Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Thursday, October 09, 2008
First Vet Bill
We took Annabelle to see Dr. Speth (DVM - Esla's husband) yesterday. She's in good health and up-to-date on all the shots already so it was mostly just to get her established. The only things we had done was suture removal, nail clippings, and got a rabies tag. Her current weight = 13.2 lbs. She was really good in the waiting area - and she's perfected the sneak-away low crawl (it was hilarious). The only barking was when a 3 year old black lab came bounding into the lobby from the back. Total cost of her first vet visit... $6. That's right. We only paid for the little rabies tag that goes on her collar.
Learning the Crate
Haven't quite got the idea of this bed yet
Danny's been working hard and patiently with training her to use her crate, sit, lay down, go potty, go for a walk, etc. She's learning so much...
We really need some sort of video device so you can see her silliness. She's a great player - loves to run in random circles for no apparent reason. She's also becoming a sweetie when it is time to rest or get a belly rub.
Learning the Crate
Haven't quite got the idea of this bed yet
Danny's been working hard and patiently with training her to use her crate, sit, lay down, go potty, go for a walk, etc. She's learning so much...
We really need some sort of video device so you can see her silliness. She's a great player - loves to run in random circles for no apparent reason. She's also becoming a sweetie when it is time to rest or get a belly rub.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Annabelle
We've adopted a pup. She came for a house visit today and never left. Annabelle is about 3 months old and is said to be a Border Collie/Lab mix (Borador?). She's a cutie. Check out the black "goldfish" marking.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
I love the complaint. You can't make this stuff up!
Man charged with battery for farting near cop
Police say suspect passed 'very odorous' gas during breathalyzer test
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A man has been charged with battery on a police officer for allegedly passing gas and fanning it toward a patrolman.
Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg, W. Va., was pulled over early Tuesday for driving without headlights, police said. According to the criminal complaint, Cruz smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and failed three field sobriety tests before he was handcuffed and taken to a police station for a breathalyzer test.
As Patrolman T.E. Parsons prepared the machine, Cruz scooted his chair toward Parsons, lifted his leg and "passed gas loudly," the complaint said.
"The gas was very odorous and created contact of an insulting or provoking nature with Patrolman Parsons," the complaint alleged.
He was also charged with driving under the influence, driving without headlights and two counts of obstruction.
'I couldn't hold it no more'
Cruz acknowledged passing gas, but said he didn't move his chair toward the officer nor aim gas at the patrolman. He said he had an upset stomach at the time, but police denied his request to go to the bathroom when he first arrived at the station.
"I couldn't hold it no more," he said.
He also denied being drunk and uncooperative as the police complaint alleged. He added he was upset at being prepared for a breathalyzer test while having an asthma attack. The police statement said he later resisted being secured for a trip to a hospital that he requested for asthma treatment.
Cruz said the officers thought the gas incident was funny when it happened and laughed about it with him.
"This is ridiculous," he said. "I could be facing time."
Maybe he pulled his "trigger finger"
A man arrested for driving under the influence in West Virginia got himself into a lot more trouble later at the police station.
Jose Cruz was pulled over Monday night on Route 60 in South Charleston for driving with his headlights off. He was subsequently arrested after failing a series of sobriety tests, according to WSAZ TV in Charleston.
During fingerprinting, Cruz then allegedly moved closer to one of the officers and passed gas, the station reported. In the complaint, the investigating officer wrote that police noticed a "very strong" odor.
The alleged stunt led Cruz to be charged with another offense — battery on an officer — in addition to DUI and obstruction, WSAZ reported.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
From the mouths of babes...
Elana told me yesterday morning: "Mama, when I grow up, you will be my daughter! When you're very old, I will put you to bed at night, give you your medicine, take you to the doctor when you are sick, and you can ride in Granny's wheelchair."
Sigh...if only she knew how close to the truth she really is. Isn't that amazing?
Sigh...if only she knew how close to the truth she really is. Isn't that amazing?
The Roy Chronicles ...
So I was letting Panda for her late night pee, and Dufus shot out the door again. . . a habit she has picked up since the weather cooled a bit at night. Usually after a few minutes I can turn on the porch light and she trots right up to the door and back inside. So last night I decided to get ready for bed and then let her back in just before retiring. After a few minutes I followed the above routine, but no Dufus. I stepped outside, in my jammies and under the spotlight of the porch, to call for her, when I heard the click of the latch and realized I had pulled the door closed behind me.
Oh, S%#&! I had turned the lock preparatory to letting the cat in and immediately closing the door. Not this time!!
Even though Paul was sound asleep, I figured I could just ring the doorbell a couple of times and Panda would alert him that someone was at the door. I knew he would be annoyed at having to come let me in, but hey, I've done the same for him on several occasions. I kept laying down on the doorbell, then knocked heavily on the glass several times. Every cat skittered up the hall (except Dufus!), but Panda never did show up. After about 10 minutes I decided to "break in" to the deck and gain access through Rob's room, just praying that, for once, that door was not locked. I found a small tool I could push through the screen to unlock the screen door, then went padding around the side of the house in my jammies and slippers. As I neared the gate to the courtyard I saw that stupid Dufus perched awkwardly on the fence ... rotten cat! I was able to get onto the deck and, thank goodness, the door was unlocked!!
