THE BOOK OF BARKLEY: Canine Snack Attack

Friday, January 11, 2019

Canine Snack Attack

It was a busy week. Though I'm furloughed from my job, I offered to provide in-home care to an elderly lady from church who had fallen and needed some help getting around until her family could arrange for in-home nursing care. It was a bit of a commute there, so I didn't have a lot of time at home for chores. I did get the bedroom tidied up from the first laundry explosion after my husband came home from a trip with lots of dirty clothes, setting down a fresh set of earplugs on the nightstand. It's from all the years in hotels as a pilot - I can't sleep without earplugs even if our neighborhood is quiet as a mouse.

BEEP! The clothes drier is done!

When I came back, one of them was missing

Uh, huh, I think I found it.

What?

Yup, looks like someone snagged it and spit it out

It wasn't a Cheeto!

12 comments:

The Adventures of the LLB GangJanuary 11, 2019 at 4:23 PM
It DID look like a Cheeto!!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
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Cat and DOG Chat With CarenJanuary 11, 2019 at 7:09 PM
or a carrot!
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~Kim at Golden Pines~January 11, 2019 at 8:23 PM
At least it was still whole! :-)
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LindaJanuary 11, 2019 at 9:24 PM
Labby that's gross.
Silly girl glad you spit it out.
Now tell mo to leave some treats
on the night stand for you.
xo Astro and Mitzie
P.S. Thinking of you tonight
while you are still on furloughed.
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RubyJanuary 11, 2019 at 11:49 PM
BOL!! Oh, what a disappointment! thinkin' you found a tasty snack, and all it was was a decoy. bummer. the search goes on....
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
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Hailey and Zaphod and their LadyJanuary 12, 2019 at 9:30 AM
Hahaha! I started using a sleep mask 7 years ago and even though it is pitch black in the country I need it to sleep too. Sleep dependencies are an interesting thing. Thankfully yours is easily replaced.
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Tails Around the RanchJanuary 12, 2019 at 1:24 PM
LOl...sometimes, they eat the weirdest things.
P.S. Bless you for helping out someone who needed it while you're on furlough. I hope this stupid mess gets straightened out soon.
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Idaho PugRanchJanuary 12, 2019 at 3:56 PM
We had an ear plug disappear once and we had to wait for it to uh make it's way through Angel Greta!
hugs
Hazel & Mabel
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♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥January 12, 2019 at 4:31 PM
HA - it would have tricked us too - glad it was still intact.

Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber
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Island Lover WW Purple Zero to Low Points RecipesJanuary 21, 2019 at 2:59 PM
Unlike your wonderful and adorable Lab, my dearly departed Leenie would have eaten it. She loved Cheetos, and she had a nightly snack of graham crackers with peanut butter or popcorn. Leenie also thought she was a lap dog, surprising many loved ones and friends when she would jump onto their laps and stay there like a small dog!
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FIVE STARS

No one who has ever had a dog as a companion will be able to read The Book of Barkley: Love and Life through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever by L. B. Johnson with dry eyes.

Johnson tells the story of her life, from childhood to adulthood, from the perspective of her relationship with Barkley, a Lab that she got when he was just a stubborn ball of fur who ‘selected’ her when she viewed the litter of which he was a part. Her descriptions of adjusting to Barkley’s presence in her life, and how this helped her come to terms with and understand her past and learn to take life a day at a time on her own terms will resonate profoundly with anyone who has fallen in love with a dog and had to learn to live with its loss.

This is a story of unconditional love and acceptance, the kind that asks nothing but love in return. As Johnson and Barkley forge bonds of trust and understanding, she also strengthens her human relationships.

This is much more than a mere memoir – it is a story of life and how to live it, and how we humans can learn to live our lives better if we’d only learn to live it like a dog does. The author uses language well, with descriptions of animals, people, and places so vivid you feel that you can feel the textures, smell the odors (pleasant and otherwise) and hear the whining of a puppy needing to go out to do its business. Life can be sad or happy, and the author takes us through it all – a trip that you won’t regret taking. A five-star book that definitely merits the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence

About Barkley and His Mom

My Mom started this blog due to requests from friends who wanted a place to go for stories of her furry friend Barkley that weren't in the book and stories of my rescue and new life in my furever home. She donates all of the proceeds from her writing to animal rescue and groups that train search and rescue and service dogs but that's OK, as she still gives me lots of dog treats and toys.

The Book of Barkley is Mom's first memoir. She used to be a jet pilot for somebody's Uncle but now has a Ph.D. in something involving science and forensics which is like TV but without expensive suits or cleavage. Additional mayhem is provided by my Dad and our 100-year-old "fixer upper" Mission Bungalow.

Her second memoir "Saving Grace - A Story of Adoption" was published in April of 2015". Her Third Book - "Small Town Roads", her first Fiction Novel was published October of 2016 and was an NPR selected "2017 must read" and 2017 Readers Favorite International Book Award GOLD for "Fiction - Religious Theme". Her 4th book, "Calexit, The Anthology", a Novella with other authors, was published in October of 2017 and was on the Amazon Best Seller's list two days later. Her fifth book "True Course - Lessons from Life Aloft" was a #1 best seller at Amazon 24 hours after publishing so I think she has been bribing you all with treats.

Abby - Mom's Lab Assistant