Rainy Day Friday

I don't feel like I post enough on my blog so if I ramble on a bit in this post it's because I want to make up for my lack of not being with it. lol

Yesterday all day long it rained. From sun up to sun down. Well you didn't actually get to see any sunshine to speak of.....since it was so cloudy. I don't care much for days like this, but it was a relief to finally get a break from the nasty hot days we've been having lately. I mean come on 80 degrees days in April?!! That's just not the norm here. Plus the rainy weather really makes my mom's Rheumatoid Arthritis flare up. Mom gets so stiff in her joints she can hardly move at all!! She knows it will rain before anybody else does because her left knee usually starts giving her hell. At those times there is not much mom can do.

I happened to be up yesterday around 6 am so I followed my brother Randy to the front yard and watched him take our dog Cookie for a quick walk around the corner and back. He wanted to do it then because the rain had let up. Mom wanted me out there to stand watch for Randy and make sure everything was okay. She didn't really feel comfortable with the idea of Randy being out that early by himself walking the dog. I haven't been outside of the house much since it has been so hot and humid. It felt so very good outside. It was about 66 degrees with a light breeze. You could smell the scent of rain fresh in the air. The clouds that were coming were a dark gray a sign that another storm would soon be upon us.

I probably haven't told any of my pen pals yet, but about 2 weeks ago my mom adopted a 4 year old black and tan dachshund. She named her Cookie. Mom got her as a sort of surprise for us. Boy was it ever a surprise!! Cookie is very sweet, gentle, lovable, and was all well intended to be a indoor dog except we came across this slight problem. We found that Cookie doesn't like cats. She'll bark at them, chases every cat she sees. Anybody that knows me knows this............my house is a cat heaven!!!
Here a cat, there a cat...everywhere cats, cats, cats!! Our cat Sage had 5 kittens March 20th. And Angel Baby looks like she'll drop hers any day now.

Gabby got very upset when she met Cookie. So much so that she ran up into her closet and didn't want to come back down. Not that she could have if she wanted to. Seeing that everytime Cookie saw Gabby she'd go into a barking frenzy. It was a very stressful weekend. We had to put Cookie outside because Gabby had begun to stop eating. In the end it all worked out for the best. Cookie loves being outside. She has her own doggie Igloo.

My brother Randy and my dad usually take her for a long walk everyday. I went along on some of those long walks I'll tell you my legs hurt like hell for days!! I'm just not used to getting that much exercise. *sigh* I'm so embarrassed to admit that fact. I'm so outta shape it's pitiful. Those four days that I did take those long walks I lost like 4 pounds. I think walking the dog is good exercise for me. I just need to start out on short walks and work my way up.

I got a letter yesterday from my pen pal Jodi D. Another pal I need to add to my letters in waiting to be written list. It's been a while since I've heard from Jodi. It was good to get a letter from her. I also got this little oh so adorable Easter card from my pen pal Angel who lives in the UK. She promises that a letter to me is on the way. So I'm happily waiting it's arrival. :) If by chance you're reading this Angel...................... Thank You So Much For The Easter Card!!

Letters Letters & More Letters

I've got a stack of pen pal letters on my desk. Gabby keeps getting on my desk and knocking them off to the floor. I think she's trying to tell me to get off my lazy bum
and to get to work on writing my pals back before she decides to do the work for me . lol I know what will happen if Gabby gets her paws on them .... shredded paper everywhere! That's what she did to my book Chicken Soup For The Soul. *sigh*
My headaches are not so bad now so.... hopefully I'll stay that way and get some of my writing done. Maybe even do a drawing. I haven't drawn in ages.

I'm gonna list the pals letters that I've got to do and the order they will be done in:
Matthew R * working on his right now*
Michelle D
Jolene P
LeslieKay D
Stephanie S
Mandy D
Carl Gordon L
Amber S
Jodi D

I owe a letter to almost everybody I write to. lol I need to get these letters out so I can get some mail coming into my box. My mailbox is getting lonely.

Added Link

I added a link today to my pen pal Jamie's deviantArt site. She is a very talented artist. And if Jamie's reading this I put a letter in the mail for you yesterday so you'll be hearing from me soon! :)

When I finally get my hands on a scanner I'm gonna set me an account up with deviantArt so I can show off my artwork too.