Personal Space

Here’s the usual scenario:  Molly is on one side of the couch and either I’m on the other side or Sadie is on the other side or Sadie and I are together on the other side.  Yep, there’s usually a bookends situation happening on our couch.

Maybe once a year we three couch potatoes all hang out together, but that’s such a rare occasion that Wen would rush to take a picture as evidence.  Some of us definitely like our personal space (Molly) more than others.

One side of the couch…..

 

and the other side of the couch.

 

 


Just When You Think….

It is December, right?  This time of year, the winter coats usually come out, but not so far this year.  It feels more like spring than late fall and we have yet to see any measurable snow, which is really unusual for Colorado.

You never know though.  Just when you think it’s going to be another 70 degree day, the wind kicks up and the snow sneaks up on you, so you can never be too prepared.

Another 70 degree day?


It’s December!

All of our fall decorations have disappeared and it now looks like Christmas at our house!  Wen has been working on Scottie Christmas crafts and she even put up the outside decorations.  Yep, you can definitely tell that it’s December!


Sisterly Love

Do you think that my sisters ever snuggle up next to each other on the couch?  Yeah, not gonna happen!  During the rare times that they are on the couch or the loveseat at the same time, they usually are at opposite ends.  Both of them will hang out with me, but their sisterly love is more or less expressed as respecting each other’s personal space.

Now that I think about it, when our older sister, Sunny, was still around, she wouldn’t hang out with any of us.  Why not?  Who knows.  Sometimes girls are very perplexing to me!

Molly and Sadie

 


Our Little Tree

We have two Christmas trees at our house.  One is a seven foot tree that is decorated with ornaments that are replicas of the Shiny Brite ornaments that Wen’s family used when she was a little girl.  The other is a small tree in an urn and Wen bought some new ornaments to decorate it, but she obviously didn’t buy enough and it looked kind of bare and sad.  After another trip to the store though, she brought home a bag of ornaments that really made the tree look pretty and our little tree didn’t look so sad any more!

Molly: Our little tree needs more ornaments to look festive. This is unacceptable!

 

Molly: Now we’re talking’! Our little tree looks much better!


Tree’s Up!

Back in the day when Wen was growing up, her parents didn’t rush to put up their Christmas tree.  Normally, it was barely up before Christmas.  These days with artificial trees, it doesn’t matter how long a tree is up, so ours went up last night already.  Who would have thought that a Christmas tree would appear before Thanksgiving, but I suppose it’s nice to have pretty decorations for a longer time.

Yep, the tree’s up and although it doesn’t smell like a real tree, it’s still tempting to us Scotties to have a tree conveniently located in our living room, so I’d better be on my best behavior!

 


Scottie Stink Eye

We Scotties are masters of the stink eye to show when we are annoyed or we are disapproving.  Our brown eyes are very expressive and we can roll our eyes, give you the side eye, or give you the stink eye like pros.  Even my silly goofball sister, Sadie, can muster up a good stink eye if the occasion calls for it.  Do something that we Scotties don’t like and the Scottie stink eye may be coming your way!

Sadie

 

 


Lined Up or Coincidence?

Do we Scotties line up and wait our turn?  Not exactly!  Usually, when we appear to be lined up, it’s not intentional.  We’re not a crew that waits patiently in line, especially if food is involved!  No, if we look as if we are politely sitting there, all lined up, it’s merely coincidence.  We may look so cute sitting in a line that we create a photo op, but I assure you it’s an unplanned coincidence.

Lined up or coincidence?