ANSWERING COMMENTS

Yesterday’s blog brought some comments from T², our eldest grandson, who lives in Surprise, AZ (isn’t that a cool name?). He’s the genius electrical engineer who’s married to another genius electrical engineer. His comments always make me laugh, but this time they were particularly funny and deserve an answer.

Tom, I think I’ll pass on the suggestion for the costumes; I just don’t have the time or energy since I’m leaving for Florida tomorrow. By the way, I have remembered the last time I dressed up and it was kind of lame. The genius (senior) and I had sweat shirts that said on them “I’d Rather Fight Than Switch” (a reference to an ad for Tareyton cigarettes) and painted black eyes on ourselves. As I said, pretty bad. That was probably about 40 years ago.

I don’t know how to take the second comment about my senility (or lack of). There seems to be a veiled suggestion that I have always acted a little senile. And of course, that would be true. Or maybe airhead is a better term.

As for your dad taking care of Rufus, I observed the two together while he was visiting with us in September and your father didn’t seem all that enamored with my precious baby. So I think I will pass on that suggestion, also. Of course, once I’m gone, I’ll have very little say in the matter.

Then you thanked me for NOT talking about politics in the blog. Believe me, I wouldn’t waste any more cyberspace talking about that subject. Is everyone else as tired of this election as I am? I feel like it’s been years instead of months that we’ve been bombarded with every little detail. I’ll just be glad when Tuesday comes. And please, Lord, don’t let it be strung out like it was in 2000.

To switch subjects, I’d like to explain who Horchada is for those who might have read Miktrue’s comments yesterday. Mike and Ashley have two labs: the first (a chocolate one) they named Kahlua because of his color. Then when Horchada (I thought it was Orchada because they don’t pronounce the H) came along, he was white so they named him for a white Mexican drink. Only my son-in-law who doesn’t imbibe would name their two dogs after alcoholic beverages.

One more note: Horchada is a Marley (a dog in a book entitled Marley and Me. I highly recommend reading it, or you may want to just wait and see the movie). He is huge and hyper and gets into all kinds of trouble. Just a few weeks ago he and Kahlua got into a big bag of chocolate chips and made themselves so sick they had to spend the night at the vet’s with IV’s etc. That little trick set the family back $800. And that’s just the beginning. I could spend a few blogs talking about the antics of that dog. Can you imagine what it will be like when Rufus gets into the mix in February when I take him to visit?

Well, this is a long blog today, but it is the last one for a while. I may be able to get wireless occasionally when I’m in Florida, but I’m not sure. If so, I’ll try to write a few times and maybe put some pictures online.

Until then, ADIOS!!