Spring is all around us now...everywhere I look I see something bright and beautiful. Even though it is cold, dark, dreary and rainy here this day, I look out and see things blooming and the gloom isn't so all enveloping.I cannot help but wish I had a fireplace when it rains...I love sitting by a fire almost as much as anything there is. Just something about it....when we moved to Tennessee, the little house had a fireplace. We did close it up and get a wood stove with a blower on it. But before we closed it, I sure enjoyed it. Sitting by a wood stove is very enjoyable also, just not quite the same.
I keep threatening to turn our old block garage into a room for me...with a wood burning stove in it. I know I would spend a lot of time in it if we did...I would want a stove and a comfortable chair or two...and a light to read by. But then I think about how much work would be involved and how damp it tends to get...the dampness is really the part that worries me. Roger says we could take care of it, but I am not as positive as he is.
Okay, change of subject...
Our dinner yesterday was filled with laughter from watching Lorelei. She sat and grinned and laughed and made faces almost the entire time. So much joy does she bring to our life. And she laughs in her sleep...honest to goodness. Sarah was the same way....she woke up laughing a lot of times when she was little. I honestly can't remember if she did it this young though...
Roger picked up this little rocker seat for her at Walmart Saturday...we put it together, all the while knowing that one of the cats would claim it. He first put this folded up towel in it. None of them noticed it till that night and then Puss Puss claimed it. We took the toys off cause she wanted to play with them, and we unfolded the towel and covered the entire thing with it. Puss Puss slept in it that first night, but she was back with us last night.
Sarah says Otto licks Lorelei's feet every chance he gets...Keesha doesn't pay her much mind. She was a funny dog...she didn't always like kids when she was young, yet some kids could do anything to her. Otto will be all for anything that Lorelei can dish out...though Sarah will never let Lorelei be mean to an animal.Otto and his type were at one time America's favorite dog for families...they have such a bad reputation now. Though after knowing him, it really makes me wonder how any of them is ever induced to fight. He is all about a good time...the closer he can be to you the better. He just has to sneak in as many kisses as he can...
I need to get busy and get some things done around here...I bought an extra ham and had it sliced so I need to get the slices bagged individually and frozen. I also need to put the dishes up...I tell you I am loving my dishwasher. So far, I am well pleased with it. I put a pan in it the other day that had sat for hours, it had had mac-n-cheese in it, and that had dried on it. It came clean as a whistle. It cleans much better than our old one...even when it was brand new I found quickly that it was no use to try to clean pans in it. But that was about 15-16 years ago. I guess things have improved since then.
