clowns will eat me.
that’s it.? i got nothing else.
hey andrew, you still there?? lol
like my blog? buy me a coffee.Archive for January, 2010
can’t sleep…
Sunday, January 24th, 2010good lord people are rude…
Monday, January 11th, 2010seriously.? Don’t believe me?? Take a job working with the general public.? Not a specific group of people, like the folks who frequent bookstores or? certain clothing stores.? Somewhere that people of all different types visit.? Young folks, old folks, men, women,? kids, working people, retired people… you’ll find that there’s rudeness from everyone.? Maybe it’s not rudeness, per se.? Maybe it’s the idea that somehow they’re more important than anyone else in the place.? Maybe that’s what the problem is.? My register shut down today.? Dunno why, but it just shut the fuck down.? I was in the middle of an order and there were a few people in line behind that person.? So the person I was ringing up got taken to another register to have her purchase re-rung completely, the others were directed to another register where I logged in to ring them up.? There were mutterings.? Comments like “well I’m never coming here again.”? Really?? Well don’t let the door hit ya on the ass on your way out.? Strike that, PLEASE let the door hit ya on the ass on your way out.? And feel free to make good on that promise.? Of course, the people who make statements like that made the same statement last week when they had to wait five minutes in line.? And the week before THAT, we ran out of something they wanted, so they said they’d never come back.? They always come back.? They can’t help it.? And they think that we don’t remember that last week they were never coming back to this store.? Seriously, where’s your conviction?? Grow a pair and make good on your promises.? Then you can tell the people at the next store you go to that you’re “never coming back” for awhile.
like my blog? buy me a coffee.a plea for the american staffordshire terrier…
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
We’ve been searching the sites of the local animal shelters a lot lately, looking at the dogs they have available and contemplating what kind of dog we might want to open our hearts to and give all the love that Lucky’s not around to receive anymore.? I’ve notice a HUGE number of American Staffordshire Terriers and AmStaff mixes on all the shelter sites I’ve looked at.? Not just here, but all over the place.? It’s heart breaking.? These are beautiful dogs with such wonderful dispositions and yet they’re overlooked by a lot of people.? They’re loyal, playful and very protective of their humans.? They’re also? great with children.? If you’re out looking for a dog to adopt, don’t overlook them because they look tough or mean.? Open your hearts and minds to them, you may find yourself a very special dog in an AmStaff.? My Tiger was an AmStaff mix.? He was an amazing dog and I miss him tremendously.? But he’s in a happy home with lots of room to run and children to play with, for which I’m glad.
*The picture is my son sharing a bit of spaghetti with Tiger a la Lady and the Tramp.
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010so apparently I got a mystery shopper at work the other day.? I was asked about the customer.? I remember him.? I was perfect except that he said I didn’t check the bottom of the cart.? Um, yeah I did.? In fact, because he refused to push the cart to a position to where I could easily see the bottom of the cart, I was standing on the shelf under the register to look over the conveyor belt at the bottom of the cart.? Which is when he pulled the item that he had intentionally left on the bottom of the cart out and put it on the belt as well.? This is one of the reasons that half the customers irritate the shit out of me.
like my blog? buy me a coffee.on a sad note…
Monday, January 4th, 2010
in October of 1995, a wonderful soul came into our lives.? He had brown hair, beautiful eyes and a funny little tail.? Our dog Lucky.? He was named Lucky before we got him, but we thought it was a good name.? An appropriate name.? He was brought to us by a woman my mom worked with at the time.? She was at a flea market and the people who owned his mother were trying to sell her pups.? Lucky? was the runt of the litter and failed to sell.? She overheard them saying they were going to just let him loose in the woods and told them that she would take him home.? Her son named him Lucky, because when she came along it was his lucky day.? It was ours too.? Pets are wonderful, they make great companions and they help make wonderful memories.? They’re as much a part of the family as your siblings, children, grand children, etc.
In October of 2009, it came time to let Lucky move on.? He’s gone to the bridge.? He had lost a good deal of the control of his hind legs and was starting to lose control of his bowel and bladder.? While he wasn’t in any pain, his quality of life had diminished, so we decided that it was time.? It was a tremendously sad day for us, and he is sorely missed.
like my blog? buy me a coffee.Gage update
Monday, January 4th, 2010Halloween was nice.? I bought Gage a Superman costume, and he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it.? So I took him to Walmart and showed him the costumes.? He took a fireman costume off the wall and said “may I have red?”? So he was a fireman for Halloween.? He had a blast trick or treating.? And this was the first time ever that he picked out his own Halloween costume.? I was so excited.
