Sunday Noses & Toeses

Specifically, Beagle noses & toeses!  Well, she's only got one nose.  But she has multiple toes!  This picture looks like it's upside down, but it's from the perpective of a beagle asleep at my feet when I was sitting on the couch.  This is how Maggie Moo spent most of Saturday.

This is from the front, and is about the most that we saw of her.  Note the smile!  (Later on, the dog got up and went into the kitchen.  The entire blanket went with her!).

Part of the "toeses & noses" has to do with Otter:  her foot is doing great, and she's now able to wear fun shoes and not just her tennis shoes.  Also, she had a nosebleed this morning  and one this afternoon, but that's not unusual this time of year.  Dry air and cold air, along with the fact that we had to turn the heater on, all contribute.  She's probably going to set up one of the humidifiers in her room in the next couple of days.  Or tonight!

This should keep the rest of the noses & toeses in the family from getting cold this winter.  Bill bought our firewood on Friday.  He got two ricks, which equal one cord and it's all cut & stacked.  Part of it is against the wooden fence next to lovely neighbor's yard, the rest is under the lean-to he built a few years back.  When I look at this year's woodpile, I don't see firewood.  I see 'smores and roasted marshmallows!  Otter said that she sees hot dogs cooked over an open fire in the fireplace.

I started working on the tulip bed this afternoon.  This little guy was camped out on the side of the house, I might have accidentally destroyed his web but he'll build another one.  He's pretty big and very pretty.  The tulip bed won't be planted for a week or so, we need to "stir up" the dirt and treat it to avoid moles & voles & gophers, then it needs to sit for a few days and might get a 2nd treatment.  After that, we'll get the tulips planted.

Otter and I went thrifting this afternoon.  We didn't find much, she got a nice dressy vest but that's all we found.  It was still fun.

We also went to Wallyworld, we went to a specific store because HP works there and she surprised him, but we bought stuff for sub sandwiches while we were there.  Along with a bag or two of Halloween candy for Otter to take to school with her tomorrow!  She's always taken candy on Halloween, and her friends haven't forgotten.  She said she's not about to let them down now, so she's got two bags of Nerds candy.  I also got a bag of peanut butter kisses.  We don't do the candy thing anymore, although that might change in the near future as there seem to be more little ones in the neighborhood now than there used to be, but since it's on a Monday I won't be surprised if there are a few early trick or treaters.  If not, Bill & Otter keep the candy from going to waste!  I like peanut butter kisses, but they are probably not something that would work with dentures.  That's ok, I have my chocolate!

Movie Review:  Captain America.  It was better than I expected.  It was very over-the-top, but it was fairly close to the original comic book which was:  over-the-top and American propoganda from the WWII era.  For someone who is not familiar with the original story, it might seem silly but it was actually pretty good.  I think it's the last of the "Avengers" character movies before the movie which ties them all together and is simply called "The Avengers."

Speaking of Halloween, which I was a paragraph back, Otter and I were discussing all the costumes she's worn over the years.  She's been:  Pebbles (Flintstones), a clown, a pumpkin, bride, princess, yellow power ranger, Harry Potter-ish wizard, beanie baby calico cat, a skeleton, Jessie the Cowgirl (from Disney and anybody that knows us will know exactly why we think Disney owes us!), a vampire, a black & white kitty (for a church party), pirate (friend's costume party), cheshire cat (friend's costume party), Harley Quinn (batman character and also for a friend's costume party), a scarecrow.  There might have been more, I can't remember.

Halloween has always been a fun day, and we always had a lot of fun coming up with her costumes.  We made most of them.  We bought the yellow power rangers costume, the clown & pumpkin were made by Mom and I think all her grandkids wore them.  The bride & princess costumes were basically the same dress, but we augmented with lace & so forth the 2nd year she wore it (princess) so it didn't look like the same costume.

The other thing about Halloween is that she's mildly allergic to chocolate.  So we made a deal with her:  we would buy all the chocolate she got in her basket and then she could go get a bag of what she really wanted.  It's a shame she's too old for trick or treating now!  The chocolate negotiations were always a lot of fun.  And we got to eat it!  Oh well, guess I'll have to go buy my own.