Dogs, Dominoes & Donny Osmond

I had the opportunity tonight to be in two different settings with people who don't know my dog, Lucy, very well or who have never met my pup. In each place, a single person managed to sit close to my pup and give some Dog Lover Quality Lovin. This made me happy and proud. It seemed almost counterintuitive somehow. Hmm. Maybe not in general. But for tonight, it seemed like a different reaction would be expected; that I would want my dog not to enjoy loving from others -- "Only I give Quality Dog Lovin!" Then kind of a "don't cozy up to these strangers" feeling. "You are mine. We are a pair. Others begone!" hehehe ^_^

Nope. None of that silliness. Just me loving that others are scratching my pup or looking at her cute ears while she watches a bug -- the bug was just in front of her nose; I wonder what her thought was -- "What's this?!" or "Would it hurt to eat that?" One person moved from 15 feet away to sit near my pup. She made happy pup comments. Folks saying my dog is well-behaved or mellow... and I'm just a smilin'. I love my pup, my pooper, my Lucy.

I played Mexican Train Dominoes tonight. With people with whom I've never played the game before... family. (cue dramatic music) It was fun. Of course, their rules and the rules I've played by didn't quite match.... So there was some rule-shifting that would occur. Of course, I've seen that happen with other folks as well. It was just fun. My time at my brother's place began with trying to encourage a toddler to eat, continued with poopy diaper (ick), and ended with dominoes.

Donny Osmond. Actually, I was just thinking of three things that began with the same letters. But once I started thinking about him, I remembered the purple socks. Ages and ages ago, on that "Donny and Marie" TV show (I don't know the real name of the show), Donny supposedly always wore purple socks at the end of the show. Or this is what I remember. I love purple. It's my favorite color. I could be creating a purple sock delusion for all I know.

The other thought related to him (and his sis) was that at some time this week, I had thought of the song "Make the World Go Away." I mean, what a great title! I guess I was thinking of it from a darker place, though. I kept having a hard time picturing a happy 70's song. Just found a recording of it on YouTube, though, so now I'm remembering it in that happier spirit :)