Sorry I didn’t get this up earlier. It is hot as hades in the ATL and my air conditioner can’t handle it. It’s 99 degrees outside and 80 degrees inside. So me and Banjo are just lying under the ceiling fan. I have to dash out for Benadryl for Banjo which I pray helps a little. I hate giving him medication.
Share your exciting plans for today here in comments!
I’m lying some 10 inches from my air conditioner, with a digital thermometer sitting next to me that reads 77 degrees. Binge-watching “Billions” because I just can’t take Grey’s Anatomy anymore. My dog won’t stop staring at me. I plan to relieve my daughter of some of her bourbon while she’s in the shower, which I will consume when I receive an inner alert that the Drinking Lamp has been lit.
I’m already lit ?
I probably will try to watch the fireworks shooting from the Monarch Resort since I have some stairs on my bank in the backyard. The dog seems comatose at the moment so I am hoping he sleeps through the fireworks. I wish I could go down to the Harbor since they have such a nice show. They shoot them from a barge out in the water and it is just beautiful. I am sorry to miss it but you know how it goes when you have a big sick dog. I hope you do get to see some fireworks.
We are cooking some ribs on the grill and corn on the cob. We will be watching the fireworks on t.v. It’s too hot in Tucson to do anything. Happy Independence day!
Woke up at 1:30p.m. Hubby was waiting to go to the store for my list, and my son goes “this list she put at the top of the stairs last night?” Her hee. He will find it funny. (He could have woke me up after all ? )
Going to watch live feeds, I assume that they are on.?
Happy fourth to everyone!!! Enjoy whatever the day brings.
Still R&R from knees, so much closer to parties on the fourth.
Ugh. In an 8×12 windowless office under fluorescent lights. First 4th of July I’ve worked in 30 years. Kill me now.
JoJoFlo, lol suffer it with dignity, you have an awesome life. Your vacations are enviable. Plus I’m a little jealous of your mind, it contains the most interesting tid bits.
News is all about the 6.4 earthquake in SoCal. I felt it, I was swaying for a minute.
Ate my hamburger and walked away from being social. Has been trying to not inhale every calorie.
I felt the earthquake, too. I live about 150 miles away, and it was a rolling/swaying sensation that seemed to last a long time, maybe a minute. Definitely better than the jolt kind.
Pull up the USGA “live” map of quakes. I was on there this morning for longer than I expected. Earthquakes worldwide are constantly added as they happen, with the color coded dots you can see in real time the quake within the hour (red), the day and size of dot relates to the size of quake.
It’s raining here so I’m just frying up some beyond meat sausages and sipping on a wine smoothie. Might have a few people over to play board games later, but I have to work in the morning so I might just go to bed lol. I hope the Benadryl helps Banjo!
We need to get Banjo some CBD.
YES! I just gave some to both dogs. And me!
CBD doesn’t work on all dogs or people. My Mom has a Great Dane and the CBD made him twice as hyper as normal. Luckily he loves other dogs, so if there’s a movie or TV show about dogs he will sit and watch it very intently. I obviously babysit him a lot.
I live in GA and have a niece who has had grand mal seizures since getting her DBT shot. She was FINALLY about to get some DBD oil somehow, but it is not legal here. So I am not sure how that works. The sex toy place in the ghetto has CBD oil on its marquee.. IDGI.
There are two kinds of CBD. One is derived from hemp, one from cannabis. This year, due to the recent farm bill, deriving CBD from hemp became legal in every state. While both types can be helpful, there’s evidence to suggest that CBD from hemp is not as effective as CBD from cannabis, because the other things in cannabis (THC, terpenoids, etc) work together to make CBD more effective. The CBD that your local sex shop is advertising is likely from hemp. If what they have is Foria, even the hemp derived stuff gets great reviews.
