Mother Nature and I are no longer on speaking terms.
03 Feb 2012 9 Comments
in And then I found 5 bucks, Animals, I am a nutjob, The Pets, Weather Tags: cat, dog, Husky, pets
Okay, so I started February off on the wrong foot. Whoops. Sorry about that. I blame the lack of Winter.
Do you know what that is a picture of? A budding tree. A budding. Bleeping. Tree. In January. I’m telling Mother Nature I want a divorce. I mean, I know I’m not the most memorable person out there, but how do you forget to give someone Winter? Grumble…
In other news, have I mentioned I hate this state?
Moving on now. You guys know my pets. Flower, my Pretty Princess Flower Kitty. Stitch, my lazy, fat, really dumb dog of a cat, and Navi, my beautiful husky, a childhood dream come true. They have this weird Rock, Paper, Scissors thing going on. Stitch is ruled by Flower. She keeps him in his place. Flower is terrified of Navi. Thinks she’s going to eat her. And Navi, well, she’s likely to get dominated by Stitch at any given time.
Stitch does not like Navi. He sees her and immediately poofs and arches, but he doesn’t run away. He goes on the offensive. He does that neat sideways walk and corners her and smacks her, just lets her know who is boss. This is especially funny when you realize that Stitch is a quarter of Navi’s size, and yet Navi will be there, cowering and trembling until I step in. Of course, as soon as I do step in, Navi will bounce back over to Stitch in all of her puppyish glory, just so she can get whacked again.
Sigh. My pets. They’re nearly as crazy as I am. I love’em!
Anyhow, I have to go. I have housework to do, and I have to write an email to a surprisingly tenacious Internet Friend (That makes 3 friends I have now. Best Friend, Good Friend and Internet Friend. Yay me!). Oh! But before I go! I have at least one Regular Reader in Portugal, according to my little stats thingamabobber, and I wanted to say Hi Person in Portugal! You should comment. So should all of the rest of you lurkers! Hmph. Because it would make me happy, that’s why!
See ya!
Feb 03, 2012 @ 10:20:07
Hi Chelle. I love your blog. I initially visited to read about painful experiences but as I read through the first year of posts (in which I was surprised to find considerable less drama than I was expecting) I got all warm and fuzzy reading about your kids and your pets (In general I like both at a distance, pooping in other people’s homes, humping other people’s legs).
I love the way you write, I crack up reading your jokes and I’m very moved by the painful twists and turns of your life that you reticently convey.
What really got me is that I started to like you from the start, I usually can’t stand people who write post after post of fun happy moments (“the f**k business does she have being happy? grrrrrrr”) but you broke me. I’m a fan of your spirit and I wish you well.
Manuel
Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:19:24
Manuel, I am so glad to meet you! Thank you for your compliments, and welcome to the crazy that is me! I hope you stick around, and I would love to see you comment more often. No pressure, of course, it just makes me happy!
Feb 03, 2012 @ 10:23:50
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Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:44:16
Hi Creasent!
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Feb 03, 2012 @ 11:38:51
Picking at your post… } : >
Winter in the northern hemisphere is often defined as the time from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox, or more simply, the coldest season of the year. You seem to be in the southern latitudes of the northern hemisphere.
What you want is colder weather with snow – correct? Me too.
Not only are my trees budding but my Amaryllis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaryllis) have green leaves about four inches out of the ground and my Digitalis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Glove) haven’t gone dormant yet (and may not). The fox glove is a bit frost bit, but still green.
Where I live we often get more ice than snow. Personally, I love the ice storms – to a point. And that point is before the loss of limbs and power. I find it so much fun to get out on a sheet of ice. Even better, a thick layer of sleet then an ice crust on top that will support traffic.
Chelle, I hope you get your “winter.”
Feb 03, 2012 @ 18:43:22
Flibbertygibbet,
Your argument is a valid one. Almost flawless, even. I do however need to point out one glaring error… You spelled your name wrong.
~.^
Feb 04, 2012 @ 02:05:52
I could go for some frozen ground. Cold blue sky, crispy ground, and sunshine could work for me. Alas I am in Portland, OR and therefore get rain. Scads and scads of rain. Why is scad a unit of measure? halp.
Feb 04, 2012 @ 02:30:53
I don’t know, but it’s a gross sounding word, isn’t it?
Feb 08, 2012 @ 08:46:01
Just stopping by to say I hate my state, too. Stupid non-winter…