Please don’t leave hanging chads and other random thoughts

See my little linkies to the Blogger Choice awards….down there on the bottom right. Black Belt Mama nominated me for Best Parenting and Best Photography blog. If you haven’t voted, would you be so kind as to cast a vote for me? That is, if you like me. Or think I am a little okay.

Be sure and do a search for some of your favorite blogs. I just now took the time to register and am working my way through finding those I read and casting votes! If I have missed yours, leave me a link in the comments.

I know I can’t win, what with the amazing real photography talents that are nominated. I just want to be on something other than page 17 of Best Photography blog. So in that spirit, lets shoot for page 2. Or page 3?

I was grateful to see there were not categories for “Most Depressing Blog” or “Best Stroke Blog”. I just know, if nominated to one of those, I would be thanking the Academy. “Yes, Stroke has moved in, climbed into bed with us, and has become a major player in our family. Stroke, the bastard, has really brought a quality to my writing, that melancholy “could someone please cry me a river” self centeredness that has brought me to this day, and this award. Thank you.”

Raise your hand if you are reaaaally ready for me to move on to something other than Bill’s health issues. Yeah, me too.

Oh, one more thing. After the bike ride yesterday, his stroke symptoms vanished. This morning I talked with him, and he is back to normal. WTF???? He says it was the exercise, I swear it was the dewberries. Doncha think? Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am the one with bobblehead now.

Anyhow. Does anyone know why a short haired dog would shed enough hair to stuff a pillow with? And not go bald. Or die? Short, little Honey hairs that are EVERYWHERE. The kind that get in your mouth and YOU KNOW THEY ARE THERE, but you can’t find them with your fingers? I sent Quinn out to brush her, after she had dumped half her coat on the front seat of my car while going “bye-bye to get the boys” , and when he came in, you could not see the bristles on the brush, so loaded with hair it ’twas. It is simply gross and a very good thing that P*ssy hates her, which has banned Honey to the great outdoors. I have just never had a short hair dog shed like this. I could make a nice scarf, if the hairs were longer.

Parting shot….3 reasons why you should not sugar load your kids before heading into the army surplus store.

Bullets, grenades and camouflage.....a few of their favorite things.