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...and then my parents showed up with a turtle...

My parents called shortly after supper tonight, and Scott answered the phone. So I only caught part of the conversation at first. Incredibly frustrating things like "Uh...we're the ones who take in strays?" and "Oh wow..." or "Weird...." or "Umm....you're coming by?" So finally I got the phone and got the whole story.

My parents were pulling out of the trailer park where my sister lives, and my mom noticed a momma cat and three kittens (yes, this is where I started thinking NO I do NOT want any KITTENS, THANK YOU, but that was not really what she meant) who were playing with a rock. A rock that was moving. So my dad went over and picked up the pretty good-sized turtle and put it in the back of the truck.

Did they take it back to my sister's house, who was right behind them? My sister who has actually owned 2 turtles? My sister who has little turtle statues and pictures all over her house? Oh no. They decided the boys would like it better. Besides, I'm the animal lover, and my husband is an animal lover. *sigh*

But actually, now that he's here, he's a pretty cool turtle. Very social and active. We are going to put an ad in the paper and see if anyone's looking for him, and if not, we'll probably keep him. Sorry, no pictures right now. I'm just too damn tired/lazy/busy to go put batteries in the digital camera, take 20 pictures to get 2 decent ones, and then get them into photodelight or wtf-ever it's called, and then upload them. I know, I'm lame, my apologies. ;)

Assignment

Here's one of my first assignments for class. I'm not really happy with it. I'm thinkin' there will be some Photoshopping.

Debbie Posts a Picture and Rambles

Heehee...I figured it out. Okay, well, so I just followed Penny's instructions. But I followed them correctly, dammit!

This is Baldrick, our latest addition. He seriously looks about 20 times cuter in this picture than he ever does in real life. In real life, he is ugly. People meet him and say "Oh wow...he is...small, isn't he?" because that's about the best you can say about him. But he is a sweetheart, of course. We call him Baldrick after a character on Blackadder (old Rowan Atkinson show, way funnier than his Mr. Bean shit), who is the really yucky guy that everyone shits on, but he's the one with the "cunning plan." Okay, so you have to have seen the show to get it.

I do have some pics of the kids around, but they aren't in the computer yet and it's already 20 minutes past my bedtime, and I worked tonight, so I am beat. I made good tips though. One guy tipped me $10, to "make up for all the guys in the dorms not tipping." Then the last run of the night (a guy in the dorms, no less) tipped me $15. I thought it was a mistake, and he explained to me with that fake-y sign language and speech-impediment that I find somewhat annoying. I always want to say "My son is hearing impaired," and then when they taste their shoe in their mouth and say "Oh my God really?!?" I say "No, not really," and laugh at them. But seriously, how would they know? People just have no clue. Or maybe I am just more sensitive to that sort of thing than I used to be. In any case, I really shouldn't be criticizing the social ineptitude of someone who tipped me $15, should I?

One last thing before I go to bed. You may have seen that Playtex has a new product called Heat Therapy, a little hot pad that fits inside your panties to help soothe cramps. Yes, they work. Yes, for 12 hours, even. Yes, they are well worth the cost. Good night now!

Dauphinois

Oh, and here's the cake. It's a Dauphinois. Actually, they usually have walnut but I used almonds. Because I like almonds. It has homemade coffee buttercream filling. The cake parts are made of a meringue folded with an almond-sugar powder.

How To:

You can post an image when you go into the normal posting screen. You've just been commenting recently. While you're in that screen, you will notice a menu above the Post Body box. "New Post" is underlined and right next to it is "Upload File". You want to click on that first. I recommend loading the image first or you'll lose your text. Always load one at a size of about 300 pixels wide. That's about 3 1/2 inches wide. If you have an image that's too wide for the site, there will be a little check-box that asks if you want a thumbnail. Yes, you do.

And when did you ever taste my cooking? I mean, other than something that came out of a box with a little red spoon on it? I'm not sure you even have a point of reference for how my cooking tastes! It's not my cooking that improved. It was my attitude towards it.

Cha'Sae, we understand that you're busy. We just worry. I'm just sort of curious to see how easy it is for some one new to weblogs to sign up and begin posting. You should have received that invitation email and signed up for a free account here. Then you go to the login page and you can post as an author of one of these main page posts instead of just comments. And then we expect pictures, dammit!
But no pressure or anything. Hee!

About Darcy. I also wish things had ended up better. But I've learned that you can't make some one be a better or stronger person. They have to want that on their own. Maybe by now she has learned that some friendships are more important than money. I know a lot of what she did was due to her need to please her parents. If anything, her mother was the raging bitch. I have to say, my life and my own attitude has been drastically different since I stopped letting my mother poison my life. I still find myself being that horrid person I was in highschool. It's hard to change, but I like to think that I've come pretty far and am still headed in the right direction.

I go now. I think some one here spread their germs in my general direction. Bastard.

Splat

When you open a Yoplait Light and the little tab is facing toward you, little globs of purplish goo fly into your eye and onto your shirt.

Just so you know.

I made a beautiful cake over the weekend. It was a 2 day project. I took pictures. When I have time, I'll post them and tell you all about my secret fantasy job: Chef.

Still going

No, the trial period was up, but I paid for a year. Try posting again. I'm sure there's the occasional server error. What did it say when you tried to post? And Cha'Sae, did you get the invitation email to be an author? You can write posts and put pics in them as well.

And Cha'Sae? I've never thought you were grossly influenced by Serge. You've always been the person who listens to others opinions and takes their feelings into consideration, but you are your own person. I never would have thought you would do something that important in your life without soul searching! Congratulations! Are there pictures of the ceremony? I bet it was beautiful. Ahhh, I wish I could have been there. You know, you really do get quiet when something important is going on in your life!

Dur.

Sorry. Should have thought of that! Here's the new face:

Quite a bit like the old face. Only older.