Thank you for explaining that to me. I suppose it is off to the sex shop this weekend. It the stuff expensive?
small bottle about $15 +/-. Be certain to read if the hemp seed oil is mixed with grape seed oil. Hemp seed oil works ok if its almost pure, not filled with other oils. Its sold online but find the most reputable site. Longevity in the business of cannabis would be my guide. Friends use for pain relief
I spent the morning checking out my new place, moving in with friends who are also musicians. Not ideal, but I’m thankful, after 8 years my landlord sold the house ☹️. They live on the lake, my room opens to a deck ?. Went to visit my daughters and granddaughters which was AMAZING. Now I’m in the AC watching old RH shows while I should be packing. I’ll see fireworks tomorrow night. Hope Banjo is ok. And his Momma!! ?
Just got home from the beach ! Best day of 2019 ! Be safe, have fun friends! I have the most beautiful watercolor painting as a belated birthday gift. Life is good !
Made plans for the new beadboard pantry (yeah!) & adjacent window seat in what is now the dining area. Handyman will begin construction as soon as he does final finishing of Fly Boy’s man cave, Dragon’s Lair, which is a new separate building. (Dragon was his code name in SE Asia.) Turns out my swollen ankle is a broken bone, so I’ve been taking it easy today. Saving my strength for the between-the-sheets fireworks tonight.
[Insert sound of exploding fireworks here.]
GRANDMA!!!
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My dog is holding my hostage. I took her for a ride hoping it would keep her mind off all the explosions. But the big show is coming soon as the night closes in. I will not sleep at all tonight. She will pace and pace and urinate if I take my eye off her for a second. Benadryl only slightly took the edge off last night. Does anyone have good experience with those thunder shirts?
Am also trying Benadryl. Fucking fireworks are 1/4 mile from me. Well, it WAS a lovely and peaceful day till NOW.
Benadryl is not working. Banjo had to go out to pee and there were mild fireworks a few blocks away. He went batshit running around he yard at top speed barking in all directions. He’s panting like crazy. Things are about to get real. I just started a movie about Navy seals or something going to Afghanistan. The volume is deafening. I want to get up and get his water bowl but I just got him wrapped up in the stupid POS weighed blanket and I dont want him to follow me. Welcome to hell.
Geez. Poor Banjo. Poor you.
Well, we found some expired dog sedative and gave it my daughter’s chihuahua mix and our foster beagle. I turned on some classical music and they are snoozing! The big show doesn’t start for another 30 minutes. I have the chihuahua wrapped in a tee shirt on my lap. Cannot drunk my fucking 3 pt beer because his head is in my neck.
As I type this, they started the chorus again. Shitballs.
We tried to go to a friends house for a BBQ and swimming but our 5 month old decided to start screaming and hasn’t stopped…
Children and dogs being freaked out. Am I not the only one who hates fireworks?
I live at the shore so every night this week there have been fireworks. Last night our town had them so we loaded the two dogs in the car and drove inland for a few miles and sat in the car like idiots in front of a random house on a random street. Husband was listening to the baseball game and I read my kindle for 45 minutes. Then we fought traffic coming home. It was like an arcade game trying not to hit the bike riders riding in the streets. Tonight is the next town’s over and it is still loud. Gave both dogs benedryl and CBD oil but they are both hiding in an upstairs bathroom shaking. And I used to love fireworks.
Fireworks AND earth quakes. Take care of your pets.
Why hasn’t someone invented earplugs for dogs…serious question.Llongstockings
I thought the same! Wrapped both dogs in blankets and held them for an hour. Now these goddamned hillbillies are shooting guns. Ugh. Last year our house was struck by lightening. Last year was better because the fireworks were canceled.
I was literally covering Banjo’s ears trying to lessen the trauma.
9 Benadryl(230 lbs) and 3 hrs later I finally thought it was safe to take my poor guy out to potty. One went off, poor boy couldn’t finish and about took me out trying to get back in the house. He’ll have his eyes cross before I could get him out again. Btwn the thunderstorms this afternoon and the war zone tonite-he’s just pitiful. You just wish u could explain to them that the house isn’t actually going to cave in-which I’m convinced he thinks since he keeps looking up at the ceiling.
