Except not really. It’s mostly just that I hate Mondays. I’m all scatter-brained (worse than usual) on Mondays. And this Monday is particularly bad since it comes after a long weekend. (Belated happy birthday wishes from me, America.)
Anyhoodle, we had a cookout on Saturday. Of course. We’re not totally godless heathens here, people. This was one of my favorite photos from that event. (I’ll upload more to Flickr later, Rebecca. :D)
Now, during this event, my mother-in-law fed Tricia a deviled egg. This particular batch of deviled eggs happened to have too much a little extra vinegar in them. Tricia’s response was to spit it out, then make several “Ack! Ptooey!” faces. This makes me wish I were a little kid sometimes. You get served something you don’t like? Spit it out and then revile it for several moments thereafter? SIGN ME UP!
Speaking of toddlers (how’s that for a lame segue?), one of Bill’s BFFs came over. Josh (the BFF) brought along his beautiful wife, Kandice (sweet baby Ganesh eating JIF, I hope I spelled that right), and their absolutely wonderful little boy, Will. I realized yesterday that I really like toddlers. I know, I know that makes me a nutbar in some people’s minds. But I really do like the toddler set. They’re hilarious, y’all, and their little minds are all pliant and moldable. I mean, Will and I spent at least 15 minutes with me teaching him to say, “I’m rad!” Toddlers think I’m hi.lar.i.ous, too. My Itsy Bitsy Spider bit? Totally kills with the under-three crowd.
Now on to something totally unrelated, we’re probably going to have to get rid of our hound. We can’t find a single place in Oregon that will take pets. Wait. We found one place…an hour and a half away from where we’d need to live. How crazy is that? Anyway, worse is that I’m not sitting here bawling my fool head off over it. I love my dog. She is a fabulous dog. We’ll never get a better-natured dog.
But.
I’ve kind of realized I’m not a dog person. Dogs are a lot of work, y’all. And they slobber. And they’re clingy. And you can’t just drop a boatload of food down and bail for the weekend if you have a dog. (Which you can totally do with either cats or kids. KIDDING! I don’t leave the cats alone for whole weekends. KIDDING AGAIN!!) Anyway, if any of y’all know anyone who wants a fabulous, two year old, AKC-registered Golden retriever who is the best. dog. EVAR!!, please let me know. I want this pooch to get the most fabulous home ever.
And with that burst of ADD- and caffeine-fueled posting, I’m out.
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37 responses so far ↓
1 d // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:49 pm
that pic? Teh totally funny dude.
Toddlers…I like okay. I don’t know. Ask me on a day when Lorna isn’t one. LOL But really, she’s a cool kid.
The Lib. I don’t know what to say about the Lib. I love dogs, but I could never own them because of the work involved, so I totally understand that part. I just think Lib will be sad if you leave her. She’s a good little Nana dog.
2 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:55 pm
d - Lorna’s a preschooler, dude. As for Lib, well, we gotta do what we gotta do. She’s a great dog, but when it comes down to it - she’s a *dog and us having a place to live that isn’t hella-far from Bill’s job is more important.
3 Celeste // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:06 pm
So you like toddlers, eh? How do you want me to ship Dominic to you USPS Priority mail or UPS? With UPS a man in shorts will come to your door, just sayin’. Maybe I’m just jaded on that age since I just had the “we don’t eat soap” talk. lol
Sorry you can’t find a place with your dog. I’m not a dog person. I can’t stand them. I like them at a distance but not close enough to smell them. I do, however, love my cat to pieces.
4 Robbi // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I understand about the dog. I am a dog person. Well, sort of. Mine are outdoors, and I live in the country, so no fenced yard with pooper-scooper duty. That said, as you said, they are *dogs, not members of the family, and unfortunately sometimes circumstances merit that pets have to be placed elsewhere.
And although that part of Oregon doesn’t get a pantload of real bad winter weather, it’s mountainous, and I wouldn’t want to be doing a three-hour daily commute to work myself.
