Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
How Low Can You Go?
In my last post Darlene over at Darlene's Hodgepodge wrote the following in the comments:
Since I definitely want to keep Darlene from falling into limbo inertia we need to do something to get her feet moving.
There have been many times in my life when I felt like I was in limbo just waiting for something to happen. i guess it's just part of the human condition. (Laughing)
I am no longer in limbo because if I allow myself to fall into that feeling the next thing for me would be death. I still have miles to go and promises to keep so I will try to avoid being in limbo. (Wink)
Since I definitely want to keep Darlene from falling into limbo inertia we need to do something to get her feet moving.
Every limbo boy and girl
All around the limbo world
Gonna do the limbo rock
All around the limbo clock
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go under limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock
Limbo lower, now
Limbo lower, now
How low can you go?
First you spread your limbo feet
Then you move to limbo beat
Limbo ankle, limbo knee
Bend back like a limbo tree
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go under limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock
La la la la la la la....
Get yourself a limbo girl
Give that chic a limbo whirl
There's a limbo moon above
You will fall in limbo love
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go under limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock
Don't move that limbo bar
You'll be a limbo star
How low can you go?
(Whistling)
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Sitting In Limbo
Sometimes you find a song that explains how you are feeling. Although I have been busy all Summer, this song expresses how its been going for me.
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Sitting here in limbo
But I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo
Like a bird without a song
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But now that's past and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
I can't say what life will show me,
But I know what I've seen
I can't say where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is past and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo,limbo,limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo
Don't know why it's got to be so
Don't know why it's go to be so
Sitting in limbo
Sitting here in limbo
But I know it won't be long now
I know it won't be long
Sitting in limbo, limbo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Supremes- Buttered Popcorn
Back at the beginning of The Supremes career this record was the second recording released by Barry Gordy's under the Tamla label. This record includes original Supremes member Barbara Martin singing background along with Diana Ross and Mary Wilson. This is the only recording released with Florence Ballard singing lead. She was only eighteen years old at the time and had a voice that should have made her a star if things had gone differently.
Gordy had the record pulled because he thought the sound was too raw and had another version released but then decided the song lyrics were too sexy and stopped promoting it altogether. He wanted to make The Supremes more commercial by giving them more of a Pop sound. Buttered Popcorn was a hit in Detroit but did not make the national charts.
Gordy had the record pulled because he thought the sound was too raw and had another version released but then decided the song lyrics were too sexy and stopped promoting it altogether. He wanted to make The Supremes more commercial by giving them more of a Pop sound. Buttered Popcorn was a hit in Detroit but did not make the national charts.
My baby likes
(Buttered popcorn)
Uh-huh
(Buttered popcorn)
Oh-hoh
(Buttered popcorn)
Oh-yeah
(Buttered popcorn)
He likes it greasy
(Buttered popcorn)
And salty
(Buttered popcorn)
And gooey
(Buttered popcorn)
And sticky
(Buttered popcorn)
I said, what do you like
He says, you know what I like
I like (Buttered popcorn)
He took me to the show
(Buttered popcorn)
He said he wanted some more
(Buttered popcorn)
I said-ah kiss me, please
(Buttered popcorn)
He said after I eat
(Buttered popcorn)
I said, what do you like
He says, you know what I like
I like (Buttered popcorn)
For breakfast, lunch, and-ah dinner, too
He eats (Buttered popcorn, buttered popcorn)
And it worries me so I don't know what to do
(Buttered popcorn, butter popcorn)
When I asked him what was happenin' in the world today,
He said a-more butter, more butter, more butter, more
My baby likes
(Buttered popcorn)
Uh-huh
(Buttered popcorn)
Oh-hoh
(Buttered popcorn)
Oh, yeah
(Buttered popcorn)
He likes it salty
(Buttered popcorn)
And greasy
(Buttered popcorn)
And sticky
(Buttered popcorn)
And gooey
(Buttered popcorn)
I said, what do you like
He says, you know what I like
I like (Buttered popcorn)
For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, too
(Buttered popcorn, buttered popcorn)
And it worries me so I don't know what to do
(Buttered popcorn, butter popcorn)
When I asked him what was happenin' in the world today,
He said more butter, more butter, more butter, more
My baby likes
(Buttered popcorn)
Uh-huh
(Buttered popcorn)
Oh-hoh
(Buttered popcorn)
Yeah,yeah, oh
He likes it greasy
(Buttered popcorn)
And sticky
(Buttered popcorn)
ndA gooey, aha
(Buttered popcorn)
I said, what do you like
He says, you know what I like
I like (Buttered popcorn, butter popcorn)
(Buttered popcorn, butter popcorn)
(Buttered popcorn, butter popcorn)
Thursday, August 11, 2011
No, Mr. Chewy, No!
