I Have Questions

Can someone please explain to me how my 14 year old can know how to play PS3 with expertise, can help his sister solve computer issues with ease, can navigate the A/C menu to get it to turn on and off at the correct time with ease, but cannot make himself a PB&J sandwich?

Adventures with Jeff

Me (for 10+ minutes): Hic Hic Hic Ouch..... HIC HIC HIC

Jeff: Got the Hiccups?

Me: HIC Good HIC guess HIC.. Ouch these hurt... HIC HIC

Jeff: Did you try some water?

Me: HIC, no, Hic, It never, Hic, Helps..... HIC HIC HIC

I go back to work and then, 2 minutes later:

I hear the LOUDEST, most earth shattering "HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" delivered at the top of someone's lungs, directed right at me.

I screech and fall off my chair in terror. Quite certain my heart has stopped.

The cat has become airborne as well and rocketed 2 rooms away before stopping to figure out what the Hell happened.

Jeff (calmly): Did that help?

Me (eyes still bulging out of their sockets) I think I died of fright so it doesn't matter anymore.

Jeff (smiling): well I try to help where I can.

(And as much as I hate to admit it, having the crap scared out of you REALLY does get rid of the hiccups.)

A Song for your Friday

We have a neighbor

who lives next door

who has a dog

who likes to bark

from the very first light

to long past dark.

 

(Chorus)

Bark, bark bark bark

(pause)

Bark bark

(pause)

Bark, bark bark bark

(pause)

Bark bark

(pause)

 

And so it goes

night and day

day and night

 

on and on

on and on.

on and on.

 

Truth Poetry

I dedicate this poem about bugs to Katherine:
If it can fly,
It should die.

Adventures with Iggy

Sometime in late spring of last year we got a free baby iguana...

We named him Iggy in honor of Jeffs childhood pet.

This is one of his early baby pictures:

Since then he has grown and been a fun addition to our pet family.

Being an iguana, he enjoys being up high so he can look down at all of us lowly humans.

One of his favorite places is up above the patio door which he gets to by using a long 2 x 4 covered in carpet. We leave him here for part of each day.

This evening I was in the kitchen when I glanced into the living and saw this....

Knowing something was up (or NOT up anymore), I checked it out and found this in my silk plant:

 After I apprehended the wanderer, Kitten checks out the plant to make sure nothing else interesting is hiding in there.

And 20 minutes later what do I find?

Kitten and Iggy sitting in a (cat) tree...

K*I*S*S*I*N*G

Iggy deals with it by putting on his best "If I close my eyes maybe it will go away" face.

This time we collected him and put him where he isn't as likely to get into any trouble.

Kitty Fuzz

 September 2013 we brought Kitten home from a trip to visit the grandkids in Arizona.
She has been an unending pleasure and delight.

You need to work quietly? Let me sing you the song of my people!

Lounging amid Carmageddon after a visit by the 5 year old

But by far the most ridiculous thing she does is beg for you to turn on the water faucet every time you go into the bathroom.

It starts out normal enough....

But always ends up the same way.

I think it's her favorite part of the whole experience.

The following pictures pretty much sum up Leo's contribution to life in our household.

A Morning with Taylin.

One of the reasons we chose Arizona as a landing point in our journey was so we could see our grandkids who we have had precious little time with.

I now get to enjoy morning like these with my 2 year old granddaughter Taylin.

And finish the day with a nice Hello Kitty cup of milk!