January 29th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
January 28th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Wendy
And the last three days, I think… But this is the image they’re using to try to sell this 27″ TV. THE PICTURE IS TOO SCARY.
But I could still use the TV.
January 27th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Wendy
January 26th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Wendy
January 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
This weekend, I make it a small mission to find The Kid some tennis shoes. He’s been wearing Converse high tops for a few months now, and they’re starting to fall apart, probably due to a combination of being on a 12 year old boy’s feet and being made of cloth. So, The General and I headed to Marshall’s, because I know he wears a size 7 in Adidas and I know there’s a certain pair of Adidas that he likes. (See? He’s taking after his Wendy in good ways, too, and not just the cussing and inappropriate language.)
They didn’t have the shoes that he liked, but you know what they did have? Shoes for me.
Funny how that works, isn’t it?
What’s really crazy is that Amazon is selling the same shoes that I got for TWENTY BUCKS for $64.99. You can’t ever go wrong with $20 sneakers.
January 24th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
There once was a lovely couple that lived in Northeast Minneapolis. They were in love with their quaint little duplex, because it was basically perfect for their family of three plus an assortment of pets. And then all of a sudden the landlord turned into a little bit of a d-bag. For a while, he was incredibly hands off and that was okay, because all was well in the duplex. Then, once this winter rolled around and the lovely couple had lived there for a year, it became apparent the landlord was one of those guys who started things and never finished them. Like the two holes in the front stairwell that were drilled in November of ’08 as an attempt to get rid of some squirrels that were living inside the house. It’s classy.
The lovely couple signed a lease in Jan ’09, making it up for expiration this month, and there’s been no talk or notice from the landlord about extending it. They haven’t quite decided if that’s a good thing or a bad thing yet. And while they have no desire to go through the whole moving process again for a very long time, they might not hesitate to start lining up some moving help if things continue the way they have this past week.
Earlier this week, the landlord showed up to install some storm windows because the City of Minneapolis told him he had to after a recent inspection. He didn’t tell the lovely couple he was coming, so there were dogs running rampant and an ungrateful and giant jerk-wad of a house guest (don’t worry, that’s another post) that he found himself in the middle of. Today, the dark-haired half of the lovely couple decided to do some laundry. The first load went through the washer and into the dryer without too much of a hiccup. Upon going down to switch the second load from the washer to the dryer, she noticed something rather odd. The washing machine was unplugged, in the middle of the basement, and half taken apart, with a basket of wet clothes sitting on top of the dryer. Um, what? Makes things a little difficult to catch up on the week’s laundry with no way to wash clothes. Wouldn’t be that big of a deal except for whole no notice thing.
The lovely couple is in no mood to negotiate any kind of a new lease with the current landlord or spend anytime looking for somewhere new to live, so an email was fired off asking if he had any clue when that might be fixed. If the landlord decides to write back, a new lease is going to be discussed then, because that’s just going to make everyone happier.
In the meantime, if anyone has a nice three bedroom house in Minneapolis they’d like to just hand over to this lovely couple, rest assured, the lovely couple would be very grateful and totally have you over for dinner all the time.
January 23rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
Let me tell you a few things that make me uncomfortable to watch.
1. Someone throwing up.
2. Someone making a complete ass of themselves on TV.
3. Dogs humping inanimate objects (or anything for that matter).
4. Digger Phelps (Clemson’s Men’s basketball coach) dancing to a Kelly Clarkson song:
January 23rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
January 22nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
“Think” by Aretha Franklin: The first time I remember hearing this song was when I was a freshman and starting up my very first band camp at Smith-Cotton High School. Because I was internet-less, it was next to impossible to figure out how to actually listen to the words of it, which for whatever reason were way important to me back in my 14 year old, trying to impress the overly-handsome band teacher (his nickname was Rod the Bod! Seriously!) self. I remember calling KSIS 1050 AM in Sedalia and requesting the song over and over, sitting by the radio with cassette recorder in hand to make sure I hit the record button at the exact right time.
(P.S. It just came on Pandora.)
January 22nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Wendy
We’ve had an incredibly crazy week at our house this past week with both of us working, freelancing, a couple of extra bodies at our house (don’t worry; they’re live bodies), a little foster puppy, a sick 12 year old, one boxer (Kentucky) that can’t figure out what’s going on, and one boxer (Riley) that’s decided he’s crazy in love with a 2 year old boy.
This video, however, has honestly been the highlight of my week:
