Spent the last 15 minute making faces at two kids on a school bus. They loved it! I really enjoy my drive home!

Dinner drive.

Drove Ruth to dinner at the Blue House. However, we took the scenic route to the resturant, since it was such a lovely evening! Drove out of town about 7 miles and hung a left on McDonald road. The animals up there don't see many cars, or they are so inbreed that their response time is mega slow. I drove over a chipmunk. Literally. I looked in the rear view mirror and he was still sitting there, trying to process what had just happened. Then he slowly wandered off the road and into the grass. Freak.

Had a close encounter with a squirrel, except in slow motion. I saw him and by the time I came up to him on the road I was going about 6 miles an hour, and he was still trying to decided whether to finish making a run for it, or abandon his quest for the other side and move the 2 feet back to safety. I went around him and left him to ponder his choices. Weirdo.

Had a similar encounter with a small Junco. Seriously? A bird?!! Hey bird! Try flying away BEFORE I get to ya, not after. Dork.

Anyways, after our exciting Northwest Trek experience with the wildlife, I filled up with gas and we ate greek. Ruth had never been there, and was thinking of taking some company there. Now she knows how good it is. We then hit the grocery store for cat food so that the little beasties wouldn't attack Ruth in the middle of the night and try and chew her leg off.

I helped bring the stuff into her house, said goodnight, and then gave Pug a car ride across the street to my place. He doesn't quite know what to make of being IN a moving vehicle, so I try and do this occasionally. Would rather it be familiar in case I need to take him somewhere, like a vet.

To think this little girl would run away from me whenever I came within 20 feet of her. Now she hogs the bed and begs for pets and head scritches! She rewards me by sticking out her tongue at me.

It's only taken me almost a year and a half to win her trust. Well worth it! She will be warm and happy this winterI believe her to be about 13 -14 years old.

99% done!

I finished the yard yesterday. I haven't cleaned out the old fireplace, but I will. Then I can make little fires and roast little wieners!

So, this is a picture of the yard part done.

This is the yard done. Less tree branches, no poop in the grass, the garbage is gone, and there is a huuuuge pile of yard debris you can't see by the tree on the right. I have cleaned up 2 chairs Ruth has. At least they are as clean as they can get, and I am ready for company!

Any takers?

Yesterday.

It was full of a bunch of these moments;

And it had a bunch of these moments, too!

Hehehe!

Slow morning. Ha!

Wow! I have been busy and it ain't even 9:30 yet.
Decided to start cleaning up the pretty little side yard at the apartment. You don NOT even want to know how much dog poop I have gathered so far. I probably only have about a 1/3rd of it. I have made a ginormous pile of branches, and will be racking up much debris shortly. I wish I had taken a picture of the 'before' but I have a picture of the 'right now, and will take one or two (hundred) more before I am done. I should have it all finished by Sunday. Then I'll stat on the inside of the house.
I am happy to say that I love yard work. If i didn't, I'd have less to bore all y'all with.

What a beautiful morning!

Opened my front door at 6am so I could watch the sky change from night to morning. Snuggle with Pug, which tends to be the highlight of my day. He is such a sweet little man! About 6:45 I wandered outside to sit in my lawnchair and enjoy themorning. Deadheaded some flowers and let the thoughts about my week rolled in and out of my head.
Work has been highly stressful. I am starting to wonder if I am on the 'out to fire' list. I feel I am being treated that way, but really don't know what to do about it. The management team was informed yesterday that labor hours will NOT get better. They will become even more sparse. Our feeling that we have had less hours this year to work with and more to do has been correct. I am really starting to dread the whole work thing, and finding it harder to more than 'bare bones appreciate' the fact that I have a full time job at all. I don't like that feeling, or the way the stress is making me act. I really need to do something about it, but at this point I can't seem to figure out what.

Anyhow, the weekend is here now. I am off to put on my outdoor work clothes and start my day. I do need to put another pot of coffee on, though, before I do anything else. I have been cleaning up all my picture files, and think I have a few gems for you that I will post later.

Hope you all are enjoying the sunny morning, too!