Thanksgiving, was the same as usual.? He avoided? all of the usual? dinner items? and ate mac and cheese.? But he did play with his cousins a little, which was nice.
Christmas was an interesting time this year.? We went to pick out the tree with mom, and Gage walked right up to one tree and said “Christmas tree.”? Well after searching through all the other trees it turned out that the tree Gage picked was indeed the one we were going home with.? Even better, it was the most perfect tree we’ve ever had.? The right size, the perfect shape, no holes except for the kind that you hang large ornaments in anyway… it was PERFECT.? After we set it up, we had to give it a couple of days to fall,? before we decorated it.? Gage wasn’t having that, apparently.? He got out a basket of jingle bells mom uses for decoration and hung them all over the tree (where he could reach, anyway).? We had to distract him so that we could get the bells off to put the lights and stuff on.? Then he helped put the ornaments on the tree.? It was the first time he’s ever helped decorate the tree.? It was really special.? He had a blast Christmas eve and day, got lots of presents.? He got something really special from his grandparents… a train and a donkey kong game that belonged to his daddy when he was a kid.? It was awesome.? The train especially.? When he unwrapped that, he grabbed the box and ran like he thought we were going to take it away.? It was so cute.
I got a book called the Kid Friendly ADHD & Autism cookbook.? It has a lot of GFCF recipes in it as well as tips on slipping more veggeis and proteins into your kids food.? Some I’ll never try (like putting pureed meat into muffins — sorry, that’s just wrong), but some ideas are pretty interesting.? Actually, I’ve tried one already.? I put pureed cauliflower in his mac and cheese last night and tonight.? I’ve been reducing the amount of gluten in his diet a bit lately, and it’s made a bit of a difference in his behavior.? So I’m going to try going a little further.? Tonights mac and cheese was actually gluten free.? He’s going to start getting only gluten free mac and cheese and spaghetti.? Bread I think I’ll keep as is for now.? But I might start making gluten free muffins for his breakfast, something I can slip some grated veggies into.? He’s also started eating eggs.? A 1 egg omelet with a slice of bacon folded? in.? Of course, currently he’ll only eat it if it’s been cooked using bacon drippings.? I’m working on gradually phasing that out.?
He’s doing great in school and being more social.? He’s always trying to play with his youngest cousin.? He likes to run around holding her hand and laughing.? He likes to spin around with her and they have a good time when they’re getting along.? It’s so cute.
like my blog? buy me a coffee.damn i’m a slacker…
Monday, January 4th, 2010I haven’t posted in ages, I doubt anyone actually reads this thing anymore, but I’m back.? Hopefully I’ll stay off my lazy butt and update more often.? I’m hoping to get back into at least a weekly routine.? Which also means that I’ll probably start doing some paid posts again, but I’ll do my best to be a good girl and only post paid posts on products, services, etc that I’m interested in.? I’ll also try to keep it from taking over, since I know there was a point that it got WAY out of hand (but it was also my only source of income at the time).
? Anyhoo, I’m doing ok.? The boyfriend mentioned awhile back is no more.? Hopefully we’ll stay friends, but let’s face it, how often does that work out?? C (the “boy toy” that preceeded boyfriend) has expressed interest in adding benefits to our friendship again, but I don’t know that I want to go there.? I’ll be 34 years old in a few weeks, do I really want or need a friend with benefits?? Don’t get me wrong, it was mighty fun to be able to say I was “nailing someone 10 years my junior” and it was VERY good.? But I just don’t know if that’s something I want right now.
My car is on its last legs, I’m hoping to save up enough for something decent before it dies.? If I don’t manage that, I’ll be borrowing mom’s bike to ride to work every day.? Which will be mighty fun in the dead of winter.? I actually found a used 98 Corolla, which is something that I used to drive and LOVED.? Hopefully, when I’m ready to get something it’ll still be available and in good condition.? It would be nice to have one of those again, it was my second favorite car ever.? My favorite was an 81 civic.? When I got my current car, I actually found one for sale but it needed an alternator.? When I called around to see what getting one put in would cost, the estimate was more than the asking price on the car.? I wish I’d gotten it anyway.? If I’d talked to Joe about it, I probably would have.? Alas, i was stupid about it.? Maybe this time I’ll do better.
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