Tiny Shamrocks & Ladies

Wilson skipped his traditional Guinness & shots of Whiskey again this year. He hasn’t had a drink on this day since 2008, and no longer misses it. But the first year after his injury, whenever his former drinking pals showed up, he’d throw his arm around a shoulder and try to drag them on over to the door, saying

“LETS GO HAVE A POP!”

I spent about a year repeating a concept I was trying to imprint in his mind, which was;

IT’S SOMEBODY ELSE’S TURN. You drank your trainload of booze. You had your turn. Now pass it along.

It took awhile, but eventually he grew fond of that idea. He still is.

This has been a cold month in our usually moderate California. Even WORSE across the country to the site of those Nor’easters…one after another. I hope everyone is able to stay warm. Our heating bills are bad enough this year to just about break our budget. I try to LAYER, but sometimes wearing gloves in bed can get depressing. I put fingerless ones on Wilson sometimes, even in the daytime!

Yesterday I was horrified to find he had pulled his colorful Tinkerbelle blanket off, wadded it up and put it under his head, on top of his pillow. He still had his little giraffe cuddle buddy, Mambo, nestled next to his neck. I use long garters on the covers at the foot of his bed to keep him from uncovering himself in the night, so I can see I’ll need to clip Tinkerbelle in with his other blanket. Otherwise he might end up completely uncovered in our freezing cold bedroom. He cannot problem-solve….he cannot cover himself back up. But he did look awfully cute, so I took a picture before putting the blanket back over him.

Blanket Wars

Choose L O V E

I made this Valentine for 2018 and promptly forgot to put it on here! All the hearts are a series of Valentines from Ken Alexander over the years. I love every one of them!

I hope your Valentine Day was filled with love.