The Beast And His Birds....Sheesh!

The Beast spent a good part of today doing two things....helping Dennis put up his new mailbox, which involved putting cement around the base of the post for it.....and trying to take some pictures of the birds at the bird houses.

The first chore was easiest.  That was dig a hole, mix up the cement and then hold the post upright while Dennis poured the cement around the base.  Of course, he was also holding a level along the side of the post to make sure it was straight.  Baron was no help and kept trying to put his nose in the cement but Dianne finally got him away by giving him some doggie cookies.

The other thing he was trying for was tougher.  He had the wrong lens for the camera on it and every time he got close enough for a good picture, he scared the birds away.  I don't know why he didn't change the lens since he did, finally, get up on the front porch and got a couple pictures that way.  However, he had to crop the picture quite a bit to get a good look at the birds and he complained about the quality because of that.  I looked at the picture he made his computer background and thought it looked fine but he's much fussier.  Looks good to me.  Next time, he will put the right lens on his camera now that he knows how skittish the birds are.

My girlfriend sent me an email to tell me she was sending me two Christmas presents.  I think one must be candy or some kind of food because she said to me to be sure to say it was for Christmas and only those that celebrate it can have some.  I know she meant the Beast.  The first one she said should be here by the 17th and the other two days later.  I told her she made me feel bad because I couldn't reciprocate.  First of all, we had a couple big bills we had to pay (taxes, car plate renewals).  The darn car plate renewals cost us more than our property taxes!  Sheesh.

But it made me remember that I need to tell all the kids not to include me in their celebrations since I can't afford to buy anything this year.   At least last year I could buy for the kids.  It makes me feel just awful but what can I do?  Besides, it always ends up in a fight with the Beast who thinks I should feel the same way he does.  After all these years, you would think he would know better.

Love you all.  Get that shopping done.  Only 12 days until Christmas.  ***Hugs***