I went outside last night to bring in Smokey’s bowl but he was still out there.
He’d found a bug–something that looked to me like a huge fly, only it would make these clicking noises when it moved around.
For a while he wasn’t hurting it–he’d just swat it around when it’d stop making the noise. Then he’d pick it up in his mouth and change locations for…who knows what reason. Finally he grabbed it up and brought it over to me where he rubbed up against my legs for a while before dropping it at my feet. Thanks but no thanks, Smokey! He got the idea that I was doing nothing with it and finally decided he’d eat it for himself. Really? You’ve got a bowl of Special Kitty no more than 3ft away from you and you’re gonna eat the bug? Alrighty then….
I’ve accepted that a few strays would be dipping into Smokey’s food–especially when I got lazy and stopped bringing in the bowl at night. I heard shuffling last night that was definitely louder than Smokey, so I decided to take a peek at what was out there.
I could only get funny-angled shots through the window since I knew it’d run–and run it did as soon as I put a single finger on the doorknob. It was nowhere in sight!
Attention Valdostonians! Know how you always see a single shoe around town–generally in the middle of the road?
Tonight while driving to the Post Office I actually spotted a PAIR of shoes in the middle of the road! That’s right! Not a lonely sole–a pair! Just lying in the middle of Bemiss. Put that one in the books ’cause it’ll never happen again.
Are there constant random shoes in most towns, or is it just a Valdosta thing?
Me: I think it’s time to just pull out the heating pad and lie in bed for the rest of the day.
Ryan: You could go up to the gym and hit the elliptical; isn’t exercise supposed to help?
Me: *glare of doom*
Ryan: Or I could go get you some ice cream while you set up the heating pad.
Me: Nice save.
He’s pretty good at saving himself when he says something outrageously wrong
For those who don’t know, my oldest brother, along with his wife and two babies, live with my grandmother. What started as a convenience for my brother back when he was still a misguided bum, turned into a situation more or less for my grandmother. Now that the babies are quickly growing, they’re really buckling down and looking for a place of their own. It’s causing a decent amount of stir within the family too.
Everyone’s really gonna have to pitch in to keep everything running smoothly with Granny. She’s not overall disabled or anything like that, but she needs a little help with a lot of day-to-day tasks. Not to mention that she thrives on having someone around her all the time.
There’s always been talk of purchasing a trailer out near where my aunt lives, or even putting one out on their property since they’ve got a fairly large acreage, but when it comes down to it, I’m not sure even that’d be for the best. Of course all the obvious precautions would be taken–working alarms, medical jewelry, easy access to emergency numbers, extra rails and such in the bathrooms, etc, but like I said, she really thrives on being around people. It gives her an excuse to get up and keep going, ya know?
And of course no one is thrilled about the idea of actually selling the house. It’s an old house, and it needs a lot of work so if it were sold, it’d be leveled for certain, and I can’t even imagine how many generations of memories there are in that house.
I secretly hope they don’t find a house for a while, ya know? It gives Granny a purpose to have the babies to take care of.
So I got sick earlier today…I have no idea why and I seem to be pretty much over it now for the most part.
Combine that sickness for the completely irrational anxiety when it comes to taking ‘long’ drives on my own and here I am at home instead of getting ready to watch Lifehouse perform in Jacksonville.
When I get insured again, I really think I wanna talk to a doctor about finding some anxiety meds I can take when I need/want to take trips like this. It’s really holding me back and I hate that! I wanna save up for a good gps system too since part of that anxiety is in regards to getting lost.
I went ebay-ing to make myself feel a little better. I found a lot of cute comforter sets but I talked myself out of them in favor for some cheaper impulse buys. I bought a few pairs of earrings for myself–dinosaurs, grenades, wrenches and pistols, all cute little studs and some little witches on broomsticks for my mom. I favorited the seller so I can go back and buy a bunch more. I think there were like 11 more pairs I really wanted to get. I love weird earrings.
Now I think I’m gonna study Spanish and just keep my mind off the concert I’m missing.
Something tells me these guys don’t know about laptop rental. Haha just kidding. This is hilarious! Have you guys ever checked out any of the Improv Everywhere stuff? I got into them last month when I saw the video for Frozen Grand Central. Over 200 people froze in place for 5 minutes. It was great!!
I’ve since watched all their other videos on that blog and Frozen Grand Central and the iPod Challenge ones are my favorites. I suggest adding them to your bookmarks to check them out sometime.
They’ve also done stuff like taking a huge group of people dressed in blue shirts and khakis into Best Buy, or freezing in place in Home Depot–oh and in Home Depot, at the end of their mission, Jewel’s “Standing Still” started playing in the store–it was too perfect! I seriously want to get in on one of their missions one day!!
What’s the best kind of cleaner for cleaning out a microwave?
It needs a good cleaning, but honestly, I’ve never cleaned a microwave (aside from a good wipe down with soap and water) and I don’t want to use something unsafe…ya know?
It’s gotta be cleaned though. My nose is way oversensitive and I’ve come to learn that the smell of popcorn butter after it’s been sitting out for a bit kills me. Every time I open the microwave, I’m hit with that overwhelming smell. It’s killing my appetite!
So yeah, what can I use that’ll get the job done without infecting my food with deadly toxins?
I’ve had such a weird day. It probably wouldn’t be weird to any of you, but it was just so…normal!
I woke up at 10am–I was wide awake.
I disassembled the futon ALL by myself and disposed of it. I’ve swept and vacuumed and done a TON of random cleaning, and intricate cleaning and scrubbing.
I really can’t tell you how much productive cleaning I’ve done.
I got a package full of new toys today! I received an ambient fireplace dvd, some colored flame candles, and insta snow powder!
I had to try out the insta snow immediately since we don’t get snow here. I poured a little of the powder into a bowl and poured a bit of water on it and the reaction was really cool! For a moment it just looks like wet powder, then it randomly puffs up into snow! Kind of like a marshmallow roasting!
Keri and I decided we needed to go ahead and put it into the freezer for a while, to really get that snow effect. I love this stuff!! We’ve already talked about buying some to freeze and dingdong ditch someone’s house. I don’t know what I’d do if I walked out my door to find snow, here in Valdosta! We’re still trying to figure out who would fall for it and we’ve got some pretty good ideas…
Next up I decided to check out all the contents on the Ambient Fire Video Fireplace. They’ve got a bunch of different fire scenes to choose from and for each one, you have a choice of a few different musical backgrounds, music with fire sounds, or just fire sounds. Keri’s got a s’more making kit that we’re saving for when it gets too cold to really be outside. We’re gonna pop in the dvd while we make s’mores to get that whole effect.
I’m gonna use it the next time Ryan and I make dinner together as well. I think it’s a much better alternative to finding something mindless to watch while we eat.
I haven’t tried my colored flame candles. I want to. Badly. I’m such a pyro and I adore green flame (you get it when burning some plastics and stuff like that) so I cannot wait to see these bright colors! My Birthday is the 26th though, so I’ve challenged myself to wait until then. I’m not even sure I’m having a cake, but if I have to, I’ll bake myself some brownies and use the candles! We’ll see if I can really wait that long.
Here’s a quick video of the stuff I got to play with today:
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