h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think you squirrels are very cute..imaginative...would you say a squirrel in sheep's clothing? hehe

Well, they are clever little guys...

so are chipmunks! do you have chipmunks in cali?

Nope, no chipmunks. Just squirels, birds (two of whom have lost patience with me and come into the kitchen to look for their food as have some of the squirels), oppossums (again, several of whom have come into the kitchen looking for eats), and the wayward turtle to keep the dogs and fish company. I've yet to spot a raccoon (though fellow pond owners in the nieghborhood tell me that's a good thing because they tend to eat the fish), and the cats stay away because of the dogs. Now that I think of it, they may be keeping other fuzzy critters away too. Hmmm. Well, can't be helped. It's bad enough that the dogs tolerate the mice (they watch them but that's it), I don't want every cat sitting lakeside making Kira et al nervous.

That all sounds so very charming! Here we have Sid Vicious, the aforementioned catfish, who shares his home with four little guppies that belong to my roomate who also has a dog named Nelson. Nelson is a pound puppy, what I would call a miniature American shorthair. She is a riot. OUtside there are lots of birds, squirells, bugs, etc. I did see a rat and a opossum recently, but they didn't look too friendly. And some of the neighbors have dogs and cats who are all very , well, neighborly. My roomate also has a horse, but she lives way out in the country with a bunch of other horses and while i'm sure the a/c and cable may be very attractive to her, I think she's happier staying out there.

That all sounds so very charming! Here we have Sid Vicious, the aforementioned catfish, who shares his home with four little guppies that belong to my roomate who also has a dog named Nelson. Nelson is a pound puppy, what I would call a miniature American shorthair. She is a riot. OUtside there are lots of birds, squirells, bugs, etc. I did see a rat and a opossum recently, but they didn't look too friendly. And some of the neighbors have dogs and cats who are all very , well, neighborly. My roomate also has a horse, but she lives way out in the country with a bunch of other horses and while i'm sure the a/c and cable may be very attractive to her, I think she's happier staying out there.

(happy trigger finger)

No harm, no foul. Today I've got a real houseful. Mom and Dad are in Mexico for a week so I'm dog sitting. Their three, my brothers one, and my three make seven Chihuahuas for the next seven days. Good thing I'd recently gotten mine to get used to eating dog food and mom did the same a short time later. I'd be in bad shape if I had to cook meals twice a day for seven of these mice.

Now if I can get them to stop with the sibling squabbles...

All Chihuahuas?! Holy Burritos! Some friends of mine have a little choc brown/tan one named Chino who is adorable!

Multiply adorable by seven and you got my living room right now (though I am losing my patience with Spottie for growling all over the place).

I'm starting to think this is going to be a loooooong week.

yeah, sounds like you've got your hands full!

Udate: spottie's growling because he has a torn nail. Ouch! That being said, he and the other little ones are behaving better altogether. I spent most of the day in bed which is befitting the church of weekendism on a Monday but sucks as a way to spend a Sunday (unless you have company and the doggies don't count).

Don't worry, I stayed in bed all day too.

Hope you felt better than I! If not for the small dogs I may have kept my head under the pillow until my lil' sis dropped in w/kids and boyfriend. Today I had to run downtown to get a copy of divorce papers for #3 sis so she can marry #3 husband in Tenn. somewhere (your neck of the woods). That plus dog sitting for mom and bro has my family keeping me busy lately. Couldn't spend the day in bed if I wanted to (unless I had company ).

i thought i had company when i went home saturday night but when i woke up I was alone and i can't remember how i got home! now, that's what i call a good weekend!...just wish i knew what i did! this week promises to be kinda bad, have to have eye surg on wednesday which is very scary and i'll probably have to go around looking like a !

I hope it doesn't leave you with a peg leg! Yow! That's bad eye surgery! Glad you had such a good weekend and at least you made it into your own bed.

yes, i had to celebrate having a good weekend by extending it last night!

Okay lest you think you are out-weekending me, I won't be back to work for another TWO, count-um, TWO WEEKS! I missed a therapy session, next week is LABOR DAY so there is no session, that makes the next session Sept. 9, and I go back to work the Monday after that! Whew! I've got some kinda relaxation to pack into the next 14 days. Then Sept. 23 I've got jury duty and sometime before year's end I am required to take a vacation! Hoooo hoooo! Good stuff, Maynard.

I can't possibly compete with that! I had eye surgery yesterday and am already back at work!

Sorry. I've always been an overachiever when it comes to underachieving. I think it's better to bust your hump at home and at fun than at work anyway and I overachieve at home too!