It was a great day...again. My only bitch is that it was overcast most of the day....again. *Sigh* Except for the fact that it was warm out, I might have been depressed over the gloominess that overcast skies always bring. If it had been winter, now THAT would have been the kind of day to have all the lights on in the house. It had a lot of windy gusts going and the birds (again) didn't show up until the winds calmed down. You would think they would just love the winds. Oh, maybe that was it. They might just have been joy flying...LOL. The cardinal and his mate showed up together, which is unusual. I guess they don't have eggs in their nest yet. I think I spotted the tree where they have it built but can't be sure. It DID look like that's what they were doing with all the sticks and stuff I saw in their beaks though. Time will tell.
The Beast did his wash today. He's finally learned to bring hangars with him when the dryer sings it's song. He finally hangs up his dress shirts immediately. I checked and they all looked like they didn't need any spot ironing. *Grin* I've been telling him he could avoid a lot of ironing if he did that and he finally got the message. LOL! MEN! I folded all his t-shirts and mated his socks. But I make him put them away. I don't mind doing it but I am so tired of tripping over Baron's bedding. I keep forgetting to watch for his mattresses since Baron has this bad habit of dragging them to different spots during the day. If I am carrying the clothes basket, I'm not really looking down on the floor. I've almost fallen several times after Baron decided he wanted to nap somewhere different in our room. He will drag the smaller of his two sleep pads and then plop down for a nap. But, does he put it back?? NO, of course not. He IS a male after all. LOL! If he ever did, actually, I would probably faint. He's smart but not THAT smart.
The Beast brought home some Starbucks coffee to use once we run out of the Kauai coffee that my friend, Carol, had sent to us. The Beast (and I) were horrified when we realized how much she was spending every month on it for us. But why he bought Starbucks, I have no idea. However, he brought home the dark roast beans because he never reads the labels. Only the big print...lol. Now, we have had Starbucks coffee only once or twice that I recall. We were never big fans of it. He said it was because it was supposed to be a very good brand and he had trouble going back to regular coffee after our beans ran out last time. We made a pot of it just to check it out and, let me tell you, it can't hold a candle to the Kauai coffee. It surprised us by not being bitter and that's the best I can say about it. It didn't have a whole lot of actual *taste* to it despite being a dark roast. Maybe I am just thoroughly spoiled after the Kauai coffee. It might have more taste if we ground it like we were making expresso but I wouldn't bet on it. I know the Beast paid a lot of money for it over just buying regular coffee but I told him I would rather buy the Dunkin' Donuts brand if it comes in beans. I remember loving it back when we lived in Florida and I passed one of their locations in Florida every day on my way to work. I loved even just the aroma back then. I have no idea how I will feel about it now. We haven't found a Dunkin' Donuts here in Alabama so it's been over 9 years since I had any.
Today we may actually get rain during the day instead of at night. I don't like the looks of the storms that I saw on Doppler radar when I watched the weather channel last night. Plus the weather gal was predicting dire possibilities cropping up because of the warmer weather we have been having here on the southeastern states. No telling WHAT kind of weather we will be having. It's daylight and on the cloudy side although it looks like we might actually be getting some sun. Baron will be happy, if so. He doesn't like sitting by the front door when it's overcast. He likes his sunbeam....LOL!
The Beast and I decided that part of what is wrong with Lady (her skittishness mostly) is because she probably wasn't allowed in the house. That's not unusual for people in Alabama. They get double coated dogs and leave them outside ALL the time....rain, sleet or snow. How they consider that a pet, I have no idea. I couldn't do that. But Lady always acts like she's done something wrong when she's in the house. At first, we searched to see if there was a reason she was acting so guilty but didn't find anything. Sometimes if we walked towards her, she would tuck her tail between her legs and back away with her head down. But if we called her name, she would perk up and then slowly approach us. That's when we decided that she was feeling guilty because she wasn't allowed in the house by whoever had her as a puppy. She really wasn't *house-trained*. It also explains why she always heads under the bed if we aren't talking to her and petting her. She really can't relax until she's hidden away. We've been closing the door to the bedrooms to try to break her of that habit. We hope she learns to relax and accept the fact that WE allow her to be in the house. I think she will. I just hope it's SOON. That poor baby needs to relax when she's in the house. She's just more relaxed out in the yard.
She's really cute around Baron. She likes him a lot. She will follow him around like his shadow. She rubs her face against his and will lean into him when they aren't playing. She also loves to fall asleep next to him, in between his legs when he lays on his side. She's just about the same size as the space between his front and back legs. I told the Beast he has GOT to get a picture of that when he remembers. I should say IF he remembers. If he does, I will share it with you all. It really is adorable. I wonder why the people that owned her dropped her off like garbage? They have no idea, I'm sure, of just how great a dog she is. Their loss, our gain.
Well, time to get this posted. I usually get this done at night before I go to bed or when I wake up to go to the bathroom. It's already 7am here and I hope I haven't disrupted anyone's reading habit by doing this so late (or early). Love you all. I hope you have weather that's not too bad (a lot of areas besides us will be getting some storms today). Stay dry and safe. ***Hugs***
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