In The Grass

I keep thinking that maybe I need to move this and then I remember all the links that come to this page and think screw it.

So I'm going to lay low and like I said, anyone is welcome here, just not so much the parental units. Which is weird because I'm about to turn thirty freaking seven. Egads I'm getting up there!!

Ames let me know that her dad sometimes gives her a hard time and then I think 'my parents wouldn't touch half the stuff I blog about with a 10 foot pole!'

They'd be all 'panic attacks!? That girl has quite an imagination. You know she gets her crazy from your side of the family!'

So for one week I'll be on private and then go back to public again. After that I think I'll find my footing and have at it.

Definitely a place where you read at your own risk.

If anything is said I'll just say, hey, I've been on there for 2 years and you just found it. Do me a favour and forget the address. It's not for you!!

Cause it's all about me dammit.

Aren't I a princess of a daughter?

Those of you with adult children, would you want to read their blogs?

Onwards!

On the reading front I still can't be bothered but it may be because my house has been declared a public health disaster zone. I'm afraid to open my fridge cause I'm sure the pizza box jumped.

You ever get those moments where you visualize yourself grabbing a bunch of empty garbage bags and just going through your house sweeping your arm over all the surfaces to get rid of all the crap?

I've been thinking about that a lot.

AND, why is it when I put some algecide in our pool for the first time in a few months, the pool turns friggin green with algae!? I'm thinking the algecide, is actually a growth hormone for algae. Smart for sure but I'm not using the stuff anymore!

I went in swimming tonight despite the blue green tinge but you couldn't see the bottom of the pool which in the end freaked me the hell out. I didn't expect it to bother me but I could barely see in front of me so while doing lengths I hit the wall a few times. It's not quite green but more aqua-blue. Bob stirred up the stuff by scrubbing the walls down with the big brush. Hey, I have no problem with that, just make sure we have liquid chlorine in the garage before doing it. I could have shocked the pool last night and it would have been crystal clear by today.

Now I have to see if I can get up in time to get liquid chlorine tomorrow so I can shock it at night. Course, if it's blue green again tomorrow I can't see wanting to swim in it. I was all 'hey, I've swam in lakes before, what's the problem?'

Problem is I haven't gone swimming in a murky lake for years!

And just to keep you guys up to date with Cody, his breathing has been getting more laboured. We keep the AC on now for him as the humidity makes it harder for him to breathe. Apparently Bob has noticed him having problems with his back legs. I haven't noticed this except when he goes to get on the couch with me. I used to grab his back end and heave him up on the couch but now he growls if you try and lift him. So I let him work it out and only grab him quickly to get him more firmly on the couch - I'm fast enough he can only grump for a second and it's over.

I'm going to call a mobile groomer for him so he doesn't have to go away from us.

What's funny is he will run to the van because he thinks he's going to Bob's mom's house where he follows the other dogs and gets biscuits from his gram. Too funny. I think he enjoys getting out of the house but I think Bob is watching him closely and seeing things I'm not ready to. So I would rather he be close to me if there is a problem and well, he's smelly and needs a bath and I can't see filling his pool with ice cold water like I did when he was a pup and lathering him up. He's too old for that kind of shock now!

Ah, well, I love the mug.

Thanks again, for dealing with me!