Hello most humans and many others,
Monday is trash day at our house. That means that Mr. Nelson is a bundle of energy all day. He loves that he gets to run in and out of the front door to "help" take out all the trash and recycling. Missy Linda makes a lot of trips to the curb with all kinds of things after the trash can and recycling bins are put out because she is very disorganized or something.
Mr. Nelson also barks a lot on trash day. He barks at the various trucks and workers. Today is actually "big trash" day which happens every first Monday of the month. That means that there are all kinds of extra trucks, depending on what people have put out. He loves it.
Mr. Nelson is as pumped all day on trash day as he was that day he ate some coffee grounds that Missy Linda dropped on the floor!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
What is it With Birds?
Hello most humans and many others,
I was just trying to figure out why Missy Linda and so many of you humans are so entertained by birds. This morning, Missy Linda was mesmerized by a downy woodpecker hopping up the metal pole of the bird feeder while he seems to be trying to determine what the hell the pole was made of. Woodpeckers always have trouble trying to eat from her bird feeder because they eat in a different way than other birds. Downy woodpeckers are much smaller than our usual woodpeckers that live here so they can eat the seeds in the feeder more easily than those huge woodpeckers. I think that they don't really like sunflower seeds so much though.
I have to admit that feeding birds is an inexpensive hobby compared to many of the things that you humans do. Also, I suppose that it helps the birds who are to lazy to find their own food. Every once in a while some bird not usually seen in this area will show up at the cafe, and Missy Linda goes bonkers. She tries to take pictures, and sometimes, she calls people. Sadly, not one of her pictures has ever turned out well. Poor Missy Linda.
I was just trying to figure out why Missy Linda and so many of you humans are so entertained by birds. This morning, Missy Linda was mesmerized by a downy woodpecker hopping up the metal pole of the bird feeder while he seems to be trying to determine what the hell the pole was made of. Woodpeckers always have trouble trying to eat from her bird feeder because they eat in a different way than other birds. Downy woodpeckers are much smaller than our usual woodpeckers that live here so they can eat the seeds in the feeder more easily than those huge woodpeckers. I think that they don't really like sunflower seeds so much though.
I have to admit that feeding birds is an inexpensive hobby compared to many of the things that you humans do. Also, I suppose that it helps the birds who are to lazy to find their own food. Every once in a while some bird not usually seen in this area will show up at the cafe, and Missy Linda goes bonkers. She tries to take pictures, and sometimes, she calls people. Sadly, not one of her pictures has ever turned out well. Poor Missy Linda.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
No Excitement, No Accidents
Hello most humans and many others,
Well, Missy Linda and Tio Kane got the tree chopped up pretty well with no excitement and no accidents. I don't really want bad things to happen, but since I never get to go anywhere any more, a little break from the boredom would be nice once in a while. What if you had to just sit on the dining room table or a dining chair or the kitchen counter all the time, and what's right there is all you could see? You would know what I mean then.
After they chopped up the tree in the front yard, they started cutting down some dead shrubs in the back yard that were so big Missy Linda couldn't cut them by hand. When they got about one and three-quarters of three chopped away, Missy Linda bent the chain on the chainsaw. They were too hot and tired to go back to Home Depot and get a new chain, so they just quit. I didn't mention that they had already been back once to get a new chain , did I? Missy Linda says she has trouble remembering to keep it straight and to not try to saw at weird angles. She loved the stupid saw though. She wore this stupid helmet with ear protectors and a big face shield of mesh. She thought she looked quite cute in the whole get-up.
It's when she's acting like that when I am kind of glad she doesn't take me places. I try to look on the bright side, see?
Well, Missy Linda and Tio Kane got the tree chopped up pretty well with no excitement and no accidents. I don't really want bad things to happen, but since I never get to go anywhere any more, a little break from the boredom would be nice once in a while. What if you had to just sit on the dining room table or a dining chair or the kitchen counter all the time, and what's right there is all you could see? You would know what I mean then.
After they chopped up the tree in the front yard, they started cutting down some dead shrubs in the back yard that were so big Missy Linda couldn't cut them by hand. When they got about one and three-quarters of three chopped away, Missy Linda bent the chain on the chainsaw. They were too hot and tired to go back to Home Depot and get a new chain, so they just quit. I didn't mention that they had already been back once to get a new chain , did I? Missy Linda says she has trouble remembering to keep it straight and to not try to saw at weird angles. She loved the stupid saw though. She wore this stupid helmet with ear protectors and a big face shield of mesh. She thought she looked quite cute in the whole get-up.
It's when she's acting like that when I am kind of glad she doesn't take me places. I try to look on the bright side, see?
