Monkey Nuts arrives at my house!

Elliott was curious when Monkey Nuts arrived!


What is this?


Punkin is all excited about a present from her Canuck boyfriend Bilbo!!


Punkin, you are making a fool of yourself!!




Monkey Nuts said his mouth hurts so I took him to the Dentist.


Char had to prepare him for the Dentist.


Stan the Man won't hurt you a bit!


Rose said you were a perfect patient, and no cavities!!!!
Tomorrow we go to work!!

Snow in them thar hills!!

Here is a picture of the Olympics today with fresh snow on them.

It has been cold and stormy here and the mountains have gotten alot of much needed snow! The ski areas opened today and thousands of ski fans are standing in line. I have lived here most of my life and have never been sking. I have always worked on the weekends and couldn't go when all my friends went. I have been to one ski lodge and that was North of Vancouver BC and I sat in the bar to get drunk.

I went to Olympia Thursday for a class and it took me 4 hours to get there on a normal 2 hour commute. There was an accident that closed the Southbound lanes. Of course I was in the middle of that wait and couldn't get out. As I was sitting there I was thinking how HORRIBLE it would be if all of a sudden you had to go to the bathroom! EEEKS, that would be a bad thing.
I was sitting in the car and was feeling my fingernail with my other finger, and felt a snag so I held it up to the window looking at it trying to see it and then realized I was flashing my middle finger at all the drivers....OOPS!!! I'm lucky I wasn't shot!
On Friday morning I got up at 5:00 and got ready for the class and thought I'd call my house. I have never left my new kitten Elliott alone and was feeling sorry for him, so I called the house.
"RIIIING" my answering machine answers, then I say "Hi Punkin, hi Elliott, this is mommy, you there? I'm coming home tonight, so don't feel bad" then the phone picks up and my S-I-L answered, "Yes, we're here!". I screamed and asked what she was doing there so early, and she said she was feeding them before she headed to work!! I about DIED!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BUSTED!!
I got to the ferry in Port Townsend just after the ferry left so we had to wait about an hour for the next one. It is frustrating to sit 2 miles away from home and not able to get there. Ah well, I got home about 8:30pm pooped to the gills!
Hope y'all have a great weekend!

THE
ONE
WHO
DRIVES
WHEN
HE'S
BEEN
DRINKING
DEPENDS
ON
YOU
TO
DO
HIS
THINKING
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I found the rest of the litter!!

I posted a dog awhile back that had teeth like this, but little did I know there were more!!

I can't help it, I think this is hilarious!!
To think of the training it took to get these hounds to pose like that and show their teeth!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA It's amazing that they didn't choke!

I am going to be gone for a few days. I have a class in Olympia Friday so I leave tomorrow after work. I have interviews on Camano Island so right after that at 3:00 right during rush hour through Everett, I head to Olympia. YUCK!!
Be gentle to my blog. It is scarey, My sister and Leslie both have my password!
Anything after this until Friday night is a hijacking!
Have a great rest of the week!!

AT
INTERSECTIONS
LOOK
EACH
WAY
A
HARP
SOUNDS
NICE
BUT
IT'S
HARD
TO
PLAY
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Well to you, to!!

I don't know how to put all three pictures in the one post, so I goofed and put them backwards. Oh well, they are of a pretty Peacock that said hello to me then did a can-can dance to me!! Hmmm, I think he wants me!!

Here he is saying hello to me...

 

Well hello there!!

I have such a neat job. You just never know what you are going to encounter when you go to sign up a new Paratransit client.

This little guy was strutting around just normal welcoming me to the yard. I went inside and signed the lady up then came back outside and a little dog came running up to me then this little guy fluffed up and ran to the dog to make it go away!!

My goodness, I think he was protecting me from that mean little poodle!! HAHAHAHA

He ran right up to me and posed then turned around and shook his butt at me!! Well back atcha bubba, to you too!!

The man said he just showed up one day, then another one showed up, then they started to multiply. Hmmmm, I wonder if they'd let me keep one in the trailer park here? 

Turn that dang light off and leave me alone!!

I got up early and went to Church and on the way in, I noticed the clouds had an opening and the Olympic mountains were showing off their new layer of snow!! They looked so fresh and inviting and very COLD!!
It got cloudy again by the end of Church so I came home and had lunch and layed down to read. HA! I woke up at 3:00 all rested up and ready for another meal and another nap!!
I didn't get another nap but it was tempting. I have been putzing the rest of the day.
You know, I do a little of this, a little of that, I start this, and go back to that, and see this, and do that. Next thing you know I am putting everything back that I have pulled out! A whole lot of nuthin.
Now it is time to get ready for another work week!
Hope everyone has a great week!!
A
GUY
WHO
DRIVES
A
CAR
WIDE
OPEN
IS
NOT
THINKIN'
HE'S
JUST
HOPIN'
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Eino..A Finnlander

Eino--a Finnlander from Cook County in northern Minnesota--
was an older, single gentleman who was born and raised a Lutheran.
Each Friday night after work, he would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak.
Now, all of Eino's neighbors were Catholic.....and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Fridays.
The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.
The priest came to visit Eino, and suggested that Eino convert to Catholicism.
After several classes and much study, Eino attended Mass.....and as the priest sprinkled holy water over Eino, he said, "You were born a Lutheran and raised a Lutheran, but now you are Catholic."
Eino's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighborhood.
The priest was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into Eino's yard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold Eino, he stopped in amazement and watched......
There stood Eino, clutching a small bottle of water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat, and chanted: "You were born a deer, and raised a deer, but now you are a walleye.

