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This week, DH and I have been wallpapering a tiny bathroom. There is not one window, door, light switch or corner in that room that is true, level and square. Before we were half begun, both of us made the movie 'Grumpy Old Men' look like a picnic. In the middle of wallpaper glue dripping off our elbows like slime and a glare on the wallpaper that made it impossible to see and both of us trying to hold an edge off the wall until we could get it 'plumb', the phone started ringing. And ringing. And ringing. The Yorkie came into the bathroom and began dancing and barking. He Knew that one of us was supposed to make the phone hush and tell him if somebody was on his way over to rub the Yorkie belly. Saturday morning, DH's sister Annie was up making coffee. Her hip broke and she would have been lying on the kitchen floor until her husband Oscar woke up. Their big (and quite uppity) Siamese went in the bedroom. He relentlessly walked up and down on Oscar until he surrendered and went to see what the cat thought commanded his immediate attention. Thank God for that precious big old kitty. Annie and Oscar are doing very well now. DH and I have the wallpaper done and can answer the phone in a timely manner. The QIs are pleased. Polly

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Polly Esther
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Goodness you have been having "fun" but the results will be worth it I'm sure!

and 3 cheers for the Siamese with enough oomph to wake Oscar!

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Jessamy

And when those darling pets aren't doing their "important" jobs they lavish us with love and companionship and all kinds of good things. Thank God for our precious pets.

And thank you, Polly, for a morning smile!

Leslie & The Always Enterta> This week, DH and I have been wallpapering a tiny bathroom. There is not

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Oscar and Annie are both about 85 and live in a town where they have no kin to keep an eye on them. They've given up on doing that now and are looking for an assisted living sort of place that is, of course, acceptable to the Siamese. Polly

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Polly Esther

Aren't our QI's sumpin? they just KNOW when something is haywire and know WE can fix it and they won't give up until we do. Now tell us what color, etc, you used for wallpaper.....did it have roses?

Butterfly (who actually got ONE red bloom since we moved here off the 'moved' rosebushes--I miss them)

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Butterflywings

Are you brave or what??? Early in our relationship, DH and I decided that the quickest path to divorce would be wallpapering together. Since then, one or the other of us wrestles with the plumb and the other stays far, far away. LOL.

As for those wonderful QI's, we took in a little border collie mix many years ago when our oldest son was just a baby. She came to us three times over four months before we finally gave up and asked her owners (who just let the pup wander and didn't feed her well) to let us keep her. Sadie turned into our family "nanny". If the baby tried to climb out of the playyard into the big yard, she pulled him off the fence and back to the house by his little diapered butt. When the boys got bigger, if one was up in the night on the computer or watching television or whatever she came and woke me up and made me go put the offender back to bed. Sadie liked her house in order. When my youngest was just 2, she saved him from drowning. Long story involving a garden hose, 4-year-old brother and 6-year-old neighbor. Sadie bit me that day, screaming and frothing at the mouth, until I ran into the back yard and found my baby turning blue and the older kids hiding cuz they knew they'd done something wrong. The old girl got a steak that day. Right up to the end, she was a joy in our lives. And brave. You should have seen the tears shed by my husband and my big boys the day she left us. Thank goodness the Creator realized we needed extra angels to make this trip through life with us, and being wise She gave them soft fur and sweet eyes and adorable tummies to rub.

Sunny

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Sunny

Wow! Thank goodness for the uppity Siamese! I'm so glad to hear that all are doing well and that the wallpaper is done. An upset QI can be quite a burden. ;)

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Sandy Foster

Amen.

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Sandy Foster

The wallpaper is as boring as they make. All I wanted was something that would reflect light - no horizontal or diagonal pattern repeat, no color. It's a moiré ribbon look of white and almost barely kind of gold. DH has macular degeneration and I didn't want him shaving off any vital facial parts. The previous paper was so ugly. How ugly was it? Polly

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Polly Esther

What a wonderful tribute to a wonderful friend! Thank you for sharing this! Lynne from MI

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Lynne Baron

Sunny, thank you for telling us about this very special little dog. She was lucky that you chose to add her to your family and you were lucky to have her.

Donna

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Donna973

I am so loving that story, Polly. My girls are sprawled at my feet enjoying the A/C this hot muggy afternoon.

Cindy

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teleflora

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