Dinghy
Veteran Member
I was given a bunch of hot peppers the other day and had to do something with them quick. Last night after work I cut them up so they'd be ready to can when I woke up this morning. I got up and decided I better run to the store before I got started. Keep in mind that we are keeping our daughter's dog here for awhile, and she chews something up almost every time I leave the house. I always leave a stack of old newspapers on the corner of the coffee table just for that purpose, and it usually works out good. I've also been leaving the radio on lately and that seemed to be helping. I left in such a hurry that I forgot to turn the radio on. When I got home my two dogs came to greet me, but my daughter's didn't. Right then I knew she was in trouble! I walked into the living room and found a mess. Pillows and blankets thrown all over the place like she usually does, and pieces of something laying all over the couch and floor. When I got closer I could tell it was a book and was afraid it was one of my granddaughter's good hardbacks. Noooooooooo, it was my canning book!!!! That book has been laying on the kitchen table since I got it at a yard sale two weeks ago, and hasn't been touched. Now the day I'm going to use it the dog grabs it and chews it to shreds!!!!!!!!!! Somebody tell me that the dog didn't know what I was going to be doing today! She never chews anything of mine and never takes anything off the kitchen table except food when I'm not around. I swear she knew I was going to be using it and chewed it on purpose! I had to laugh because it was too much of a coincidence to believe, but I can't wait for this beast to outgrow this stage!