Monday Morning

I have a little shadow
That goes in and out with me.
But what can be the use of her
Is far from me to see.
Well - she gives a lot of love, kisses, and gets mutual adoration.
What to do, however, when we need to leave her home and go, let's say, to church, or stores, or anywhere she's not invited, (hot tub) is a problem. My first thought is - does she cry the whole time we're away - Or will she, like her bladder, be able to hold more tears, as she gets older. Are we expecting too much from a three and a half month old puppy. Can she be convinced that we will return always. Eventually. We'll never let her down (even literally off our laps) to hurt herself. When at all possible. (Never say never. It is possible to drop a bunch of wiggles.)
Beginning solution for our concern: Know if she's continually upset while we're gone. Windowshop for a really really cheap recording device. One we can leave on for the duration we're gone. That'll make us feel better.

We're getting back to a routine, here. The hottub is filled. We used it last night. . .it was a cloudy night, but still we were happy to be in it. Strange thing: Paul filled the tub yesterday, and came back to check on it later, and half of it had drained out. Oh, no. First thought was. . . leak! But the ground around it was dry. Paul seems to think it somehow drained out by the hose that was left in it. That seems as good a reason as any. Luckily, he's really knowledgeable in these matters. It refilled nicely. Good hottub.

Our riding mower quit yesterday, during the second mowing. (The first - was just to get the grass down to a decent level. The second was done to be more "in line" with the length he wanted it to be.) After taking it apart, Paul realized that one of the parts needed to be replaced. He went out this morning to get the part at the John Deere Store. I don't know if he waited because it was Sunday, or that he just didn't feel it necessary to get it replaced right then and there. So, off he went this morning around 8:00. I got a phone call from him on his cell phone. He needed the serial number off of it. Got it. Needed to scrub off the dirt in order to read it to him.

Good friend, Carol O., stopped by yesterday to pick up a package for her sister, Patti, that I picked up for her in Venice. Carol had a cup of coffee and we had a nice long chat.

Today I'm going food shopping at Sam's. We have a lot of meat in the freezer, still, that we've been using each night since we arrived home on Thursday. But the meat was not evenly divided. We have a lot of pork, but not much else. Used up the chicken and tilapia. So I need to go and replenish. At the moment, I don't have much get-up-and-go. I'm sure that will appear soon enough.

I'm off to windowshop on the net for the aforementioned item.

That's what's going on at the Woods Edge. What's happenin' in your neck o' the woods?