Day 339
I live with the Queen of Idiots.
I have been working up at my desk for an hour or so and I have been hearing some swishing going on in my bedroom … accompanied by little yips now and then.
What was going on?
So, I ventured across the hall to see my antique salmon pink satin comforter moving around on the floor – seemingly on its own … until, of course the little yips came up out of its downiness.
Gertie … the Queen of Idiots … was underneath.
Apparently she was trying to get up on my bed when she used her talon/claws to accidentally pull down my comforter on top of herself. I’ve seen her use those “fingers” to get an m&m off a table! She can put an ape to shame with the use of her paws … she’s downright creepy!
Anyway … yeah. A good laugh and an unveiling later I hoisted her up onto my bed where she is snuggled in now. A nap before bedtime.
Today was a busy day for this little Pug. Earlier I let her in from being outside and I don’t know if it was the fresh air or the thought that she was going to get a yummy … but she ran inside the house … ran up the stairs to the dining room … up the stair to the kitchen through the hall into the living room and up onto the chaise in the corner (her lookout) … tongue hanging out she crouched chest down – butt up and took off again to the back door where I let her out again to play with the rest of the group! Idiot.
Earlier still I came upstairs to see what more yipping was about. I thought maybe she was bothering Moby while Mobes was napping. Gert has a tendency to want to play just as Mobes gets comfy and falls asleep.
No, it wasn’t Mobes Gert was bothering … it was my new Mold-O-Rama rhino! Heavens!!!! I took that away from her pronto!
When the kids were in town last week we went down to the zoo to explore and see the holiday lights. We walked into the Pachyderm house and what should greet us (no elephants) but a Mold-O-Rama machine! It was fabulous!
For a mere $2 a person could watch hot plastic being pumped into a mold of a rhinoceros (we subsequently saw more machines and a variety of animals shapes). It was fascinating! So, of course, I forked over my two Washingtons and fed them into the machine and the three of us watched as the machine did its magic and then out of the vending machine slot at the bottom … plopped a hot, gray plastic rhino! Wonders never cease!
Although, with all due respect to the Mold-O-Rama rhino mold makers this one looks more like a prehistoric Wooly Rhino than an actual modern-day rhinoceros. Whatever. I love it.
And apparently Gertie did too … as it had fallen off my shelf and she was circling it and barking at it like it was some threat to our home.
In any case … she is a goofball … a major idiot.
I’d even dare say she is the Queen.