Not In Kansas Anymore

Last night John surprised a burglar as he was going through my car. Were he not in his bedtime attire (none) he would have chased they guy down and had a chat with him. God was gracious to us as neither of us had anything of value in the cars, and John had in his readying for hunting, heeded the still small voice telling him to not put the guns in the truck.
Praise be to our Protector.

No Farkle For You

Here is what I saw when I tried to open Farkle on Facebook today:

Thanks to you, Farkle has become more and more popular. (little ol' me? I'm blushing here!) Due to the increased popularity, we are upgrading our servers. Please be patient with us during these improvements. Thank you and have FUN.

So. My question is, wouldn't the game have to open for me to have FUN?
I'm just sayin'.

Remember This...

on Thanksgiving day.

This is how pumpkin pie is made.

Tim Hawkins

This guy kills me.

New Holiday

I swear, if I was a stand-up comedian, Poppers would be my main source of joke fodder. But since I have not the intestinal forttitude for stand-up, the blog gets to have all the fun.

Kelli and I had to run papers on Tuesday this week, since there is no mail today. I told John on Monday that I would be running papers on Tuesday. Tuesday morning as I was getting ready to leave for bowling the conversation went thusly:

Pop: "You gonna work after bowling today?"
"No, I have to run papers today, remember?"
"Oh yeah? how come?"
"There's no mail on Wednesday."
"Why?"
"Veterans Day."
"Oh. Is that a new one?"
"Yeah, a new one honey."

High And Tight

Today I learned how to do a "high and tight" haircut. My friend Mark came over and taught me the finer points, and let me go with the clippers. My friend Chris was the willing recipient of my first-timer efforts. Thanks guys! Since both men are veterans, Mark of the Army and Chris of the Navy, I will also say thank you both for your service to our country.

Not too bad for a rookie.

Sing It Cinderella

As I pulled into the parking lot this morning Steven Curtis Chapman was on the radio singing "Cinderella". I really like this song, so I sat in the car and listened until the song finished.
I guess that was really unnecessary, because the same song was playing when I started the car to go home this afternoon.

Um, Not Sa Much

Forgive me for being so bold, but I am adamant in my opinion that sweatpants with "Bootylicious" across the back should NEVER be sold in size 3x.

www.peopleofwalmart.com

Miss Manners

The other day I was sitting at the kitchen table with Hannah and I burped. Hannah, in her best Tom Jones voice sang out, "She's a Lady...Woah oh oh, She's a Lady."
Gotta love that girl.

Ok, Then, Bye!

In the afternoon when John goes to work, I sometimes count how many times he tells me "goodbye", depending on how cynical I am feeling that day.
Today there were five.
The minimum is three.
Ok, honey, BYE!

If Wishes Were Horses...

I wish somebody would invent a timer-type-thingy that you could install on your water heater that would make the water cold when your teenage son spends over 10 minutes in the shower.
Just dreaming...

When The Cat's Away

This is what my children do when I am gone for Halloween.

Dove

You know those Dove chocolates that have those simpering sayings on the inside of the wrapper?

Well.

I am not a fan of them and find myself rolling my eyes at them whenever I open one. Gag.

So.

I propose another type of wrapper. The Dove Ugly Truths.

You call that a haircut?
Don't turn around, you won't like what you see.
Those pants are too tight.

You know, stuff like that.

Sometimes you just have to go there.

Mr. Anton

This one's for you my friend

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Fer Shure

This is the top of our wood stove. Good thing they stamped that on there, huh?

Bad That's Good

I have a friend. This friend fell, which is bad, but at the hospital when doing the CAT scan, they found a kidney stone, which is bad, but if they wouldn't have found the stone the Dr. said he would have lost his kidney. So that's good. When they were doing the surgery for the stone, they found bladder cancer, that's bad, but they never would have known it was there had he not fallen, which turns out good, right?
God works not our ways, but His.

Tweet Not Twitter

Yesterday John brought home a surprise. A twittering tweeting yellow parakeet surprise. I gotta be honest, birds in the house are not my favorite thing, but poor Eddie. This bird and its tweeting is driving him nut.so.cr.a.zy.bat.sh--well you get the idea.
He has resorted to climbing up on the PIANO to try and get the thing.
I hope Eddie gets used to the new birdie addition (John calls him/her "Ol Yeller") soon because the endless yipping and climbing and yipping is driving me nut.so.cr.a....

Hoonie Noonie

I don't know if it is the H1N1 or whatever but this bout of sick really sucks.
Lethargic doesn't even begin to describe how much energy I have. I didn't even come downstairs yeserday to the computer and look at FACEBOOK!! I know, RIGHT?
I slept most of the day so last night I--yes I--took two Tylenol PM so I could sleep.
Just so you know, 1 Tylenol PM+ 1 Tylenol PM = 1 drooly pillow.
Thanks to all of my wonderful friends who called to see how I was and to offer soup.
Love you!

Snow

Snow all over the ground this morning! I love that we are going to have a longer-than-normal winter. I love it that we are going to have lots of snow. I love snow. Check back with me in January and see how I feel about it then, willya?

Buh..Wah?

Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize?
WHAT?
For what?
Oh my stars.