UP UP AND AWAY

Well the packing went well.  And my suitcase is only 35 pounds.  Hope I brought enough!  Oh well, I wear the same outfit for a week at a time anyway.  I was telling Kathy tonight that if my suitcase goes missing I am probably the best candidate in the world for that to happen to.  I don't mind wearing the same outfit til the first of April.  And the general Chinese population  aren't known for their high fashion.  Good thing I can eat like a pro with chopsticks...no food trail down my front.

Last night I was sitting here watching something and enjoying my Monte's dog when I distinctly heard a woman talking in my basement.  Only now and then, not continuously.  Scared the bejesus out of me!  So I crept over to the top of the stairs until I heard it again.  It was fairly faint but it definitely was a woman talking.

There are no radios or tv's down there.  I had to go down but I have to admit if I had Bill's baseball bat right then I would have gone and got it.

I turned the lights on and slunk quietly down into the dark unknown.  I went and stood in the middle of the very large room, and closer to the light.  It tends to be really dark at the stairs end.

I waited.  And waited.  Suddenly, from over there, a woman robotically says, " The batteries are getting low.  You must replace them immediately!"  What the hell?  It took a minute but I finally found a smoke alarm halfway up the wall by the freezer that was clearly in distress.  Well it isn't anymore.  Its off the wall and laying on the bed.  Stupid thing! Who buys a talking smoke alarm anyway???   (shovel list)

I took Wrangler Dangler up to the  dog resort this morning.  Boy is he ever smart.  He has only been there once.  The resort is way out in the country, nothing around.  As soon as we got near the road turn off where the resort is, not the actual turn off to the resort, he started to go nuts!  How the hell he knew where we were is beyond me.  He has the most phenomenal memory.  He was so excited to be there, thank goodness.

I spent ages yesterday diddling with a fifty pound bag of dog food and thirty five zip lock bags and a giant box of dog bone treats.  At the end of the ages spent, I had thirty five bags of dog food and dog treats.  And that dog followed every single move I made.  Every time I dug into the bag with the measuring cup he would do a little dance then when I put it in the bag instead of giving it to him, he would deflate a little.  He did that thirty five times!  

Well I am going to try to blog while I am over there.  I think the wifi is going to be sketchy at best but some of the hotels may have business centres with internet.  In the meantime be safe and happy peeps and I shall post all I can.  TTYL

ps:  if any Asians are reading this, please do not be offended by anything I say about Asians.  I am pretty sure Asians have some pretty low opinions of us over here!!!!  And rightfully so!