Monday, May 28, 2012
Good Day to Chop Firewood
Hello most humans and many others,
I'll swear, I don't think I'll ever figure out you humans. Today, Missy Linda and Tio Kane are sawing up the top of one of the big maple trees in the front yard. Don't worry. They won't be up on ladders or anything so I don't expect any entertainment value from the whole thing at all. That would be way too much fun for me!
The big chunk of the tree is not up high anymore at all. It's lying across the yard since it mysteriously blew down, was struck by lightening, or otherwise became unattached from the rest of its trunk. It didn't hit the roof or break the window so Missy Linda says that's about all she can ask with the kind of luck she has. There's probably not really any danger that there will be any chainsaw injuries because Home Depot rents these electric saws that look like giant electric knives for people like Tio Kane and Missy Linda.
Missy Linda likes to tell this story about how she knows someone who bled to death after accidentally hitting himself in the thigh with a chainsaw. I think she does that to make everyone think she is doing something perilous. Nice try, Missy Linda. Maybe next time we'll be concerned. Now take your antihistamines and get crackin'!
I'll swear, I don't think I'll ever figure out you humans. Today, Missy Linda and Tio Kane are sawing up the top of one of the big maple trees in the front yard. Don't worry. They won't be up on ladders or anything so I don't expect any entertainment value from the whole thing at all. That would be way too much fun for me!
The big chunk of the tree is not up high anymore at all. It's lying across the yard since it mysteriously blew down, was struck by lightening, or otherwise became unattached from the rest of its trunk. It didn't hit the roof or break the window so Missy Linda says that's about all she can ask with the kind of luck she has. There's probably not really any danger that there will be any chainsaw injuries because Home Depot rents these electric saws that look like giant electric knives for people like Tio Kane and Missy Linda.
Missy Linda likes to tell this story about how she knows someone who bled to death after accidentally hitting himself in the thigh with a chainsaw. I think she does that to make everyone think she is doing something perilous. Nice try, Missy Linda. Maybe next time we'll be concerned. Now take your antihistamines and get crackin'!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Not the Best of Times
Hello most humans and many others,
I have probably lost a lot of you guys already because I haven't been keeping you up on my life. I know I have dropped the ball for awhile now. Missy Linda doesn't remember to let me have a turn at the computer when she has other things on her mind. Also, I got moved to a chair in the dining room, and then a jacket or something got thrown over me. You know what you humans say, "Out of sight, out of mind."
I've been hearing Missy Linda and Tio Kane talk, and it sounds as if we are going to be moving. I think that they do not want to move at all, but I don't know why. Missy Linda says things about having lived in this house longer than she's lived in any house her whole life. They talk about how they will have to get rid of so many of their things, and they don't know where to start.
I don't really understand their problems. I'm pretty sure that I'll be thrown into a shopping bag and taken to wherever it is we are going. I just hope that someone remembers to take me out when we get there
I have probably lost a lot of you guys already because I haven't been keeping you up on my life. I know I have dropped the ball for awhile now. Missy Linda doesn't remember to let me have a turn at the computer when she has other things on her mind. Also, I got moved to a chair in the dining room, and then a jacket or something got thrown over me. You know what you humans say, "Out of sight, out of mind."
I've been hearing Missy Linda and Tio Kane talk, and it sounds as if we are going to be moving. I think that they do not want to move at all, but I don't know why. Missy Linda says things about having lived in this house longer than she's lived in any house her whole life. They talk about how they will have to get rid of so many of their things, and they don't know where to start.
I don't really understand their problems. I'm pretty sure that I'll be thrown into a shopping bag and taken to wherever it is we are going. I just hope that someone remembers to take me out when we get there
Thursday, May 3, 2012
What's in a Name?
Hello most humans and many others,
Well, school is finally out for Missy Linda and Tio Kane. Missy Linda had told me that she was going
to take me to her class this semester. She said that she would take my picture with her classmates. After hearing about them for all that time, I wanted to meet them. Actually, some of them had been in other classes with her so I had heard about them for a long time.
Her friend Marnie sounds like she is really cool even though she likes a lot of the same things Missy Linda does. "Hoodie Guy" is a super nice young man with a little daughter. He is the same age as Mr. Nick. Missy Linda thinks he has so much talent for writing that she wants him to get busy and publish some books. She says she will spend her grocery money to buy his work. There are two other young men that Missy Linda really likes who were in the class. She says that at first the guys are always a little shy around her because they probably think of her as a mother-type person. She says she tries to nip that idea in the bud. Before long everyone acts like she's just any other classmate.
"Pirate Woman" is someone whom Missy Linda just never could click with. Missy Linda started calling her that because in another class, all that woman wrote about was pirates. The two of them just like totally different types of stories and totally different types of everything.
