I’ve been having phone problems so I got a new phone, which always comes with some problems too. Then WordPress wants me to download another app just to read stuff.
I can still write.
My lap top is charging as we speak, it’s an easier way to use wordpress.
I also have an urge to write, aside from pen and paper, the laptop is great for me.
I have an idea for a short story, I haven’t figured out the details exactly but it struck me last night, one of those out of the blue inspirations.
I’ve been meaning to do some things but to distracted to do them, I’m finally starting to refocus.
So I’ll probably be back later tonight, once I’ve made some progress.
How absolutely adorable is Lola right now? Lilly is just as cute.
I wish I had something interesting to share. I’ve been in a tired old funk with everything lately.
I’ve been watching (or rewatching) the Mary Tyler Moore show. I’m on season 5.
It’s nice just sitting here with the dogs.
So… I guess I can give an update on everyone. The dogs are great of course.
Pickles has been happier with the warm weather, even Dalton noticed.
Daltons fine, he’s been helping me with housework lately, which is nice.
Brodi… he’s just his usual self. He’s been doing classes at the Y for his job, hopefully he sticks with it.
Cadence was broken up with yesterday, by his homecoming date. They’ve been bf&gf for 5 months. Honestly, I’m impressed, maybe they’ll get back together?
Me and Adam have always had a daydream of opening a movie theater or a drive in, not to be ontop of new releases or anything b/c that is insanely expensive to do.
Just to show older movies, like a cheap thing for kids and families to do. Our city does a free “movie in the park” 2/3 times every summer.
We no reason to start a new adventure like that but Adam met with a city council person to see if they’d be supportive of that type of thing.
Lilly was in her spot for a long time before Lola decided to join her.
Idk why but this arrangement is pretty typical, I don’t think either one likes anyone in their face. They will both get in each others face and act surprised when the other has a conniption fit.
I guess ppl are the same way, I can’t stand when someone stands to close to me, drives me crazy.
Here they are in my bed together this morning. It’s not very typical for Lilly to be on top of the blanket, she’s usually hiding under the blankets, if anyone else is under the blanket she’ll press up against them, doesn’t matter who it is.
Lola will snuggle up to almost anyone if they’re sleeping or atleast calm and still for a while.
Lola will let you snuggle up with her, if she likes you she won’t let anyone else get close, she has a no touching policy that she strictly enforces.
You can’t even tap someone she’s protecting. She won’t allow it.
I should’ve taken pics of Pickles today. I basically made a tent over his pin with tarps b/c of the cold weather, today I took all the tarps down so I could clean up his pin, it’s been hard to do with the tarps, I can open it up but the wind will blow the tarp down so I’m just stuck inside with no opening.
I have a pooper scooper and designated trash can, I usually use hay for bedding but I’m out and so is the farm supply store so I used wood chips.
He loves if I toss wood chips or hay in the air, he tries to jump at it, he also loves if I play music for him, he gets excited for country music, it matches him perfectly.
The only thing I didn’t get to do with him is brush and pet him, only b/c I was busy the whole time, I’ll probably do that tomorrow.
He doesn’t really mind, it just bugs me, he doesn’t want pets when hes excited, or if he’s doing something, eating, making his bed, exploring, etc.
It’s fine with me but he’s my piggy and I’m more patient with him than anyone else. And I love petting him.
You have to spend a lot of time with a pig to make friends with them. It’s probably ingrained in their dna b/c ppl have been awful to them.
You can’t see that Lola and Lilly are actually snuggled up here.
Lilly is under the blanket, it’s so hard to get a good pic of them snoozin’ together b/c Lilly is always under a blanket.
Here they are right after Brodi barged out of his room and startled them both. Lola went right back to sleep but not Lilly.
I swear Lilly is doing her best to look relaxed but really she’s ready to attack whoever (brodi) ruined her perfect snoozin’.
This is typical of these two, I happened to be taking pics of an art project at the time so it was easy to capture their reactions.
(Side note- how perfect is that blanket, it’s from goodwill)
Lilly is so full of lil dog energy but also very patient, she’ll be wide awake and fully alert but just watch over me and Lola w/o disturbing us.
I know this b/c I usually only open my eyes when I wake up.
Lilly is actually a deeper thinker than I thought she was in the past, I didn’t give her enough credit.
Anyways…
This is the project
I’m making magnets. They’re clay, papier-mâché, and paint, not done of course.
Don’t worry if it seems I’m missing some characters, I am.
I’ve also been brainstorming about how to introduce my new lil one, Cadence. 🤷♂️ it’s like having a younger brodi but he has his own back story and personality.
He’s kind of like a mixture of Brodi and Dalton, Brodies brains mixed with Daltons emotions.
One more thing about Brodi, he has a new job, he’s coaching basketball for 6/7 year olds at the YMCA.
