Laurie, Fudge, and Vern's Blog – June 2013 Archive (7)

Have you ever asked yourself if dog lovers are born that way or are taught to love dogs by the people surrounding them?  I really don’t know the answer, but I suspect you are born a dog lover.  My mom was actually afraid of dogs and I never remember my dad mentioning a dog one way or another, but my earliest memories are of me wanting a…

This is going to be a story about Fudge.  My hope is that I can keep it short, simple, and sweet.  Fudge is my most loyal dog.  I had it all worked out that I was going to say if you add e-s-t or i-e-s-t to any word, there can be no bigger word or higher praise, but the whole e-s-t thing doesn’t…

Remember how I was just lamenting how much I missed my dogs while I was home with my mom.  Can someone tell me why?   The homecoming was heartwarming.  When I pulled up in the car, I could see the dogs standing in the foyer window and hear them excitedly barking once they spotted me.…

Last Thursday I left home to surprise my mother who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.  I could tell she wanted me home by the way she said, “I’m trying to watch The Voice,” one night when I called to see how she was doing.  Fudge knew something was up when I got the luggage out to begin packing.  John…

I get accused a lot from my oldest daughter of doing nothing.  She will call me on the phone and ask me what I am doing and when I say, “nothing,” she usually says she is not surprised.  Whenever I call her and she doesn’t answer and I ask her later why she made me leave a message, she will puff up like a peacock and say in this hoity…

If you are old enough to remember the Calgon commercial from the 70’s, then I guess you are old enough.  No matter what was happening in your life, according to that commercial, one bath in Calgon would make all your problems go away and transport you to a calmer place.  I would like to say my mom kept a lot of Calgon on hand, but by…

Something is happening to Fudge and Vern!  They have been getting into all kinds of trouble lately and driving me nuts.  Yesterday, I tried to sell them to our neighbors for $1.00 each and they declined and when I dropped the price to two for a dollar, they still said no deal.  With the weather…