Mish Mash Monday - pool noodles

 Silly Mommy -- Kitchen Chairs don't swim!!!!

Look what Mommy did with our "new" kitchen chairs.   Benji kept chewing the wooden chairs.  If you remember from the Blogville Olympics -- Mommy kept duct-taping the old kitchen chairs we had -- and Benji kept chewing right thru the duct tape to chew the wood on the chairs.  Benji's newest nickname is "Woodchuck".

Mommy's wrist hurts -- maybe arthritis or old age or something -- anyway -- it's hard for her to pull the duct tape off the roll.  So, Mommy couldn't fix the old chairs with duct tape anymore.

So, Mommy actually found 4 kitchen chairs in the trash.  And those are our "new" chairs.  (Grandma said we will buy new chairs with those iron legs if Benji chews these chairs apart.)

Can you believe Mommy is cutting apart brand new pool noodles to try to protect -- trash picked chairs!!!

Benji laughing at Mommy.  He said he can still chew the legs of the chair -- we need more pool noodles!

I (Lassie) just gave up and let Mommy continue with her pool noodle creation.

They don't look so bad -- do they?

These are the old kitchen chairs taken apart -- Mommy's brother-in-law is going to try to use the good part of the wood for a project.  As you can see we ran out of tan duct tape at one point and Mommy used checkered flag duct tape.

This was our Olympic picture.

So, far there are some teeth marks on the pool noodle.  We will see how it goes.

Oh -- and we should tell you -- Mommy buys pool noodles -- and we don't even have a pool.   Mommy buys pool noodles in the summer because we have slip covers on our sofa's and the slip cover always slides down and she has to fix them everyday.   So, Mommy wedges pool noodles behind the sofa cushion to try to keep the slip cover from sliding off the sofa.   It works for the most part -- maybe not the best solution -- butt at least Mommy doesn't have to fix the covers EVERYDAY now.

Have a great Mish Mash Monday everyone!!!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin

Zippers!!!

Mommy is having a tough time with zippers lately. 

She just can't get the zippers closed on dog treat bags!!!!  You know what I'm talking about -- the dog treat bags with the resealable zippers in it.  

It takes Mommy like 1 million attempts to line up the two sides of the bag to get it closed properly. 

We told Mommy, to just put the open bag of dog treats on the floor and we would be on the "HONOR SYSTEM" and just take one treat at a time.  Mommy burst out laughing at that idea -- what -- doesn't she think us dogs can follow the Honor System? 

As a solution, she is using an old dog treat container she saved -- and is just filling it with dog treats.  Bet the marketers of the dog treats wouldn't like Mommy's idea of using the old dog treat container -- she is putting one brand of dog treats in a container marked for another brand of dog treats.  The horror!  

(We liked our "Honor System" solution better than this one!)

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Anyway, speaking of zippers!  And Mommy's dislike for zippers right now... 

Somehow Mommy managed to get her zipper stuck in the up position on a pair of pants she was wearing to work. 

Mommy said, it's a good thing she is a bit overweight -- she was able to jiggle her fat back and forth -- and get that pair of pants down without having to use scissors to destroy the pants to get them off her.

Grandma offered to fix the zipper.  So, Grandma told Mommy all about how she used a pair of "pliers" that Mommy keeps in the Living Room Cabinet to help grip the zipper to try to get it unstuck.  She was really yanking on that zipper with the "pliers" butt couldn't get it unstuck.

Since Mommy wasn't home when Grandma attempted to fix the zipper -- Mommy said to Grandma.... "I don't keep any "pliers" in the Living room."  So, Mommy went to the Living Room Cabinet and saw our dog Toe Nail Clippers.  


Mommy said to Grandma -- did you use the dog's Toe Nail Clippers?  

Grandma said she thought they were pliers.  "Ooops!"

So, now Mommy has to go out and buy a new pair of dog Toe Nail Clippers -- because she doesn't know if  the Toe Nail Clippers got damaged by trying to grasp the zipper and pull it down.

As it turns out, Mommy's sister was the one who was successful in getting the zipper down -- and all she had to use was a paperclip to grasp the zipper and wiggle it unstuck somehow...  Looks like one of the teeth on the zipper was a bit off track, and that's what made the zipper get stuck.

Humans should just walk around naked like us dogs -- it would save them a lot of time -- and think of how many more dog treats they could buy with all that extra money they saved from buying clothes!!! 



Have a great day!!!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties

P.S.   We are going to attend Math Class at Blogville's Back to School Bash tomorrow, on  September 12th.  Details about the classes are on the Blogville Mayor's website at www.frankiefurterprice.blogspot.com  

P.P.S.  I still like our "Honor System" idea!!!   Just take "one" treat --- per second.    :)

A Trash Can in the 'Hood

This is NOT our trash can!  Mommy took a little walk in the "not so safe" neighborhood where she works and found this site. 

Mommy says -- well, that's one way how NOT to get your trash can stolen!

Sorry for such a weird camera angle -- Mommy said, the sun was so bright -- it was a hot day --- and the trash can smelled really BAD  -- so, a photo redo was out of the question!!!   She reached her hand out as far as she could with her cell phone, held her breath, and tried not to look directly at the can.  The vapors!!!  Guess that doggie on the trash can really had to go!!!

Bet that fly on the lid of the trash can was in full glory!  

From what Mommy could tell (between tearing up and blinking her eyes constantly), it looked like someone drew that picture of the dog & wrote those words on the trash can -- very clever.   

Of course we had to Photoshop a little red "X" over the HBO word!!!!. 

Aren't you glad we shared Mommy's Trash Can adventure with you!   Hope we didn't gross you out too much!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties