Little Black Rain Cloud

Well this is the 9th day of rain and I gotta tell ya, it's getting old. I'm beginning to think the sun (ya know? that yellow ball of heat in the sky?) has retired for an early hibernation. Now of course the weatherman is throwing around the word snow but I truly think he only said it so he could get some attention. It's very early for snow even in this neck of the mountain.With the exception of VERY LARGE Mister B muddy pawprints I haven't minded the rain (too much). It has helped my knitting mojo and trust me, there's a lot of knitting that needs to be finished. Pictures to come later, I'm wrapping a baby shower gift for tomorrow and much to my dismay it will be rainy travel.

Entertaining

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to the dads out there. I will be posting our day's events tomorrow. I know it's a day late but our indoor picnic will be this evening. I'd post a picture of the outdoors but it's the same as yesterday and the day before and the day before that.......you get the picture.
We had a clearing yesterday for a few hours. Then we had an afternoon umbrella shower and of course we were not under the umbrella. The thunder clouds rolled in and it rained all evening into the night. Today, it is windy, cool and appears as if the dark clouds could break loose any moment with more liquid sunshine. To all those who need rain I'll be sending buckets of the stuff your way:).
There's water in the basement and the roof is still leaking. The DH wants to fix the roof leak but it must dry first. The wet dry vac stands ready at all times. Getting downright depressing around here. Meanwhile DD called last night at midnite. She forgot about the time change. She's having the time of her life camping and enjoying the beauty of her dry surroundings. I understand there are tons of pictures for us to sort through when she arrives home in a week.




Okay, to all those who think Mr. Bettis gets a bum rap with his shenanagins.
Miss Aurora carries skeins of yarn around the house and hides them. I caught her having a nice romp with a ball of yarn.










I tried to grab it but she hung onto it with all of her claws. Not good when one's hand is in the midst of cat claws and yarn.












Hugging her yarn for dear life.

Yes, we're desperate for any indoor entertainment these days.









You thought I would leave Mr. Bettis out didn't you? Not-on-your-life. He wanted outside at 6 am (on a Sunday morning?). He was barking his fool head off and when I looked outside guess who has returned. Mr. (or Mrs.) Rabbit. If Mr. B thinks I'm getting up every morning at 6 am (as he did last year)so he can bark at the rabbit he needs to get another thought in his head.

Sloggy Mood

Well guess what we woke up to this morning. Rain. Still. The cricks (yes, I said cricks :) are a risin'. Everything is wet. Much too wet. Humidity is moving in, oh yippee! and I think I saw a duck with an umbrella. LOL I don't have an exact count but I think we've only had a handful of sunny rainless days since April. Ridiculous!
The pool is overflowing and the ground is saturated. Not good for the farmers and certainly not good for my mood these days.
The economy continues to spiral farther down into a black hole and the fuel prices are rising with the water gauge around here. I don't have a problem living within my means (as the American people were so told ......eyeroll) but what the heck is one to do with the continuing rising food and fuel costs? There are only so many meals one can fix with hot dogs, hamburger and eggs. Fuel? I have one question, where is all the slobbering media attention on this as it was last year? gggrrrrr.........Okay I'm off the soapbox for now but darn it's frustrating and makes me grumpy!


The flowers are blooming but the vegetables are water logged. So much for saving money and planting food. Wonder what I could cook with flowers:).










Mr. Bettis has limited time outside. He made an area of dirt with his racing and ripping in the yard. All of the rain has now made mud and Mr. B finds this to be quite entertaining. Not so much fun when he zips past me and the towel when he comes in. I give up on mopping the floor. I just wait until bedtime, do a quick mop and wait until the next day to do it all over again. It appears the rain isn't going away anytime soon.






Ms. Aurora (who thinks she's the queen around here) smooshed herself in the window to monitor the birds, squirrels and and any other creatures who have wandered into our water slogged area. We were going to do some much needed yardwork today but......... So I guess we'll work inside.

Rain

This was the weather last Friday going to the wedding. It continued throughout the weekend and unfortunately we are now on Day 7 with rain.

Mr. Bettis has just informed me that Mr. Opossum has returned. The squirrel taunts Mr. B in the fenced back yard and the rabbits have returned (yes, with an "s". Apparently they've spent too much time in the rabbit hole:). Birds have now found an entrance in the roof soffit.
I'm still working on the plans for that ark.


p.s. Thank you to all my friends for your supportive comments/emails on my previous post. It is greatly appreciated. You all are wonderful:)

It's a Monday!

The roof is leaking.