I was snapping pictures of the puppies earlier and the tiniest one, after tugging on my pant leg and growling for a while, got really sleepy.  Here's our littlest darlin.  We've already gotten a deposit on her..........you see why.

Yeah, I got some puppy cuddle time in too. 

My Friday Fun Facts are below

FRIDAY FUN FACTS !!!!

1. My first cup of coffee for the day MUST have cream and sugar in it.  After that, I mostly drink it black.

2. I quit Wal Mart Shoe Dept in 1991, but I still find myself straightening the shoes while I'm shopping.

3. My favorite season is Spring.  Second is Fall.

4. I got a "Speedy Gonzales" award from my class when I took a course in 1993.  I completed a two year course in one.  (What can I say...I was in a hurry, lol) 

5.  I copied and pasted Polar Bear's Friday five so all I had to do was type over with my own facts.  Yeah, I'm lazy.  Besides, I liked her colors.

I'm happy to report that I have finally come up for air from a project I've been working on since yesterday morning.  It's called a "Unit Cost Report" and has to be done every year.  This report is so involved and has so many steps that it would make a CPA cringe!  I'm damned near crosseyed from staring at figures and spreadsheets almost nonstop since yesterday. 

Three years ago was my first "wonderful" experience with this report and after over a week of going crazy, I proceeded to build three spreadsheets just to get the necessary steps done to even get started with the monster.  I worked til midnight last night, then back at it at six this morning.  Didja ever have a spreadsheet that just wouldn't balance?  I fought that most of the day and never did figure it out, lol.  So finally, out of frustration, I just dumped it and built a new one.  Guess what?  It worked.  lol

Anyway, my vision is blurry, my legs hurt from sitting in one spot for so long, but thankfully, it's done and I can put it "to bed" for another year.  Besides, I had to get it out of the way so I could start two other projects with deadlines.  Did I not order several clones a while back?  Where the heck are they? Did they get lost in shipment?  Did the UPS guy sell them for maids?  Just my luck!

I've been bouncing around and trying to catch up on a few blogs before I give it up and head for bed.  I hope I don't dream of percentages and FTE's and service hours and allocations.......

Tomorrow is Friday, folks!!  I for one am extremely happy about that.  Now, I think I'll mosey over to Belle's for a while and sit on her front porch.  Sounds nice and peaceful.  Catch you guys later, I'm gonna go listen to the crickets and the tree frogs......

My sister had all my Dad's old home movies put on DVD and she brought me a copy yesterday.  It was weird to watch movies of when we were so young.  I captured a few frames which are not that great of quality, but these are some pics of what I looked like from age two and three:

Me on left, Sis on right.  On the bridge over the Royal Gorge.

Looks like I might have been a little bit of a show-off, ya think? lol

I've decided that I need to write something, cuz surfin around is not keeping me awake.  Hmmm...now that might not have sounded just right.  I did not in any way mean that you all are boring.  Phew...I dodged that bullet. 

My problem is NO SLEEP because I got desperate enough yesterday to take half of an allergy pill and it kept me awake til three this morning!  Three hours of sleep just ain't enough for this puppy.  I've been a zombie all day, just finished supper and the eyelids are drooping at an alarming rate. 

I had plenty to keep me busy at work, then made a trip with the puppies to the vet for their three week check up, got in some puppy cuddle time with lots of puppy breath.  One of the pups did that cute little growl thing at me all the way to the Vet's office, lol.  Ice and I did kennel duty before supper, so all the pups and dogs are in good shape.  I definitely need to give baths this weekend.  Some of em are gettin pretty ripe, lol. 

Thanks for all the nice comments on my poem.  Funny what things a sleeping man can inspire, huh?  He has a way of making a nap in the chair look so inviting.  He just does it so well and sleeps like a log.  I've always wondered how come men can just nod off and sleep at the drop of a hat while most women can't do that.  I used to date a guy that told me the reason was because men have the ability to think about nothing.  I could make a joke about that, but I'll just leave it alone.  How in the world does one think of nothing?  I wouldn't know.  I wake up thinking (although at a much slower rate) and I go to sleep thinking.  How do ya just shut it off?  To me there's no "in between".  I'm either thinking or asleep.  I've actually tried meditation a couple of times, but I can't get to that "state", whatever it is.  I fall asleep......every time!  Except of course when I've taken an allergy pill, lol.  I know.....I'm totally backwards.  Allergy medication puts most people to sleep, but not me.  It wires me for sound and does the same thing to my kids.  Weird, huh?  I probably have a loose connection somewhere up in my brain and passed it on to my kids, lol.  It might explain that rattle I have when I move my head.

Speaking of "rattle", that's what I'm doing.  Just rattling about nothing.  So I think I'll do the dishes and try to stay awake til bedtime.  Later, gators!