Join Me in Snarkville

Allergies have hit one member of the royal household pretty hard these past few weeks.  (Hot stock tip:  If you were planning to invest based on what we consume, I’d strongly suggest a few shares of Kimberly-Clarke*.) So, since our stockpile of tissues was GONE, Duke and I had an outing yesterday to our local tissue purchasing store. (more…)

Yesterday was a tough day. Seriously, you’d think it would have gone up after the toothbrush incident, but I have to say that yesterday was tough. When Prince got home, we had a moment in the hallway reminding me that this really was the best idea and I can and will have better days.

This morning Duke bounds out of bed declaring that today will be a better day. Ah, yes, it will be, after all this is Waffle Wednesday. (more…)

And I was sad.  I’m sure Karen would have been delightful as Prince’s wife for th evening, but sadly she couldn’t make it and I was then required to sort out my hair AND dress up.  The evening was nice, if not a wee bit long and drawn out.  I’ve had a whole 5 hours of sleep and thus I shall give you my thoughts and suggestions from last night. (more…)

Apparently, I don’t have to go to the fancy thing this evening.  It seems that my husband just called after reviewing the seating chart and says that he is attending with his wife, “Karen.”  (So, NOT my name.)  Yes, it seems that the people who plan formal events to be Wednesday’s (because that makes no sense whatsoever) have also decided that my husband is married to Karen.

I say, GOOD.  What we need around here is another wife — preferably someone who will do laundry, cook dinner, and vacuum. So, what I really want to know is — how long has he been married to Karen (like as in, am I the first wife or not?) and when will she start doing her share of work around here?

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This began as a random post, but a pattern appeared from nowhere (see also, I’m not a great (or even good) writer, thus planning ahead for these things would be wrong).  So, I give you the Best and Worst on this ‘Waffle Wednesday’… (more…)

Because I’m in a post-Christmas coma right now, I can give you a list of sorts as a puny wrap up of Christmas. (more…)

(Before I begin, all Knitters can stand down.  The pattern from the magazine has been located and aquired.  For any copyright police out there, we are FOLLOWING the law to the letter and yet, I still will be able to finish my scarf.  For those of you who won’t sleep until I tell you, it was Holiday IK 2007 and just typing that makes me throw up a little in my mouth.)

This morning I’m taking the car to get brakes.  Well, actually, the car needs the brakes fixed, and it is long overdue, but alas, it sounds so much more fun the thought that I’m going to just drive to the brake place and hope the building stops me, right?  Ok, maybe not.  Anyway, I fully expect to be called “Little Lady” before 8am — and since that makes me happier than you can possibly imagine, you know I shall report back here.  (Is anyone wondering why I’ve been putting off the brakes?)

So, since I can’t wait to get called “Little Lady” I must leave you with a few random thoughts. (more…)

Literally.

I had a very wise grandfather who, as the Queen Mum would say, “called ‘em like he saw ‘em.” When I was 16 and getting my driver’s license, he made a comment, “Any idiot can read a gas gauge.  There is NO reason to run out of gas.”  And to this day, I’ve never been stuck on the side of the road out of gas.  (I’ve been on serious fumes coming into the station, but never out of gas.) (more…)

Life in Snarkville is very, very close to insanity.  In fact, we are three white coats and a short bus from declaring Frankenhouse an asylum and beginning to make moccasins.  So, there is no coherent story with a point, a tear, or anything worthwhile today — today you get bullet points of the randomness in my life. (more…)

What a week. Seriously this week couldn’t be more of a roller coaster over the least important things possible. Here’s the brief run down before getting to the important stuff:

• The McBook Pro:
  • Good: It arrived two WHOLE days earlier than expected by even the FedEx tracking site!
  • Bad: This new McBook has the same problems as the first one! One call to tech support leads me to the point that this is problem with no solution — well, none that don’t cost me money (and perhaps tears).
  • Good: After a short chat, Apple agreed to send me a new Airport Basestation — hopefully arriving SOON.
  • Weird: All day yesterday, I was able to use the wireless connection without a problem. Yep, you heard me right, not a single shutdown.
• The Kitten:
  • Good: The kitten seems to settling into our life. He isn’t concerned over the dog and the dog seems nonplussed by the kitten.
  • Bad: He went to the vet and we found out that he has an upper respiratory bug which means he must be kept out of the general population for 2 to 4 weeks.
  • Good: The kitten seems to like his new people. He purrs like a madman.
  • Bad: He needs to have meds 2 times a day, which since Prince is too skidish to hold the cat and ram the meds down his throat, I must do. This has the side benefit of him not really LOVING me as much anymore.
  • Good: We have a name. I gave in and we have decided to name him Healy. So far it works, but he’s not coming when called yet.
  • Bad: Healy could not spend 2 to 4 weeks in our bathroom.
  • Good: I got the joy of cleaning and converting the laundry room/bedroom into a full time kitten home.
  • Bad: Yet ANOTHER box to clean.

Now for the important thing — (more…)