Jonah Rules!

Today and the last few days have been great. Tony and I got to work several extra hours this week, at Escondida Resort and we were thrilled about it, because working next door is always fun, because the staff is literally the cream of the crop, so to speak.

My better half and I truly love everyone that works next door, because they are always upbeat, kind, conscientious about their work and they love to laugh as much as we do. Seriously, it is a dream job, because it has the best working environment that I've ever seen.

And the best part of our jobs is we get paid for working over there, which is always a bonus, because most of the at time I feel like we should be paying Kelli & Bob to get to work over there. And that is why the last few days I have not written much on my blog, because I have been spending my evenings binge-watching Parks and Recreation.

This past Thursday after work, Tony and I went to Kerrville to run a few errands. We needed to stock up on groceries, do some laundry and meet Mari at the Louise Hayes Park, so we could walk to get some exercise.

When Tony and I arrived at the park, Mari and Tex were already waiting for us. Before we started walking Mari  exercised Tex, her awesome, adorable Australian Cattle Dog (pup), using a flirt pole.

Tony and I had never heard of a flirt pole. So Mari & Tex put on an exhibition for us and they had our full attention, along with several other people walking-rubberneckers. And Tex could not wait to get started.

First off, a flirt pole is a long piece of wood or metal or pvc pipe, with a long bungee cord attached to one end and at the other end of the bungee cord is a fleece dog toy or strips of fleece. Here is a picture of one I found Online—Flirt Pole. 

After Mari had exercised Tex for about five minutes, the three of us took off, while Tony stayed behind, because he wanted to feed the ducks and geese while taking close up pictures of them.

I had a blast strolling through the beautiful park and after we had walked from the Sidney Baker Bridge to the Lemos Bridge and back, I pulled out my iPhone to show Mari just how far we had walked and how many calories we had burned, etc. The Bottom   Line: almost 7,000 steps! And even though we had not walked our daily goals of 10,000 steps—we were still thrilled about it.

I love my new Apple Health App that tracks how many steps I've taken each day and although I've come close to meeting my daily goal—I've still fallen short. But the good news is my average steps per day is between 6,000 - 8,000. So in my book that makes me a winner!

Later this afternoon, Tony and I get to go back to work and we are thrilled about it, but our four-leggers aren't. So a few minutes ago, after telling Tony about me wanting to buy a flirt pole for our dogs—he told me that he will make me one tomorrow afternoon, after we buy a long bungee cord, at Gibson's. And yes, I am thrilled about that, too.

As I finish writing this, this afternoon, I want to share a great, inspiring, short, YouTube video that Mari sent to me this morning. It is about Jonah, this super-cool, eleven-year-old boy, in Michigan, who is hooked on crocheting. And he is doing awesome things with his crocheting by helping out charities. And I love this video so much, because our world needs more good people like Jonah in it. So please Watch It. 

And after just watching this great video again, I just had a lightbulb moment. And even though it is not for charity, I want Jean, my potholder-pal, to pay special attention to this great video, because Jonah's video has inspired me to think about Jean and I going back into business together and instead of producing more pretty, pink potholders (That never sold.)—we could turn our potholders into doggie-chew-toys.

"Doggie-chew-toys?" you may be asking right now? Yes, doggie-chew-toys! Because our dogs love to tear up my potholders. In fact, this morning Henry Standing Bear ate my red quilted one while we were at work.

Anyway, Tony and I can start mass producing pretty, pink flirt-poles with the doggie-chew-toys attached to the ends. I know that we could make tons of money selling these doggie flirt poles and we could sell replacement doggie-chew-toy parts too, because we have this huge potholder inventory of unwanted pretty-pink-potholders. And we could name our lucrative new business adventure—Hang On Loopy!

So, as I finish writing this again, because I had to stop and take a break, so we could eat a late lunch, I do want to salute Jonah for the good work that he is doing to make our Planet a better place to live. "Thank you, Jonah! Jonah Rules!"

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

P.S. It is now 3:19 Texas time and I am scheduling this to post at 6:30 tonight, because we will be having fun working next door.