Mr. Chewy likes living on the edge.
Monday, August 08, 2011
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Dogs, Frogs, And Logs
Still having 100 degree days here and hope where you are is much cooler. This heat is affecting us in ways I was not expecting including the air conditioner's compressor failing three Sundays ago. This happening on a Sunday is one of the cons of living in a small town as all of the business, except the two grocery stores and the convenience store/gas station up on the highway, are shuttered by noon Saturday. One of the pros of living in a small town is that you can call up the owner of any store and they will be happy to come down and open the store for you, give you what you need, and tell you to come back on Monday to pay for it. This is how we got a new air conditioner installed and running in less that a half hour.
This new air conditioner makes a beeping noise when you turn it on or off and the first time we did so with Duke in the room his whole body jerked and jumped and he ran out of the house in fear. That is when we realized he, in addition to the other things done to him, had probably been tortured with a shock collar. The beep built into the air conditioner is very close to the sound a shock collar makes when in use. I am sure the person who used the the shock collar considered each press of the button a correction but there is a difference between getting a dog's attention and hitting him with a voltage so great it causes the body to convulse.
To try to get him to associate the beep with something good I started giving him a biscuit every time we turned the machine on or off. That plan did not work because instead of connecting the sound with the biscuit he connected the biscuit to the sound. After a few days whenever I brought him into the living room to turn the air conditioner on or off he would run outside the moment he saw the biscuit. In his mind the beep did not mean a treat, the treat meant the beep was coming. So I gave up on that plan and we just ignored his reaction and let him run away. He is still disturbed by the beep but instead of running outside he may go to his bed in our bedroom or come over to us for reassurance. When he comes to us we act the same way we do when he come over for a scratch or a pat on the head so he is quickly getting over his fear and doing fine.
Last Thursday night we had an incident with Little Sally Pumpkinhead. First I need to tell you LSP has a pet frog and has had one since late Spring. I was working in the yard back then when I noticed the dogs standing with there heads stuck under the bushes. Both stood in a way that denoted great focus so I went over to see what had caught their attention. It was a frog. After a bit Duke got bored but Little Sally Pumpkinhead laid down and watched the frog for about a half hour. She would get up and move whenever the frog did and then lie back down. Sometimes she would sniff the frog while other times she would touch it with her front paw. It think the paw touch was to make it move because she never did anything to really hurt it. Now every time she does not come when called we know she is probably with her frog. Sometimes at night when she wants to go out we know it is because she wants to check up on her her frog. That frog is all over the yard. I've found Little Sally Pumpkinhead with it out in the middle of the yard, near the front porch, under the lilac bush, over by the fence separating my yard from my neighbors, and under the wheelbarrow by the trashcans.
Not only does Little Sally Pumpkinhead like to sniff and put her paws on her frog she also likes to lick its back. My husband found this out one night when he went out to bring her inside and found her licking the frog. Some people think certain types of frogs secrete a drug that can make you high but I don't think Little Sally Pumpkinhead has heard that rumor. I'm not sure why she likes licking her pet frog but I do know mother dogs like to lick their puppies so maybe she is just really attached to the frog. I'm not sure what the frog thinks of the whole thing but it seems to put up with it.
So anyway, last Thursday night Little Sally Pumpkinhead woke us up in the middle of the night and thinking she wanted to go outside to check on her frog we told her to go back to bed. She did go back to bed but a little bit later she was back at the front door and then back at our bedside. Since she can be very insistent about doing what she wants we again told her to go back to bed. It wasn't until the smell hit me that I understood why she wanted to go out. After letting her out I found small puddles of liquid poop on the kitchen linoleum, on the basement concrete floor, and on the living room carpet. I felt bad because she had tried to tell me she need to go out and I had ignored her. The next day we didn't feed her breakfast and, since we thought she must of eaten something that she should not have on her walk, we kept her outside most of the day. She seemed to be doing find.
Around 5:30 PM she was in lying on the floor in the living room and suddenly jumped up and raced outside leaving a trail of liquid poop behind her. This is when my husband called the Vet and was told to bring her in right away. The Vet was worried; Little Sally Pumpkinhead either had a blockage in her intestines or was suffering from heat exhaustion. With the high temperatures they have treated several cases of heat exhaustion and had one dog die from it. Scary. The Vet did a thorough examination and found no evidence of a blockage and no evidence of heat exhaustion. It must have been something she ate but since the heat could have exacerbated the problem he sent her home with doggie Gatorade, six cans of special gastrointestinal health dog food, pro-biotic paste and other meds. I am relieved to report she is almost back to her old self and getting better everyday.
