Sunday, June 29, 2008

Case of the Midnight Strawberry Snatcher and Other Mysteries

As as young girl, I loved Nancy Drew. She had it all-good looks, great friends, and the smarts to solve any mystery, no-matter where she went. Recently (as of last night) we had a mystery in our house and I wish I had Nancy Drew to help me solve it.

I visited our local farmer's market yesterday with Miss Precious in her carriage. Since it is strawberry season, I was hoping to find a strawberry pie that someone slaved hours over so that I could enjoy the delicious treat without having to do any work. No strawberry pies. Just fresh strawberries, by the pint and the quart. They were gorgeous strawberries. Ripe ripe red and if you just stood next to the stand you could smell their sweet scent. I bought two quarts for $10. Organic and no pesticides. I was thrilled. And I added two blueberry turnovers to my bag too. Yum.

I didn't get to sample any strawberries or my turnovers because the Dogfather and I had a date night planned for ourselves. The PeaceCorp Nanny was coming over and we were going out. Yay! We came home late and all I noticed was that a few strawberries were missing and a corner chewed off of a turnover. I figured PeaceCorp Nanny couldn't resist the fresh strawberries so she sampled a few and I knew the turnover job was done by Little Li. No nanny would eat through plastic wrap. My Nancy Drew sleuthing was on-full force.

This morning I came down the stairs to find one quart of strawberries in the middle of the kitchen floor. All but 4 strawberries have been eaten. The container was not upside down or tipped over but looked almost as if someone actually placed the container on the floor. Dogs eat strawberries?! I guess, why not?

I gasped and I asked aloud, "Somebody ate MY strawberries?!"

The Dogfather answered, "And her name begins with an 'S'."

WHAT?!?! She eats strawberries?!

I looked up on the counter for the other quart and notice that several strawberries have been eaten off the top of that container too. But it was not tipped over either. Do cats eat strawberries?!

I checked four muzzles this morning for red staining. Nothing. I checked two canine mouths for strawberry seeds. Apparently only humans get seeds stuck between their teeth while eating strawberries. Now I think it could be ANYBODY-except I highly doubt MeiMei bothered to eat strawberries. And I highly doubt Riley decided to stray from his deep carnivorous roots. That leaves one cat and one dog. And I really don't know.

Sabrina's been know to eat anything-tomatos, green peppers, cantalope, bread. You name it.

Little Li eats odd things too-turnovers, olives, mushrooms. Why not strawberries?

Nancy Drew?

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Return to Bloggerville

OK, so we sorta took a little blogging vacation. Things got busy OK? Basically, life happened, but hey, the important thing to remember is....WE'RE BACK! (And I mean "we" because I couldn't write this blog without the everyday antics of Riley, Sabrina, MeiMei, Little Li, and of course our Miss Precious.)

Let's see, since my last post a few months ago a few things have happened:

Riley had his 5th birthday
Sabrina had her 2nd birthday
MeiMei had her 7th birthday
Miss Precious is now 7 months old
The furkids and Miss Precious have a new nanny whom they all love
The whole BPA free movement is well on it's way
And, Summer is here!!!