1. Hey hey y’all, looks like we’re wrapping up another week appreciating the sheer awesomeness that is the inside of our house. Can I get an amen??
2. AMEN!
3. Let’s talk about a few things I haven’t done during the stay-at-home order.
4. I haven’t pulled up, sanded, or replaced any flooring.
5. I haven’t repainted. Anything.
6. I haven’t tilled a patch for a new vegetable garden in the backyard.
7. I haven’t dyed my hair a color found in the rainbow.
8. I actually haven’t dyed my hair at all and woo buddy, things are getting real.
9. Bear stumbled upon me checking out an Instagram page called @grombre and had a rather strong reaction.
10. It’s filled with inspiring stories of women letting their gray grow in.
11. If they can do it then I can too, dammit!
12. Remind me I said that when I falter in my resolve, will ya?
13. Had a spectacular swing and a miss at Monday night’s veggie.
14. It was Parmesan Baked Zucchini Rounds. Doesn’t that sound delicious, guys?
15. I was super proud of the kids for even trying them – they’re not always veggie adventurous.
16. The whole family agreed, though. Decent taste, terrible texture. So sad.
17. We joined our friends for an online game night and it was such fun!
18. Drinks, laughter, goofy word games…I’d almost forgot what it was like to just hang out and have fun.
19. You know, like a grown up and stuff.
20. My English major skills are in top form today.
21. Which makes me think of English muffins.
22. Man, there was nothing like a warm buttery English muffin slathered with jam in the morning. I miss those.
23. Anyhoo, I made some more of those Paula Dean green beans and potatoes.
24. They’re sooooo yummy but I’ll say this, though – snapping three pounds of beans is no joke.
25. Plus the cat is ridiculously fascinated with these things. Seriously, she’s all up in my lap, sticking her nose in the bag, batting at the beans.
26. Maybe they smell like outside? I dunno, but it’s a riot.
27. Don’t worry, BrightSide, I rinse them really well.
28. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
29. So Gracie almost caught a squirrel yesterday.
30. We enjoy our fair share of the fluffy-tailed visitors at our feeders in the backyard. They’re cute enough and it’s fun to watch the dogs tear across the yard after them.
31. Phoebe looks like she’s chasing off a nuisance, but Gracie? She’s always 100% convinced this time she’ll catch it.
32. What Gracie will do if she does is anyone’s guess but that doesn’t slow her down one bit.
33. Anyway, one of those seed bandits made two appearances at the feeder by the window within five minutes and I’m all oh HELL no, we’re not playing this game and opened the door.
34. Things happened super fast from there.
35. Gracie streaked out the back door and that squirrel made the critical error of sprinting right instead of left, running smack dab into Gracie’s legs.
36. She bounced off and Gracie looked momentarily perplexed before they both took off at a hot run for the fence.
37. The squirrel won and thank God for it because I just can’t handle this golden trotting back with dead squirrel dangling from her mouth.
38. Anyway, Gracie spent the rest of the morning looking pleased as punch. As far as she was concerned she’d defended the homestead like an alpha wolf.
39. Then she passed out for the afternoon because defending the homestead is exhausting.
40. Gotta rest up for tomorrow’s squirrels.
That was exciting about the squirrels! My terrier/beagle mix Mary Moo used to chase everything. She caught stuff, too. There was only one time I saw her with a squirrel hanging out of each side of her mouth. She was as proud as could be. I had to bribe her with a doggy treat for her to drop the poor squirrel so I could bury it. Fortunately most squirrels got away.
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It’s amazing, really. My dad’s told me stories about how mean squirrels can be — something about how his brother got torn up by one chasing one off their roof as a teen. Then again, teenage boys…am I right? 😆
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Right. I’m sure the squirrel had a story to tell.
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Haha! I embraced my gray about 12 years ago in my mid 30s. I soap follow that Instagram account. Do it, you won’t regret it. Totally freeing. Of course now I dye my gray colors that *do” appear on the rainbow!
Yappy is a terrier and but for the fact we live in a condo I would have ‘gifts of tribute’ littering my front step. The hunt instinct is strong with this one.
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I made the rainbow comment because I’ve seriously considered purple hair dye several times so far in lockdown. Somehow I never get past the research stage, probably because I feel like I just need to let my natural hair grow in before I do anything else to it. I started going gray in my 20s and wish I’d had the confidence not to care about it then!
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No you don’t want to find out what Gracie would do if she actually caught a squirrel. I had two dogs at one time (well I had FOUR at the time, but my story is about two of them). Both were mature ‘lady’ dogs, one 35+ lbs and the other 50+ lbs. They loved chasing birds out of the backyard. Magpies and crows mostly. Gypsy (the 50 lbs dog) was always too slow and was too fat to actually catch a bird, Sausha (35 lbs) was quicker, but older and her reflexes were much too slow. One day though Gypsy caught a fledging (it wasn’t full sized) magpie. I’ll draw a curtain over what happened, but it wasn’t pretty. And feathers are a bitch to clean up. So I hope your girl doesn’t catch a squirrel any time soon.
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Yeah, she’s deposited a bird at our back steps before and THAT’S a sight I’m not anxious to experience again. I’ll take your word on the squirrels and hope this sweet old girl – bless her heart – remains too pleasantly plump to become a master huntress. 😳
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I loved the episode with the squirrels. I can’t imagine the chaos when dog met squirrel. Los of fun.
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I tell you what, it was something to see!
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Have you seen Quint Revival, Shelley Krupa’s blog? She recently had a post (https://www.quaintrevival.com/how-to-embrace-your-gray-hair-one-morning-at-a-time/) about letting her hair go gray, which she did a few years ago. Might want to check her out…
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Yes, I follow Shelley, but I haven’t seen this post yet. Will have to pop over and check it out! Thanks, John.
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Ever try the zucchini bisquick squares ? It is like a pizza without the sauce. And the zucchini kinda just blends in. Not that I am excited to go out foraging – because we are ‘relaxing’ the stay at home order. But that might just encourage me. Enjoy the weekend.
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Thanks for the tip, John. I’ll google that one for the next time we’re feeling zucchini adventurous. 🙂
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Gracie, replying the hunt in her dreams. Who’s a good girl?
Keep on trying new things. It will make it easier to get to the finish line.
Take care, Laura (& fam & fur)
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Oh yes, I’m sure she had wonderful dreams last night! We spent lots of time fawning over her…right up until she stuck her snout in Bear’s hot chocolate & lapped away. I swear, that girl can’t be good for more than 30 minutes at a time! Have a great weekend, Dan.
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She does seem to want to stay in the news.
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Cool adventures for Gracie. These veggie dishes sometimes don’t come up to N the promised taste.
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Yeah, this one’s definitely getting deleted from my recipe box.
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Hits and misses, all a part of culinary journey.
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Fortunately, my hair is not grey so I don’t have that particular problem. My fringe is passed my nose though and I am feeling like Cousin Itt from Th Adams Family.
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Yeah, my hubby’s struggling with the haircut thing but it doesn’t really affect me. I started getting grays in my 20s (!!) so I figured it’s time to accept them as part of my quirkiness. 😉
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That online games night sounds so much fun. It will have done you so much good.
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It just made me feel normal, you know? Like just for Tuesday night all the nutty faded into the background.
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