And the toddler thing? That just weird, Steph. :-P~~
5 matteroffactmommy // Jul 7, 2008 at 2:01 pm
when i read “toddler” at first, i was thinking preschooler and i was all “heh, sending steph Big Brother RIGHT NOW…” then i realized that, by “toddler”, you mean the little ones who are too young for preschool, yet still prone to throwing tantrums… anyhoo.
re: the dog. DUDE, i would love another dog! but we don’t have a fenced yard, have no plans to add an electric fence (because that costs $$ and Jewey McJewsalot doesn’t spend any money) and i already have a 9yr old boston terrier that is ignored horribly.
i hate cats.
6 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Celeste - UPS him, please. I love ‘em. Which is kind of weird since with other ages, I don’t really like other people’s kids (except the ones of my very close friends).
Robbi - Yeah. We’ve done the hour-one-way commute thing, and it got old fast. I’d prefer we find something way close. And yeah, I’m weird for my love of the toddlers. Probably I should just get a parrot and teach it stuff to say instead of molding all these impressionable young minds.
MoFM - Preschoolers are generally okay, too - they’re still all ready for a sensei to teach them the ways of the rad.
You hate cats? Noooooo. Say it ain’t so. :tearwipe:
7 Lindsey // Jul 7, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Boy, your kid looks just like you! Must be nice. Mine look just like my husband, AKA Ghengis Khan sperm.
We totally want a dog, we’re just waiting for the right one. We have a fenced yard and two hyper kids AND we’d totally have to meet! HMMMMMM…
8 matteroffactmommy // Jul 7, 2008 at 3:03 pm
let me explain the cat thing…
in general, yes. i hate cats. HOWEVER, i had them growing up. (then again, we also had dogs, chickens, geese, rabbits, horses, and anything else that required watering and feeding.)
my parents were even known to bring home little rescued kitties which we would raise and i would grow attached to… sooo (this isn’t making any sense) i want to say that while i say “i hate cats”, i simply mean that i do not prefer to have one as a pet. true, they take less time and energy to own, but a dog’s love is unconditional and they come when you call them… . . .
9 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Lindsey - You are the first person to ever say she looks like me, I swear. Also? This dog? Best. Dog. Ever. Like Tricia has pulled on her jowls, poked her in the eye, etc. Liberty is like, “Whatevs. It’s cool.” So yeah. We need to meet up. You need a dog; I need a good home for my dog. Sounds perfect.
MoFM - I feel you on the whole thing. Kitties are all, “FU…unless you’ve got canned food or something” while dogs are all, “I LOVE YOU MORE THAN BACON!!!”
10 d // Jul 7, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Okay, I gotta chime up on the whole kitteh thing. My cats do actually come when called and they follow me around like a dog. I think it all depends on how you raise them. And I feel like my cats love is unconditional…but my cats may just be weird.
11 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 3:58 pm
d - Okay. I’m not invested in arguing about cats. :D
12 San Diego Momma // Jul 7, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Wait. So did I miss that Bill got the job in Oregon?
13 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Deb - No. We’re just huge, huge believers in the power of positive thinking. :grin:
14 matteroffactmommy // Jul 7, 2008 at 4:20 pm
i’m not invested in arguing at all. ;)
15 Robbi // Jul 7, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I am. What’s anyone want to argue about? :-D
16 d // Jul 7, 2008 at 6:37 pm
LOL. I’m not gonna argue about cats either. But I had to say something on behalf of mah kittehs.
But I love dogs too. I just love animals.
17 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 6:39 pm
MoFM - So you know, Bill just busted a gut @ Jewey McJewsalot. He very rarely LOL’s at stuff online, but that one got a guffaw and a repeat, “Jewey McJewsalot…heh…”
Robbi - You damn troublemaker. Hee.
d - Look, I was just heading off a repeat of the 9348534 comment bankruptcy thread. :grin:
18 Bill // Jul 7, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Ok, I don’t pipe up often so this must be important. Jewey McJewsalot is perhaps the funniest thing I have heard/read in quite some time. I don’t LOL often, and I think that phrase is overused, but I LOL’d nearly to wet pants. Ok, that is all the importance I have to impart at this time.
19 Robbi // Jul 7, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I don’t think Steph minded the 53-comment thread — traffic is good, even if it’s long-winded traffic, isn’t it?