Had this not happened I would have nodded off to sleep five minutes after my head hit the old goosie. After all this, it was 1:30 ... next time, Dufus gets to spend the night outside.
Oh, S%#&! I had turned the lock preparatory to letting the cat in and immediately closing the door. Not this time!!
Even though Paul was sound asleep, I figured I could just ring the doorbell a couple of times and Panda would alert him that someone was at the door. I knew he would be annoyed at having to come let me in, but hey, I've done the same for him on several occasions. I kept laying down on the doorbell, then knocked heavily on the glass several times. Every cat skittered up the hall (except Dufus!), but Panda never did show up. After about 10 minutes I decided to "break in" to the deck and gain access through Rob's room, just praying that, for once, that door was not locked. I found a small tool I could push through the screen to unlock the screen door, then went padding around the side of the house in my jammies and slippers. As I neared the gate to the courtyard I saw that stupid Dufus perched awkwardly on the fence ... rotten cat! I was able to get onto the deck and, thank goodness, the door was unlocked!!
Had this not happened I would have nodded off to sleep five minutes after my head hit the old goosie. After all this, it was 1:30 ... next time, Dufus gets to spend the night outside.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Thirty Facts About Alton Brown
#1. Alton Brown grinds his own peppercorns. With his teeth.
#2. Alton Brown's chili cheese fries are healthier than raw carrots. Even after he adds the bacon and lard.
#3. Alton Brown brushes his teeth with wasabi and gargles with pickle brine. But still his breath smells like lemon merengue.
#4. Alton Brown can boil a three-minute egg in thirty-seven seconds.
#5. When Alton Brown was born, he collected the hospital slop they'd left for his mother and made it into an zesty, appetizing goulash. The dish fed the entire maternity ward for a week.
#6. In the first, as-yet-unaired episode of Iron Chef America, Alton Brown single-handedly defeated an all-star team of Bobby Flay, Cat Cora, and Hiroyuki Sakai. The secret ingredient was 'whimsy'.
#7. Alton Brown doesn't reduce sauces. He demoralizes sauces.
#8. Alton Brown prepares his fugu blindfolded, with one chopstick and a plastic spork. Alton Brown ain't afraid of no chump neurotoxin.
#9. Alton Brown's blender has four speeds: 'stir', 'mix', 'frappe', and 'plasmify'.
#10. Alton Brown can split a pineapple in half using only his pinkies. For coconuts, though, he has to use his thumbs.
#11. Alton Brown knows where capers come from. And he grows his own, on a Chia pet in the pantry.
#12. On Rachel Ray's show, she shows people where to eat for less than forty dollars a day. When Alton Brown eats, people pay him.
#13. Alton Brown slices ham so thin, it can only be seen using an electron microscope.
#14. Some knives can slice through a tin can and still cut a tomato. Alton Brown's knives can slice through a Pontiac, and still cut a tin can.
#15. Grown men have been known to weep for joy in the mere presence of Alton Brown's vinagrette. His hollandaise sauce can kill a man from sheer ecstacy at forty paces.
#16. Alton Brown can eat just one Lay's potato chip. If he ever bothered to eat food he didn't make himself, that is.
#17. Alton Brown once got carried away slicing carrots, and julienned his cutting board. Undaunted, he sauteed the splinters in olive oil and spices -- and they were delicious.
#18. Every Burger King Alton Brown has walked into has immediately closed forever -- try as they might, they simply can't 'do it his way'.
#19. Alton Brown can pair a wine with any food -- including hot dogs, ice cream, raw eggs, Alpo, sawdust, and soylent green. It's people!
#20. Alton Brown's cakes don't rise. They ascend.
#21. Some meats are so tender, they seem to melt in your mouth. Alton Brown's meats are so tender, he's had entire turkeys vanish into thin air.
#22. Alton Brown's no saint. But if his chicken Kiev cures one more kid's leprosy, the church will reconsider the evidence.
#23. Alton Brown doesn't whip potatoes. Alton Brown's potatoes whip themselves, if they know what's good for them.
#24. Alton Brown's other car is the Wienermobile.
#25. Alton Brown's show is called 'Good Eats', because 'Multiple Shuddering Mouthgasms' didn't play with the network's target demographic.
#26. Alton Brown's freezer operates at minus-twenty-seven degrees. Kelvin.
#27. Alton Brown once prepared shrimp gumbo for a cooking competition, using only salt, water, canned Spam, and a packet of Arby's 'Horsey Sauce'. He took second place. He would have won, but one of the judges was allergic to shellfish.
#28. Alton Brown can fit three hundred and forty-two cookies on a standard-sized baking sheet. Without any touching.
#29. When Alton Brown slices onions, the onions cry.
