NATIONAL DOG DAY

Bad news ... FALL has run away once again and summer is back.  According to the weather guessers, we'll be in the high 90's for the next ten days.  That means lots of inside work, though my schedule seems to be full of meetings and eye appointments.

The BEST part of yesterday was this little guy.  It was yet again NATIONAL DOG DAY!!  My sweet little Cooper has kept me company for FIFTEEN years and still acts like a little puppy.  

I tried to get a couple pictures while on the floor.  When he crawls on my lap and gets nose to nose, you know it's time to play.  That of course means a Yoga workout on the carpet.  Not the best of pictures with bad light.  

He's just too fast for me!!  One foot is always on the toy ... while I try to steal it.  Funny how I always lose.  This kid ... he makes me smile every single day!!

I am happy to say my arm is better ... little by little.  It got crazy itchy yesterday, so I took another Benadryl and went outside for a little revenge.  I wanted to see if they had left the roost.  Two years ago it was full of wasps.  I sprayed it to death and they all died.  I never thought they would come back to a dead nest.  

I wasn't going close at all ... just stood back and emptied the last can of spray.  Believe it or not, MORE started coming out.  There is an entire can of spray in there!!  Needless to say, I RAN LIKE THE WIND, only FASTER this time.  

I'm going to buy a few more cans of spray and empty at least one more into it before I toss it in the trash.  I'm having no more of this nonsense!!

Suddenly I heard the sound of gravel on the ground.  I'm sure I mentioned somewhere along the way that I worked at a rock crushing plant for about 10 years.  You know .... loaders, big trucks, excavators, caterpillars ... I was in heaven with all that heavy equipment.  

Mostly however, I ran the office and the scales.  I definitely know that sound.  We crushed several different sizes of rock and spec roadbase for the State.  Thousands of trucks got loaded and weighed.

As I ran outside, I met the son of the contractor.  This kid (maybe 20 years old) ... someone brought him up right.  He can drive that tractor like a pro and place rock perfectly every time.  He took maybe three quick breaks to check his phone and that was it.  I think he started at 1:30 and finally left at 7:30 at night!  No kidding ... there's some major work ethic there!!  Boy do I love seeing that nowadays!

I'll get a few more pictures today.  It looks so good I think I may have to do more on the other side.  Even my nice neighbor came out to see how it was going ... and I may have even MORE good news later.

In the meantime, not one to sit for more than 30 minutes, I was in the sewing room most of the day cutting out this new quilt.  This isn't a REAL pattern, it's just one I made up to help get rid of all the scrap fabric I have laying around.  

I kind of got carried away since it's almost a quilt-in-a-day kind of thing.  It won't get done for awhile however.

I'm going to be busy for the next few days, though I think my arm is a good excuse not to be TOO busy.  Bingo is tonight once again, followed by an 8:00 a.m. eye appointment for new glasses.  Ugh ... that's way too early after a late night of Bingo.  That will be followed by an Elks Lodge dinner and meeting.  Maybe I can excuse myself from that one since we are now back to meetings twice a week.  

I can actually see my elbow this morning ... and SOME of the redness has subsided.  I guess I won't be winning any arm wrestling contests after all.  No worries ... next time ... if there IS a next time, I'll be dialing 911 and telling them I'm deathly allergic.  Maybe an epi-pen will be forthcoming.  I can only hope!!  

As to going to the doctor ... they have all retired.  We have two urgent care facilities, not open on weekends, and one hospital with a 5-6 hour wait and a good chance of NO survival.  That's rural ag living for ya!!