(See, told you I’d argue about anything. :D)
20 d // Jul 7, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Oh dude, I know. I didn’t take offense. :)
21 Noel // Jul 7, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Dude. I actually did know someone who was looking for a dog. Last week. Now they have one. :/ Grr. Can you contact one of those “rescue” places? They’d be able to find the Lib a good home.
in re: bankruptcy thread. We just moved the loop over for a brief while to bitch on your blog. Hee!
and also, too, I *did think Miss T looked like Bill. Until I saw the pics of your other two as babies. Um. Yeah. Something in your gene pool asserts itself, fer surez. :-D
22 Noel // Jul 7, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Oh. Lastly. Toddlers? Are you NUTS?!?!
23 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Bill - I will remember that next time I give you a patented, live Rant. Jackass.
Robbi - Steph was the one who was avoiding a repeat of the bankruptcy thread. :grin:
d - Okay.
Noel - We’re trying friends and family first, but if that doesn’t pan out, we’ll probably call a local shelter/rescue org.
Yeah, I love that you guys hang out here, so I won’t bitch about debates that get started here. But I do have forums. Hee.
It’s the nose. She has his nose, so people think she looks like him. I figure time’ll tell. :grin: And yes, toddlers. I love ‘em. And haven’t we already established I’m a nutbar?
24 matteroffactmommy // Jul 7, 2008 at 10:35 pm
oh yay! hey, i’m all about the deriving of mirth (you like that? when i get all fancy and shit with my words? fuck, i probably misspelled it or used it wrong) from shit that i write.
i have been told that i am only funny when picking on my husband.
(btw, was originally going to go with Jewey McJewstein, but thought adding “alot” to the end was better in a last-minute edit…)
toddlers = better than amoebas. at least they shit and piss in the toilet. usually.
25 Jane // Jul 7, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I think kids of all ages are funny as hell, I just don’t want to own any more. I feel the same way about dogs. LOL (But Lib’s cute as hell!)
26 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 11:13 pm
MoFM - You know you are forever making me El. Oh. El. whether you’re picking on your man or not.
Jane - Oh, I’ve been digging my own kids through all their ages and stages, but other peoples’ kids? Um, not usually. There are exceptions, but they are few. Except those stinkin’ toddlers.
27 Noel // Jul 7, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Ms. St. Phanie:
Please be advised of shipment of one (1) shipping container. Live cargo, please keep arrow up.
Contents: One (1) two year old boy. 75 fafillion (FFLN) trains.
Warning: This unit will emit unexpected and unwelcome sounds when in the vicinity of the word, “no”. Please keep unit away from walls and projectiles when Alarm Mode is triggered.
Care: Eats all food and non food objects, exception: green beans.
28 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Ms. Noel:
Is there a tracking number or an expected arrival date for said container?
Please be advised that this container will be returned to sender when said two year old enclosure reaches school age.
29 Noel // Jul 7, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Container arriving overnight. Stop. Advise no forwarding address for school age return. Stop. Unit is very loveable, and thus should make up for aggravation in cuteness. End message.
::cackles::
30 Steph // Jul 7, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Noel - What’s sad about this is that I’m actually kind of sad you’re not really sending him. :grin:
31 Bill // Jul 8, 2008 at 1:14 am
matteroffactmommy - Jewey McJewstein would have been racially insensitive
32 Missy // Jul 8, 2008 at 7:01 am
That is so a Stephteph face btw. Its times like these that she totally looks like you.
33 Steph // Jul 8, 2008 at 11:56 am
Bill - Yeah, *you can talk.
Missy - She cracks me up with her bad self. And yeah, she totally looks like me sometimes.
34 matteroffactmommy // Jul 8, 2008 at 12:35 pm
yeah, racially insensitive = bad. perhaps next time i’ll go for both race AND stereotype… like, Jewey McLikesItInTheAss…
;p
35 Steph // Jul 8, 2008 at 12:37 pm
MoFM - Bill asked me if you’d know he was joking. I was like, “Uh. Yeah. She’s cool like that.” I cannot wait for him to read this response. :dies laughing:
36 Bill // Jul 8, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I’m out. I can’t top it. You win.
37 matteroffactmommy // Jul 10, 2008 at 11:48 am
“WINNAH!” >arms raised<
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