YOUR DOG IS 230 pounds???!!!
Banjo is 80 he got three benadryl to start one three hours later, and one more three and a half hours later. It was a nightmare. But I think we are done. He needs to go out but I am terrified to let. him. SHIT! There went another one. FUCK.
I know! Just when you think it’s finally safe that the organized shows are over, some asshole kid comes out of nowhere. And yea, Indy really is 230, English Mastiff -but thinks he’s about 30lbs! Sleeps in the bed, must be touching me(of course I love it). Scared of everything, but really sweet. Hope y’all have a better rest of the weekend-am not feeling too positive about that-really do hate fireworks and add in a storm or too-it’ll be a long one! Have always loved Banjo’s name! When you talk about him, I picture a “Disney dog” super cute with a really expressive face-would love to see a pic of him!
Well he did do a blog post here once… it got mixed reviews. lol
https://tamaratattles.com/2014/12/29/banjo-tattles/
I’m sorry about Banjo, poor baby. Hopefully things are quiet now. We are in Florida now and it is hot as balls but we are near the beach in St Augustine. We went to the Lion’s bridge to watch the fireworks and it was really nice, there was a breeze off the river and everyone was polite. No one brought their dogs thankfully.
It was something new for me, which I always like.
I love Saint Augustine. I haven’t seen the Lions’s Bridge in several decades.
We love it too, may retire here in a few years , if was a great experience
We saw a thing on the local news today recommending we put cotton in our dogs’ ears for firewotprks. I have some quilted cotton that won’t fall apart in her ears. I know she has sensitive ears because a few years back, she howled along to Dave Alvin singing Fourth of July at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. (Not on the 4th, just a coincidence.) I hope Banjo calms down and cools down.
I’m on my 9th hour of packing! Been in this place for 20 years and I can’t believe the amount of crap I have accumulated. We move on Monday. I’m super excired but I can’t wait till all the packing, cleaning, organizing, and donating is done with already. I hope everyone had a fabulous 4th!
I thought it was finally safe to let Banjo out to do his business. But the neighborhood behind was still shooting fireworks. I could not hear them because the TV was on a deafing level. Banjo lost his mind. I finally got him in, not sure if he did his thing or not.
Then I became that old lady who scream GET OFF MY LAWN! And I screamed “YOU CAN’T PLAY FIREWORKS AFTER MIDNIGHT!!!!!!” I have no idea what “play fireworks means. They stopped from that direction. But they are still a few still going on the other side of the house. Le sigh.
Fuck it sounds like we are going to get a grand finale at ONE FUCKING AM.
thinking of all of you… have had dogs who hated fireworks in the past. Luckily, my Simon (a cat) is now hard of hearing and honestly, I live next to a military base that does mortar practice several times a year. He’s used to it. Plus the room he loves the most, I left the TV on Bravo. I figure the Below Deck and New York Housewives were something comforting since that is what have on the most. Ha!
My parents finally had their back deck fixed up this past year (it was rotten in parts). We had the neighbors and some friends over for dinner. Hamburgers on the grill, and I made a HUGE fruit salad while watching the Jurassic Park marathon USA was showing (even though I think I own them… still have to watch if they are on!) I also made a bunch of chopped veggies and came up with a 1 point ranch dressing for them! (I’m doing Weight Watchers… I still have to figure out the baked beans numbers, but I managed to not go crazy!)
I think I’m retaining water though or something, b/c I think I will either be the same or maybe weigh a little more again. But still working the program!
Now I’m home, watching Bethenny losing her shit episode, with the pop up comments from producers. I swear to God, they need to make the font bigger! I am watching the fight and catching new stuff. Might have to watch again!
Had to build a pillow fort for my scared toddler. Then my 10 month old part LAPador retriever and part Cerberus spent the evening cock blocking me until hubby had to sleep on the couch with him. But that white Merlot/Tito’s shot kept me happy happy happy.
