn't mean you are supposed to do it."

Accidental Naps?

Greetings most humans and many others,

Well, it has beencold here for the last couple of days. I hope Missy Linda and many of you humans are happy. Personally, I must be from a warmer climate originally, because I'm definately a lover of weather that is a little warmer. Of course, I don't actually get out that much, so it doesn't affect me that much. I do enjoy complaining about things,though. Or so Missy Linda would tell you.

I don't know if it is the cold weather or what, but yesterday afternoon, Missy Linda slept on the couch for about three hours. She says it was an accident! She says she didn't mean to sleep but for about twenty minutes. She has been whining lately about the holiday hours at the store. She says the longer holiday hours on the weekends make her feel really wiped out.

Poor Missy Linda! I know for a fact that one new college girl has been hired, and only two people quit last week. That just leaves them one person shorter than they were before. I have trouble feeling sorry for her. Earlier, all she wanted was a job, and that's all I heard about. Now, it's that she wants more pay, benefits,and more people to help her. I wish she would make up her mind!

Allergies Gone?

Hello most humans and many others,

Are all your allergies gone since the good freeze we had? I don't know much about any of that, but I know that I heard a great deal about when the first hard freeze comes, the effects of the allergies would lessen. I began to think it was the chorus of a popular song, I heard it so much!

Well, I don't see any difference in the humans and the domesticated animals who I know. Missy Linda's face is still kind of puffy looking, and her eyes are still red and teary. She goes around sniffling and snuffing, making disgusting noises. Really humans, are those snorting and choking noises really necessary? Do you even realize how they affect us non-humans?

I would like to respectfully suggest that you allergy sufferers try harder to keep it to yourselves. Just because antihistamines make you sleepy, doesn't mean they are bad. As a matter of fact, I count that as one of the benefits I enjoy the most- - -all of you people sleeping! At least then, you usually make fewer disgusting noises! (After you conquer phlegm produced noises, we will discuss snoring, OK?)