Oh, it's Tuesday (yeah!), it's Tuesday (yeah yeah!), it's Tuesday baybeeeeeee!
(Trust me, it's AWESOME if you can hear the music)
Anyway, it IS Tuesday and you know what that means...time for Random Tuesday Thoughts! So grab the button, puke all your random brain bits into a post, and link up!
Notice how I bolded link up? That's because a couple of you (cough cough) haven't been, and then I don't know that you've done an RTT post until I get around to going through my reader like, FIVE DAYS LATER, and then I feel like an asshole for not stopping by earlier. You don't want me to feel like an asshole, do you?
You do?
Jerks. Well, just link up anyway. I'm going to continue to put it in bold until you remember. Link up, dammit.
Ahem.
I just went out to turn the sprinkler off and noticed that the neighbours have oh-so-subtly placed a large bucket of pinecones right next to our door. That makes no sense whatsoever, until you know that a) there is about an 8-foot gap between the houses, which is covered in rocks and is home to several pine trees, b) technically I'm responsible for said tract of land, because the property line is basically right smack up against the side of their house, c) obviously picking up pine cones is fairly far down on my list of priorities and d) they're in their 80s and their list looks a little different.
So, being that technically the local bylaws require structures to be at least 3 feet away from a property line, and that technically they're not in compliance, would it be awfully passive-aggressive of me to get hold of that information and leave a photocopy in their mailbox? With a pinecone? Sort of a not-very-subtle "I'll pick up my pine cones when you move your fucking house over 3 feet"?
Yeah, I thought so.
I can't find my glasses due to the Toddler Relocation Program, so I'm wearing my old ones. Which is saying something, since the ones I normally wear are 10 years old themselves. So I'm thinking, as I sit here contemplatively, with the wire from a missing nose pad stabbing me in the face,
For chrissakes, woman, go get some new fucking glasses already!
Why are there no men pimping their nudie webcams on Twitter? Is there an assumption at large that women don't like the pr0n?
I mean, not that I would follow them. Ahem.
Someone forwarded me an email with a recipe for a "five-minute chocolate cake" that you make in the microwave. How dangerous is that? Chocolate cake at your fingertips in five minutes flat? And they, personally, tried it and said it was amazing.
I now have an overwhelming urge to go buy a microwave.
That's right, I don't own a microwave. Our last one put on a spectacular light show before it died, but seeing as I didn't use it for much more than that, I didn't replace it. Real estate on the countertop is valuable in my house, people!
Our new bed arrived on schedule, in all it's memory foam goodness. Hubby texted me when it arrived. "Yay!" I replied, "Is it set up?" To which he texted, "Yes. If we fall out of it, we will die."
It's um, rather a lot taller than our old one. On the upside, nobody's fallen out of it yet.
FoN headed off today to spend two weeks at the cabin that she exploited her family to rent. I guess she gets cel service there, because she's sent a few texts. Mostly of the "It's beeeyoooootiful here, the lake is GORGEOUS, there are NO BUGS, did I mention it's beeeeyoooootiful?" variety.
Except the last one, which was "There's mice! Mice!!! Oh my god mice!".
Heh.
And on THAT fun note, time to join in the fun! Do your thing, people, make me (and Mr. Linky) proud!
65 comments :
I totally heard the music.
I want a bed so high that if I fall out I will die, but I will have to wait until I get back to the states for all of that fun. Apparently the Brits have something against large furniture.
As always your random rocks. I think you should defintiely do a Meet and Greet with the neighbors. After all, wouldn't want to be told you're not social. Mehhahaa (or however it goes)
Mmm, a big comfy bed. My damn kids are up before six thirty. Bed sounds nice about now.
I'm playing this week. I haven't played in so long. Well, other than in my head, and that's no place to store thoughts. They get all muddled in there. Tossed around, abused like a hooker in Thailand.
It's not pretty.
LOVE my memory foam bed! LOVE...
I totally need new glasses too. I opted for contacts last time I went, but I never put them in. Pain in the ass. I should just go get glasses because I am lazy.
Hey, weird, I posted something about glasses too!
Having "pick up pinecones" on my to-do list actually sounds kind of nice. So leisurely! But I guess when you're 80, it's between "try to poop without laxatives" and "clean dentures." So bah, not really.
When we bought our bed I had to climb up onto it too. Over a year it's settled down some. Either that or I am used to it.
Take the pinecones and line them up in your yard in a flip off hand gesture design pointing right toward their house.
You could always make a pine cone representation of them in statue form and present it to them at Christmas time, with a copy of the bylaws in the card. ;)
Are you sleeping without nose bleeds?
Maybe, you don't want that engraved invite after all. No Bugs, WTF? That is just not fair.
After all this time I've been participating in RTT you've never been to my nudie cam twitter show? Geeze, what am I doing here then. j/k, I wouldn't do that to anyone. :)
Once your neighbors left a bucket of pine cones next to our door, it became a free-for-all. Do what you must. I like our tall bed, but the slightly overweight cat has trouble getting onto it (not to mention the smaller child).
