Ginny Tata-Phillips's Blog, page 103
July 28, 2012
Money Laundering
She who cleans the clothes
is entitled to those
stray pieces of money
left behind by her honey.
Every now and again
you may find a ten
amongst all the crumpled ones and annoying coins that go around and around in the dryer and make you nuts.
I scored $16 today and therefore am not required to make this whole poem rhyme.
In DoG We Trust.
July 27, 2012
L.G.Fs.
Lady Gouldians
natural masterpieces
show their true colors.
In DoG We Trust.
July 26, 2012
Work Perk
The best thing about
working from home is this face
always at my feet!
In DoG We Trust.
July 25, 2012
I Wanted Purple
So I cut myself on a very dirty metal handle of an electrical box thingie in the yard today. Shit. OK – clean it up – elevate - bandage – Neosporin - the kind PLUS painkiller – not in this order, of course. I know you do not get tetanus from metal. Or rust. Or rusty metal. But the fact remains that rusted uneven metal surfaces often harbor the buggies that cause tetanus. The fact remains that a DNA swab of that dirty surface would probably have registered a huge long list of urine and feces from all the wild birds and animals that pass through my yard. I mumbled my way into the house for self-administered First Aid.
While elevating my hand and noticing the bleeding had stopped I realized the dread thought – I have not had a tetanus shot in about a nickzillion years. Double Shit. I am crazy needlephobic. I am sure you recall my flu shot post and how it usually takes me a whole year to get up the courage to go back for the next annual injection. Don’t even start me talking about blood tests. I should have tried to find a lab to read my cholesterol this morning when my thumb was dripping blood!
So I googled tetanus with my left hand and decided that I was way too young to die from a cut thumb and that I had to go get the dread protection from lockjaw. I mean – years ago my brother broke his jaw and my mother put everything in the blender for him – even lasagna – so he could drink it with a straw – but I do not think my failing to get a tetanus shot and contracting lockjaw will cause my mother to fly up here, make lasagna, blend it up and feed it to me through a straw. I am not even sure with an advanced case of tetanus if I would want the damn blended lasagna.
Off to Walgreen’s Pharmacy for the tetanus shot that is probably 20 years past due by this time. The CDC is suggesting the combined Tetanus, Pertussis and other Whosis shot since we are having a serious outbreak of Whooping Cough in the U.S. and that is the shot I got. Once again, I have to admit, I barely felt the stick. I was warned IT WOULD HURT LATER but it has not yet and six hours have passed. I did a good ‘help I am talking and I can’t shut up’ while I registered, paid for the injection and asked for a vodka lollipop. They gave me green. Yuck.
I mean – we (or at least I) never hesitate to get my children and dogs everything they need to stay healthy, why do we (or at least I) hesitate to care for ourselves? JUST DO IT. Get the flu shot. Keep your tetanus vaccine updated. Check that damn cholesterol. The needles won’t kill you, I promise. Those other things – yeah – they can kill you.
One more thing – insist on purple – it is the best flavor lollipop!
In DoG We Trust.
July 24, 2012
Snuggle Buddies
Rainy day snuggles
best with big brother Tiffin:
sweet sibling slumber!
In DoG We Trust.
July 23, 2012
Mermaid
Such gentle giants
evoke legends of mermaids.
Love those manatees!
In DoG We Trust
July 22, 2012
I Belive That Children Are Our Future
I live in a totally adult dog house that is full of children tonight………what else can I say?!
In DoG We Trust.
They are every where – really!
July 21, 2012
We Do This Every Day!
I hearby proclaim
National Snuggle Up and
Read With Your Dog Day!
In DoG We Trust.
July 20, 2012
Peas In A Pod
Audrey and Tiffin
survey their domain, safe in
their forever home.
Hi Mom!
In DoG We Trust.
July 19, 2012
Peek-a-Boo!
Stella the Senegal
Hidden surprises
lurk behind glossy feathers;
this one is an ear!
Stella had just taken a bath. That hole in the side of her head – it is an ear hole!
In DoG We Trust.
