If you came to my house today...A carnival hosted by
La Vida Coffee Gal!
You'd see Annie, our welcoming committee. Murphy, the nearly teenaged Dachshund, has decided to defer salutatory greetings. At least most of the time, leaving all of the howdy-dos to Annie. This photo is how I would
like you to see Annie when you come to the front door. Nice and calm. Sweetly in her crate. Well behaved. However, she sees any visitor's arrival as her gilded invitation to bolt out the door as fast as possible. She's a dog with a mission: She's got to get out quickly so she can run to the neighbor's house and eat as much cat s*** as she possibly can before I run out after her with treats and the (inane) offer of a car ride to get her to come home. Apparently cat excrement is THAT good. But let's move on.
You would then be greeted by a semi-cluttered kitchen and the offer of some coffee, tea
or me, or a little snack. In an attempt to focus your attention from the dog hair on the floor and the cluttered counter tops, I would show you my first EVER avocado seed plant. Holla!
Barb from A Chelsea Morning gave a tutorial on growing these last summer, I think, and I've tried forty-five different times, to no avail. Voila. As I write, the stem is now about 3 inches. Holla, again!
Now if I had advanced warning of at least 15 seconds, I might shut the door, so that you wouldn't be greeted by this: A washer and dryer. Actually, no...Just my daughter's sleeping bag and various and sundry items. You see, it's much easier to put the sleeping bag in the laundry room than to stuff it back into its bag. And yes, i see the clean sports bra hanging to dry on the door knob. Classy.
Lastly, you might see this creature. You might even hear the sound of its little voice, saying, "Gretchen...come back to me. Come back!"
And so I must get busy. Because if i have non-virtual company, I would like things to look at least a tiny bit nicer. Pull the dust wool ever so slightly over the eyes, so to speak.
I know...I'll light a candle. Nothing says tidy like a candle.
Thanks, Kellie. This was fun. Be sure and visit Kellie's site and the other carny folks' blogs today.