Missy Linda would get mad at me if I didn't explain that these nicknames are not derogatory in any way. They are just descriptive terms to identify people when she doesn't know their real names. Then by the time she finds out their names, the nicknames are imbedded into her brain. She is so weird.
For two semesters she had a classmate whom she called "Smoky Laptop." That was his nickname because he always used a huge laptop in class, and he was a heavy smoker. I wonder what other people call her, don't you?
Well, school is finally out for Missy Linda and Tio Kane. Missy Linda had told me that she was going
to take me to her class this semester. She said that she would take my picture with her classmates. After hearing about them for all that time, I wanted to meet them. Actually, some of them had been in other classes with her so I had heard about them for a long time.
Her friend Marnie sounds like she is really cool even though she likes a lot of the same things Missy Linda does. "Hoodie Guy" is a super nice young man with a little daughter. He is the same age as Mr. Nick. Missy Linda thinks he has so much talent for writing that she wants him to get busy and publish some books. She says she will spend her grocery money to buy his work. There are two other young men that Missy Linda really likes who were in the class. She says that at first the guys are always a little shy around her because they probably think of her as a mother-type person. She says she tries to nip that idea in the bud. Before long everyone acts like she's just any other classmate.
"Pirate Woman" is someone whom Missy Linda just never could click with. Missy Linda started calling her that because in another class, all that woman wrote about was pirates. The two of them just like totally different types of stories and totally different types of everything.
Missy Linda would get mad at me if I didn't explain that these nicknames are not derogatory in any way. They are just descriptive terms to identify people when she doesn't know their real names. Then by the time she finds out their names, the nicknames are imbedded into her brain. She is so weird.
For two semesters she had a classmate whom she called "Smoky Laptop." That was his nickname because he always used a huge laptop in class, and he was a heavy smoker. I wonder what other people call her, don't you?
Saturday, April 14, 2012
I Vote NO
Hello most humans and many others,
I have decided that my vote about climate change is, "NO! Stop it! I don't like it at all!"
We had tornadoes about 3:00 this morning. Yes, thanks for asking. I am fine. But our tornadoes used to be in the early evening or late afternoon. About 10:00 pm was the latest here. We are supposed to have some again tonight. I need my beauty sleep!
Don't get me wrong. It's not like anyone grabs me and takes me to the bathroom where they hide from the weather. There's room for only people and Mr. Nelson in there. Mr. Mushu has to be in his carrier in a closet under the stairs. Not because there's not room, but Mr. Mushu and Mr. Nelson cannot be together.
I hope Missy Linda gets her beauty sleep tonight. Believe me, she needs hers more than I need mine.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Well, It Is Monday!
Hello most humans and many others,
Well, what have you guys been doing lately? I have been in my usual shopping bag, head down, of course, for I don't know how long. The last thing I remember is that I was supposed to be going someplace, and I was in my bag, ready to go - - - and then my world went dark and stuffy.
The only thing that I can figure is that Missy Linda forgot to pick me up in my shopping bag because something like a coat got thrown over me accidentally. You know her - - - if she can't see me as she is going out the door, she forgets me. I have been head down, under whatever was hiding me all this time.
Did any of you guys miss me? Did you look for me? Did you call the police? I didn't think so.
I think some of you owe me apologies.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
It's Oscar Weekend
Hello most humans and many others,
Well, I"ve gotta tell you that I am pumped about the Oscars. I don't get to go to any movies, but I love the beautiful dresses and all the pagentry of the Oscars. I remember that when I first lived with Missy Linda, she let me have parties for the Oscars. I was thinking that if I play my cards right, there's a chance that I could do that again.
If nothing else happens in my favor, I may have to resort to questionable methods to get what I want. That's more exciting anyway, right? Missy Linda is right in the middle of one of her headaches. She doesn't notice much of what goes on around her at that time. She usually has her head covered with an ice bag.
I was considering the possibility of just pretending she is not here, and I could easily plan the party without her. She would be surprised on Sunday, but she couldn't do much to me in front of guests, right?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Getting Better
Hello most humans and many others,
Well, I'm hoping that Tio Kane and Missy Linda are about over their colds. Even Mr. Nelson has been coughing and sneezing! Tio Kane says that Missy Linda gave Mr. Nelson her cold when she was hacking and sneezing germs all over the place. He was complaining that he was just getting better, and then Mr. Nelson kept him awake with his noises trying to breathe and with his sneezing. I don't know. That took place upstairs, and I don't go up there. I know that Tio Kane was the first one here who had it.
They are all about to drive me bananas. You humans make a lot of really strange noises when you're trying to clear out your heads. Aren't you all afraid that you'll expel some pieces of your brains? I think that may have happened to Missy Linda.
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