why cayenne pepper will not stop a determined dog

Actually, I have no idea why it doesn't stop her.  Stupid Samantha is intent upon digging up our cactus garden.  To be truthful, she's intent upon digging up anything that we plant in that stretch of dirt, because she dug it up when it was just dirt.  She's got this little burn on her nose now from the pepper, but did that stop her?  NO.

So my solution was a dog run.   I was vetoed though, by T's dad.  He said that it would make her more like a guard dog and less like a pet.  I kept my mouth shut.  T decided that instead, we would install two galvanized steel fence posts, six and a half feet above the ground, one and half feet below, and rig a pulley system like we had in Humboldt for Edward and Gigi.  This one is just for Sam though, and I have a sneaking suspicion that Edward is going to tease the crap out of her while she is on the line.  We put her on it for about 10 minutes yesterday while we were home, just to make sure the line would hold, and she just laid as close to the patio as she could and whined.  Great.  I'm sure the neighbors are going to love this.

Yesterday was our first Football Day, and for the most part, it was glorious.  We went on a ride in the AM with a bunch of the neighbors, so we missed the first half of the 10:00 games, which kind of bummed me out, but oh well, it wasn't like we missed the Chargers.

I didn't get to any housecleaning, so there is still Scentsy wax on the dining room floor from my attempt to "pour" hot wax out of the warmer.  FYI- Does not work.  I didn't even finish laundry all the way.

I got really frustrated with N yesterday, as did T.  He was just being unbearable to J and TT, like he was trying to tick them off.  And in all honesty, I'm getting a little fed up with S spending all of her time at our place.  I think they're starting to get sick of each other a little bit, but we'll see.  

In the world of knitting, I'm up another 10 rows on MPC.  I didn't get much done on it this weekend, but need to get moving if I'm going to do the top and bottom.  Right now, it's looking like just the hipster is going to get finished for Knit for the Cure.  We'll see though.  I'd love to offer a full set.


I didn't get the T shirt blanket back out yet, but I think I will tonight.  WOO MNF double headers!  Go Chargers!