Suzie STOP!!! I can't breath!!!!

Norma is currently rolling on the floor laughing that she is unable to respond and grant you forgiveness for skipping out!! So I will do it for her.

Puddles

Whewwww! Thank you Puddles! I feel better already. Please tell Norma that I apologize!

Shari-you didn't happen to find Van's pager stuffed down on the side of that chair did you?

So...the moral of the story is that next time we just page Van!! And Karli will make sure you join the fun.

Rosebud

Ok so when I can stop laughing I'll consider forgiveness. I do understand being tired so I guess we'll have to let you off the hook this time.

Your story about the dog made me think of our kitty Moki. She wanted out and in order to wake us up was really being obnoxious. She apparently walked across the clock radio and chnaged the alarm time. The alarm went off, DH got up and started getting ready for church when realized his watch said it was 7:00 AM and the alarm had gone off at 6:00. Now if you knew my husband and how he doesn't really wake up until around noon you would know how funny that was. His body gets out of bed at 7:00, but his brain doesn't wake up for quite awhile later. Anyway he took his clothes off and went back to bed for another hour.

Honesly now what would we do without our animals and hubands to keep us laughing. Oh I almost forgot ~ for the rest of us we have Suzie to keep us laughting.

For he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. Zechariah 2:8

Yes, but just warn me ahead of time so I know where that silly pager is ahead of time!

Hi Scarlet! How are you this morning? Did you get your laundry done last night? I told you that you were a good mom and wife to do so much for your family!

Gram Shortbread-

Sorry that I missed you last night but since I've been doing a little dieting myself---it's probably best that I missed dessert and well...I told you about my milk problems already. Next time, I'll be here for sure and I can even take some Lactaid beforehand if you'll bring the ice-cream and shortbread cookies!

Oh MY! You have not had shortbread cookies until you have had one of ShortBread's!! YUM!

Now if y'all want animal stories, I could fill a book!! Since we are talking about sleeping, I've got a cat who loves me beyond what any feline should. Several years ago he began having breathing attacks. I found him in the hallway just about dead. He was diagnosed with heartworms! There was no treatment for cats with heartworms and we were just trying to keep him alive long enough for the worms to die (their life span is about 2 years in a cat). We had about 4 episodes where he turned blue and we had to rush him to the vet for treatment which consisted of oxygen and steroids. The doctor was amazed each time he survived. Most cats with heartworms don't survive, they usually die with the first episode. Anyway after our year long battle, Taz survived, but also became this extremely loving cat. He is the most loving cat I have ever seen or owned. Okay, the sleeping part.... EVERY NITE after I get to sleep, he slinks over to my pillow and drapes himself on my head! And if it isn't on my head, it is across my neck. I have never seen a cat drape himself like this one. Front legs all stretched out, relaxed, plopped right across me... EVERY NITE!! One night I thought, I'll close the door and just keep the cats out (we have 4). I didn't like it. I have always had an animal or two or three or five sleep with me (and no, this does not count my husband!!). Of course I also have my 2 chihuahuas that sleep under the covers with us too!! And 2 others that sleep in the hallway (guarding it of course!!). Also when Taz is ready for my husband and me to get up in the morning, he sticks his nose is our eye. He comes right up to our face and leans into our closed eye with his wet nose. Charming isn't it?!?
Oh I love my fur babies!!!

~Blessings from the Bayou~

Hey Shari, Your story about Taz sticking his nose in your eye reminds me of one cat we had. He was part Manx and weighed 20 pounds. His name was Fat Albert. He had a very loud (and I do mean loud) meow. When he wanted us to get up he would stick his nose in my ear and meow. It was really more of a meow-raugh and it was not funny. Another thing he would do was go into the bathroom, lay on his back and open the cupboard so it would bang and wake us up. Oh they do have their ways of getting what they want don't they?

Oh Suzie I wish I was able to go to Columbia. I would bring you some shortbread. However I waited too long and now as much as I want to there are no tickets left.

Have a good day everyone.

For he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. Zechariah 2:8

Truthfully Suzie, my husband was not only in desperate need of his shirt...he was completely out of clean underwear so....I think he would disagree about the good wife part.

Our dogs and cats are sweethearts, but the animal that rules at our house is our pet rooster, PC (short for Poopie Chicken.) During the ice storm we had here we put him in a dog carrier and let him stay in the kitchen overnight because it was so cold. What we didn't realize is that Nate, my youngest put his toy parrot near the cage to keep PC company. The toy parrot repeats whatever you say to it twice. So, the next morning not only were we awakened to the rooster crowing, but for every time the rooster crowed the parrot crowed twice. The poor rooster was so confused because he thought there was another rooster in the house. The more the rooster crowed...the more the parrot crowed. My husband has now built the rooster his own tree house.