I forgot to mention that on our way home from the mountains last month we stopped and bought a new mattress in Fort Collins. The company that makes our mattress ships them all over the country from California so ours arrived last week. I've been sleeping like a log, nothing like a comfortable sleeping surface to make life better. That and having healthy and happy dogs.
This new air conditioner makes a beeping noise when you turn it on or off and the first time we did so with Duke in the room his whole body jerked and jumped and he ran out of the house in fear. That is when we realized he, in addition to the other things done to him, had probably been tortured with a shock collar. The beep built into the air conditioner is very close to the sound a shock collar makes when in use. I am sure the person who used the the shock collar considered each press of the button a correction but there is a difference between getting a dog's attention and hitting him with a voltage so great it causes the body to convulse.
To try to get him to associate the beep with something good I started giving him a biscuit every time we turned the machine on or off. That plan did not work because instead of connecting the sound with the biscuit he connected the biscuit to the sound. After a few days whenever I brought him into the living room to turn the air conditioner on or off he would run outside the moment he saw the biscuit. In his mind the beep did not mean a treat, the treat meant the beep was coming. So I gave up on that plan and we just ignored his reaction and let him run away. He is still disturbed by the beep but instead of running outside he may go to his bed in our bedroom or come over to us for reassurance. When he comes to us we act the same way we do when he come over for a scratch or a pat on the head so he is quickly getting over his fear and doing fine.
Last Thursday night we had an incident with Little Sally Pumpkinhead. First I need to tell you LSP has a pet frog and has had one since late Spring. I was working in the yard back then when I noticed the dogs standing with there heads stuck under the bushes. Both stood in a way that denoted great focus so I went over to see what had caught their attention. It was a frog. After a bit Duke got bored but Little Sally Pumpkinhead laid down and watched the frog for about a half hour. She would get up and move whenever the frog did and then lie back down. Sometimes she would sniff the frog while other times she would touch it with her front paw. It think the paw touch was to make it move because she never did anything to really hurt it. Now every time she does not come when called we know she is probably with her frog. Sometimes at night when she wants to go out we know it is because she wants to check up on her her frog. That frog is all over the yard. I've found Little Sally Pumpkinhead with it out in the middle of the yard, near the front porch, under the lilac bush, over by the fence separating my yard from my neighbors, and under the wheelbarrow by the trashcans.
Not only does Little Sally Pumpkinhead like to sniff and put her paws on her frog she also likes to lick its back. My husband found this out one night when he went out to bring her inside and found her licking the frog. Some people think certain types of frogs secrete a drug that can make you high but I don't think Little Sally Pumpkinhead has heard that rumor. I'm not sure why she likes licking her pet frog but I do know mother dogs like to lick their puppies so maybe she is just really attached to the frog. I'm not sure what the frog thinks of the whole thing but it seems to put up with it.
So anyway, last Thursday night Little Sally Pumpkinhead woke us up in the middle of the night and thinking she wanted to go outside to check on her frog we told her to go back to bed. She did go back to bed but a little bit later she was back at the front door and then back at our bedside. Since she can be very insistent about doing what she wants we again told her to go back to bed. It wasn't until the smell hit me that I understood why she wanted to go out. After letting her out I found small puddles of liquid poop on the kitchen linoleum, on the basement concrete floor, and on the living room carpet. I felt bad because she had tried to tell me she need to go out and I had ignored her. The next day we didn't feed her breakfast and, since we thought she must of eaten something that she should not have on her walk, we kept her outside most of the day. She seemed to be doing find.
Around 5:30 PM she was in lying on the floor in the living room and suddenly jumped up and raced outside leaving a trail of liquid poop behind her. This is when my husband called the Vet and was told to bring her in right away. The Vet was worried; Little Sally Pumpkinhead either had a blockage in her intestines or was suffering from heat exhaustion. With the high temperatures they have treated several cases of heat exhaustion and had one dog die from it. Scary. The Vet did a thorough examination and found no evidence of a blockage and no evidence of heat exhaustion. It must have been something she ate but since the heat could have exacerbated the problem he sent her home with doggie Gatorade, six cans of special gastrointestinal health dog food, pro-biotic paste and other meds. I am relieved to report she is almost back to her old self and getting better everyday.
I forgot to mention that on our way home from the mountains last month we stopped and bought a new mattress in Fort Collins. The company that makes our mattress ships them all over the country from California so ours arrived last week. I've been sleeping like a log, nothing like a comfortable sleeping surface to make life better. That and having healthy and happy dogs.
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