I thought that was cute this morning, so I am sharing it !!
Please take no offense if you are a Finnlander or a Catholic or a Walleye.
Y'all have a GREAT Friday!!

THE
MIDNIGHT
RIDE
OF
PAUL
FOR
BEER
LED
TO
A
WARMER
HEMISPHERE
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Trick-or-treat!!

I am so happy! My favorite little people in the world stopped by to get some goodies!! They are growing so fast. The little one in yellow can actually talk now! These little girls have stolen my heart!
Halloween is fun, and I just love to see the little ones out there. I'm sure in a few years there will be no more house to house trick-or-treating as it is getting so dangerous in the big towns. But here we are still safe. Well I think so anyway! I just had a group of teens on a scavenger hunt and I gave them some black nail polish, some dental floss, a purple pen, and umm, a roll of toilet paper! I told them I better not see any toilet paper on my yard or My place of work's yard! They giggled, and I said "I know who you are". They giggled and left, then I saw about 10 other teen boys streaking down the road!! They had masks and boxers on! Oh, I wish I was young again! No....I'd be right in the middle of them wearing my teddy!! (I could do it in those days)! Oh heck, why not do it now??? WAIT FOR ME BOYS!!!!!
That looks like so much fun! I remember the time a few of us teens stole an outhouse from Sherman's field and put it in the middle of the road in front of Sealy's Tavern! heeheeheeheehee! (1966). Then we stole a bunch of turkeys from the turkey farm and stuffed them in the lobby of the Post Office! I didn't know until ten years ago that they flew over the partition and destroyed the mail room!! OOOOOOPS!! I was just a crazy teen then, working my way to becoming the alcoholic. Always the adrenalin junkie I was!!
Ho hum, time for my bath to soak my aching bones, and to bed by 10:00!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Who'da thunk???

SPEED
WAS
HIGH
WEATHER
WAS
NOT
TIRES
WERE
THIN
X
MARKS
THE
SPOT
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This is a wiglet.

Ok, everyone seems to be confused on what a wiglet is.
Here I am wearing it. It is a patch of false hair to pin on your head to cover some ugly hair.
It flew off whjen I fell!! HAHAHAHA I'm lucky a night owl didn't swoop down and fly off with it!! HAHAHAHA



CAUTIOUS
RIDER
TO
HER
RECKLESS
DEAR
LET'S
HAVE
LESS
BULL
AND
MORE
STEER
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A fine pillow!

That is a weird heading for this picture but hold on, let me explain.
I was working today and a fine old fellow called and needed his Paratransit eligibilty approved for Monday. Well it was 3:30 and if I went into Oak Harbor I wouldn't get off untill around 6:00 because I had other work to do. So to save gas, and to save time, I told him I would stop by this evening before my AA meeting which starts at 8:00, so I would be there around 7:15.
Ya still with me? Good. Well I head into Oak Harbor and find his place around 7:15. It was hard to see his address because it was dark....really dark. I find it, and park in the street and walk up his smooth clean concrete driveway into his carport to his door. Ya still with me?
Ok, you see that cute little square garden bed framed with red brick and filled with very very sharp lava rock and two, well now one and a half, nice heather plants?
Yep...you guessed right! I fell flat on my face! I mean I fell HARD!! REAL HARD!!
I was walking on nice smooth concrete then all of a sudden I was in mid air and then OOOOF!
I was laying there after my OOOOOF fall and trying to get up. My knees were imbedded in the lava rock or actually the lava rock was imbedded in my knees and hurting like HECK-A-ROO (if that is a word). I tried to get one leg up and get leverage and stand. No luck. I had no muscle control at all! MY GOODNESS! I've fallen and can't get up! I worked on the ambulance 5 years ago and ran to get fat little old ladies that fell!! OH NO!!! Now I am one!! How did that happen?? I was crying and yelling, and no-one heard me because I was in an area with old people that had their tv's blaring. I finally got my night vision and saw my wiglet laying ahead of me, so I reached for it giggling and crying. I had to crawl over to the heather plant to get it, then crawl some more to pull myself up. Whew!! I finally made it!
I can't believe this!! I just spent two weeks of my vacation taking care of my back and leg, trying not to use it and let it heal. Yesterday I had an acupuncture appointment and I feel like I am starting to heal. Now THIS!! I am so sore right now, I know I have a few more very painful months ahead of me! Oh well, I can do it. Quit my whining! I was actually very lucky!! There could've been a sharp object in the garden that could've impaled me and do some really bad damage.
You can see my knee impressions in the very very sharp lava rock, and my face imprint on the heather plant. See that grimmace?
Well y'all have a nice weekend! I am going to a memorial then home to pop about 10 oxycodone and forget about this mess!! well ok, maybe one!
BROTHER
SPEEDER
LET'S
REHEARSE
ALL
TOGETHER
GOOD
MORNING,
NURSE
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I got tagged!!

