Yellow Rose's Garden

Trampolines ... they might be ;great for the 12 and up set, but my neighbors need to wake up to the lawsuit they are inviting! There's a toddler and a preschooler living in the other side of that duplex, no fence. And Saturday, the toddler had been stranded on the trampoline by "big" sister and started wailing. I realize that kids can get hurt even when you are standing right next to them, but there's stupidity on both sides over there.

I have new router, more details later.
Silly stuff from the e-mail files!
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I had an entry started, but this was in in e-mail and I had to share the chuckles!!

1: When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive.....so, I took her to a gas station..... and that's how the fight started....

2: I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95. Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95. I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream. And that's how the fight started.

3: After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.

The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.

She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.

When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too'.

And that's how the fight started.....

4: My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby able.

My wife asked, 'Do you know her?'

'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since.'

'My God!' says my wife, 'Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?'

And that's how the fight started.....

5: I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah, well I couldn't believe it.... he was a DWARF!!!

He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!!!'

So, I looked down at him and said, 'Well, then which one are you?'

And that's how the fight Started.....

6: I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.

'I'll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.'

He said, 'Aren't you worried about the mad cow?'

'Nah, she can order for herself.' And that's how the fight started.....

Some funny, some rude, and some thought provoking.
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I'm worn out from running about my house cleaning up and doing laundry. Gads ... laundry. Piles! Urgh.. where'd it come from? In fact, I'm STILL doing laundry at almost midnight. I'm beginning to wonder if it's breeding! Scary thought!

I was going to RP during Sasha's shift, but opted to check mail and veg for a while. I logged later on and yakked in IMs a bit, but mostly, I want to lay out an outline for some story pieces to get things moving again.

Tuesday's household foibles:
Clean bedroom and bath
MORE Laundry
Dinner duty (Thinking pot roast and potatoes, but might grab some oriental veggies at the store including snow peas)
Quick dinner means I can finish the front of the yard that I didn't get to when Kevin had his time off.
Top on the list is getting Tom's tuition paid.

I discovered that Firefox doesn't give back RAM that it sucked up until I close it. Odd.

Some funnies and other things behind the cut.
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The first post in the following is important because I spent several hours today venting, ranting and being generally angry. I still have more to get rid of, but in the meantime ... laughter helps. 

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To those that offered well wishes for my son, I thank you very much!

I need to buy more Tide. I forgot it at the store. I think there's enough to get through the pile of laundry I have waiting. I cleared up the master bedroom and bath as well as got laundry cleared up.

For Sunday, I need to get the living room picked up and hopefully all the laundry done and put up. Kitchen, office, and bill paying need to squared away by Monday night; maybe Monday afternoon. Tom needs his ID card taken care of on Monday. That's always a hassle and a long wait, so, Tuesday afternoon when he gets off work we need to get his student ID, parking permit and hit the bookstore for his books. Hopefully, all of what he needs will be in stock.
 
Also on my to do list are a few story notes and other projects. One thing at a time. 

Some strangeness and other stuff behind the cut!

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My son-in-law, Chris, calls his grandma Meme. She passed this along. I know there are at least four grandparents on my FL, the rest of y'all might get a kick out of this, too.

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I have posted the funny and often strange e-mails from my cousin in PA, so here are a few more to add.

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I realized last night that I haven't posted much lately. I promised myself a week off after the wedding and I took it!

I have a to do list a mile long. Yesterday, I got most of my laundry caught up and cleaned out the master bedroom and bath. I haven't gotten to the heavy duty projects like closet cleaning, yet.

Today, more laundry ... living room and kitchen. Fun!

6:23 PM

Laundry still rolling, LR done and kitchen mostly done.

10:33 PM

I still have lots of things that need doing around the house, but other than the second bathroom and a few things in the kitchen I'm not worried about them.

Here's my to do list for the next few days.
Kitchen - fridge
Main bathroom - the works
Still more laundry (Took Tom's suit and my gown to the cleaners already)
Clean my office  (clear out crap)
Mail out bills
Post wedding photos (make CDs and mail them)
Catch up on e-mail and other correspondence
Find orange bowl for Halloween treats. Know where it is, need to get it out.
Return library materials to post and drop off gift books to hospital
Drop off Goodwill contributions.
Find out what Tom did with the gift cards for the boys.
Have Gabe's handheld game ready to give back to him.
Writing, writing, and MORE Writing!

So... here's a bit of silliness.
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