The truth about my visit with Cheryl and Laurie

[DJ & Chance]

I posted this initially in Laurie's latest blog but feared the truth would get lost there.  So read Laurie's blog and then read this if you want to know what really happened.  In that blog, she spun an elaborate theory about my untrue identity as Doris Day.

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Meeting with Cheryl and Laurie was such a treat, but I confess that I worried a lot about Laurie.  She kept calling me “Doris” as her eyes twitched—I think she was trying to wink.  Poor thing. 

 

But I really began to worry when Laurie pulled out a finger print kit and tried to get a thumbprint off my camera.  “Here, Doris, let me look at your camera so I can compare it to mine.”  Now I know why.  She wanted incontrovertible proof of her theory about my identity.  Or, she wanted to destroy the camera to prevent me from getting an “oh heck, awesome” compliment from Camilla for one of my photos.

 

Cheryl did not take part in the “I Spy” episode and acted instead as our official photographer.  I loved it when she pleaded with the camera to do what she wanted it to do for our official portrait.  She was bold enough to use the self-timer on her camera, which I avoid because it always frustrates me.   After a few tries that had us smiling like fools at a camera that would not go off as planned, she found the magic formula and captured one of many wonderful moments of the day.

 

Laurie, Cheryl, and I became on-line friends mainly because we wanted to take photos of our doodles that weren’t hopelessly blurred.  We went through the wonderful basic photography lessons that Camilla provided, and we each got better over time.  F, who started the photography group, was always there to encourage us and also at times to give us a dose of healthy honesty.   We did this as we celebrated our lives with our doodles.  And although Chance, Finnegan, Fudge, and Vern have never met, I think they are lifelong friends anyway. 

 

I had a bit of a run-in with TSA on the way back to California because Laurie managed to slip a fake ID into my travel bag.  When I unwittingly handed it to the agent, he astutely noticed that the name on my ticket was not the same as the name on my fake driver’s license.  To make a long story short, TSA searched my person and everything I was carrying, only to find some special gifts from Laurie that actually made them laugh.

 

Who else but Doris Day Jordan would be carrying “Buck” Schitz toilet paper, poop bags, and a “Dog Lover” mug in their suitcase?

 

Thanks Cheryl and Laurie for a special and fun day!

 

 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

DJ...So I'm trying to decide what to do with the BS roll of toilet paper (putting it on my head is not on the list LOL) I'm reading the packaging...

For the Poo-fessional Hunter

When it's time to unload…it's leafy soft

Stop, drop, and unroll

Where does Laurie find this stuff??????  I think I'll have to save it for a hunter with a birthday!  OR does anyone know a hunter with a birthday coming up?? Shhh don't tell Laurie I'm thinking of regifting LOL

Meanwhile, Song loves laying in the "dog treats" basket.  Bad move kitty :)

 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Sounds like and interesting visit????  And one I would like to have made! :-}

[DJ & Chance]

LOL, Lori, I think Rock took off with the pink poodles

Bonnie, after being photographed with a roll of Buck Shitz on my head, DJ will forever remain a mystery :)

Karen, glad you believe my story :)

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

too funny!  But where was Rock Hudson? 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Wonderful rebuttal but the mystery remains. ;o)
I'm delighted you had a chance to meet face to face!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

DJ, thanks for setting the record straight. You are a very good sport!

[DJ & Chance]

LOL, Laurie.  I let the "brilliantly creative" part trump the fool.

How did I end up with that TP roll my head?  How did I forget that you had a camera in hand?  Jet lag at its worst.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

OMD.....DJ, I think F just called you a stooge :) LOL 92 year old Doris Day tops that any day :) BTW, I always loved Doris Day!

F, I take it as a high compliment to be compared to Erma Bombeck :) And don't forget Julia Child is my mom :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

How nice of GP Moe to teach you that trick. Even I wouldn't say Laurie is Erma who is dead but a reincarnation of her : ) .

[DJ & Chance]

ROFL, F.  Your blog is so very funny and of course Laurie is Erma Bombeck who is even older than Doris Day and with a much better sense of humor.  

As for grandpa Moe, he liked to say, "We're getting' no place fast" and that helped with learning to balance things on our heads.