During my month long blogging dry spell, I missed two birthdays. Karl and Lorrie. Sorry about that guys! So this is your belated Happy Birthday wish.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Happy Birthday
Today is Connor, Addison and Harrison's birthday. 4 years old! Hard to believe. You can talk about them all together (which one has a tendency to do since they are triplets); however, they are very individual and unique. Separate, their little personalities evolve. Together, they are a force of nature like a tornado that picks up energy as it goes along. So much fun to be around! I Love you sooooo much guys! Have a wonderful birthday! I can't wait to see you.
Not The Worst Thing You Could Eat
I am not a bad Grandma! I would never do anything dangerous or unhealthy to or around my grandchildren (If you don't count the time Bryan and I let Julian be the first to try out the go cart and he ran into the wire fence.) Actually since Bryan was there it was technically his call and therefore his fault (I'm just saying).
This brings me to recent events involving dog food and Jaxon. First of all I did not offer Jax the dog food. I'm not even sure why he thought to try it in the first place. I think he may have been watching Ellie eat and figured maybe he would try it too. I saw him take a piece and chew it. I figured that would be the end of it. Not so, next thing I knew he had a handful and was eating it like popcorn. I asked him if it was good and he enthusiastically says: "YEAH!"
Now, I understand that most people would take the dog food away from him and tell him not to eat it. We have already established that I am not like most people, so I was weighing my options. It's not like he's eating glass. The dog food is healthier than most food kids generally eat. Plus it was Science Diet small bite dog food so he wouldn't be likely to choke on the pieces. Then I had to think about what if he goes to some one's house and sees the dog food bowl and says: "Oooh that looks like Science Diet mind if I have some?" That could be embarrassing for Amanda and Brad (but incredibly funny). Then there is the possibility that he tells everyone that Nanu lets him eat dog food. It could ruin my reputation. Wait...who am I kidding, reputation be damned, that would be hilarious. There was only one real downside to his eating the dog food. He would have to contend with Ellie.
Sure enough, I'm in the other room and I hear Ellie growl and Jax say: "ouch!" What followed was a conversation that I never thought I would be having.... "What happened?" "Ellie bit me!" "Were you eating her food?" "yeah". "dogs don't like it when you bother them while they are eating." "I was eating it and she just bit me". "It's her bowl, I'll get you a bowl of your own." "Yah!" I made up the last sentence I didn't really get him his own bowl. I just let him eat out of the dog food container. No, I didn't do that either but I wanted to. Actually maybe I did, maybe I didn't. I'm not saying.
As far as I can tell he suffered no ill effects from eating the dog food; however, when I called the other day I could hear him howling in the background. Amanda said he was pretending he was a coyote. I swear I never fed him a live animal so I am not responsible for the coyote tendencies.
Just to put every one's mind at ease I copied the dog food ingredients directly from the Science Diet website. Compare that to the ingredients on the fruit snacks label and see which one is worse.
Chicken
Brown Rice
Whole Grain Wheat
Cracked Pearled Barley
Soybean Meal
Chicken Meal
Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid)
Dried Egg Product
Natural Flavor
Whole Grain Oats
Remaining Ingredients
Apples, Cranberries, Soybean Oil, Peas, Carrots, Dried Beet Pulp, Iodized Salt, Flaxseed, Broccoli, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract
This brings me to recent events involving dog food and Jaxon. First of all I did not offer Jax the dog food. I'm not even sure why he thought to try it in the first place. I think he may have been watching Ellie eat and figured maybe he would try it too. I saw him take a piece and chew it. I figured that would be the end of it. Not so, next thing I knew he had a handful and was eating it like popcorn. I asked him if it was good and he enthusiastically says: "YEAH!"
Now, I understand that most people would take the dog food away from him and tell him not to eat it. We have already established that I am not like most people, so I was weighing my options. It's not like he's eating glass. The dog food is healthier than most food kids generally eat. Plus it was Science Diet small bite dog food so he wouldn't be likely to choke on the pieces. Then I had to think about what if he goes to some one's house and sees the dog food bowl and says: "Oooh that looks like Science Diet mind if I have some?" That could be embarrassing for Amanda and Brad (but incredibly funny). Then there is the possibility that he tells everyone that Nanu lets him eat dog food. It could ruin my reputation. Wait...who am I kidding, reputation be damned, that would be hilarious. There was only one real downside to his eating the dog food. He would have to contend with Ellie.
