Friday Foolishness - 2/3/12 edition

For those who are new around here, on Fridays I like to do Friday Foolishness. It's basically a post for me to mention some crazy random thoughts I've had over the course of the week... Or in this case, several weeks since I haven't done this kind of post in a while. In case you missed it, I gave you a taste of the type of thing that's involved last night when a guy at McDonald's really got under my skin. It's a quick read so check it out here...  Go on and I'll wait for ya. I have to mix up some cocktails for this evening anyway.

Speaking of cocktails, my frickin' ice maker is possessed. Possessed, I tell ya! Some days it works just fine. Then it will give up on life for a couple of days like it forgot what it was supposed to be doing. You're a frickin' ICE MAKER! You only have ONE job. You would think you'd have it perfected. How am I supposed to make these.... ?

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Without these....??

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Call me crazy, but I can't stand a warm drink! Even wine.. It has to be well chilled for me. I almost had to kill the fridge last week when it stopped working on Friday. Seriously? Friday night?! Ugh!

On another note, I was watching the top 50 country videos of the 2011 year. "Red Solo Cup" made the cut. Really? Now, I'll admit the song and video are kinda cute, but there weren't 50 videos better than that this year? That makes for a sad year in music. For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, here's a link.

I got a kick out of my neighbor the other night. His daughter got a dog that looks something like this...

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She's probably 3 or 4 pounds of little "yip yip." I think Bailey is convinced she's a squirrel or something because she acts like she wants to kill her ever time we see her outside. Anywaaaaaaayyyy... I see the big, tough guy neighbor outside with the puppy in the yard one night trying to get her to come back inside. He keeps going, "Hey!.. Come here!" I just had to laugh because I knew he was doing everything he could NOT to call this dog by her name, and I said as much to him. The reason being... The dog has the unlucky honor of being named Sparkles! Now why would anyone let their daughter do that to the poor dog? I mean, I'm not a teeny dog type of person, but even I know that is just asking for the dog to get her ass kicked at the dog park.

So of course, I had to point it out to him.

Me (chuckling): You just can't bring yourself to call that dog by her name, can you?
Tough neighbor guy: (nervous chuckle) Uhhh... Yeah. If she would just listen...
Me: Well, either change her name or get used to her not listening. Because if you don't use her name, she's never going to mind you.
Tough neighbor guy: (miserable look on his face as he looks down at the dog) Yeah, I guess you're right.
Me: So you'd rather her just not listen, right?
Tough neighbor guy: Something like that..

We both laughed and went back inside. I don't blame him. I don't think I could call the little thing Sparkles either!

So is it drink thirty yet? I've had so much fun coming back to the bloggy world this week. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Everyone is sick.. and my pocketbook hurts, too!

Last weekend, my nephew's wife called me sounding thoroughly pitiful. It appears someone showed up at the Super Bowl party sick so the majority of my family ended up sick, too. She asked me to come to town to keep the baby overnight in the hopes that he wouldn't get sick. I told her I would keep him at Mom and Dad's so I go home to grab Bailey and off we go. Now, I love this little tyke to pieces so even though the evening reminded me I'm too damn old to have a baby, I enjoyed cuddling with him and spending the time with him.

I must say I was super proud of him that he didn't decide to poop in the bathtub since that seems to be something he does on a regular basis, but of course, after I get him all cleaned up and dressed in his pajamas he throws up all the down the front of them. Thanks, Dimples! Aunt Krissy really appreciated that one.

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But he never pooped and I managed to change diapers without getting peed on, so I'll take it! He even slept through the night, which I was thrilled about since I was told he would probably be up around 6 or 7 a.m. I had made myself go to sleep on the couch shortly after I put him to bed since I figured I was getting up with the sun. However, even though he slept well, Bailey did not. She is apparently the canine version of the nervous nanny. I think she heard him at 5 a.m. so she went into the room and barked at him. Luckily, I was able to give him his pacifier back, turn on the glow worm, and he went right back to sleep.

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After that, she ended up waking me every 20 minutes as she bounded back into his room to check on him. I'm thinking that she's so used to seeing people hold him that she didn't like him being left in there alone. I personally wasn't thrilled with the whole waking me up just because she's nervous thing, but I understand her jitters.

So the parents come to get Dimples because Daddy was feeling better, and we all threatened the mommy to not touch the baby! Of course, he ended up getting sick later in the weekend. *sigh* Well, I tried! And Lord knows, Bailey tried to make sure he was okay.

Before heading home I decided I needed some things while I was in the "big city" as Mom likes to call it. (For those who don't remember, I don't even have a Walmart in my town.) On the way to pick up some things, I decide to just pop into a furniture store to see what they have. Of course, this led to a long afternoon of shopping and calling my parents for advice on my findings, but I ended up buying myself a new reclining sofa and love seat. This led to having to go buy new matching pillows, which reminded me I needed new towels, which caused me to buy a new shower curtain. I think you are getting the picture. Fifteen hundred dollars later, I manage to be on my way back out of town with Bailey, the exhausted nanny. That was a pretty expensive baby sitting trip if you ask me.

It cost me something else since this week I ended up sick, of course. Tuesday I had to leave work because I was basically green and Wednesday I didn't make it in to work either. However, something good came out of this week. My appliances came Tuesday!

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These are not mine because I forgot to take a photo for you fine people, but it's the same model I think. And I ended up stacking mine. But they were right. I literally dried a load of towels in less time than it took the next load of clothes to wash. How awesome is that?! Loving these steam units, and pretty much everything in my house will probably have been washed and dried by the weekend.

Then yesterday, my new furniture came!

And though I was going to keep Bailey off of the new furniture, I decided I couldn't rob her of her favorite spot looking out of the window. So I bought her one of those dog blankets to put on the love seat, and she was thrilled as you can tell.

As you can tell, her tail is blurry because it was wagging like crazy the whole time. That was pretty much her view all night, as I was kicked back on the reclining sofa. I'll probably have to sleep there either Friday or Saturday night just to break it in properly.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Redecorating with a giveaway!

My house needs a serious makeover in the furniture department. My living room furniture is ancient, my bedroom furniture has needed to be replaced for some time, and I need a new washer and dryer. Where do I begin? I've heard those steam washer and dryers are awesome, so when I get a new set (which will probably be soon) that's probably what I'm going to go with. I've heard the dryer finishes faster than the washer! I've got to see that to believe it.

I've been looking at furniture off and on for several months, but I couldn't be as lucky as my sister. She found a sectional at a garage sale for like $100! It's beautiful, too. She was actually there looking for other things with my niece and saw it. I just don't get lucky like that.

My bedroom needs some serious help too, and I'm thinking I don't sleep well because I need a new mattress. I was dating this guy once who had a mattress that felt like you were sleeping on a cloud. I swear, you hardly even felt the thing touching you.

The folks at CSN Stores has given me a $20 gift certificate to give to one of my awesome followers as my very first giveaway! This doesn't include shipping, but some of their stuff has free shipping anyway. They have over 200 sites that you can use it on, and you can go check out their modern furniture. In order to enter, just tell me down there in the comments what room you purchased furniture for last or if you managed to get a good deal somewhere.

Good luck! I hope to get some pointers from some of you decorative people.