Well -- That Didn't Take Long. . .

Robert left this afternoon to go pick up a friend of his from the airport about 11 minutes ago.

What's significant about "11 minutes", you ask ?

Well, I'll tell ya.

Approximately TEN minutes ago, Scooter brought in another DANG BIRD.

This one was still breathing, thank goodness, so he's now ensconced in the cat carrier next to our fireplace that only has the pilot light going. (I wanted him to be able to warm up, not have roasted tweety bird, after all.) Scooter was plied by a liberal administration of the kitty treats he loves best, so I am not perforated, either.

Anyhow, this is yet another post that demonstrates my husband's unique and absolutely mystifying sense of timing.

Thoughts ?

Update: Please play taps on the nose flute. Bird decided to squeeze out of the carrier holes while I was in the shower for five minutes and Scooter made sure that the bird won't do it again. I have sent the bird to the Great Feeder in the Sky in one of my soon-to-be-patented Ziploc bird coffins. (With extra spearmint as greenery.)

Weird Things that Happen At My House

"I'm a deadly spoon ninja."

*crash - from the living room*

Two small white & black bullets follow their chosen escape route up the stairs as quickly as huma. . . err. . . *cattily* possible.


Cats have tipped over the Christmas tree. Again.
Ornaments are scattered about on the floor. Again.

We took a moment to de-skew the tree and threw the skirt on.

Now that the tree is again upright. . . it has lost all its interest for them. Either that, or the adrenaline surge from the fear that Momma might be going to tie them together by their tails in a winner-take-all death cage match might, *might*, have tuckered them out.

Stay tuned for the further adventures of. . . WILD (Giffords) Kingdom.

Thoughts ?

Random Thoughts Late at Night

I'm sure that this has been fully explored in the intellectual musings of the Austin Powers trilogy, but. . . have you ever noticed that the villains in every action movie are always the ones that are totally Type-A and punctual ?

The heroes, on the other hand. . . are usually late. This comforts me a little. =D



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Yes. This means that christmas cards will be going out late this year -- again.

Thoughts ?

And, Yes -- I Know That I Have Been Neglecting the Blog

Blame Santa.

Or the elves.

(just don't tell 'em I said so)

Thoughts ?

What Makes a Cat Dig In a Basket on Top of the Fridge ?

Well, I'll tell you this -- it took about two weeks to find out. 13 days and 23 hours to chase him off the refrigerator repeatedly and about 15 seconds to identify the open bag of teriyaki-flavored beef jerky on the floor when Robert and I came back in from Christmas shopping the other day.

See ? Scootah not stoopid.

*sigh*

Thoughts ?