Sure enough, I'm in the other room and I hear Ellie growl and Jax say: "ouch!" What followed was a conversation that I never thought I would be having.... "What happened?" "Ellie bit me!" "Were you eating her food?" "yeah". "dogs don't like it when you bother them while they are eating." "I was eating it and she just bit me". "It's her bowl, I'll get you a bowl of your own." "Yah!" I made up the last sentence I didn't really get him his own bowl. I just let him eat out of the dog food container. No, I didn't do that either but I wanted to. Actually maybe I did, maybe I didn't. I'm not saying.
As far as I can tell he suffered no ill effects from eating the dog food; however, when I called the other day I could hear him howling in the background. Amanda said he was pretending he was a coyote. I swear I never fed him a live animal so I am not responsible for the coyote tendencies.
Just to put every one's mind at ease I copied the dog food ingredients directly from the Science Diet website. Compare that to the ingredients on the fruit snacks label and see which one is worse.
Chicken
Brown Rice
Whole Grain Wheat
Cracked Pearled Barley
Soybean Meal
Chicken Meal
Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid)
Dried Egg Product
Natural Flavor
Whole Grain Oats
Remaining Ingredients
Apples, Cranberries, Soybean Oil, Peas, Carrots, Dried Beet Pulp, Iodized Salt, Flaxseed, Broccoli, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
I Lost My Pants
Don't fret, my pants were lost only for a little while. There was some drama on the high seas the other day. I was taking my afternoon excursion to the beach and marina when I happened upon two guys and a girl visibly wet and the two guys had no shirts on. Under normal circumstances this would not be that abnormal; however, it was only 40 degrees and extremely windy. Other people were hanging around helping put a canoe on shore. I thought I would stick around and eavesdrop to see if I could find out what was going on. I didn't have to eavesdrop very hard because there was a guy on his boat on a cell phone talking loudly about how he rescued some capsized canoers and some were still missing. That explained the wet and shirtless people. I went up to them to find out what happened and if they needed anything. They told me their story of how they started out from Everglade National Park in Everglade City and were heading to Pavilion Island to camp overnight. The waves got really big and capsized their boat. They lost all of their supplies and none of them were wearing life jackets. There were six other people with them but they had no idea where they were. They were in three other canoes. One of the guys was telling me his tale and how at one point he was "done". They didn't speak very good English so I had a little trouble following them. I realized that by "done", he meant dead or at least almost. Luckily someone out fishing found them and brought them in.
First of all I can't believe that the National Park would rent canoes to them and give them a permit to camp when the weather was so bad. It was so windy that the bay in front of our condo had waves. If there was waves in the bay, then the Gulf must have been terrible. Secondly, what part of "life" jacket don't you get. Yes, life jackets can be cumbersome and a pain to wear, but you damn well better believe if I was in a canoe in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico I would be wearing one. Hell, I wore mine in two feet of water on my little kayak adventure. If I fall out of my boat, I want to be alive when the sea monster comes to eat me. In my conversation with the trio it became very evident that what they needed was something to keep them warm. I figured that out from looking at their blue lips. I went home and got them some blankets. Blankets won't make you that warm when your clothes are wet so back I went to look for something for them to wear. Joe and I don't keep a lot of clothes down here so we didn't have much to choose from. I had to give up my favorite orange sweats and Joe gave up his favorite fuzzy pants. That was ok though because we were helping out our fellow man.
The rest of their party was located unharmed and they were all reunited about 6 hours after the beginning of their ordeal. I went back to check on them before they left and told them I was glad they were all ok and not to worry about the clothes. What was I gonna say? "Can you please strip and put on your wet clothes so Joe can have his favorite fuzzy pants back". I assured Joe that I would buy him some new favorite fuzzy pants.
The next day later in the afternoon, we came home to our blankets and clothes neatly folded by our door. That was sweet! They made a special trip back here just to bring us our old ratty clothes and blankets. What a happy ending. Everyone survived and Joe got his fuzzy pants back. It's a Chokoloskee miracle.
First of all I can't believe that the National Park would rent canoes to them and give them a permit to camp when the weather was so bad. It was so windy that the bay in front of our condo had waves. If there was waves in the bay, then the Gulf must have been terrible. Secondly, what part of "life" jacket don't you get. Yes, life jackets can be cumbersome and a pain to wear, but you damn well better believe if I was in a canoe in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico I would be wearing one. Hell, I wore mine in two feet of water on my little kayak adventure. If I fall out of my boat, I want to be alive when the sea monster comes to eat me. In my conversation with the trio it became very evident that what they needed was something to keep them warm. I figured that out from looking at their blue lips. I went home and got them some blankets. Blankets won't make you that warm when your clothes are wet so back I went to look for something for them to wear. Joe and I don't keep a lot of clothes down here so we didn't have much to choose from. I had to give up my favorite orange sweats and Joe gave up his favorite fuzzy pants. That was ok though because we were helping out our fellow man.
