Irritable Blog Syndrome

Finally...

Finally..., originally uploaded by gotanyrice.

An adult vitamin I can get on board with.

So Glad Naomi Isn't Reading Yet

You know if she did she would be blaming me for holding her back from being the Snuggie trendsetter of the year.

Snuggie gets a warm embrace from pop culture

Vehicular Tunage

This is one of mine and Naomi's favorite driving songs.  I realize this is not a really recent musical release but we spend a lot less time in the car now so we're a little slow.  Crank it up and enjoy!

The Gift of Knowledge

Naomi and I are frequent patrons of our local library.  Tis a fabulous place!  Why pay for books or magazines or DVDs for that matter when they are all there at the library?  So, we stopped by last night because I have a couple of things that were due...uh...well overdue actually.  ONLY BY ONE DAY!  Yes I know, so typical of me, but let's move on.

I go and pick up the items I have on hold (the second best thing about the library is being able to put unavailable items on hold now before you forget what you wanted to check out) and then I hunker down at a tiny table in the kids section so Naomi can reinact "The Land Before Time Parts 1-18" with the basket of dinosaur toys they have.

While I'm sitting there I can't help but overhear a conversation between one of the librarians and this kid (he was probably in junior high) and his Dad.  Now I probably never would have noticed them or their conversation if it wasn't for the fact that the father had one of those voices that cuts through the air and grates like fingernails on chalkboard.  This fact was made even more apparent by the fact that he was in a library and talking very loudly on his cell phone.  It was if he had never been to a library and knew the "shhhhhh" rule.  More on that fact later.

His kid it seems, needed what I gather to be an autobiography on either Alfred Tennyson or Miguel de Cervantes (the dude who wrote Don Quixote, don't worry I never knew the guys name either) and of course he needed it tomorrow.  Mind you we were at the library at 7:00 on the evening so his time was running out.  Nothing like waiting until the midnight hour.

The librarian was explaining to him that they didn't have either autobiographies at this branch (there are like 15 branches) because they hadn't been check out in years and due to the limited amount of space at their smallish branch they had been put away in storage.  The father at this point had finished up his deafening cell phone chat and asked the librarian, "Can't you go get it out of storage?"  Mind you, he wasn't being gruff or mean...he was actually serious.  She explained that no, that wasn't possible.

She then offered to look and see if one of the other branches had it and could have them hold it for them.  They of course said yes.  She tracked the book down and  asked them for their library card number so she could give it to the person she was going to call to put the book on hold.

Library card? Who? Huh? What? You need a library card to get books at the library?  So the librarian explains that that's no problem she can get them one she just needs some proof of residence.  The father starts his next sentence with, "Well our family has lived in this area since 1972..."  Again, he was not being rude, he was serious.  The librarian interrupts him and tells him a driver's license would suffice.

Now remember how I said it seemed like this guy had never been in a library before?  I think what he said next confirms that.  He said, and I quote:

"Now how much does it cost to rent the book here?"

My work here is done.

Living in Soup

Living in Soup, originally uploaded by gotanyrice.

After almost two weeks of this it has finally managed to clear up. Hopefully we'll all be able to breathe better now.

Gettin' Old

I just realized that I have been keeping this blob...I mean blog for three years.  Yeah me!  The only other commitment that I have that's lasted longer is my marriage and parenting.  Watch out!  I might be maturing.

Here's a picture from way back when:

Just How Much?

I took this and then it snow some more a couple days later.

The trees sure were purty though.

Miss Caramel Macchiato 2009

Pageant bound is she?

No...she's not.

The one thing I left out...

My incessant sore throat question has been answered it seems.
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THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
TUESDAY. 

THOUGH SOME WIND REACHED THESE AREAS AND THE AIR IS NOTICEABLY
LESS STAGNANT...STAGNANT CONDITIONS WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT AND WILL
LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN WASHINGTON SHOULD BE AWARE THAT BANS ON OUTDOOR
BURNING ARE POSSIBLE. BE SURE TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL POLLUTION
CONTROL AGENCY. IN THE SEATTLE AREA YOU CAN CONTACT THE PUGET
SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT
WWW.PSCLEANAIR.ORG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DO NOT BURN TRASH AND BE
AWARE OF LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR BURNING. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY
DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS ASTHMA MAY FIND THAT STRENUOUS EXERCISE
OUTDOORS IN THIS INCREASINGLY STAGNANT AIR MASS MAY WORSEN THE
CONDITION.

I'm at a Loss

Ok, so I said I wouldn't complain about the return of the rain, and I'm not, but that's only because it's not threatening to flood my house and drive me into an emergency shelter.  Seriously though, are ya kidding me with this stuff? 

Torrential sideways rain, flooding (that is likely to overtake levees in some spots), mudslides, semi-truck toppling high winds, avalanche warnings and upwards of SIX feet of snow in Eastern Washington.  Have I left something out?

The icing on the cake would of course be Mt. Rainier blowing its top, but I've said too much.  Next annoying plague please.

The Agony of Defeat

I stuffed Polly into a sweater when we got all that snow.  The snow was so deep that when her feet sunk down in it her belly would get an icy shock.   I took what I thought was pity on her and "bundled" her up.  She hadn't worn a sweater since last winter.  Can you tell she was a bit bummed?  She only takes that stance when she's in trouble or has just been spayed.

The Evil White Witch Strikes Again

The Evil White Witch Strikes Again, originally uploaded by gotanyrice.

Oh well, at least its sunny.