I have a million things to do before company arrives this afternoon, but I have done a wonderful job ignoring them so far...I slept in, and then it was such a gorgeous morning that Tom and I had to take the critters for a walk (these days, with Charly, there's no way to rush that.) And now, here I am blogging...
Do I qualify for Procrastinator of the Year yet?
Tom took Max and Charly to the vet yesterday for their shots and check-ups...Max passed with flying colors, and except for being old, skinny and lumpy, Charly did, too.
There was one thing they didn't check on Max, though, because he goes berserk if you go near his rear-end. Yep...the stool sample. So it fell to us to take some in a ziplock for them to test. Easier said than done; in the six years we've had him, I've never seen Max go poop. I knew he must - I see the food go in, so I knew it had to go out! But he is the most private dog I've ever known...Charly just finds a grassless spot next to the road, but Max always slips quietly out to the woods and then reappears a few minutes later, grinning.
So this morning, we kept our eyes on him. He tried his best to slip away unseen, but I noticed, and when he reappeared from the woods, Tom went searching in that area for the "treasure". It took a few minutes...both of us scanning the ground, sniffing the air (oh, the things you do for your "kids"!) but he found it! So he's off in the Suzuki right now to deliver the goods and then take Pop four-wheeling on some back roads.
Last night we headed to Gruene (pronounced "Green"), one of my favorite little towns, to meet Tom's nephew, Tom, and his fiance, Lynn, before the craziness of the wedding on Saturday. We ate at the Grist Mill. We've eaten there dozens of times, but this was the first time I've ever sat in the original building. It was very cozy and quaint, surrounded by tall walls of century-old brick. The town was spruced up for the holidays...music drifted out of the Gruene Hall...it was a crisp, cool, star-filled night...I wished we didn't have to leave!
Okay, company arrives in two hours...I've procrastinated long enough. It's time to get busy and start scratching things off of my list...
A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Glimpses of Gruene...