I don't use my microwave very often either, but the idea of living without one makes me nervous. I can't imagine it.
I could sure use the real estate on my counter where the microwave sits. Not to mention the extra work involved to clean it when hubby uses it. He hasn't gotten the concept that when he blows something up in it, he really should wipe it out immediately.
Wonder if I got a memory foam bed it would improve my memory?
I love blueviolet's suggestion about the pine cones...
Happy RTT! :)
I'm jealous of your new bed!!
My sister blew up an egg in her microwave a couple of days ago. I think you should take hers away from her. And also, cake recipe pleeeease?
I thought I had "Link'd up" more than a couple of times. Nice RTT!
"The Toddler Relocation Program" totally cracked me up!! Have a great Tuesday and thanks for hosting this fun carnival.
My bed is pretty high! Its like 21 in thick! Im 6' tall and it goes up to my stomach! it was hard to adjust at first!
It must be nice to be 80 and have nothing else to worry about besides freakin' pine cones. I would wait until dark then throw the pine cones back where they were so the neighbors could pick them back up again.
Toddler relocation program totally made me LOL!
We can't have a bed so high someone would die falling out of it because my husband has fallen out of bed. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard.
The "The Toddler Relocation Program" made me laugh out loud, then I HAD to share it with coworkers. The funny thing, I don't even HAVE a toddler.
Once again, awesome randomness.
We are starting to experience "The Toddler Relocation Program" - not a lot of benefits to that. I am gonna start giving her crap that I don't want so she can put it in places that I can't find.
Our bed is around 4.5 feet off the floor. I love it.
Careful with those memory foam mattresses. They DO retain memory of your horizontal horse hockey and may hold it against you in the future... :-)
Love the phrase Toddler Relocation Program. Our now 20 year old daughter once, at age 2, put my husband's keys in a tupperware, then back in the tupperware cupboard.
The 80 year old neighbors? I say, do it.
Hey, never done a Random Tuesday before but I sure did use Mr. Linky lol.
I love the whole thing about the neighbors. Go meet them. Not sure I would take the zoning thing with you but hey ya never know. lol
Super tall beds are awesomely fun. There's my two cents on the deal!
The pinecones have me thinking "hmmmmmm, what is with THAT?!" Some people are just plain odd...........
Mice?! Maybe she's looking for some killer mouse advice from you?
Have a great Tuesday!
Ahhh, the Toddler Relocation Program. We have an employee in our house, too. He decided that Tupperware belongs in the toilet. At which point the cat decided the empty cupboard was a great place to hide... You can not store your left overs in a cat. I'm just saying.
Five minute chocolate cake? And that recipe will go up here when???
mice? Poor FoN.
and i'm loving the toddler relocation program. i think i'm going to steal that one.
I got that chocolate cake recipe and want to try it... but it does sound dangerous. I like the "Toddler Relocation Program"... I'll have to tell that one to my BFF. I hope you enjoy your new mattress... it sounds divine. And maybe leave the message in the neighbor's mailbox with the pinecone... just make sure you get video of them when they open it and share with the rest of us!
I'm with you on the whole glasses thing - the nose guard on mine is missing and I need a new pair - my hubs says I look like an old woman with them because of the frame style - i say to him - screw you.
Got rid of my tall bed, was toooo dang prego to keep crawling in and out of it!
I miss it now that I am not so fat!
Oh, and I linked up this time! YAY for me!!!
Zenni optical does super cheap glasses online.
I'm glad you're enjoying the memory foam goodness.
And picking up pinecones is a waste of life unless you're with a cute little one who wants to pick up pinecones.
I have a microwave that will brown, grill, defrost and rewire the ignition in our car.
I use it to reheat leftovers.
You'll have to let me know how you like the new mattress - I'm all for getting one, but Beloved is balking. He's afraid he'll never roll over in bed again (like that would be a BAD thing).
I have heard about the microwave chocolate cake in a cup- and even added the blog that posted about it to my blogroll, so that when I get around to it, I can find it.
I have been thinking about getting one of those memory foam mattresses. Please keep us updated- I've heard that they get really hot and that sleeping on them is uncomfortable, and would like to know the truth about that before making that kind of commitment. Also, please do not fall of and/or die. That would suck.
I so want a memory foam bed-100% jealous/envious and i am pretty sure thats one of the 7 deadly sins!
I wish I had a memory foam bed. And I think you should get your neighbours, they have it coming.
Love the randomness!
The Toddler Relocation program! THAT must be where my phone charger went too! My Boom certainly fits the bill for one of their employees!
Go for it, go after the neighbors!
How are you getting your Mr.Linky to work? He's being a super bitch and I can't get a single one to work. I wanna blow something up. Or just blow something. I see my husband for the first time in 3 weeks tomorrow lol.
