Monthly Archives: January 2014
A little fish tale
When I managed the pet store I had a regular customer who we kept supplied with goldfish of a certain color and size, one at a time. No matter how well we instructed her on the care and feeding of goldfish, her son managed to kill about one a week.
After the third week, she explained it to me.
You see her son had Down’s syndrome and took great enjoyment in feeding his little pet. Yes, he fed the fish several times a day and no matter how often she changed the water, eventually the poor over-fed fish would die. She would sneak the tiny corpse out and replace it with a live fish while he was at school.
When she would come in for a new fish, I would sort through a huge tank of goldfish to find one the right shade of orange. We would joke about what number Finter this one was.
Would you have the heart to tell the sweet boy that he killed his fish? My weekly hunt for a new Finter was easy much easier than her job would be if he ever caught on.
You all have a good one and stay warm!
Rain on top of snow makes ice and slush.
It’s true! My driveway and sidewalks are covered in ice. The yard is ice and slush much to the dogs consternation.
The temperature is 36 degrees at present. Yeah, that’s real fun… rain on top of ice and snow also makes fog.
Here’s hoping all this crappy weather gets out of here fast.
You all have a good one and stay warm!
Yeah, he won’t be driving my car anytime soon.
“How the bleeeeep do you start your car?” First thing I heard yesterday before my coffee.
“Easily.” I poured a cup full of coffee, stuck it in the microwave to heat it, and smiled at him.
“No, seriously. How do you start your car? I was going to warm it up and clean it off but I couldn’t start it.”
“You push the button.”
“I did, it wouldn’t start.”
“What?” Now I was worried. I grabbed my key fob. “See this button? You push it twice to start it from here.” I pushed the button, the car started. I sighed with relief. “Did you do that?”
“No, I was sitting in the passenger seat and pushed the button on the dash, and it wouldn’t start.”
“Um, that’s a safety feature. If you aren’t in the driver’s seat with your foot on the brake, pushing the button will do nothing.”
I love my van!
You all have a good one!
OMFG Brrrr!
Avoiding going outside as much as possible. It is down to 5 degrees. It has been a while since we’ve been down to single digits and it can stop any time now.
The dogs don’t want to go out until they absolutely MUST go. Funny to see them dash out, pee, and pee, and pee, and pee, then dash back in. Next stop for Patty is rolled up into her super soft snuggly blankie. Gavin is starting to snuggle up next to her. They never did this before the super soft snuggly blankie.
Time for me to put on the Jammies and curl up with a good book.
Last night
Yep, it’s a blizzard…January 3, 2014
Too much snow coming down outside. The dogs are NOT happy with it at all. Neither am I.
I have shoveled the back steps and sidewalk three times already and it looks as though I never touched them. My back is not thrilled with me at the moment.
If you are in the snow as we are, snuggle in and stay warm! You all have a good one!
Miss you Mom.
Some days the feeling of loss is overwhelming. Yesterday, the first, the anniversary of my Mother’s death in 2007, was one of those days. Mom, Grama, Dad, Kay, Betty and Mary are all gone. Aunts Janet and Eleanor gone too. Thank goodness for loving cousins, aunts, and an uncle.
I’m looking forward to a better day today.
You all have a good one.
Too many books?
It has always been my belief that no one can ever have too many books. However, my Kindle, at times, begs to differ.
Once I hit 500 books, my Kindle started to behave a bit off kilter at times. Therefore, I think my Kindle may think I have too many books.
I plan to get another, newer, better, back-lit Kindle. I’ll keep my cook books and research books on this one and use my new one for my ‘reading’ books.
Works for me.
You all have a good one!
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