Bonnie B
@bonniebeyea
She/her. Board gamer, Masters 5 Brazilian jiu-jitsu purple belt. Owner of 2 adorable dogs.
Buddy is getting x-rays to check his heart before upcoming dental procedure. He has a grade 2 heart murmur & reacted poorly to 1 type of anesthesia in the past. It is 9am and we got up at 6 and he hadn't had breakfast and he thinks this whole thing is bullshit.
Today's dehydrated food lesson: dehydrated potatoes do NOT taste like potato chips.
I borrowed a dehydrator from a friend and am trying to preserve some excess food so we could use it over winter in stews etc. Yesterday I dehydrated more zucchini, some Roma tomatoes, and 2 packages of these weird mushrooms we keep getting in our OddBunch weekly box.
I am learning to crochet dishcloths to give me something to do instead of doomscrolling. I made my 3rd one. I was focused. I went into a zone and forgot to count stitches. I ended up with a triangle shape. How do others with neurospicy brains keep focused on the stitch count?!
Buddy is very afraid of fireworks. 630pm last night I gave him trazodone & gabapentin for the first time. He gets so scared you can see him shaking from a distance. He only woke up once with the distant fireworks, didn't shake, and settled back quickly. But now it's 730am and is he still stoned?
I opened the blinds in one of the front facing upstairs rooms and was confused why there was some newspaper. Was all ready to get mad at some half assed thing my hubby started and abandoned. Then I realized the tape let go. He had taped a pride flag from the newspaper in the window <3
We have harvested our first jackpot zucchini. This does NOT look like a jackpot zucchini y'all I think we were lied to :-p
Buddy, you are going to get me sent to HR if anyone sees your cooling off your penis when I am in meetings.
My first crochet dishcloth. So many errors, I lost the plot on the final edge and went around a couple of times. Occasionally forgot what I was supposed to be doing and made shit up. Weird shaped. But I didn't quit when it all went wrong.
I decided I want to learn to crochet dishcloths. Bought the stuff. Watched some videos. This crochet pattern isn't mechanically difficult but damn consistency and tension matters. Ripped it apart twice, now just accepting the errors as practice. Also forgot to count stitches after first row. Oops.
Yesterday Teddy took a bread bag out of the recycling. Then he tried to exchange it for a treat because he "found" it. Sir you stole it and I will not reward that behaviour.
2 years ago today Mom passed. I went to Jiu Jitsu class this morning and made it almost to the end before tearing up thinking about her. Miss you Mom, I'm glad you aren't in pain and I hope you knew how loved you were.
The boys are home from the groomer, all I ask is they try and stay clean for at least a few minutes...
For the past week I've been noticing the little asshole is skipping more often when he speeds up, and there is something I can't clearly define when he's walking. All signs point to a low level luxating patella, common in little dogs. Will get him to the vet but there isn't much we can do.
Buddy pooping with a leg in the air. I don't like using accessible washrooms because my feet don't touch the floor when I sit on the toilet... and my dog can poop with 1 leg up?!
TFW you are out on the morning poop walk with the dogs, one of them poops... and you realize the bag holder is empty and you were the last person to use it so you have no one to blame but yourself. Thank-you other dog owner who happened to be walking by who gave me a baggie!
Pro tip: if you ignore all the signs that the battery in your car fob is dying for a couple weeks, you better remember how to start your car when it can't read the fob :-p
Happy birthday to me! Michael spoiled me, check out these gifts!! For context We Bought A Zoo was one of Mom's favourite movies. Michael bought me a signed copy of the true story novelization, and a copy of the movie (in case it ever leaves streaming)
Buddy rarely plays with toys, but my yard is currently littered with them thanks to Bob (a big dog we are looking after for a week). I am sitting outside reading and I noticed Bud destroying a toy. Also please note Teddy going over to Buddy to make sure Bud's penis and butt are okay.
That's a wrap on the first #GruberCon. Now waiting for a bus to go on a barge, then an airplane, then another airplane, then home.
Today we set up Michael's new garden bed. I put the dogs in it and they were in jail for over 30 seconds before they realized they could just jump out...
I didn't know the Arrogant Worms still toured! First half of the show was so good! So glad we got tickets.
Dear Teddy Bear: you would have less urine on your head if you would stop trying to sniff your brother's prepuce while he is peeing. Just a thought.