#30. Alton Brown was once asked to participate in a blind orange juice taste test. He was the only person able to successfully identify the brand, style, vintage, temperature, pH level, distance to the orchard, age of the grove trees, and the names of the workers picking the fruit. Including the one who needs to start washing after bathroom breaks.
#2. Alton Brown's chili cheese fries are healthier than raw carrots. Even after he adds the bacon and lard.
#3. Alton Brown brushes his teeth with wasabi and gargles with pickle brine. But still his breath smells like lemon merengue.
#4. Alton Brown can boil a three-minute egg in thirty-seven seconds.
#5. When Alton Brown was born, he collected the hospital slop they'd left for his mother and made it into an zesty, appetizing goulash. The dish fed the entire maternity ward for a week.
#6. In the first, as-yet-unaired episode of Iron Chef America, Alton Brown single-handedly defeated an all-star team of Bobby Flay, Cat Cora, and Hiroyuki Sakai. The secret ingredient was 'whimsy'.
#7. Alton Brown doesn't reduce sauces. He demoralizes sauces.
#8. Alton Brown prepares his fugu blindfolded, with one chopstick and a plastic spork. Alton Brown ain't afraid of no chump neurotoxin.
#9. Alton Brown's blender has four speeds: 'stir', 'mix', 'frappe', and 'plasmify'.
#10. Alton Brown can split a pineapple in half using only his pinkies. For coconuts, though, he has to use his thumbs.
#11. Alton Brown knows where capers come from. And he grows his own, on a Chia pet in the pantry.
#12. On Rachel Ray's show, she shows people where to eat for less than forty dollars a day. When Alton Brown eats, people pay him.
#13. Alton Brown slices ham so thin, it can only be seen using an electron microscope.
#14. Some knives can slice through a tin can and still cut a tomato. Alton Brown's knives can slice through a Pontiac, and still cut a tin can.
#15. Grown men have been known to weep for joy in the mere presence of Alton Brown's vinagrette. His hollandaise sauce can kill a man from sheer ecstacy at forty paces.
#16. Alton Brown can eat just one Lay's potato chip. If he ever bothered to eat food he didn't make himself, that is.
#17. Alton Brown once got carried away slicing carrots, and julienned his cutting board. Undaunted, he sauteed the splinters in olive oil and spices -- and they were delicious.
#18. Every Burger King Alton Brown has walked into has immediately closed forever -- try as they might, they simply can't 'do it his way'.
#19. Alton Brown can pair a wine with any food -- including hot dogs, ice cream, raw eggs, Alpo, sawdust, and soylent green. It's people!
#20. Alton Brown's cakes don't rise. They ascend.
#21. Some meats are so tender, they seem to melt in your mouth. Alton Brown's meats are so tender, he's had entire turkeys vanish into thin air.
#22. Alton Brown's no saint. But if his chicken Kiev cures one more kid's leprosy, the church will reconsider the evidence.
#23. Alton Brown doesn't whip potatoes. Alton Brown's potatoes whip themselves, if they know what's good for them.
#24. Alton Brown's other car is the Wienermobile.
#25. Alton Brown's show is called 'Good Eats', because 'Multiple Shuddering Mouthgasms' didn't play with the network's target demographic.
#26. Alton Brown's freezer operates at minus-twenty-seven degrees. Kelvin.
#27. Alton Brown once prepared shrimp gumbo for a cooking competition, using only salt, water, canned Spam, and a packet of Arby's 'Horsey Sauce'. He took second place. He would have won, but one of the judges was allergic to shellfish.
#28. Alton Brown can fit three hundred and forty-two cookies on a standard-sized baking sheet. Without any touching.
#29. When Alton Brown slices onions, the onions cry.
#30. Alton Brown was once asked to participate in a blind orange juice taste test. He was the only person able to successfully identify the brand, style, vintage, temperature, pH level, distance to the orchard, age of the grove trees, and the names of the workers picking the fruit. Including the one who needs to start washing after bathroom breaks.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Yet another advantage to being a brass player
SEYMOUR (WATE) -- A Seymour woman used a musical instrument to scare away two men who broke into her home.
A Sevier County Sheriff's Office report said the victim who lives on Maryville Highway woke up to find two men in her home Saturday morning. Her child was asleep in the home.
Deputies said the woman used part of a brass musical instrument to hit one of the men. Both intruders fled.
She chased the men outside, got a license number and officers Gregory Todd Lawson and Billy Joe Price. They're both charged with aggravated burglary.
It couldn't immediately be determined what kind of instrument she used.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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Monday, September 08, 2008
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Not as cute as Abby ...
... but the new, improved version ...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406581,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406581,00.html
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Quote of the Year
Last Thursday night we were coming back into town with Ethan and Elana, who were coming to spend the weekend with Papaw and Mamaw. As we passed the Farmer's Coop, Papaw announced, "Well, Ethan and Elana, you're coming into Oneida now." ... to which Elana asked a plaintive "WHY?!"
Sunday, August 03, 2008
who'da thunk it?
Heard about this a couple of days ago....people around here are surprised and ask "are they sure?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25851656/?GT1=43001
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/9259
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25851656/?GT1=43001
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/9259
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
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