What Really Makes Me Angry With God???

Winter time has officially come upon us here in the frozen tundra and again I strive toward the goal of leaving my house as little as humanly possible (Kaydn Rye, can that broken leg wait until spring, I'll drive you to the hospital when it's warmer outside....just kidding, man, tough crowd)

Really, in all seriousness, while I have come to grips with the conclusion that yes, there's evil in the world, pain and suffering, death and taxes, yada yada yada, you know what really makes me angry with G-d??? The fact that it is this cold. Really, it does not need to be this cold, there is just no reason for it. No reason. It just makes me really angry at G-d. I'm sure G-d can handle me being peeved, and I'm sure it doesn't manipulate him into changing the weather, but still, come on, this cold? Really???

Anyway, with hubby getting the mail now and even picking up a few things from the store on his way home from work, I haven't had to leave the house all week. I didn't even have to drop Kaydn Rye off at preschool yesterday. He woke up and said, "I don't wanna go to preschool today, I just want to rest. I need my rest." In reality he just wanted to stay home and play with his new GeoTrax he got for Hanukah, but it even looked like it was 30 below when I glanced out the window, so I just said, "Okay. That's fine." I interjected a stern warning though, "Tomorrow, you'd better be prepared to go to preschool, because you're going whether you like it or not little mister."

I think I'm going to ask his preschool teacher if I can get a discount on the monthly rate if I agree to only bring Kaydn Rye to preschool on days when it's above zero. She might go for it.

With preschool, the mail and groceries all taken care of, the only thing standing in my way of my goal was the dog. This house being the only house we've lived in without a fenced in yard has put me at odds with Gertie's wintertime bathroom breaks. And considering the size of the yard, a fence would most likely cost us upwards of a million dollars, so last year we settled for the next best thing - wire chicken fence. She never got the idea to really jump over it, until the snow started piling above it by about 10 feet, but it sufficed. That is, until I got really cold and Gertie began stepping out the patio door, squatting and peeing pretty much on the sliding glass door. She just wouldn't go any further.

This year, I wasn't having it, so we decided to put up the fence on the other side of the back porch. (Trust me, I am going somewhere with this) The only problem is that the sliding glass door on that side is pretty much a door to nowhere, unless you consider a 20 foot drop somewhere. I thought about just throwing her out there and seeing if she'd claw her way up the side of the house, but I scratched that idea. Instead, hubby built me this.....



I told you I was going somewhere with this. Yes, this is my wonderful, soon-to-be patented Doggy Potty Ramp. For a dog who would much rather bask in the warmth with her pet puppy, the ramp is a dream come true.