Yesterday and today are almost twins. Yesterday, it rained about all day and through the night — and today we can expect more of the same.
Since the temps are remaining fairly mild, I guess I shouldn’t complain. While I’d love this to be snow, even I’m about over the cold weather until next winter. Enough is enough.
Ever wonder why it feels colder when it’s damp and rainy? Me too! ChatGPT says it’s primarily because of evaporative cooling. All that moisture in the air has to evaporate. As it does, it absorbs heat from its surroundings to change from liquid to gas. As a result, the air feels cooler even when the air temp hasn’t changed.
I do have a family member that loves rain…
I’m pretty sure water never reaches her skin no matter how long she’s outside in the rain. Giving her a bath is a chore with all the undercoat she has — it takes forever to get through it all. Just rain likely runs right off. On the floor… the walls she rubs against…
Now you know: Walt Disney fired the creator of Goofy for trying to start a union.
A few years back, we took Dharma and Merida to Dog World Daycare & Behavioral Center in Columbus, Indiana. Dharma took classes, but Merida went to boot camp and even got her good citizenship award. Yes, we were shocked.
Dharma — unlike Merida — has always (almost) been a good dog.
Dog World has recently been posting dogs that are adoptable on Facebook.
How cool is it that they’re training dogs that are looking for homes? And how great is it that you can get an already trained dog that needs you?
What an awesome — and caring — step they’re taking. I would imagine someone interested in adoption would appreciate knowing more about the dog before taking it home (how it relates to people and other dogs)– and who better to tell you than its trainer?
Now you know: Phil Collins spontaneously sang the lyrics to “In the Air Tonight”. They were completely improvised and he didn’t write them down until after singing them for the first time, on a piece of paper (which he still has) from his decorator.
This Saturday is the date for daylight savings time to adjust. Springing forward means we lose that hour we gained when falling back. I’m already getting the least amount of sleep required to even function… barely. I’m about to lose another hour of sleep i can’t afford to miss out on.
This crazy photo of my eye.
I remember being outside a few times over the past couple days. I remember Dharma getting on my lap — she’s my Velcro hound. And I remember checking the weather on my phone while sitting outside but don’t remember what day. But a photo? A selfie even?
My sleepy brain simply can’t recall it so it had to be an accident. Like a visual butt dial. Sort of. 😉
And then I run across this little tidbit that’s my “now you know” fun fact below. I don’t want to even imagine how old my poor brain is.
Now you know: Research suggests that working irregular shifts for a decade ages the brain an extra six and a half years.
Yesterday was a near perfect spring day even though it’s not yet spring. It was sunny and nearly 75° F.
Today, they’re calling for rain and temps to be 8° cooler than yesterday… and tomorrow 8° cooler than that… and the next day, 8° cooler than that. See? If you can subtract by 8, you too could forecast weather in rural southern Indiana.
Will today be the day I bring out the Dap?
With my birthday rapidly approaching, I find I’m getting more and more ads for burial insurance. My inbox gets them and Facebook serves them up to me too. I’m not putting a lot of thought into the Facebook choice since they’re also showing me ads in Spanish, but sheesh!
With Scott talking about his move back to Indiana and Katie being all creative and painting furniture, I have a bit more motivation to patch the bajillion flaws in the upstairs walls and touch-up paint. But still, I can’t seem to get motivated enough to begin.
Here’s to TODAY being the day I get started!
Now you know: Pronouncing Arkansas as “Arkansaw” is required by Arkansas state law.
Oh! The joys of hound dog parenthood! Not quite 5:00 AM and I’m at my computer… wide awake. Why so early? Because Dharma was retching about 4′ from my head at 4:45 AM this morning.
Little puppies make such cute sounds.
Big, adult dog sounds are rarely cute. Especially puke sounds. Puke sounds are horrible and will wake adult humans in a nanosecond. The puppy parent responsible for cleaning up messes will pop awake immediately upon hearing such sounds in an attempt to get said animal to an easy to clean surface before they expel the nasty — preferably that would be outside.
This is NOT the dog that puked before 5:00 AM. This is the flexible, goofy one.
Said no one ever…
“Get a puppy so it will grow to be an adult dog with adult dog needs, bad habits, and will sometimes require care when you want to sleep.“
Now you know: In 1989 a man “with bulging pants” was stopped by Baltimore police for “walking oddly”. The perp was found to have 21 live homing pigeons stuffed in his trousers.