What is white merlot?
It’s called white merlot but really is a blush. Not quite as sweet as a zin. Best of all, it comes in box the way God intended wine to be packaged. I’m trying to work my way up to a cabernet so I can mooch off my husband’s box o’wine.
Happy (belated) Independence Day TT! Ya know what I was just thinking? It’s sites like your’s that make me so grateful that we live in a free society where we can say (practically) anything we want, and I’m so grateful to you for starting and keeping up this site. Hats off!
I retired from the armed forces (yes I know, not everyone loves Veterans, but hear me out), and went to so many different countries where women were repressed, cattle and hogs seemed to take precedence over females, orphanages were brimming with 99% female babies…
So thank-you for being a strong, independent, free-speaking and well-spoken woman that embraces your freedom of speech.
Now that I’ve climbed off my soap-box, have you tried the Thunder-Shirt for Banjo? My American Bully is a rescue and has some pretty severe anxiety (can’t even break out a broom without her cowering in a corner, breaks my heart?) and it really works with her. I’m not mommy-dog shaming you for using Benadryl… my chihuahua has one too, and I could put HER in it, along with a straight-jacket, a bottle of benadryl chased with a fifth of vodka and the f&cker STILL won’t calm down.
So anyway, happy 5th (?) and for real, keep up the great work! LOVE your site chica.
Jessie… thank you for your service!
Don’t believe the hype that liberals (I’m one) hate veterans. Some of my favorite people are veterans. I have family serving now, and my cousin died two years ago from the damage Agent Orange did to him.
Erica, thank you for your words, so true. I recently also heard I don’t like Vets, wtf?
Liberals are Vets too, and many are very religious.
There are people that don’t like veterans? How is that even a thing?
I’m late to replying/checking this thread, but yes. I get accused that I hate veterans/military because I’m a Democrat/liberal. I think it stems from the Vietnam era where some people treated the returning soldiers horribly. Of course, the VA and our government in general also treated them like shit. However, it wasn’t me. I was 3 weeks away from my 4th birthday, so that wasn’t me. My parents and grandparents are/were Dems and protested the war, but it certainly wasn’t them spitting on the returning soldiers – we would have been spitting on family. We’ve donated to the DAV in the past couple of years as well.
it was a slow drizzle with loud thunder and lightning all day here in Gainesville, so I went shopping, lol…hit up the home improvement stores and finally bought some patio furniture. Waited for the clearance prices. Got it all home and realized its way too much of a hassle to put together. So, we ordered take out from one of the few open places here (even the Chinese restaurant was closed here yesterday?) and watched fireworks on TV. The rain didn’t stop the rogue neighborhood firework shooters, though, so both of my dogs were in bed by me, cuddled up in fear.
Damn TT, I am sorry to hear about your night with Banjo. Everything you’ve said feels like it came right outta my mouth. Where I live these bombs (as I call them) aren’t even legal and I find myself wanting to go on some sort of citizens arrest mission. Or prank calling, forking their yard, sending a giant box of live bugs….something….anything that won’t get me arrested. Ugh.
After reading the above comments, I don’t understand why fireworks are not banned. It’s abusive to animals and unnecessary for entertainment. But priority s/b
the animals. It’s cruel.
“Bombs bursting in air” … July 4th Sometimes we learn to deal, its tough, I have dogs. New dog owners, get your puppies accustomed to noises and teach them which ones are just noise. It works with most not all dogs. Like people some dogs can not handle noise.
I used to LOVE fireworks when I was a kid. Back then, we thought Tang and Wonderbread were healthful foods. People — not my family — routinely threw litter out their car windows. It’s time to catch up to the times and stop “home” fireworks, especially in Calif. where the heavy rains led to a bounty of weeds, all dry now. Here in Sacramento, all of the fireworks stands are run by charities to raise money. Including some pet foundations, rather ironic.
The earthquake aftershock was bigger than the first. Had to grab a counter as things swayed. Hope all of the socal peeps are safe.