Thursday, February 15, 2007

MORE SNOW, Valentines and a puppy?

It snowed lightly off and on yesterday.  I watched it, thinking about Art's friend and her heart broken family.  The picture of the accident haunts me.  Its horror is contagious and I won't let the kids go anywhere while the killer ice is on the roads.  I don't want to drive on it either.  I have felt its treachery just recently when I myself slid into another truck.  Fortunately no one was injured and the vehicles only sustained minor damage.  I am weary from worry.  Yet as I watch the delicate flakes flutter gently to the earth, sparkling like diamonds only to melt silently against the warmth of my hand I am amazed by its simplistic perfection.  How could anyone fear and dislike something so beautiful?

Oh yeah, because its fricken freezing and I am sick and tired of being cold!  Grrrrrrrr!  Where is the spring?  Where is that groundhog Punxsutawney Phil ?  If I see him I'll shoot his hairy little butt, that stupid lying rodent! 

Is it time to go to Hawaii yet?

Dickidoo surprised me for Valentine's with a long stemmed rose, a gold wrapped bottle of Bacardi, a can of stinky smoked oysters (yummy, love those things, and I have a can all to myself!) ribeye steak for supper and Tirimisu for dessert.  In a strange reversal of roles it was I who gave HIM chocolate, in the form of a giant Hershey Kiss stuffed with even more Hershey kisses. 

Rocky called from her friend's house asking if she could have a puppy.  Nope.  These kids can't even take care of the pet they do have, and he's just a goldfish swimming in a little tank.  (Actually he's back in the pot until his aquarium gets cleaned out.)  Rocky pretty much offered to clean the entire house as a bribe and as tempting as it was, the answer was still no.  I'm just not ready for another Oompa, especially a four legged one that would turn the back yard into a mine field... and its a Rottweiler.  Rottweilers don't make normal doggie doodie, they plant canine WMDs!  (Henry's turds may be 6 inches long but they're less than 1/8th of an inch thick.)  Sorry Rocky, NO PUPPY!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

have a good friday

Deb

Anonymous said...

Yeah, the cold is beginning to get old and we haven't had it as long as you. Dogs? I can send you a pitbull...Free of charge, potty trained, and I will even pay shipping?? Just kiddin I love my dogs...
Michele

Anonymous said...

Oh c'mon Mom, every family needs to do the dog thing, just once!!!

Sounds like a nice Valentines day...

Can't we just chain the kids to the house in this weather?

be well,
Dawn

Anonymous said...

Funny. I just wrote a poem about that groundhog called "Let's Roast The Groudhog" see http://rodneyspoems.blogspot.com/2007/02/lets-roast-groundhog.html.

Another funny thing I also recently wrote a poem about dust bunnies called "The Mother Of All Dust Bunnies" see http://rodneyspoems.blogspot.com/2007/01/mother-of-all-dust-bunnies.html

Anonymous said...

He had me at Tiramisu!  Yum.  Nice for him to cook!  No puppy?  Awww.
Traci

Anonymous said...

mmmmmmmmmm, no rotti huh?  why not??  every family needs a house-horse.  they are great for riding to the store when you can't get the truck out of the driveway...........might want to rethink that...........

JUST KIDDING!!!

regina

Anonymous said...

we had ribeye and tiramisu too for V-Day...
:-)
yum...

but I had to cook it..
:-(

~christie

Anonymous said...

 Oh how could resist a cute furry puppy?  My sisters plays with a big rock in her yard, think of how much money you would save on toys.  I had a think we buried in yard.  It was a doggy doddie thingy that you put a enzyme in and the the doggy doodie, all gone, no mess.  Now we just trained her to go in the woods.  Spring is just around the corner.  I can almost see it.
 Way to go on your Oompas wins

    Julie

Anonymous said...

The state police closed down our roads for the holiday, so we just celebrated with what we had here. I plan on getting some serious chocolate later.