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Sleepless Near Salina
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Sleepless Near Salina |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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My yellow cat, the one with the gold green eyes, comes kneading attention along about 2am. Tail in my face, her back paws prancing, her back claws snagging on my satin pillowcase. She is relentless, my shoving she ignores. I roll over to escape, only to have my husband complain about my snores. I’m up, now nature’s calling… The coffee pot too… I’m up, I’m up… The dog wants out. Poor thing. His homemade haircut has him half naked. I fashioned him a T-shirt, Johnny Depp as Jack, upon his back, just to keep him warm inside the house during this artic blast. Time to pull out his parka, the one with a hood. tufted in maroon that fits him like a cocoon. Off he goes into the blowing snow to mind his business. Off I go into the kitchen to mind a cup of joe. The timing is perfection, we have a mental connection as soon as I sit down. There is a scratch and a bark at the door, he’s eager to get in. He has snow in the seams of his parka tufts. He looks like a caterpillar. He comes inside with frosty paws, but none the worse for wear. Soon he is back in bed asleep. Mom covers him with a blanket to help warm his li’l butt and to help hide that awful haircut. I’m up, I’m up, what to do, what to do… I feel like baking. I check to cupboard to see if I have a box of brownies. I do! But it calls for oil-I’m out. But I’ve got butter! In less than fifteen minutes, I’m licking batter bits from the bowl. Soon the living room can feel the oven heat as the storm continues to howl. The aroma fills the air as I play solitaire. Good thing I‘ve got the timer set, my eyes are beginning to droop a bit. I look at the clock and just as I suspected it’d be time to get ready for work if it wasn’t on a Sunday. I thank God for that as I stick a toothpick in the middle. It comes out clean. Mission accomplished like a well oiled machine. So as the brownies cool, I can chill in my favorite chair with my favorite blanket on. I can’t remember the rest… I stretched out and I was gone. LGR(C)3/3/19 |
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bbynams Junior Member Posts 49 |
The best brownie recipe I have uses instant coffee. Your dog gets dressed up to go outside and pee? My cat is tougher than that. |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
Well Ms. Betty Crocker this was a delightful tale! Loved it! I could picture everything ~ Had me smiling all the way through  Always enjoy your writing! |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
bbynams, My cat is too! LOL! But I shaved 75% of my dog almost to the skin and it was 7 degrees without the wind chill and he is old, so you do what you got to do. ~L |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Pinkieswear, I'm glad you enjoyed reading it, because I enjoyed writing it. (praying the whole time y'all wouldn't find my life boring as I do.) |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
Far from boring!! I always enjoy your adventures! |
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bbynams Junior Member Posts 49 |
Oh I know, he looks just like me. To do: 1) Become poet 2) Make big batch of brownies 3) Shave the dog Am I missing anything? |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
bbynams, Did you miss anything? Well, being half crazy helps a lot...but that's just me. you have to embrace your own awesomeness. ~L |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
une scène de vie, que j'ai aimé lire, take care with brownies, so much sugar, very nice reading yann |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Yann, I make them for my husband so I try to stay away from them. |
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