Yay for Friday!

I was told Monday morning that John was in jail again.  The story was he missed his classes he was supposed to take after his last Public Intoxication charge so the police went to his house to pick him up.  He was on his front lawn drunk so they charged him with another PI and took him in. 

While talking to Mike a little while ago, I heard the real story.  John was walking down the highway drunk, with a beer in one hand and a pint in his pocket.  The cops didn't even get out of their car, just pulled over and told him to get in.  Good stuff. 

Mike told me he went to John's house yesterday to get some stuff that John didn't want stolen while he sits in jail but the place was already ransacked.  I guess once the word got out John was going to be away for a while, his "friends" declared open season on his trailer. 

Oh and we don't care about our employees being in jail around here.  He will still have his job whenever he does get out.  He called collect a couple days ago but I didn't accept.  I had to dial some number to make payment arrangements.  Not worth it.

In other news, I have a new little friend.  His name is...Fievel (#12).  Go figure.  Amy and Amanda are pressuring me to change my mousey's name but I'm going to stick with Fievel.  That way when this one dies and another one shows up and I name it Fievel (#13), it will be like he never left me.

The resemblance is striking.  Here is my little guy in action.

I thought some Fruit Loop crumbs might make him happy.

Apparently they weren't enough because he tried to get into the trash next.  See him, there between the bottom drawer and the trash can?  So cute.  Until he tries to crawl up my leg...

Have a great weekend!!

Bonjour Claude!

I recently found out that my Great-Uncle Claude reads my blog all the way over in France!  How cool is that?  Thanks for reading, Claude!  Avoir un grand jour! (<-- If that's wrong, blame the Internet)

Poor Camry

Howard and I had all sorts of plans to work on the yard for yesterday afternoon.  Over the weekend, Howard's mom helped us clear out a pile of junk the previous owner's had left behind our fence line.  They had attempted to burn a bunch of metal and plastic so we sorted through it and ended up with a pile of metal in our yard.  I had no idea how we were going to get rid of it.  I was on vci.net (which is like a local Craigslist) at work yesterday afternoon and I happened to click on a link for Salvage Man Dan who hauls away metal for free.  I called him up and he came out yesterday afternoon to pick it all up.  One problem solved.  Onto the next...

I was getting the mail when Howard pulled in.  He was holding his side mirror up with his hand.  Someone had hit him on his way home.

You can't really tell the extent of the damage in this picture but Howard was devastated.  He's had this car forever.  It has 190K miles on it and he was determined to drive it to well over 200K.  He's just hoping it isn't totaled.  This '97 Camry runs better than my '07 Mazda 3.  Or at least, it used to...

We didn't get anything accomplished since Howard spent the better part of the evening on the phone with the insurance companies.  Howard remarked that he would like a beer so I said we should go drive to the store to get some.  His response:

"You think I want to get in a car right now after what just happened?  And with you of all people?"

What?  I am an AWESOME driver.

Me! <-- Idiot!

I would just like to take this opportunity to let you all know that I don't learn my lessons.  I have my life source back.  My beautiful, wondrous phone.  My life was miserable without it.  But you know how many times I've brought it in the bathroom with me since the UPS lady brought it to me last Thursday?  How about EVERYTIME.  Sometimes I know I'm doing it and I hang on to it for dear life.  Other times, it's in my sweatshirt pocket.  The exact pocket it's fallen out of twice now.  Yep.  Maybe I'll learn after the 3rd time...

Stache Winner

Apparently none of my friends have the same sense of humor as I do, nor do they think I'm awesome since only two people commented on my doggie stache toy.  Well no one likes you either!

Anyhow, the winner is Ashley.  Looks like Oly's gonna get himself a lil stache.  Ashley - email me at danabnsn@gmail.com with your address and I will get it in the mail.

Thank you to Ashley and Amanda for appreciating my unusual sense of humor.  We are now BFFs.

Bugs!

This is my favorite new perfume.

We have bugs everywhere.  It's no longer just spiders.  Howard and I were out working on the yard yesterday afternoon and I looked down at my shirt and saw I was covered in little black bugs.  I woke up on Sunday morning because I felt something crawling on my arm.  It was a bug.  I thought it was a tick but Howard assured me it wasn't.  Then later, Jack was sleeping next to me on the couch and I happened to look down at his ear and saw a tick. 

Here are two pictures of the kitchen windows from last night.

We have screens on the window but these bugs are so tiny, they fit right through the holes.  Needless to say, we will be pumping the AC come the dead of summer because I am not opening any windows.

And I have no idea what this is.  Howard's mom said she had never seen anything like it before.

Any ideas? 

We also have wasps and bees vying for control of the shed.  Yay.  I'm attempting to go the entire spring and summer without getting stung.  Wish me luck. 

Stache Giveaway!

Heather sent me a link to this dog toy last week and I knew as soon as I saw it, I MUST HAVE IT. 

I received two in the mail yesterday afternoon.  I opened one and let both dogs smell it, then threw it down the hallway.  They both went after it and when Jack came back with Copper at his heels, I couldn't stop laughing.  Playing fetch has just gotten a whole lot more fun.  Unfortunately, neither dog would sit still long enough for me to get a quality picture so this picture from the site will have to suffice.

I'll be giving away one brand new Humunga Stache.  Don't have a dog?  Give it to someone who can appreciate it's hilariousness (<-- Is that a word?) (Yes, it is.  I just looked it up).

Just leave a comment telling me how awesome this dog toy is or just how awesome I am.  Either way. 

Giveaway will close Tuesday, 4/6 at 11 AM CST.  Winner will be chosen at random by an online generator.