I was talking to Forgottenman about Zoe’s latest antics which I won’t bore you with, but he referred me to this old Saturday Night Live sketch. Ha!
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/puppy-uppers-doggie-downers/3004208
Two sisters and a brother. Modern family!!! (Click on photos to enlarge.)
When last we saw Zoe, she was sulking in her crate because I’d given her a flea bath. She finally supposedly forgave me and came in for a cuddle as I was about to put her out in her secure little outside area while I went to town for an appointment. “If I leave you in the house, will you go outside to pee and poo?” I asked her, and she gave me her best innocent-eyed nod of the head, but when I went into the hall, I saw that she’d already peed in the corner. As I mopped up the puddle with toilet paper and reached for the Clorox, she grabbed the wad of urine-soaked tissue and RAN! Fast. I chased her though the living room, dining room and kitchen and finally had to wedge her mouth open with my fingers to get possession of the tissue, but a small wad remained in her mouth. I forced her mouth open and got it only to have her seize the big wad again and make off again for the bedroom with it. I finally caught up with her halfway to her destination and luckily the phone/camera was nearby. Naughty Girl!!! I finally regained control of the whole stinky mess. I guess I’m not forgiven. I think she’ll go to her outside kennel now.
I gave her a bath to rid her (and me) of her fleas just now and she will not forgive. Can you see the hurt look in her eyes? She has been sulking in her crate ever since. And she rarely if ever goes into this crate!!!!
The prompt words I use each day are taken from five different blogs. To see the sites, click on each prompt word, which is linked to the blog that suggested it. Words for the day are: brindle, infatuated, obelus, summit. An obelus is a division sign, by the way. I didn’t know that, either, a fact that gave birth to the below poem:
An obelus should be a globe, a bubble or a ball.
rounded and continuous, uniting one and all,
not something that divides us and splits us into parts.
It’s clear the one who coined the word is lacking in their smarts.
Infatuated should mean thin and brindle should mean flinch.
Summit should mean more or less. I will not yield an inch.
Words should have meanings like their sounds lest ignorant souls abuse them.
Until they do, bet on the fact that I will never use them!!!
Image by Simone Secci on Unsplash.
For Cee’s FOTD
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Infinite Variety
Lives just lived in lockstep are arid and lackluster.
More joy in collecting all the action we can muster,
But let me just say this of that. If you are a life-lover
life is better lived exposed and not lived under cover.
Incident by incident, our lives will thus accumulate,
but best to stop my blathering lest I over-expatiate.
Prompt words today are arid, lockstep , cover, expatiate, incident.
Here are a few (?) Zoe videos for those of you not tired of viewing her adventures. They are pretty short so thought you might have the patience and interest to watch all three.
Zoe’s Big Climb: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MyqxVMITjho
Zoe and Her Baby Bee: https://youtu.be/GGDTdo9_bzo
Zoe’s Newest Friend: https://youtu.be/pNKl3CgKyms
