Merchandise Everywhere

After spending almost an hour and a half in the check out line today…yes 1 1/2 hour. I guess I should explain before I go any further. We are on a trip…for Christmas and its a very tropical destination. The sun was not only hot but BLAZING hot and I forgot my sunglasses…so I the middle of a family backyard get together….I went to the corner department store to buy something anything to cover my eyes and ….yes try to look a little stylish in the process. Anyway so I’m in the check out line..there are about 30 people in front of me so I prepared myself for the “journey” towards checkout. I entertained my mind so it wouldn’t turn to mush by observing and ahem… people watching. Directly  in front of me was a couple with NO shopping cart and four arms full of “stuff”. the check out line in the store was set up to make a zig zig shape to prevent theft and entice the customer to buy yet more stuff before making it to the line of cashiers. through the zig zag maze we all went with both sides of the waiting lien lined with knick knacks and things that people dont need..like boxed cookies with a thousand fat grams and sugar….candles with odd shapes and glitter….thousand upon thousands of the ever popular ear buds..including wonder wonman ear buds. well the two people in front of me managed to amass $50 dollars worth of things just standing in the line and moving forward. i couldn’t believe it they just kept grabbing more and more stuff. they were literally shopping for Christmas in the line. Now here’s the kicker when the almost got to the check out point they decided to go through ALL the items in the possession…sor tthem out and promptly leave about half on the floor…YES on the floor right before the last turn to reach the cashier. Unbelievable. Hopefully everyone reading this blog had a joyous Christmas and only bought sparingly. the meaning of Christmas is not in buying……..but sharing of ourselves with others. Like the love of Jesus for all of us.

Growing Old Gracefully

Sophie is our labrador dalmation mix. She is 63 yrs old in doggie years and 9 yrs old in human years. She still beautiful and playing. Her younger brothers keep her going. Lately we had some health issues with her but she is fine now………..a little incontinence but it was quickly addressed by our knowledgeable vet. A prescription of one pill a day of Proin and she was brand new……we were going through paper towel rolls and toilet paper by the dozen.

Sophie ...sweet Sophie!

Upfront and personal – look into my eyes!!

this is precious Chance he was a rescue and his birthday is November the 15th , this year Chance is 5 years old.

Playtime in full swing at Barkville

On a sunny afternoon anything and everything can become a toy………….a toy that everyone wants …….and no one shares. Our latest “toy” is the empty discarded shell of a turtle. How it got into our fenced yard is anyone’s guess…how it died……no one is telling………..but EVERYONE wants to play with the shell. Randy decided he was going to try to bring it in the house (as he does with most things he finds that peak his interest) but that idea was quickly rejected by …you guessed it……..Mommy

Play time in Barkville…before it gets too cold

Resting in the shade

here we are making the most of what left of the warm afternoons, soon with will be too cold to play and we will all be wearing sweaters………hey that might be fun too…..lets see…..lets play “who can chew their sweater off first!”……and see what Mommy does

Lazy afternoon in Barkville

Randy's brother and sister, Chance the cocker Spaniel and Sophie the lab / dal mix

 

Above is Randy’s bed. he loves to sleep with silk scars with tend to reflect back his own body heat. We think he sometimes still misses his brothers from the litter because they used to huddle; like puppies often do, very close together when they slept. Now he just likes to be unde the covers when he is not on his bed. Randy spends an average of 10 hrs sleeping for every 24 hrs. he is mostly awake during the day hunting in the yard and suning himself on the terrace. He likes to lay with his stomach towards the sun.

Barkville USA 11/5/2010

This is Randy's first picture (January 2010), when he arrived at our home. He is the newest and latest edition to Barkville USA

 

Randy came to us at the beginning of this year. He was born last year on November the 10th. So we just had our first birthday. Randy was the “runt” of his litter but he grew up surrounded by crazy Chance his big brother and Sophie his much older sister. Randy took to our big yard VERY fast and quickly realized that there was plenty of hunting to do. Over the past months he has presented us “with any a gift”, dead lizards, a be headed squirrel (which he brought INTO the house…YIKES!) and a dead crow here and there. beats me how he was able to catch them. He currently has his eye on an armadillo that is twice his size and lives three feet on the OTHER side of our chain link fenced 1/2 acre yard.