My Least Favorite Things!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

No one has ever accused me of having a voice like an angel, or even like Julie Andrews in the movie, Sound of Music.  In fact, last Christmas my oldest daughter bought me a Karaoke machine and no one will help me set the thing up.  I begged again this Christmas and the two people who reside in this house with me told the two people who got to fly back to Oregon after Christmas to please not help me or else.  Even without my microphone, I sing everyday and I love to make up songs.  Usually, I belt them out in the morning while I am getting ready for the day.  This works well for me when it is just Fudge and Vern in the house, but on the weekends I have to sing through the pain of the audience all but throwing rotten tomatoes at me and heckling me with comments like, “will you please shut up…your voice is so shrill I think you just broke my eardrums…Hayley, check outside. Is there an animal dying?....God in heaven, make it stop.”   Oh well, all good artists know you have to keep working at your craft.  Well, last night the lyrics to my next song came to me while I was sleeping and I wanted to write them down before I forgot them.  Please feel free to sing them along with me to the tune of My Favorite Things from the Sound of Music.

 

My Least Favorite Things

 

Raindrops on muddy paws and poop bags and mittens

Bright yellow throw up and warm hissing kittens

Brown paper packages with urine samples inside

These are a few of dog things I abide

 

Cream colored messy dogs and crisp winter days

Walks in all weather and rough housing called play

Wild geese that fly above and taunt my poor dogs

Sometimes prompting my least favorite jogs

 

Dogs in all colors with their long golden tethers

Cause me to issue corrections and swear like a mother

Silver white snowballs that cling to their fur

These are a few of the things I endure

 

When the dogs fight

When the pee stains

When I want to cry

I simple remember I love these two dogs

And then I don’t ask myself “why?”

Feel free to add a stanza or two because singing really is a great stress reliever, even if you don't sound like Barbra Streisand.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

La La La.  All around the world, the DK folks are singing.  I can visualize.

[Bonnie and Kona]

Awesome!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Love "Just seeing their smile can make me cry".  Me too!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Good job.

[Leslie and Halas]

Excellent!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Sung in the bathtub for many years now.  When I made it  up, I had two Chocolate Labs and two cats- Russian Blue and a British Blue Short Hair

All my dogs are brown

And the cats are grey

I take them for a walk

On a winter's day

I'd be safe and warm

If I laid around all day

California Dreamin

Now you all go away

(It goes on but depends on the day what the words are)

Love this discussion. I have done this for years with animals. Make up songs. Some are not permitted by rules, on DK

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

LOL...I have some of those not-permitted songs, too. Love this one, Joanne. I love those Chocolate Labs!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I always sang and made things up around the house. F.J. and I still do. He is actually a lot better at this than I am and has a beautiful deep voice ( often told a voice of radio).

But, I can still see my very small sons crying and slamming the doors to their room when I started getting silly with my songs.  So sad!

Once, I had a Karoke machine that was given to us. They were on the front porch playing guitars and talking to people as they drove by. Ugh.  Boys in Jr. High.  It was rather funny.. and kind of NOT

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

OH no. F.J. is still behind me at the computer singing and making up words to  your song!  HA

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Time to sign on, F.J., and share :)

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Joanne, I assure you if I drove by your house and they were out on the porch speaking to me, I would have laughed :) I have plenty of nephews..LOL!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Joanne, I LOVE this song! I'm going to be hearing Denny and Cass singing this in my head all day, lol!