I COULD HAVE HELPED! - By Slick (my first post)

Outside is where I'd like to go sometimes, but I don't get to go unless I'm in a carry bag or on a leash. REALLY! What kind of adventure is possible under those conditions. Well, yesterday I sat in the kitchen window which was opened and watched my mom playing with that dog in the back yard. It's quite disgusting, there is an awful lot of laughing on mom's part and she kept hugging that dog so I knew she was going to really stink after she came back in the house.

Well, as I was sitting there watching mom throw toys for the dog, I noticed mom had one of those white smoking sticks in her mouth (I don't like those). I saw her trying to find a place to put it when she was finished with it, but that dog kept jumping at her. Finally she gave up trying to put it in an ashtray and just poked it down into a flowerpot which no longer holds a plant, only dirt.

Mom came back in the house and yes, she smelled strongly of that dog but thankfully she started opening windows (they all have screens so I can't get out) and she took a shower. When she got out she kept complaining about the a$$ who was burning leaves and how it was making everything outside (and inside since the windows were open) all smoky.

An hour or so later dad came home and started cooking dinner. I like to watch this because one day I want to cook something, maybe a mouse.... anyway, mom and dad went out back so they could put fire on some more of those white sticks they put in their mouths. Mom finished hers first and went to put it into the flower pot but she started hollering something. Next thing I know she's running in and out of the house with big cups of water and putting them in that pot of dirt. Dad said she could have burned us all up - I don't know what that means, but I don't like the sound of it. Mom said she didn't know that dirt would burn but as dad stirred a stick down in the big pot I could see red and orange stuff in there even with mom putting water on it. It was crazy but I'm beginning to think that mom was the one who was burning leaves, as the same smell from earlier in the day was beginning to come back in the house.

If I had gone out with mom earlier that day I could have peed in that pot when it first started smoking and put it out before all the dirt turned to ash. These people don't have a clue about how helpful I can be and they also don't realize how often I have to go behind them to make sure everything is safe in our house.

HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN A WHILE

I've been busy doing housework and other odd things lately. I do promise to start blogging again very soon, possibly later today (when I get back from voting).

Anyway, I just wanted you (all?) to know that I haven't abandoned you and I have much to write about.

Oh, also.... I am taking on a "partner" in my blog. Sometimes it will be written by her, but be sure and check out her postings too, as they are sure to be quite humorous. Most of you will recognize her identity from the start.

Keep checking back often!!