Random

I got my NC license plate a few days ago and got it put on my car.  It only took me about thirty minutes at the DMV.  Much different than a California DMV!  And no appointment!  ( I got my driver's license a couple of weeks ago.  That's done at a different office that is just for that)  Having a license plate makes it feel all the more "real" that I'm here.  No more "Weir Canyon Honda" plate holder.

We heard there might be snow last night, but all we got was a little sleet.  Too bad.  It’s only 38 right now but should warm up a little more to the 40’s. 

Abby has a little friend next door, to our left.  A little terrier type dog named Hartman.  Hartman doesn’t come outside very often but if Abby is aware that he’s out there, she will ask to go outside. They stand at the fence talking to each other (sniffing) and sometimes they will run along the fence together.  There are two dogs on the other side of us that would love to have Abby to play with.  She will run along the fence with them too, until one of them barks.  As soon as they bark, Abby walks away as if to say, “I’m not playin’ that game.”  Abby was given a bath today and Elaina put a bandanna on her.  She loves  to show off after her bath wearing something new.  Just like a girl.

The football playoffs are on right now, so Elaina will be totally engrossed in the Panther's game.  I'll check in once in a while to see how it's going, but I can't handle watching every minute.  

I hope to write more about my Etsy shop in the future.  

The House and more about Abby

I need to say a little more about Abby, Elaina’s dog.  She is such a character.  Elaina got her from a shelter in 29 Palms when she worked there.  She was a scared, nervous, big puppy.  It took a while for her to trust Elaina and me.  When Elaina lived in California, Abby used to come and visit at the house and my mom loved seeing Abby run around the backyard and chase a plastic water bottle, or an apple around the yard.  Abby would actually throw them up in the air and then go chase them.  My mom got the biggest kick out of watching Abby be a clown.  Now that I’m here, living with her, Abby thinks Elaina and I should be in the same room all the time.  When we are in the same room, Abby thinks it’s the most wonderful thing.  If I am in my room and Elaina is in the kitchen and calls to me, Abby trots to my room to get me as if to say, “Come on, you’re needed in here.”   If we are in different rooms, Abby comes to visit me to say hello, then goes back out.  Elaina works during the week and comes home around 5p.m.  Just before 5, Abby goes to the living room and waits for Elaina’s car to drive up the driveway.  As soon as she sees it, she runs to me wherever I am to say, “Come on, Mom’s home, mom’s home!”  Then she runs back to wait at the door.  She keeps me laughing all the time.

About this house.  It definitely feels like a cabin in the woods.   It’s on a brick foundation and takes 5-6  steps to get up to the front door.  It’s one level, but because it’s on the brick foundation, it feels like it’s upstairs.  Walking across the floor, it creaks, like upstairs rooms floor’s creak.  The major problem with this house is the ability of salamanders/lizards to suddenly appear in the living room near the windows on the side of the house.  We see them climbing on the windows, then before we know it, there’s one inside.  Very freaky.  Elaina has found dead lizards and frogs in her bedroom.  And it’s not Abby that brings them in.  Yuck.  At least those are dead.  My first few days here I was stung by a wasp that was flying around the living room.  Haven’t seen those since the weather got cold.  Salamanders are very common here in North Carolina I discovered.  Maybe because there’s so much water and swamps, they find it quite accommodating.