Well Butler seems to be doing better and I finally had the lightbulb moment on how to secure the little rubber mats I have on the floors downstairs to help Butler walk. I have no idea why I've been hung up on putting the electrical tape, packaging tape and duct tape on the underside of the mats, and Butler would some how trip over an edge or get a mat loose so I duct taped the two edges of the way he travels completely down to the floor on the top side. Hopefully this will help him. I am still very well aware that each day I have him is a blessing at his age.
I saw the black squirrel - yes black, not grey, but black squirrel - that lives in a tree in the park scross the street the other day. I've seen the little guy maybe five times this summer and fall. I hope to get a picture of him so I can share him with all of you.
I'm not a big baseball fan - I'm sure my folks wondered how that could be since they are huge Cub fans - but it's true. I finally watched my very first game this baseball season and what game was it?! The sixth game of the World Series! The game that the Rangers just could not win and the Cardinals just wouldn't die. I finally turned it off around 11:15 p.m. not knowing who won until the next morning. I admit I was for the Rangers because of admiring Nolan Ryan and Mike and I enjoyed watching Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez catch for the Rangers for several seasons a while back (Mike was a catcher). So of course I had to watch Game 7 and it just wasn't in the cards (no pun intended) for the Rangers this year. But I did like that Freese guy for St. Louis and was happy to see he was the MVP.
Buying jeans and pants is a dramatic ordeal for me - getting them to fit my waist and the right length - blick. Someone told me to try the Gap so I went there and about fell over at the prices of the jeans but thought if I find one pair that fits I'll get one pair. Then I looked at the sizes and figured the first number was the "waist" and the second number was the size. Now my definition of where my waist is and today's definition of where our waists are - are totally different. I'm sorry but if the pants/jeans fall at your belly button or below those are hip high - not waist high. Unfortunately but good for my checkbook - I didn't find a pair of jeans I felt comfortable wearing so the saga finding jeans continues.
During today's NASCAR race we all saw something you don't see very often - a tire coming off a car and rolling down the track after the car comes out of the pits. I was sooooooooo sorry (read into this NOT sorry) that it happened to Kyle Busch. I think there's only three more races this season and then I'll go into NASCAR withdrawal until the Daytona 500 next February.
