The Sewing Mom

I’ve been telling you about my goat….er, I mean my dog, Plinko.  This little dog will eat just about anything.  Her favorite thing is mulch, which wouldn’t be bad except for the mess it makes inside the house.  Today she ate her first Christmas tree ornament.  Thankfully she chose a fabric ornament, and I got it away from her before she could swallow any of it.  Yesterday she tried to eat styrofoam that fell out of a carton.  She snatches stuff so fast you can’t catch her.  Then she turns it into a game of chase to get it away from her.  She’s quite clever.

Her eating habits aren’t the only reason we think she’s part goat.  She also loves to climb.  When she was tiny she would climb the landscaping rocks in the backyard.  Of course she likes to climb on furniture and recently figured out that she was capable of jumping onto our beds.  She’s even been known to climb up onto the ledge of the whirlpool tub, that’s quite a trick if you could see that tub!

Her latest feat is to climb onto the patio furniture and then onto the ice chest.  From that vantage point, about 3 feet above the ground, she is able to sit and stare at me through the family room window.  It’s a bit odd to get that feeling you’re being watched, look up, and see her staring at me! 

My daughter just informed me that Plinko came to the back door with something in her mouth that she wanted to bring inside.  Fortunately my daughter saw that whatever was in her mouth was still moving, it had legs and antennae.  My husband just informed us that it was the dead mouse, the same dead mouse she had a couple of weeks ago, EEWWW!