Ten "D" Words

Have you heard of the letter game? You write on your blog ten words that start with an assigned letter and explain why you chose those particular words. Stephanie at For Better or Worse assigned to me the letter D. If you want to play along too, leave a comment and I'll assign a letter to you.

I love the Dee, Dee, Dee song that Ernie sings on his record I had when I was a kid. I'll be going through some of the words from the song and explain how they pertain to me.

1. Doggy - There haven't been very many dogs in my life. My parents gave my brother a cocker spaniel/beagle mix that he named Dove. She was light tan and fluffy and stayed outside since she peed everytime she got excited. My parents would give her the whole carcass of a turkey after holiday dinners. Dove became obese in her later years and we could tell she wasn't enjoying life very much. My sister-in-law took pity on Dove and took her to be put to sleep.

2. Dangerous Dragon - My kids and I have enjoyed sitting in shady grass together during this week of high temps. Bud, Cutie, and I made up a story about Sir Bud, Princess Cutie and the White Dragon who were searching for the Dark Knight. In the end, the White Dragon sat on the Dark Knight until he promised to be good and also dig a pool at the castle for Sir Bud and Princess Cutie. It turns out that the dragon liked to swim so much that instead of blowing fire breath, he blew bubbles from then on.

3. Dinosaur - Cutie is watching one of the "Land Before Time" videos right now.

4. Dinner - I haven't planned it yet. We ordered pizza last night and I'm going out with the internet friends tomorrow night, so I guess I should make something. Any ideas?

5. Delicious - that word is tricky. I think if something is delicious, it can't be good for you.

6. Don't drop dishes down on the floor - Does a plastic cup count as a dish? Probably not, but I dropped a cup of chocolate milk on the floor yesterday. The cup landed upright, but the chocolate milk exploded all over the kitchen. My kids were watching me, so instead of crying about it, I said "Oh, well, I guess I'll clean it up!"

7. Do a dance - I took ballet, tap, and jazz from 6-years-old until I quit the drill team my sophomore year in high school. I still can't do the splits.

8. Dig some dirt - we worked in the garden last night. Ant used the shovel to dig up the big weeds, while I weeded the strawberry patch. He then planted some corn, carrots, and tomatoes. I'm not sure what went where, so I hope we can identify them when they come up.

9. That's enough of Ernie, because I need to show you this: my Darling Daughter who decided she needed some more attention so she got a stool to get the nail polish out of my bathroom drawer and the she made her toes pretty. Aren't they? How do you get polish out of the carpet?

10. Darn it - I didn't realize I say this until Bud and Cutie started using it regularly. It (or something similar) was probably used when I discovered #9.