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| 2024 |
After I read JustJeanne's post this morning about national grilled cheese sandwich day, a photo popped up in my memories on Google, of the grilled cheese sandwich I celebrated with last year.
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I just took a similar picture, featuring today's offering. What a simple and great day to celebrate. I love grilled cheese, and paired with tomato soup it was a staple of my childhood lunchtimes. No wonder it is a comfort food!
It's Saturday as I write.
Ember had a very quiet Friday. Well, once the human stuff was done with. We had the HVAC guy out to do the cooling check. He arrived first thing, about 8:20 a.m. He showed me my filthy filter... OMG... and that it hadn't been changed since September last year.
Turns out, I have not been paying attention to the furnace filters. I had this great big box of them, but in the puppy proofing, they ended up being trapped inside the room I have blocked off. Well! Having been chided by the furnace/AC guy, who tried to upsell me some kind of additional filter, that I declined, I shifted the weights and bookcase away from the doors, and got the filters shifted to the laundry room, where the furnace filter access is.
After that, Ember and I went home, where we had a quiet rest of the day. She wasn't even much interested in playing fetch, and I nodded off on the couch while she sunned herself on the deck.
Saturday morning, Ember was more interested in the normal rounds of fetch, but we were both sleepy, and she napped with her head on my lap even before I made my own breakfast. I was not about to disturb her. I am more willing to dislodge The Prisoner when he's purring on my lap than I am to disturb Ember.
After her first puppy nap, we went on a neighborhood walk on, this warm and blustery day. I can't even begin to say how good she was! No pulling, keeping up, no wanting to stay in one spot for very long, a calm greeting for Willa, the pooch who lives a block away, who at the time was off leash on her way to getting tied out by her hu-mom. They were both stellar in their doggy behavior, while their humans chatted a bit. One house later, we encountered Millie being walked by her hu-mom, on the opposite side of the street. Ember did NOT pull on the leash, but sat patiently while a car passed, then calmly walked "cross-cross" the street with me, at my pace. So proud!
We turned the opposite direction from the way Millie had gone, and proceeded past Zach's house, where his mom, Fran, a friend of mine from my Jenny Craig days, was out working in the yard... and Ember did not pull on the leash, although she did take some sniffing time on their yard. We crossed the street back to our own house without complaint.
When I opened the garage door to come in that way, Ember was easily enticed to "load up" into the back seat for a human thing trip. I had to drop off some unused meds at the local pharmacy, having been reminded of this community minded thing by a TV commercial. Ember stayed in the car while I quickly went in and dropped them off. As a reward, we went through the coffee drive-thru, and I got her a milk-bone, but no whipped cream.
She's now in her crate for puppy nap #2, and I'm about to take a human nap myself. What a good girl!
Life is good! Keep Sparking!
Grilled cheese, yumm!! I haven't had one of those in forever.
ReplyDeleteOh, furnace filter gets changed once a month at my house; living on the desert we get wind and dust to beat the band. My a/c guy years ago said the system would last much better if I was diligent at it. Now I just change it on the first of each month or close to it; setting it as an appointment on my phone helps.
Wow, it seems like you and Miss Ember are just in the zone these days; I know she may have the occasional bobble, but all of your efforts and her getting a little older are paying off.
Happy Saturday!
I used to be so good about changing the filter once a month myself. Time to get back in the habit again!
DeleteSo happy that you found a good memory in my post. My favorite grown-up grilled cheese is one made with seeded rye bread and cheddar cheese.
ReplyDeleteYay for a "good dog" day. Sounds like life with the pup is less stress filled.
Changing the furnace/ac filter here is a must. This time of year the (green dust as Taylor used to call it when she was bout 5) tree and grass pollen cover the deck and my car. With the high winds of late, it's wicked!
Enjoy the remainder of the weekend. 🤗
Welp, the weekend brought in the allergens! It's Monday evening as I respond to comments here, and I'm feeling that "walking on the bottom of a swimming pool" allergy effect. Ember is even snuffling a bit! Dogs can have allergies, too!
DeleteSounds like a lovely Saturday! Happy National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! It's great that you got to celebrate and that it brought back good memories. Ember sounds like she was an absolute star on her walk today – what a good girl! Glad you got the filter situation sorted out too. Enjoy your nap! (((BIG HUGS)))
ReplyDeleteI don't know if she's just growing up so nicely, but I'm noticing that she's not freaked out by as many things on walks... automatic sprinklers, wind blowing flags, "human stuff", just in general being more of a cooperative walker. Granted, some things are just TOO tempting for her, such as a dead mouse, or a discarded glove in the curb gutter. But for the most part, she's earning her walking privileges, day by day, and it's good for me, too.
DeleteWow, Ember is doing so good! All that hard work is sure paying off. Hubby always asked for a grilled cheese sandwich nearly once a week. Bet your post is going to make him ask for one. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteYa know, "at our age" I think we're entitled to the comfort food of our choice... at least that "once a week". I'm betting you indulge Robert!
DeleteIt's so nice that she's growing up! Good girl.
ReplyDeleteDang, I missed grilled cheese day. I'll have to have a make-up day.
I expect to hear you used that make-up day! So good, I had another one on Sunday.
DeleteOhhhhhhh, that grilled cheese sandwich looks fantastic. Jason ALWAYS has to have grilled cheese when I make tomato soup. Me, too. So good.
ReplyDeleteAwwww, so glad that Emberville was good – Ember is growing up! Good job, Ember!
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It's such a good pairing. Ember is indeed growing up, and I'm loving the grown up girl every bit as much as the puppy she grew up from!
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