Thursday, December 9, 2010

Home In Paisley

What a wonderful word "Home" is.  I arrived home at about 2:30p.m.  The dogs were the first to welcome me; they are usually the first to welcome anyone.  I am going to talk/write about the dogs tonight.  Six is 5 1/2 year old German Shepherd.  Her name is Six because Tami and Dennis saw a moxie or show where the phrase "Keeping Six" was used.  Keeping Six means to watch your back, lookout for you, at least that is what it meant in the context they heard it.  The other dog is Poppy.  Poppy is a year younger.  Poppy was brought into the family when my childrens father died; I remember Tami telling me about Poppy joining the family.  I recall her saying that she needed something else to love and Poppy certainly is lovable.  Her mother was a purebred boxer who apparently fell in love with a black lab and Poppy and her brothers and sisters were the result.  There was also a little dog when I joined the family but Six considered her just another small animal that should end up dead, like the cats, groundhogs and other small animals that the big dogs kill if they are on the property.  Little dogs name was DOG and was pronounced Doge.  Doge was given away because it was just not safe for her here.  That was a very sad time for everyone here and especially for Tami.  If you are a parent you know how your own heart breaks when you see your child hurting and sad.  Doge was given to a home where she has the run of the house and everyone and everything in it.  There is another dog there, a very gentle, old hound and two cats.  I have been to visit doge a few times and she is Queen of the castle there.  Six is certainly the smarter of the two dogs here, she is definately the Alpha dog.
I call her my Lady and I am her doorman/woman.  The first thing I do when I get up is to let the dogs out, they expect that, in fact they insist on it, even if they have just come in from the outside.  It is part of my morning ritual and a part that I enjoy.  Like all other dogs these two definately have their own personalities and I love them both.  They also enrich my life, as do all members of this household, of this place that is home.

It feels like it should be Monday, but in fact it is late Thursday evening.  being snowed in for a few days has thrown my internal clock right off course.  I also havn't gotten weighed in almost a week and I am sure that I messed up my diet big time.  Weather permitting I will go into Port Elgin and face the music and get weighed, then start the process again.  I am determined to be at the weight that I want by spring. 

more tomorrow..............
December 9th, 2010        11:41p.m.

1 comment:

  1. Dioge [dee-oh-jee]

    I've actually used that dog to pick up girls.. Well, in a pick up line anyway. When they met her, I would say her name was Dioge, which is italian for expensive.

    The usual answer was 'REALLY!??!'

    Hilarity often ensued :)

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