Does anyone know why my dogs need out just minutes after we bring them in from the pen? One would think that they had all day, outdoors, to do their "business", but N-O-O-O, that would apparently make too much sense. And yes, they just want out to piddle - they want back in a couple of minutes later (unless of course we are out in the yard with them).
In a completely different realm, does anyone know where I can find an e-tailer that sells smallish ironing boards? Ideally, it would be wall mounted - from the long side. I don't have enough room for it to drop down longways. Otherwise, I could live with a shorter version of a regular ironing board.
Now that I am in a company where all the production takes place in a clean-room, they expect me to dress business casual (no jeans), so I need to be able to iron my pants and tops - BLEH! It could be worse, it could be pure business dress, so this is something I can live with.
The Wonderful Spouse and the others left for D.C. sometime this afternoon (supposedly around 3PM - when it was raining again). Hopefully it dries out the further south they go since they are on their bikes! Oh, and they plan to attend part of the WWII Memorial dedication that is going on this weekend.
While the guys are away Bogie gets to play. Tomorrow I think I will get up and catch up on the blogs I haven't gotten to read this week, go back to bed, get up, start laundry, do dishes, gather garbage, go to the dump and the bank, stop in for breakfast at the local diner then stop in at Agway for dog food before I finally head home.
Oh, Wait, that's what I do every Saturday. Guess I'll have to get a better game plan for Sunday.
I got a peek at the New Company's Quality Manual the other day. It was writen over a year ago, but never finalized. All I can say is EEK! I'm having fun trying to get it into a rational order (read - how ISO auditors expect the order to go - pretty much according to the way it is spelled out in the Standard). Another good reason for them to hire me I guess.
That's it for now. Everyone have a safe and fun holiday weekend!
I'm having a hard time visualizing an ironing board that drops down along the long end. It would seem to me that this would keep one from draping pants, shirts, etc across the board. [Now, about the olden days: my Great Grandmother Sweet just set up a couple of chairs (about 2 1/2 feet apart), laid a 2 x 12 from the back of one chair to the other, threw an old sheet that had been folded many times around it (safety-pinned in place), and ironed away.] Of course, if your back is strong, you can iron on your bed--as many of us have done when on the road (before motels started supplying irons and boards!) Good Luck, Bogie. (I just bought a pint-sized board from a thrift store, to put in my sewing room. First order of business was to tear it all apart and clean it up. What did I expect to do for $2??)
Posted by: Cop Car | May 28, 2004 at 08:35 PM
I've been ironing on the kitchen counters - which means there is no draping anyway. I don't have an outlet close enough to the bed (or the bed isn't close enough to an outlet) for the iron to reach. And no, I'm not getting out a 20' extension cord to iron for 3 minutes a day!
Posted by: bogie | May 28, 2004 at 09:52 PM
Try Ikea. Or The Container Store. Both of them are set up for living in tight spaces.
Posted by: Da Goddess | May 28, 2004 at 09:53 PM
My idiot dog would occasionally hop the fence and wander for a couple hours before returning home. It never failed whenever he returned home from his inspection tour he would always come in through the front door and head directly to the back door to be let out.
It was as though he came home to use the bathroom even though he had been out for the past two hours.
I guess I should have taken him to a dog psychic to find out what he was thinking. The only problem is that I don't he ever did think.
Posted by: Randy | May 29, 2004 at 01:18 AM
Randy - that reminds me that one of my cats, Indy, does the same thing (not jumping the fence or anything like that), but she does run straight to the cat box after she has been let in. The other 2 cats go outside instead of using the cat box.
Posted by: bogie | May 29, 2004 at 05:57 AM
Dogs in pens... my theory would be they veiw the pen as their living space, and would rather use the yard thank-you-very-much.
I know that when I put my tie-out trained chihuahua in his brand new yard, it took him the longest time to make realize it wasn't just an extention of the living room, and he could do his business out there.
Posted by: jenn | June 01, 2004 at 10:21 PM
Our previous dogs went in the pen - actually these two do also as I have to clean up every couple of weeks. They use the backside of the pen (the part that faces the undisturbed woods) so that they can use the rest of the area to keep an eye on the neighbors.
Posted by: bogie | June 02, 2004 at 05:31 AM