The rest of their party was located unharmed and they were all reunited about 6 hours after the beginning of their ordeal. I went back to check on them before they left and told them I was glad they were all ok and not to worry about the clothes. What was I gonna say? "Can you please strip and put on your wet clothes so Joe can have his favorite fuzzy pants back". I assured Joe that I would buy him some new favorite fuzzy pants.
The next day later in the afternoon, we came home to our blankets and clothes neatly folded by our door. That was sweet! They made a special trip back here just to bring us our old ratty clothes and blankets. What a happy ending. Everyone survived and Joe got his fuzzy pants back. It's a Chokoloskee miracle.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Happy Blogaversary
How appropriate for me to start blogging again today. Today is my 2nd year blogaversary.
Going Up? Maybe Not
Apparently my three loyal followers are upset with my lack of blogging. It's nice to know that I am missed, or at least my rantings are missed. I get in a funk about this time every year and I just don't have anything to say. I really think it's because I get homesick. Who would have thought that a loner like me would miss being around my family (even Sarah!). Just kidding Sarah. I haven't teased you in awhile so I just had to throw that in.
The weather here in Florida has sucked! That makes the isolation even worse. Today is the first day since we've gotten back that the weather has been normal. It's funny how my mood can be so influenced by weather.
Today I have been doing repairs. There is always something that is broken or not working every time we come down here. There was some kind of leak causing the ceiling in the hall to be discolored. I finally figured out that it was the upstairs bathtub spigot. The caulk was deteriorated and so the water was getting into the wall behind the shower. So, I caulked the spigot. While I had the caulk out, I caulked around the sinks in the kitchen and bathrooms and where ever else it looked like it needed caulk. Joe was out kayaking so he didn't get caulked.
My biggest complaint regarding the condo is the elevator. It sounds so pretentious to say you have an elevator in your house. Well, let me tell you there is nothing pretentious about it. It is a royal pain in my ass! It has never worked properly. We have put an obscene amount of money into repairs all for nothing. Joe is still determined that he is going to get it fixed. I would love to just have it taken out. I could even make it into a storage area. Anything but an elevator. Besides....really??? an elevator for one flight of stairs. How ridiculous! The few times it has worked, the only things I put in it were groceries or luggage. Every time we have it fixed I feel like we are just throwing money down the shaft. "Here Joe, I have an extra $100. Open the elevator door and throw it in." I see the elevator repair guy show up and I think: "crap, there goes my new range." The burners only have one temperature; high. That's ok, I can't cook food but if the elevator gets fixed I can put my purse in it so I don't have to carry it downstairs. Yeah!
Maybe if I offered to carry Joe up and down the stairs he would give up on trying to get it fixed. Or I know, I could rig it so Joe got stuck in it for awhile. He would be so traumatized that he would rip the elevator out then and there. That would be evil, but it is a thought.
The weather here in Florida has sucked! That makes the isolation even worse. Today is the first day since we've gotten back that the weather has been normal. It's funny how my mood can be so influenced by weather.
Today I have been doing repairs. There is always something that is broken or not working every time we come down here. There was some kind of leak causing the ceiling in the hall to be discolored. I finally figured out that it was the upstairs bathtub spigot. The caulk was deteriorated and so the water was getting into the wall behind the shower. So, I caulked the spigot. While I had the caulk out, I caulked around the sinks in the kitchen and bathrooms and where ever else it looked like it needed caulk. Joe was out kayaking so he didn't get caulked.
My biggest complaint regarding the condo is the elevator. It sounds so pretentious to say you have an elevator in your house. Well, let me tell you there is nothing pretentious about it. It is a royal pain in my ass! It has never worked properly. We have put an obscene amount of money into repairs all for nothing. Joe is still determined that he is going to get it fixed. I would love to just have it taken out. I could even make it into a storage area. Anything but an elevator. Besides....really??? an elevator for one flight of stairs. How ridiculous! The few times it has worked, the only things I put in it were groceries or luggage. Every time we have it fixed I feel like we are just throwing money down the shaft. "Here Joe, I have an extra $100. Open the elevator door and throw it in." I see the elevator repair guy show up and I think: "crap, there goes my new range." The burners only have one temperature; high. That's ok, I can't cook food but if the elevator gets fixed I can put my purse in it so I don't have to carry it downstairs. Yeah!
Maybe if I offered to carry Joe up and down the stairs he would give up on trying to get it fixed. Or I know, I could rig it so Joe got stuck in it for awhile. He would be so traumatized that he would rip the elevator out then and there. That would be evil, but it is a thought.
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