Yeah Meg did a head dive outta our bed that led to an ER trip and an egg that spanned her forehead.
I would sooooo give the note with the pine cone that's classic. ;)
Ah, a new bed...and a foam one, at that. Must be nice. I haven't slept a full night in about 3 years...since pregnancy with my son. You'll have to blog about what that's like some time.
The pine cones would have surely pissed me off but the one thing I can't get away from is this...
No microwave?! Really? You are a superhero.
I'd laugh at the pine cones... but it sounds like you have one of my neighbors.
I own a microwave, but it's gathering dust. I've used it once in the last year.
I would so dump the pine cones back out on purpose...
I love the idea of sharing Random Thoughts like this ... found you at PseudoAnonymous High School Teacher after she happened upon one of my blogs and I couldn't quite resist the temptation to play ... just because. So I added an 'addendum' to today's post at Sacred Ruminations containing my own Early Morning Musings. Hope that's okay.
Hugs and blessings,
The toddler relocation program...very funny
We have that bed, too. I love it. Hub doesn't.
Maybe the moldy oldies were just doing you a favor because they know that you are busy and they don't have too much to do anyway.
Yeah. Maybe.
lmao :)
Too funny about the bed height. Ours seemed awfully high also when we got it. Funny how it doesn't seem that high anymore. And, it keeps the puppy from getting up there. :)
I wish I were in my 80s and the ONLY THING on my "to do list" on a given day was:
#1) Pick up pine cones damned neighbor forgot to pick up again.
Oh I have heard about that 5 minute microwave cake! My mom got the recipe from my aunt and keeps telling me I have to try it!
My reading glasses went into the Toddler Relocation Program a couple of days ago as well... and then yesterday my smokes went...grrr... a $6 pack of cloves that I treated myself to... I know I shouldn't smoke... but it's that or nerve pills.
A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~
Dood, get yo'self some new glasses already!
And no microwave? Seriously.
LOL. you cracker me up. i have a few who are working very very closely with the toddler relocation program. rofl.
Lmao at the toddler relocation program! HA! I also have one of those beds where if you fall out of it you might get seriously injured. Hmmm, maybe that was the hubby's idea, you better watch out!
Love the Toddler Relocation Program. We have that in full swing here. And Microwave cake? Sign me up.
It's official I now have nubs for fingers...just finished visiting all 68 linked up so far...lots of great randomness out there today!
Ha - even paradise has mice!
You don't have a microwave?? I didn't realize you were a hippie...that's endearing. :)
Happy RTT!
The 'Toddler Relocation Program' that's awesome.
I've lost my remote to the Toddler Relocation Program. We're kicking it Old Skool and getting up to change the channel. It sucks.
Poor FoN... It sounds like a job for "The One Girl in all the World called in each generation to fight agaist the mice, rodents, and forces of rodents. She is the Mouse Slayer."
You did make a rep for yourself! (I might make it my goal from now on to reference BTVS somehow in EVERY comment to you for a month or two....sounds like a challenge)
Can you please have your husband convince mine that WE need a new mattress, too? He picked ours up at a yard sale.
Yeah. Totally gonna live vicariously through you on this one.
I saw FoN's "off to the lake" post and I'm jealous but even more so now that I know there are no bugs there. The mosquitoes here are deadly.
WTF with the pinecone? My friend's neighbors put beer caps on his motorcycle all the time since they figure if he drives a bike, he must be the one dropping beer caps around their cul-de-sac. They're right.
Maybe the pine cones were like a gift or something? :D
LMAO @ "Yes. If we fall out of it, we will die."
Happy Tuesday Keely!! :D
Maybe the pine cones were like a gift or something? :D
LMAO @ "Yes. If we fall out of it, we will die."
Happy Tuesday Keely!! :D
If I sent my comment twice am sorry about that but blogger is doing something funky!
I have an overwhelming urge to redecorate my room, buy a smartphone, and drive my car into someone.
Your neighbors are so annoying, even through blogs. I say you do the note. Fuck it, if they don't want cones they can pick 'em up themselves.
I'm a little cranky it seems. But I mean it.
Now I want a new bed too. And a vacation to a cabin. But without the mice.
I need to stop coming here. You posts make me want to spend money I don't have. I say I pass you the bills.... yeah....
I'd take the pine cones over the crazy zombie dogs in my back yard...but I'm sure that it still must be annoying!!!!! I don't own a microwave either, it completely changes the taste of your food. Yuck!
No microwave? I don't know how I would make dinner every night. I think we would starve...
sneaking in online at my inlaws computer, (raising hand at the back of the class) if we have the purply button and that links back to you? isn't that the same? (slinking back into the back row by the door)
BTW seems hubbie didn't do my RTT for me, DARN! I was sure that would be fun to see.
You are my hero for not having a microwave. I mean like how do you cook?!
Seriously, the pine cones? Please please please tell me I will not care about stuff like that when I am 80. I can't take it.
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