The Closer: Valley Park Edition

Monday evenings at 10pm, or whenever a murder is discovered.

This week: Mr. Frog has no legs! Who dunnit?

Story: The lovely Deputy Chief Melissa Leigh Johnson is on the case again. This time Mr. Frog is found in the bedroom and the crime scene is exceptionally gorey. Mr. Frog, the beloved pet of both Masha and Lucas, is found dismembered, gutted, partially eaten, and all in all, well, dead.

The suspects are these:

1. Agent Paul Howard. He claims he has an alibi - studying in the study (as that is what one does in the study), no candlestick, a mere 15 feet away from the awful crime scene. He heard nothing.

2. Det. Masha Gabriel. She claims that she and Mr. Frog were good friends and although she admits she does have a temper and has killed before, her method is much more sucking the life out of stuffed animals than dismembering them and throwing their guts all over the bedroom. She is more of a "go for the jugular" and pull out the voice box kind of girl. Plus, she states in her own defense, she was sleeping in her bed in the living room at the time of the crime, a mere 17 feet away. She heard nothing.

3. Lt. Lucas Provenza. Usually a loving, sweet, and gentle-natured pup, Lucas admits his rough-and-tumble "I was only PLAYING with the bunny wabbit and it stopped playing" side. Although he denies involvement in the crime, he does admit that he and Mr. Frog were not getting along around the time of the murder. Lucas states that Froggy asked about Monkey and what happened to him (Last week's crime) and Lucas became upset becasue it was outed quite quickly that Lucas gutted Monkey and then chewed his voice box into ITTY BITTY WEENSY PIECES. However, anger aside, Lucas denies all involvement in the crime and professes his innocence. He adds that during the time of the crime he was nowhere near the bedroom and was probably in Agent Paul Howard's chair, somewhere he is not supposed to be in the first place.

The lovely Deputy Chief Melissa Leigh Johnson interviews Det. Masha Gabriel secretly (on the deck) to find out if she can corroborate Lucas's "I was sleeping on the couch" story. Masha wanted to know if cookies were involved in the interview and if so, she would happily say whatever needed to be said to get Lt. Lucas Provenza arrested for the crime. Cookies were eaten, but stories were not corroborated.

The lovely Deputy Chief Melissa Leigh Johnson has no other option but to gather her crime scene photos and go over them one more time to try to gleen any new details of the crime. The photos are as follows:

After reviewing the photos, the lovely Deputy Chief Melissa Leigh Johnson backs Lt. Lucas Provenza into a corner and tells him he is VERY, VERY BAAD, to which Lucas wags his tail and licks his chops. Lucas was given his last cookie as a free man, uh pup, and he ate it in one snarf. He was then sent to puppy prison, aka, the fenced yard for at least 15 minutes at which time he wanted to be let in and Agent Paul Howard let him in.

Case Closed.

**This case is dedicated to all of the Mr. Frogs at the Target Dollar Spot that have, or certainly will, meet the same end. May the days (or in our case, hours) of joy you bring to the pup(s) in your family before they rip you to shreds, gut you, disembowel you, decapitate you, and dismember you all together be worth the terrible end you will surely meet. Best of luck Mr. Frogs!

Ooooh! I am so fancy!

I made P do some work on his birthday while his parents and grandma were here installing these fancy contraptions! I had been having to carry the step ladder out to water the boston ferns, but no more! Now I just pull down the chain, water, and push 'em back up! I didn't really know what I was doing at first and I got a little wet because the pots were still dripping when I pushed them back up but I watered them again today with success and did not have to change clothes after! Woohoo! Hope your Labor Day was as successful!