Recipe for Disaster
NOTE: This is not an edible item, for either pets or humans. I made this up all by myself (hurray)! This is a good thing to make on days when everything is going wrong.

Ingredients
- a paper lunch bag (any color)
- some Elmer’s glue
- some glitter
Directions
- Pour the glue into the paper bag, coat as much of the inside of the bag as is possible, but leave the upper 3″ uncoated!
- Dump glitter into the bag.
- Close the bag tightly with your fist, around that upper 3″ part.
- Shake the bag vigorously.
- Open the bag and set aside to dry, overnight.
- When you’re having a bad day, look inside the bag: ooo, pretty, pretty!
—Carol
Loyalty?
We were outside in the backyard hanging out when Betty decided to grab a rock.
“Chase me,” she said as she fired her Cute Ray directly at me. “Think about how much fun we’ll have,” she whispered as she did a small hop with her front legs, flicked her head to one side, and tossed the rock straight up.

My resistance was crumbling, but then a small noise came from the front yard. It was Betty’s new friend the postal carrier. Betty raced around to the front and engaged in a prolonged greeting session with this friend. I was left dumped in the backyard. All I could do was to mope and kick the rock under the deck.