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January 29, 2006
New Friends
Guido had a fun weekend. He was able to meet two family members. The first one was my sister’s dog, Elvis and the second was my aunt’s dog, Tater. Click HERE for the gallery.
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January 27, 2006
Roadhouse
Tonight we ate at Texas Roadhouse. Even though we were in a different town, we still saw people that we knew and had a good time talking while waiting for a table.
I ordered the house salad:
Kevin and I both had the catfish … it was excellent!
Here I am a little bit blurry:
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January 25, 2006
Thanks, GW
Okay, forgive me, but I am totally stealing this from Gardenwife's site. It’s too funny!
Ten Peeves that Dogs Have About Humans
1. Blaming your "gas leaks" on me... not funny... not funny at all !!!
2. Yelling at me for barking.. I'M A DOG, that's D - O - G!
3. Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?
4. Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose... stop it!
5. Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you're not home.
6. The sleight of hand, fake fetch throw. You fooled a dog! Whoooo Hoooooooo what a proud moment for the top of the food chain.
7. Taking me to the vet for "the big snip" or a "needle", then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back!
8. Getting upset when I sniff the private parts of your guests. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered that handshake thing yet.
9. Dog sweaters. Hello ???, Haven't you noticed the fur?
10. Now lay off me on some of these thing's, We both know who's boss here!!! You don't see me picking up your poop do you ???
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January 21, 2006
So Sad!
This is how Guido looks as we are getting ready in the morning:
He knows that we will be leaving for work shortly, so he puts on his most depressed face. Sometimes, he doesn’t even like to get out of bed. It makes me feel terrible.
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January 19, 2006
Non-Pet Owners
This is too funny! From email:
Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Complain About Our Pets:
1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.
(That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot better than most people.
4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.
Dogs and cats are better than kids -- they eat less, don't ask for money all the time, are easier to train, usually come when called, never drive your car, don't hang out with drug-using friends, don't smoke or drink, don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions, don't wear your clothes, and don't need a gazillion dollars for college
And if they get pregnant, you can sell the children :)
Posted by tami at 2:36 PM Comments (1)
January 18, 2006
Mrs. Dalloway
We had a three-day weekend in which I thoroughly enjoyed having Monday off. I finished reading Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger and began reading Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
Today was our first snow day of the New Year and I took advantage of it by finishing Mrs. Dalloway. The feeling of accomplishment comes in many different ways to many different people. In my case, the completion of a book brings about this feeling. My house may need cleaning, but my mind is getting terrific exercise!
After reading a fellow blogger’s book list, I went to Joseph-Beth with a small list in hand. I decided on Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason. I actually lucked out and got an autographed copy. After reading Mrs. Dalloway though, I think I will save Shiloh & Other Stories and read it after I have finished a few easier titles. Though enjoying the workout, my brain needs something easier for the next few weeks.
I am adding this picture of downtown Lexington because it is right outside one of my favorite places – The Book Cellar. I think all the blue is beautiful.
Posted by tami at 3:28 PM Comments (0)
January 17, 2006
Classes For Men
From email:
EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN - EVERYONE WELCOME
Note: due to the complexity and level of difficulty, each course will accept a maximum of eight participants. This course covers two days, and topics covered in this course include:
DAY ONE
*TOILET ROLLS- DO THEY GROW ON THE HOLDERS?
Roundtable discussion
*DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAUNDRY BASKET & FLOOR
Practicing with hamper (pictures and graphics)
*DISHES & SILVERWARE-DO THEY LEVITATE/FLY INTO KITCHEN SINK OR DISHWASHER BY THEMSELVES?
Debate among a panel of experts
*LEARNING HOW TO FIND THINGS
Starting with looking in the right place instead of turning the house upside down while screaming - Open forum
DAY TWO
*HEALTH WATCH-BRINGING HER FLOWERS IS NOT HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH
PowerPoint presentation
*REAL MEN ASK FOR DIRECTIONS WHEN LOST
Real life testimonial from the one man who did
*LIVING WITH ADULTS-BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUR MOTHER & YOUR PARTNER
Online class and role playing
*HOW TO BE THE IDEAL SHOPPING COMPANION
Relaxation exercises, meditation and breathing techniques
*GETTING OVER IT-LEARNING HOW TO LIVE WITH BEING WRONG ALL THE TIME
Individual counselors available
Posted by tami at 3:13 PM Comments (1)
January 15, 2006
Safe?
One of the many banks here in town is being torn down; however, the drive-thru line is still open for business as usual.
I feel sorry for the tellers. It would seem that they are stuck in this tiny enclosure for the day:
Is there a potty? Are they afraid of being accidentally crushed or run over by machinery or falling pillars?
Posted by tami at 8:03 PM Comments (3)
January 11, 2006
Why???
From email:
Why, Why, Why?
*Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?
*Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
*Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
*Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
*Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
*Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
*Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
*Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
*Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
*If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
*Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are
always white?
*Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
*Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that
something new to eat will have materialized?
*Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
*Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
*How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
*When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"
*Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off
the table you always manage to knock something else over?
*In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
*How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
And my FAVORITE......
*The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
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January 10, 2006
There Is A Tide
Whew! It’s been almost a week since I’ve written! You’ll have to excuse me – I’ve been to England to visit a small village called Warmsley Vale. There were several murders that I was caught up in and then the great Hercule Poirot was called in to solve the case. How could I skip out on all that action to blog?!
You know, I do love my Agatha Christie. I guess when I finish all of her books; I’ll have to start all over again. A person is always willing to do that if it’s an especially good book.
I received this email today. It is the newest list of Darwin Award Winners. It is definitely worth a read:
Darwin Award Winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a holdup in Long Beach, California, would be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and lost a finger. The chef’s claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn’t discovered for three days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer…$15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he’d just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinderblock bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, “Yes, officer, that’s her. That’s the lady I stole the purse from.”
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn’t open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren’t available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home’s sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he’d had in years.
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January 4, 2006
Dog Philosophies
These dog philosophies were sent to me via email. Enjoy!
*The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
-Anonymous
*Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
-Ann Landers
*If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
-Will Rogers
*There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
-Ben Williams
*A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves
himself.
-Josh Billings
*The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
-Andy Rooney
*We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made.
-M. Acklam
*Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.
- Sigmund Freud
*I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
-Rita Rudner
*A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three
times before lying down.
-Robert Benchley
*Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
-Franklin P. Jones
*If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise.
-Unknown
*If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
-Mark Twain
*You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'
- Dave Barry
*Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
-Roger Caras
*If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your
pocket and then give him only two of them.
-Phil Pastoret
*My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.
-Unknown
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January 3, 2006
Torture
Does anybody else see something wrong with this week’s Kroger ad?
I realize the ad shows a picture of one “light” ice cream, but the other carton is the regular kind.
** If a person is buying Lean Cuisine meals AKA: diet food – why would they want not one, but two free cartons of ice cream?
Posted by tami at 7:03 PM Comments (5)
January 1, 2006
Happy New Year!
We spent New Year’s Eve watching episodes of The Twilight Zone and working this 1,000-piece puzzle:
The scene is the Notre Dame Church in Montreal, Canada. It was a beast to put together – probably our hardest puzzle yet because it was so dark in places. Frankly, I enjoy working more colorful puzzles even though this is a beautiful picture.
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