Even though I grew up across the street from a Catholic Church and school, I do not consider myself a religious person. However, when you are sent a sign, it is important to take the right path. And so when 3 cases of chocolate chip cookies got delivered to TAYLORS by accident, but were addressed to LDS Church, I knew then, this was a sign from God.
“Do not mess with the Cookies”
So, I proceeded to call the distributor but initially got nowhere. I then started calling all the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to see who was missing these cookies. Being Catholic, I thought maybe these were their form of Communion, but it became apparent I was wrong. I finally got through from someone who said these 3 cases were supposed to end up far, far away from Loomis. In the end a local LDS Church offered to take them off our hands. I was very appreciative since I would have probably eaten them all myself.
Also it has been so darn hot I thought we might as well close the kitchen and cook everything on the side walk. That's being eco-conscious, right?
Jul 1 - 7
Ok. so we had the talk again.
Cooper, you are now 3 years old. You are no longer a puppy. In human years you would be 21, and you would be moving out of the house. Now, I don't expect you to move out on your own, but bringing me the ball 50 times for me to throw it, is getting old. Especially, when you drop the ball just out of my reach. Now bringing me the ball 10 to 20, I could see that, but 50 times and then growling at me when I don't throw it fast enough. I mean really, you need to grow up.
No, we are talking, I am not going to throw the ball.
What, you would growl at me? I can't believe it.
Now you are barking.
OK, I will throw the ball only 10 times.
…
Total silence. (I think that is worse)
Ok, I will throw it 40 more times, but tomorrow you are down to 20.
BTW, look at what I discovered in the house in the hall to the outside porch…
Jun 24 - 30
Ok. So a few years ago I wrote that Heaven handled so many souls that it had had to have an administrative department, and that I felt the most logical group to run it were deceased DMV workers.
Well, what if I was wrong? (Don’t answer that.)
Now it seems more likely that that administrative dept would be AI. So if it is AI, did God go away to start 10,000 other planets and leave everything here to be run by an old Mac.
This is why you do not drink before you go to bed, because these are the dreams you come up with.
Jun 17 - 23
So there is good luck and bad luck and there is Cooper luck.
So on Saturday we had it arranged that our sitter would take the kids to Golfland / Sunsplash for 4 hours so we could get a break. We planned to go out to lunch which we hadn't done for months. Well just before we left I took Cooper out side with me to clean the pond. I tied him up under a tree for about 20 minutes in the shade where I usually have a pole to tie him too.
Everything was fine until we got inside and he suddenly started to howl. I couldn't see anything was wrong, and as i held his head he started shaking it and ran away. I found him upstairs on our bed with his head between 2 pillows, so it was apparent he got something stuck in his ear.
So, off to the emergency vet I go and get home just in time for my wife and I to have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before the kids got home..