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All posts for the month December, 2014
Thought For The Day
Posted by daddybear71 on December 24, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/24/thought-for-the-day-219/
Saying Goodbye
In 2001, I met a beautiful woman. We went out to dinner for our first date, and by the time we said good night, I knew that she wanted a yellow lab to go with her new house. As we began dating, she found a reputable breeder and put down a deposit on a puppy. She even made the road trip to the wilds of central Kentucky to pick out her puppy a few days after the litter was born. She picked out a tiny, little white Lab puppy who snuggled up in her arms when picked up.
A couple months later, we packed Girlie Bear and Little Bear and drove out to get the puppy. I was glad that I only brought enough to pay for the pup Irish Woman had already selected, because there is no better marketing than a playpen full of Labrador puppies and two kids under the age of five. We brought Bluegrass home that day.
She was fuzzy, and friendly, and photogenic.
She was curious about the world around her.
She was good with the kids.
But, she didn’t stay a fuzzy pup for long. She grew….
and grew….
and grew.
She ran like a thoroughbred,
and was an excellent watch dog.
For a water dog, she wasn’t very impressed with the lake, but she got into it after a while.
Eventually, she started to show her age, and enjoyed a lot of nights relaxing in front of the fire, with her big brother…
and little.
We had to let go of Blue yesterday. She’d been struggling to get up and down for a long time, and it was becoming very plain that she was never really comfortable. She developed a hard, hacking cough on Saturday night, and the vet told us that it was either pneumonia or tumors in her lungs. We said our goodbyes, then I held her while the doctor ended her pain.
Bluegrass was a sweet, playful, loving, and fun part of our family. Irish Woman commented last night on how quiet the house was without her snoring or her trips around the house to check that all the doors were closed and that all the kids were in their beds. We will miss her.
Bluegrass – September 2001 to December 2014 – Mama’s PupPup and Piglet
Posted by daddybear71 on December 23, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/23/saying-goodbye/
Movie Quotes – Day 357
A man’s GOT to know his limitations. — Magnum Force
You have to know what is possible, what is feasible, and what is likely. Yes, we should always try to do better in everything we do, but we have to be realistic about what we’re capable of accomplishing.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 23, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/23/movie-quotes-day-357/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on December 23, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/23/todays-earworm-582/
Movie Quotes – Day 356
Fine! Then go ahead and *starve!* If she doesn’t eat with me, then she doesn’t eat at all! — Beauty and the Beast
I’ve never said that I’m an easy man to live with. To be honest, the fact that Irish Woman hasn’t kicked me to the curb over the past decade and a half in general, and in the last week or two in particular, is just a sign of her strength and forgiving nature. I go from grumpy, to growly, to downright outrageous, and for the most part, she keeps her calm, sweet demeanor. Occasionally she bites me in the ass, reminds me of who I am and, more importantly, who she is, and things get back to as close to normal as they get in our house.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 22, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/22/movie-quotes-day-356/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on December 21, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/21/todays-earworm-589/
Musings
- DaddyBear is not allowed to bring a belt fed rifle to the .22 match.
- It only took two shots to snuff out a candle at 8 yards, but 20 shots to neutralize life-size targets of a skunk and rabbit.
- Thoughts on using a rifle for self-defense should include knowing where to aim at a 5 yard target if you followed your training and zeroed it for 100 yards or more.
- I got to try a .30-30 lever-action rifle after the match yesterday. I now have a new entry on my list of things to own.
- There are few things better for lunch after a cold morning than a bowl of hot chili and a grilled cheese sandwich.
- Fire in the fireplace, cranberry bread out of the oven, banana bread in the oven, hot toddy in hand, and watching football with my youngest son. Life is good.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 21, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/21/musings-101/
Movie Quotes – Day 355
It was all over – I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child’s play compared to what surely awaited me. — A Christmas Story
The anticipation is the worse than the punishment. There is a time for on-the-spot correction and there is a time for waiting. To me, waiting to find out what’s going to happen when I mess up is horrible.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 21, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/21/movie-quotes-day-355/
Movie Quotes – Day 354
Frightened? Child, you’re talking to a man who’s laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe… I was petrified. — The Wizard of Oz
There’s no shame in admitting you’re afraid. Bad things happen, and worse things are always possible. The shame comes from turning tail and running away, or worse, cowering. If you’re threatened and your only response is to roll over and expose your soft underbelly, you deserve whatever happens to you.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 20, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/20/movie-quotes-day-354/
Musings
- DaddyBear is not allowed to describe technology problems in scatological terms.
- DaddyBear is not allowed to update his résumé to describe his current job as “Senior Fire Watcher”.
- Dear OnlineBigBoxVendor- It’s Christmas. Slapping a shipping label on a box, which has a picture of my present to the family on it, then having somebody drop it on my porch is not cool.
- Today was the last day of school for the kids before Christmas. It’s the day we send in gifts to the teachers, just to let them know that we appreciate them spending a few hours a day with our hellions.
- My market research shows that it takes 15 people to click on the link to my on-sale book to get one person to buy it.
- To those of you who have left a review, thank you very much.
- I’m actually quite impressed with the method we’ve used to keep our Christmas tree from falling over. It involves lumber, bolts, firewood, and water.
- I have fence staples, duct tape, and 550 cord on standby. I’m going to keep that mother up, so help me.
- This morning, after taking Boo to school, I lay down on the couch to get a little more sleep. I queued up the Bastogne episode of “Band of Brothers” to watch while I dropped off. That was quickly vetoed by Irish Woman, who told me to watch something more “happy.” I followed her instructions and watched a documentary about a Viking mass grave that was found in England.
- Girlie Bear asked me if she could borrow my copy of “Brave New World” to reread over Christmas. In this case, I was the one telling someone else to do something a little more “happy”. Instead, she’s rereading “Monster Hunter International.”
Posted by daddybear71 on December 19, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/12/19/musings-100/
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