Rosebud

Now that tops the funnies. That is definitely a I'm going to wet my pants story. I don't know all the initals for the rolling on the floor thing, but it really fits here.

For he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. Zechariah 2:8

Poopie Chicken??? Did you say Poopie chicken? You are toooo funny for me! Did that funny boy of yours Josh, name him? He's definitely Star Search material!

Gram-

Now here's the great part about our "cookie" party/pajama party...I'm NOT going to Columbia although, I live just about an hour north of Columbia, SC but way too far from Missouri.
So, I can eat those delicious cookies afterall.

and don't forget...Norma has MnM's that she said that she would share.

Your animal stories are too cute. Between fat cats, yoodling birds and goofy dogs...I see why we stay so entertained! (where do husbands fit in there---especially one's that don't have any clean underwear that can't find things and like to sleep in?

No, the rooster got his name from Nate. Whenever he had messed his diaper, he would come to me and tell me that he was a poopie chicken...so the name was just too perfect when we got the rooster. Of course you hate to be yelling "Here Poopie Chicken" out your back door thus the name PC.

Rosebud

I am laughing my head off picturing you standing at the door and yelling, "Poopie Chicken--come here Poopie Chicken!!" How do you explain that to the neighbors, especially when he won't come? Where do you go from there with the name calling???

Little Nate...how cute is that, calling himself Poopie Chicken...I can't stop laughing!!! This is tooooo funny for me!

Thanks for the chuckle...it's been a good one!

We had the same reaction when we were yelling "Here Fat Ablert". We were always afraid we might have a neighbor named Albert who might get offended when he heard us call the cat.

For he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. Zechariah 2:8

I never thought of that!!! "HEEYYYY Fat Albert!!" I can see why that mind offend a neighbor or two!

you guys are too funny.

our cat's name is mary jane. the kids love spiderman and she has orange fur, thus, mary jane.

however, when you tell people your cat is named mary jane, there is often a pause and a snicker. when you invite youth into your home and tell them the cat is named mary jane they ALWAYS think it is named for someTHING else and i think you know what i mean.

so, everytime i introduce our cat i say, "this is spiderman's girlfriend, mary jane."

that introduced all sorts of problems too, like, "mom, how come spiderman's girlfriend is a cat? can they get married?"

oh and my friend in mo had a cat named ratfink. lol.

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Suzie, my husband has a weird sense of humor. He was a great fan of Bill Cosby's. Because the cat didn't have a tail we were going to name him Weird Harold, but he was such a fat little kitten Fat Albert won out.

Now not only does my Dh have a weird sense of humor, but he has passed it on to all three of our sons. Believe me there are times when they have no mercy on me.

For he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. Zechariah 2:8

Gram-

I hate to tell you this but they say confession is good for the soul....I have a weird sense of humor too and I love Bill Cosby!! As a matter of fact, I was watching him on his "Ask the kids a question and make the parents squirm" show just last night. Have you ever seen it?? It's so funny!

I had a 5th grade teacher that used to bring in his old Bill Cosby comedy albums and let us listen to them...hmmm...I'm not sure what subject that counted for but it used to be my favorite part of the day! I loved Weird Harold too!

One more thing that I've thought about for a long time everytime I see your name Gram it reminds me of my grandma who I loved so dearly. I always called my grandma "Gram" and she would always sign her cards to me that way. She passed away a few years ago so it makes me smile to be able to call you Gram too!

Love,
Suzie

We actually had a dog named "Old Joe" when I was a child...and our next door neighbor was named Joe. The neighbor answered more often than the dog!. Thankfully he was a good sport about it.

The rooster has given us more laughs than any pet we've ever had...and with my gang we've had some interesting pets including a snake, an iguana, a squirrel, a couple of rabbits and several dogs and cats.

The rooster intimidates the other animals. He chases the dog and cats away and steals their food. We have one dog that stays in a chainlink fence during the day because we live near a busy road. The rooster likes to harrass my dog. He parades back and forth in front of the kennel just to get the dog to chase him along the fence. He even sticks his head in between the chainlink, and dares the dog to bite him. The funny thing is the rooster no longer has his cone on top of his head...the dog has won a few times too many. Yet the rooster still sticks his head in the kennel. We figure it's just a matter of time before the dog has a fresh chicken meal.

Rosebud