He has a supervisor all the time b/c he hasn’t completed all the training yet. I know some of it is “early childhood education” kinda stuff but he also has to take a first aid/cpr training class that I’ve taken for foster parenting/ adoption.
It’s basically a “how to react to a medical emergency” class, but it gives you a license that provides legal protection, believe it or not but ppl are sued for injuring someone in the process of saving an-others life.
Talk about ungrateful 😒. Cpr can break ribs. I’m afraid to use the heart defibrillator, I should probably study that more.
This was going to be a photo dump, I emailed myself a ton of pics however my laptop wouldn’t open my email unless I set the date/time on my laptop, but Idk whatever password it wanted to do that.
What my email has to do with the date and time on my laptop is beyond me, and why date and time is password protected??? It’s not something I set up or was ever worried about.
It’s just frustrating. I’m probably MAC’s worst kind of customer because I will make their products last far beyond the expiration date.
No email- oh well. I’ll carry on.
I only have this thing for writing, and writing does not require internet, really I don’t need this lap top, it just motivates me somehow.
Moving on…
I’ve been cleaning all day, first it was one of my air b&b houses, then Dalton asked if I could “pick him up” aka bring him home with me so he can cuddle and nap with the doggies.
Of course.
I’ve been on a mission with this house, trying to make it clean and relaxing.
Last night I did the fireplace area and my bedroom. Today I did the kitchen and touched up the fireplace area some more.
I made a fire, everything came together in the cozy way I want. Lola ditched Dalton when I sat down to write (here in front of the fireplace) but he still has Lilly and she’s not going anywhere.
I have some more thoughts brewing for sometime later, right now I just want to share my cozy warm feelings.
Take it easy at least for a lil while, worry less, snuggle up and feel warm. Nap.
This was a much longer story in my head but I condensed it into four boxes.
In the first one Lilly is making that sound of a wolf howling at the moon… did I spell that sound right, it’s so weird to put into letters. 😐
The big empty box on top where the title goes, I’ll do that tomorrow. I’m tired.
I read a book when I was 15 or 16, I don’t remember the title but it was very rambly, the story was of an orphan boy, raised in the system.
As he grows up he follows little surprise clues to find his father, the clues lead to his fathers grave.
The clues were so random and meaningless on the surface, like finding a receipt from a business in another town and feeling the urge to go there.
He follows the clues, but I think the lesson I was supposed to learn was to trust my intuition.
In the book the author/narrator says he’s writing the story in the hour of 2-3 am, b/c he wakes up knowing what to write but couldn’t write if he ignored that urge.
Intricate story telling to be honest, I believe it really was written like that, someone waking up with the urge to write something down. Following their intuition like their character followed his.
Anyways, lil parts of it have stuck with me, not all b/c I’ve forgotten most of it.
It’s hard to juggle all three of them at once when they’re all excited and wanting attention.
Me, Lilly, and Lola spend so much time together thats why we’re ALL focused on Pickles. (That’s to much for the poor lil guy)
Pickles doesn’t mind, except that Lilly will steal his bed, or get in the way while I brush him, they’re kinda similar except Lilly thinks they’re having fun while Pickles is genuinely getting upset.
I swear he really does think she’s a cat. He likes cats.
I haven’t posted about my animals online except here on WordPress and a couple videos on tik tok that I’m always considering taking down.
The reason is b/c a cat had kittens in Pickles pin once and I posted some videos and pictures one day b/c it was all so adorable, but (of course) ppl attacked me for it, saying that I’m crazy for letting him around kittens and etc.
I personally had nothing to do with that momma cat deciding to have her kittens in his pin, but she was a kitten who always loved snuggling up with him, she loved being in there with Pickles and she always ran away from me b/c she was wild. Still is.
Momma cats can and will refuse to give birth until they find the right spot, a safe place, that’s why you’ll sometimes see a stray that’s WAY overdue, it’s sad if you think about it.
That overdue stray momma is stressed out and feeling unsafe everywhere 😿. It’s extremely hard on her, pretty risky for her kittens.
ANYWAYS
Pickles is a cat person, he thinks Abby was his momma. (She was) they both thought they were exactly the same. 🤷♂️
Abby was more of a cat person too, she’d randomly round up a bunch of kittens out of nowhere and then not let you touch them or her… you couldn’t interfere with her mothering.
Abby and Lola remind me so much about each other. Just put Abby in Lolas body and give her a couple more years of life’s hardships and they’re a perfect match!
Back to the comic… seems like Lilly gets away with a lot b/c she’s so small, what are you really going to do? But she’s also a lil cutie pie… so nothing… 🫤…
Pickles- to other ppl he’s big and scary, but everyone who knows him knows he’s a big sensitive baby who really just wants belly rubs.
And Lola, she scares everyone by being big and loud, but she doesn’t know how big she looks or how loud she is so it’s a constant surprise to her too.
Her and Pickles get along aside from accidentally scaring each other every so often. 🫤
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