Last night Nick came home on his way to Lacrosse... the first words out of his mouth... Hi... Hello... How's things going? nope... "Holy Computer! I knew you said it was a 17" screen on the laptop, but I didn't think it was that big!" Yeah I think that's because men are so used to thinking that 4" is 8"... they visualize 17 as 8.5....
I'm so glad it is Friday! I'm very much looking forward to a beverage with the ladies! This will be the biggest group of us all to get together in quite awhile.
So about an hour or so I was about to do my usual route of taking all the product samples down to the next department in order for them to eventually go live on our website, and I'm thinking about what I will be ordering for a beverage this evening... It's really past the weather for a mojito. I'm not sure I'm in the mood for a martini... but maybe. Or maybe I'll just fall back into the comfort of my ever faithful friend Jack. That sounds good too... hmmm. ummmmmmmm, ya, just realized I'm half way to the elevators with an empty cart... I went & got the cart and did not stop back at my desk to pick up the samples that I was taking down.
Did I mention Fratello's Special... FRIDAY- LADIES NIGHT- ALL LADIES $1 RAILS $2 CALLS 8PM -CLOSE!!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
the love of the criters...
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting on the deck reading a magazine in the late afternoon and I could tell Booger was in the backyard by her signature half meow/chirp thing she does. I vaguely made note that she was coming closer and up the steps of the deck as her chirps got closer. When her she rounded the corner of the table towards the loveseat, I lowered my magazine to say hello. This would be the exact moment that she began to crouch down to jump up on my lap and I began to scream "no - No - NO - DOWN! NO!"
You see, ever since we've found homes for the last of the kittens, Booger has insisted on still bringing her latest kills to the house. This one happened to be in her mouth and still very much alive and thought she should share it with me. When I declined her very generous offer, she merely dropped it where she was, walked a few feet away and stretched out in the sun.
With the very large, still breathing, yet traumatized mouse laying between me and the patio door.... I used my cell phone to call Mike in the basement, telling him he needed to "Get Up Here Now!" As he opens the door, my displeasure is evident by my pose.. legs and feet curled up under me while watching and pointing at the poor creature left as a sacrifice before me.
His sympathetic "the poor thing!" was followed by the crunch of it's skull reverberating through the deck as he stepped on it's head! "AH! that's so gross!" was the only thing I could muster as he wheeled it off the deck onto the lawn. Booger did not even bother to lift her head to take notice of the entire transaction. I did, however, notice Vinnie playing with the remains in the back yard later in the day, to which I thought, at least it didn't go to waste.
So what is the object of this tale, to which I expose you today?
It just so happens that this very morning, as I'm going to put the dogs out, I'm trying to reach the cable on front porch by reaching over the dead chipmunk left at the back door last night. ...Which is laying next to the dead mouse from the day before. ...Which also reminds me that there is a dead mole by the patio door from some point earlier in the week...
....texting Taylor right now... "please removed the carcasses from the deck and front porch today"
You see, ever since we've found homes for the last of the kittens, Booger has insisted on still bringing her latest kills to the house. This one happened to be in her mouth and still very much alive and thought she should share it with me. When I declined her very generous offer, she merely dropped it where she was, walked a few feet away and stretched out in the sun.
With the very large, still breathing, yet traumatized mouse laying between me and the patio door.... I used my cell phone to call Mike in the basement, telling him he needed to "Get Up Here Now!" As he opens the door, my displeasure is evident by my pose.. legs and feet curled up under me while watching and pointing at the poor creature left as a sacrifice before me.
His sympathetic "the poor thing!" was followed by the crunch of it's skull reverberating through the deck as he stepped on it's head! "AH! that's so gross!" was the only thing I could muster as he wheeled it off the deck onto the lawn. Booger did not even bother to lift her head to take notice of the entire transaction. I did, however, notice Vinnie playing with the remains in the back yard later in the day, to which I thought, at least it didn't go to waste.
So what is the object of this tale, to which I expose you today?
It just so happens that this very morning, as I'm going to put the dogs out, I'm trying to reach the cable on front porch by reaching over the dead chipmunk left at the back door last night. ...Which is laying next to the dead mouse from the day before. ...Which also reminds me that there is a dead mole by the patio door from some point earlier in the week...
....texting Taylor right now... "please removed the carcasses from the deck and front porch today"
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Always running...
Last night's kickball game ended in a tie. bummer...
It was cold by the time we finished and I was glad to get in the car & turn on the heat! I picked up the sandwich makings on my way home for the Freshman football game in Waterloo tonight. As I pull into the driveway I see the dogs managed to pull a shovel from somewhere into the middle of the driveway, so I get out of the car to move it.
Of course the dogs are jumping all over & getting their cables tangled around my ankles, so I grab a hold of it to let them off and put them in the house before I pull into the garage. After I get back into the car and as I grab a hold of the steering wheel, I realized that they had dragged their cables through dog crap. I've got it on my hands & now on my steering wheel as well...
Yes - I did scrub my hands before I made the sandwiches....
This has been/will be sports filled:
Monday - JV Football in Green Lake
Tuesday - Rylee's Soccer in Lodi
Wednesday - My Kickball in Oshkosh
Thursday - Freshman Football in Waterloo
Friday - Varsity Football in Green Lake
Monday - JV Football in Deerfield
(knock on wood) - don't think there is anything on the schedule for next week Tuesday!
It was cold by the time we finished and I was glad to get in the car & turn on the heat! I picked up the sandwich makings on my way home for the Freshman football game in Waterloo tonight. As I pull into the driveway I see the dogs managed to pull a shovel from somewhere into the middle of the driveway, so I get out of the car to move it.
Of course the dogs are jumping all over & getting their cables tangled around my ankles, so I grab a hold of it to let them off and put them in the house before I pull into the garage. After I get back into the car and as I grab a hold of the steering wheel, I realized that they had dragged their cables through dog crap. I've got it on my hands & now on my steering wheel as well...
Yes - I did scrub my hands before I made the sandwiches....
This has been/will be sports filled:
Monday - JV Football in Green Lake
Tuesday - Rylee's Soccer in Lodi
Wednesday - My Kickball in Oshkosh
Thursday - Freshman Football in Waterloo
Friday - Varsity Football in Green Lake
Monday - JV Football in Deerfield
(knock on wood) - don't think there is anything on the schedule for next week Tuesday!
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