Shades of Grey

What a storm! I don't ever remember anything like this before. Poor Amanda and Brad have been without electricity for over 48 hours. It's so devastating, but so beautiful. More photos in my gallery.

Stats

So far the blog that has generated the most responses was "Historic Day". The day Obama was elected. It is followed closely by "Ho Ho Holy Shit", Joe as Clara Claus. It just goes to show you, politics and drag queens go hand in hand.

What Not To Do With a 4 Wheeler

I should have a "hat cam". I could wear it while I'm doing projects around the house, and then when I do something stupid (which is often) it will be caught on tape. I could make a fortune. Today I decided to clean the bunny cages. I usually use the 4 wheeler with the trailer attached so that I can take the bunny poo to the compost pile. I parked the 4 wheeler in front of the garage while I ran into the house to get my gloves. I left it in gear and with the choke out so it would continue to warm up. As I am coming out of the house I realize that it sounds like the 4 wheeler is moving. Oh yeah! It's heading straight for the hill above the River. It's going at a pretty good clip considering that the choke is out and it's going downhill. I take off running after it, screaming all the while (like that's gonna help). Just as it hit the top of the hill, it took a slight turn right just skimming the edge of the hill for about 25 yards. So, it's missed going over the hill and into the river, but now it's heading for the wood fence around the old pasture. I manage to catch up to it and do an Indiana Jones by grabbing the handle and jumping on. Catastrophe averted thanks to my lightening speed and agile limbs. Whatever! I shouldn't be left alone.

Christmas Faux Pas

If you want to know how to offend someone of the Jewish faith at a family gathering, just call me. Apparently I am phenomenal at it. I will share a few tip with you now.
A. Invite them to a CHRISTMAS Party.
B. Give them a Christmas Tree ornament as a gift.
C. Sing Christmas Carols while you wait for Santa.
D. Serve Pork. Not just one kind though. Serve ham, pulled pork and bacon.
E. Finally, give them a gag gift related to pigs.

Totally offensive isn't it? I did all of the above and probably more that I am not even aware of to Brian's "woman friend". In my defense however, I did not know that she was Jewish until the day of our party. Thanks Brian! It's no secret that I am not a fan of organized religion of any kind, but I would never intentionally show such blatant disregard for someones faith. Yes, I would have still sang the Christmas carols and had Santa come, but I certainly wouldn't have served Pork!!!!!
I also would have rethought my pig gift to her. So, my sincerest apology to Malia. I really felt bad when I realized all that I had done inadvertently. I think she knows it was unintentional and she seemed totally unaffected by it all. I won't know for sure though until our next family gathering. If you can look at this with an open mind however, it really is quite hilarious. By the way I did all of my cooking with Kosher salt. Kosher salt on pulled pork! How ironic!

Chirstmas 2008

This photo pretty much sums up our weekend Christmas gathering; chaotic and fun! I tried to get a picture of all of the grand babies with Nanu. I think we succeeded pretty well. All of us are in the picture anyway. This needs to be a new tradition. Maybe by the time they are 21 they will all cooperate at the same time. Actually I love the picture because it shows real life. Go to the "photo gallery" to view the rest of the photos. I have much more to say about our weekend, but for now I have to go reorganize my house and see what all was left behind.

Ho Ho Holy Shit!

 

I'm not sure that this is what my dad had in mind when he started using that Santa suit some 50 odd years ago. Times are a changing however and you have to go with the flow.

PS If you think you can stomach it, there is a video. Just go to the link for my photo gallery.

Dumb Ass Attack

I am officially a dumb ass! My horse has a head after all! I decided to go to the Radio Flyer web site and see if I could order the part. They actually had a form to fill out for missing parts that they would ship to you free of charge. I went to gather the necessary information from the box and decided to check it out again. "If I was a horse head, where would I be?" Of course! I would be shoved up my ass. Really, it was shoved into the neck opening upsidedown. Joe and I were discussing earlier about how funny it was that of all things the head would be missing. I even told him that I wasn't sure where it would even fit into the box, because everything was packed tightly. That is probably what got me thinking to look inside his body. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has done this. Besides, Julian and Nicholas didn't see it either!

Quality Control

Today was the perfect opportunity for me to follow my own advice about "lightening up." I ordered a spring type rocking horse online from Walmart. You can order it online and then pick it up at the store and not have to pay shipping. What a great idea. So I get the notice today that it has arrived at the store. I'm pretty excited because I know the kids will love it. I brought it home just in time for Julian and Nicholas and I to put it together. The boys had the tools...you know, screwdriver, pliers, magnifying glass. I don't know what the magnifying glass was for either but apparently they needed it. We started to unpack it. 4 legs? check. 1 body? check. springs and bolts? check. 1 head? hmmmmmmm! Seriously? Sure enough, no head. I can understand maybe a bolt missing here or there, but the head? I couldn't help but laugh. Julian says: "That's ridiculous!" Nicholas says: "Why no head?" "I don't know" I tell him. "Why?" he says. That conversation could go on for 1/2 an hour. I could probably see if the company would send me a head, but that would probably just create more problems. I'll just take it back and start over. By the way, the boys wanted me to put it together anyway without the head. They didn't care, they could use the opening where the head should be to store their toys.