I am feeling nicely contented and peaceful this year. I recovered from my....oh....maybe fourth "Empty Nest" attack....(three kids left, one came back....then left again).
I know it sounds goofy to those of you without kids, but when the darlingks leave ....as much as we want them to grow up and be independent...it still knocks me (anyway) for a loop. It's the dumbest tug of war feeling...I know with all of my mind and about 85% of my heart that I want them OUT AND INDEPENDENT.....but that 15% still has to get over it. And I am!
YAY!
So, I am loving my Christmas lights. They are multicolored. They are warm and cozy. I love glancing into a room....kitchen, livingroom, familyroom and out the window and seeing them.
They bring warmth to my soul.
The animals are all tucked into bed. 8 cats....(two belong to Ashlee)....all fed and put to bed. The chickens (one of which I had to locate behind the shed because she jumped the fence and couldn't get back in and is sleeping on a tomato cage) are all locked cozily up.
The fish tanks are cleaned and bubbling away. The Plecostomus is out sucking down his algae wafer. He only comes out at night so that's when he gets his wafer.
Bertha, the guinea pig, has forgotten all the food and snacks she had all day, and is squeaking for more. Sorry, dear, the food is done for the night.
I am happily content and cozy this year. Family will be arriving starting tomorrow and that will probably start up the griping again...but, in a truly grateful way.
Peace, love, dove, friends.
Here is the Giant Rat, that yesterday I claimed could reach "30 pounds". Apparently I misread that and they are really only 3 pounds. Yes, a big difference...but they are cute as heck! They have been isolated from the rest of the world by living in a 1000 foot deep extinct volcano in New Guinea. They have never seen humans before, so they are tame and gentle. Edit...they are also vegetarians! :)
That title was just to remind me. I am posting from work again because I am pissed off at being here. The weekends are so nice with no stoopid mange-agement, so it disgruntled me to think of coming in today with all the usual bullshit back.
I had to fill out a sheet that we check nine zillion things in the lab like "Is there anything except cleaning agents under the sink?"
"Is there anything flammable within 18 inches of the ceiling?"
"Is there paper in the trash bags only used for biohazard materials?"
"Did you wipe your butt after using the bathroom?"
Stupid crap like that. We sign and initial and check checklists until our fingers are bloody....but that still doesn't mean anyone did anything. In fact mange-agement doesn't give a shit if anything actually gets accomplished as long as everything is signed and initialed and checked and dotted.
So, since I was in a pissy mood anyway I wrote all over the check-off sheet that there is not enough room in this ER lab to actually work. There is no room for their damn trashcans, biohazard or otherwise and the new chair they stuck in here doesn't lower down enough to actually fit my legs under the desk.
I'm sure they love all my snotty comments I write on all their bullshit paperwork. That's why I will continue to make my contributions regularly. :)
I wouldn't be so crabby if I had gone to bed when I should have last night. But, for some unknown reason I just had to start cleaning a fishtank at about 8 pm and got myself all wound up.
Now I'm just tard. Have a good day, y'all. :)
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Once again this Holiday Season, I have had requests for my Tequila Christmas Cake Recipe so here goes:
Please keep in your files as I am getting tired of typing this up every year!
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle tequila
2 cups dried fruit
Sample the tequila to check quality Take a large bowl; check the
tequila again to be sure it is of the highest quality..Repeat.
Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy
bowl.Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.
At this point, it is best to make sure the tequila is sstill OK. Try
another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy.Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck iin the cup of dried
fruit.Pick the fruit up off the floor.
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a
drewscriver.Sample the tequila to test for tonsisticity.
Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something.
Check the tequila.
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
Don't forget to beat off the turner
Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
Finish the tequila and wipe the counter with the cat.
Cherry Christmas
Still the best Christmas song ever....
It's been a busy week, and in the midst of it all my USB modem quit. Well, it had help. I downloaded an "update" and after that the program was telling me that the wireless device was missing. Well, it wasn't. It was sitting here right in front of my fizz.
So, after deleting the new update and the old software and trying to reinstall it....all with lots of restarts and failed attempts and an hour on the phone with tech support (who told me to take my desktop to a Wifi hotspot so I could reload my modem cuz it was corrupted no it wasn't). ....you guys have all been there....so anyway, I thanked tech support kindly, and shut this bugger down for an hour to think about the error of it's ways.
Then I reloaded everything, plugged in my USB modem and away we go....it's working.
Don't ask me why! ;)
Anyway, I hope you are all having good times. I am steam cleaning my carpets....better known as wadding up cat hair into soggy balls. It's one way to pick it up I guess! :)
Then after the cat hair, I will clean guinea pig and rat cages. Isn't my life fascinating? The chickens and goats need some extra snacks, too....cuz baby it's cold outside!!!
Ok....talk to you again real SOON!!!
Here's the latest Tiger Woods jokes I heard at work today.
What's the difference between Tiger and Santa?
Santa stopped after three hos.
Tiger has now joined another big cat family. He's a cheetah.
That's all ah got. ;)
From Good Morning America in 2004....still good, interesting bit....
supposed to fizz?