Hi again....I'm back...

I am back and feeling much better after my mouse incident....if you don't what that is about read my previous blog entry.

Anyway...I do have a question....not about mice....but about CRICKETS!!

My parents have been telling me to "LEAVE" (meaning the crickets) in other words I can look but don't eat.....my questions is WHY????  I don't understand....my parents say the crickets have parasites that can lay eggs in my stomach (UGH) that can lead to vomiting (been there done that) and can even lead to anorexia (I am a little overweight)....But they (crickets) can be so nasty......they stare at you.....they tease you......they make that penetrating, irrating noise...(I think it is there way of laughing at me) and when you try to silence them they can pinch you....trust me on that one!!!  But they just keep on teasing...they don't know how or when to stop.....come on....enough is enough...........and now....now one has the nerve to come and live in our laundry room....I can't believe it.....yup....he is in there.....and all he does is laugh at me constantly.....all night...so now my parents keep the laundry room door shut.....  but it doesn't stop the noise....all night long.....my parents say they are trying to protect me.....hmm...I think they are trying to protect him (the cricket)...

Hi...my name is Daphne, I am a black lab and Dalmation mix...I just have a few polka dots that my parents think are cute...I wear them on my chest and on my feet...they make me look, like my Mom says....cute, like a puppy.....I'm not a puppy....I am all grown up!

Anyway just to share a little "food for thought"...pardon the pun...as it states in my headline....DON'T EAT A MOUSE...OMG...you wouldn't believe it....there he was running around under our boat  in the driveway...(yea..it is supposed to be in the water)...not in my family...we like to just show it off in the driveway...anyway...there he was (the mouse) staring at me from under the boat....you know.....kind of like a challenge...well being what I am I had to let him know that I was not going to be bested...so I chased him....around the boat...under the boat.. (not an easy task for a lab)....around the boat again.....and then I pounced.....yup I pounced.. I was afraid to look.....did I have him????....was he under my paw.....so I peaked....yup....he was there....a little dazed....but there he was.....so I thought.....if he thinks he is dazed now.. wait til I throw him in the air......up up up he went.....then down he came.....splat.....boy now he is really dazed....I nudged him with my nose....all the while I am keeping a lookout for my Mom.....nope she is not around....so one more time.....up in the air he goes....and just as quickly......splat.....uh oh....there's Mom.....the evidence....now what do I do.....at this point there is only one thing to do.....I swallowed him.....UGH!!!!  Had to ...no choice.....Mom was calling me in for breakfast....trust me that was the last thing I wanted.....well I had to eat or Mom was going to be suspicious.....WRONG THING TO DO!!!!!....about an hour or so later...OMG I thought I was going to die....I tried to keep it under control....but sometimes the best thing to do is just let it fly.....well.....as hard as I tried.....I couldn't stop it.....OMG...the nastiest, ugliest......smelliest....foulist thing happened....not once....not twice....but THREE times........ great now Mom is going to find out.....all of a sudden there she was....like she was reading my mind.....she took one look at me and what was on the floor.....she looked all sad and concerned and said...."oh, poor baby"...I felt better then....she was being compassionate....she went and got her stuff to clean up the yuk.....and then I thought I better go over and take a look....sure enough.....there it was.....right on top.....to late...Mom was right there....she let out a small but very audible scream.....she cleaned it up and all the while I kept getting those looks.....you know the ones.....well she finished, she washed, she scrubbed, she sanitized..... but that odor....OMG...it was still there......and then I saw it.....the TOOTHBRUSH.....most of the time it is only brush brush here...brush brush there...and we are done....nope not today.... I swear she brushed my teeth for 15 minutes......and then even used Listerine!!!!..I bet that boat is in the water next year!!!!