Dependency ala Mums

Mums and I have gotten real close lately. Mums is worried that I am too dependent on her. I want to sit in her lap all the time and curl up next to her in bed all night. I say, maybe if she got out of her chair and out of bed once in a while the problem might just be solved.

She also has been using me as her day planner. Every morning she tells me what she is going to do for the day. The problem with this is, I don't ever know what she is really talking about and her memory is on loosey goosey right now. As a result, nothing ever gets done.

I think Mums needs a vacation. Then I can be alone and get my own self back together and Mums can stop being so dependent on me.

Ah ha! She thinks I am too dependent on her, when really she is really too dependent on me!

Mums - get out of your chair and do something!

Shiva

My Sunny Space

I Love My Sunny Space

Mums says people all over the world are hating this winter. But I do not care! I am in my sunny place and the rest of the world be damned. Oh, oh..... here comes Mums to tell me to be more empathetic. Empathy, Smpathy! I am happy and that is really all I care about. 

Shine on!

Shiva

A Montage

When Mums does not sleep at night, she plays with her IPad. Actually it's Pops' IPad, but Mums says she inherited all of Pops stuff when he died. Even the stuff she does not want. But that is another whole story.

She found an app on "her" IPad that allows her to make Montages. Mums says a Montage is just a fancy name for collage. I don't know what either word means, but it makes her happy to narrow down all the pictures from her last trip with Pops.

This is a Montage she made the other night when she couldn't sleep. It's just a few pictures from Columbia. I like seeing the one of Pops and Mums together. The other gal is Raquel - she helped take care of Pops. The lady with the fruit on her head - just some crazy woman who took money from Raquel when she asked if she could have her picture taken with her.

Anyway, even though I never get to go on these vacations, Mums always share the pictures and the stories with me. And I like the Montage and the ways Mums says the word - Mahhhhntahhhhhhhgz.

Shiva

Resistance Band

Mum's got this new thing she is doing called exercise.

First she makes coffee and then she watches Ellen. Then she starts this exercise thing. I sit in my little chair and watch her. It's kinda funny looking, and it doesn't seem as if she is enjoying it. The people on the TV are all smiley and she just has this icky look on her face.

Today she pulled out a new toy. Instead of those big black things she calls weights, she pulled out this long green thing she calls a resistance band.

 I call it a toy!

I am not as bad as my friend Sammie Sue who squawks and whistles and talks while her mom works out, but I did try to play with it when she used it. Fortunately for Mums, my attention span is about 6 seconds.

I don't know why she is doing this every day, when she could be brushing me instead, but there you go. She wants to look like Ellen Degeneres, I guess.

Here's to ya!
Shiva

Just Hello

Mums has been hiding all of the computers and I haven't been able to post. She turned Pops laptop off, and then remembered she did not know the password. She keeps the desktop on so she doesn't need to remember any password. She is not very with it these days.

Her computer is always shut, unless she is using it. She says it is her enemy right now, but who knows what she means by that. Then, there is the IPad, which she is always using to play games. Boy, there are a lot of games for free out there.

Anyway, she is avoiding exercise right now by watching bad TV and I just passed by to say hello to ya'll. I may not be very prolific for a while (wow, a big word for a dummy, huh?), but stick with me. I am sure Mums will set her computers free, once again.

Shiva

Sleeping

I have taken to sleeping on Pop's comforter. Actually, it's all Mum's fault. She hauled it out and wrapped herself in it and then sat in her chair and left the extra bit hang on the floor. So that's where I slept while she watched TV in her stupor.

Then she finally turned the heat up this weekend, and put Pop's comforter on the floor in the bedroom. She says she's not ready to wash it yet, and it smells just like Pops. It's kinda smelly, but just perfect for me. Anyway, that is where I sleep now when I am missing Pops.

I am begging you Mums, don't wash it for a while. I don't exactly know why, but it has become my third favorite place to sleep. My little kitty bed is still the best. Then in bed with you, especially now that you have put a row of pillows down on Pop's side of the bed so I can sleep between you and Pops (or what we pretend is Pops. Then my next favorite place is Pops' stinky comforter.

Thanks Mums for not washing it yet.

Shiva

Louie Gets Bored

Louie's mom and dad got married while my Mums and Pops were on vacation. Actually they got married on the day of the great snow storm. You know, the one where the roof of the great Vikings playground collapsed? It was all over the news.

Anyway, Natalie and Jeremy went to Hawaii for their honeymoon and came home just before Christmas Eve. I am sure that Louie missed his mom and dad as much as I did mine! But they had to ignore him while they wrapped up the Christmas presents. He finally jumped up on a chair to watch (I didn't know dogs could leap, too! I am so jealous!!)

Poor Louie. Look at that sad, sad face. He is practically begging for attention! But, alas, as it always goes in human land, the work comes first and those presents had to be wrapped. Eventually Louie gave up and - well, a picture speaks a thousand words.

I know how you felt Louie, but I know your mom, and I know she has given you tons of attention since that day.

Love to you, young man.

Shiva