The Glass is Half-Full

Look at that face! I mean, just look at that face. So sweet, so adorable, so innocent. And so Black Lab. But, he's a deceiver - that Wally Piggins. Because he is sweet and adorable but he is also not just Black Lab and he is definitely not innocent!! He is part Bloodhound. And it's the part of him that's not innocent. It's the part of him that can smell:           ~ An open jar of peanut butter within 30 seconds and from as far away as 50 feet;                     ~ An unattended  loaf of asiago cheese bread or bagel (ASB) whenever he feels he has been slighted or I have gone into the shower.  There was a time when Wally would smell the jar or ASB on the counter and just jump up to retrieve it, run to another room and devour the treat. We would scold him and send him to his kennel/home (kind of like a time-out chair for dogs). After a year or two of this, he would take the contraband right to his kennel where he would devour only a portion. This is wh

I have stopped making official New Year's resolutions because I've never made it past the second week. I stopped giving 'things' up for Lent because I've rarely made halfway through the 40 days without succumbing. (That Jesus was sure amazing because I've given up things like chocolate or wine but He gave up the essentials, like food and water. And the only tempter I had was a commercial or a walk through the grocery store - with a full stomach and plenty of water to drink. Jesus had Satan, the greatest of tempters, and he certainly had to be hungry and thirsty). I recently signed up for a 30 Day challenge to lose 12 pounds. Not a monumental task except for the fact that I signed up for it while transitioning to the wheelchair. In winter. With a wheelchair without snow tires that made it especially challenging to get out and about.  Yep, I set myself up for failure on that one!  On one of the diet plans I tried a few years back, my goal was to lose 40 poun