Wanda tagged me to post twenty random facts about me.
Most of you know all these, but here goes:

1. I am an alcoholic. I haven’t had a drink in 6,704 days.
2. I was painfully shy in highschool. (I was)!
3. I have a very sick sense of humor that is not appropriate at times.
4. I am overweight.
5. I have been single since I got sober.
6. I absolutely LOVE scrabble! I have a deluxe edition just waiting for someone to come over and play with me!
7. I was in the Volunteer Fire Department for 14 years.
8. I drove the ambulance and as EMT for 10 years.
9. I was a bartender for 18 years.
10. I think farts are the funniest things in the world!! I can’t stop giggling when I hear one!! I have a remote fart machine on my office door as a door bell.
11. I am a Christian and try really hard to live a decent clean life now. I still say "Under God" loudly while saying the pledge of allegiance.
12. I have attention deficit and have had a hard time learning, but when I learn it, I keep it!
13. I work for a Transit company and teach people how to drive a 35 foot bus.
14. I have never been in a hot tub.
15. I despise people that make fun of persons with disabilities! It is not their fault they have the disability, so don’t EVER make fun of them in front of me!!
16. I believe in disaster preparedness almost to a fault. I think people that do not have food in their house two days after the storm are stupid!! (well I do)!
17. I love Alaska and anything about it! I love the animals. I would love to have had a cabin in Haines Alaska!
18. I LOVE Christmas!!
19. I am a shop-a-holic now and seriously need to limit my sprees. Retail therapy gets expensive!
20. I love peopl of all kinds. I am a friend that loves unconditionally.
Ok, now I tag Kim!

DROVE TOO LONG DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS NOT AMUSING
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Trick-Or-Treat!

I probably used this last year, but I love this picture!









A friend of mine sent me the following email...Hmmm, I wonder why??

You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when:
10. You get winded from knocking on the door.
09. You have to have another kid chew the candy for you. (EEEYYYUUU)
08. You ask for high fiber candy only. (so?)
07. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your balance and fall. (HAHAHAHAHA)
06. People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask," and you're not wearing a mask. (Hmmmpppfff!)
05. When the door opens you yell, "Trick or ...." and can't remember the rest.
04. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders.
03. You have to carefully choose a costume that won't dislodge your hairpiece.
02. You're the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker.
And the number one reason:
01. You keep having to go home to pee. (So?)

My new map!

Look over to the right>>>>>>>>>>>>see? the title that says "sign my map"?>>
click on that and a map shows up. If you scroll down you can sign in and I can see where you are!! I found it on "Lost's" site!
Hurry! Go sign it!!

Yikes! I just heard that the bird flu is now in England. This is scarey. To all my friends over there, please wear masks when you sign in.
Well that was sick of me! Sorry.
I really pray this flu sizzles out, and we can find a way to fight it off!

Well tomorrow I push myself back to work after 2 weeks. (sigh)

Quote of the month:
After all these disasters we've had this year:
Jay Leno: "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"

WOW!!

blinkie

I can't believe this!! Look what a friend of mine did for me!! Brenda made me a Blinkie!! Now how in the heck do I get it on my sidebar?
Mary Loooooouuu!!
And Leslie made the new heading for me!! I sure wish I had the patience to learn all this stuff! What a gift to be able to do all that, and to help out a friend!!
I cannot thank you enough!!!
THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK TOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU!!!
Now I need to work on that pink up there! I have some color pallettes to play with.

Wilma!

I got this in an email and thought it was funny!

I have spent all day taking pictures off of my computer and on to discs. Whew, I think I need to think of a system for all the pictures I take. Right now, they are on 2 CD discs. Hopefully They all got on there, if not oh well.

We have had a marvelous sunny day today, and all I did was sit at the computer. It is Friday so at 8:00 I will go to the Bluebox AA birthday night. Believe it or not, we have alot of fun in those meetings. It is a great fellowship.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

AROUND THE CURVE LICKETY-SPLIT BEAUTIFUL CAR WASN'T IT?
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The Hungry Cyclist

I cannot just drive by something like this and not stop. I saw this cyclist on the highway and stopped to ask him what his sign meant. He spoke with the cutest english accent and told me he is cycling from New York to Rio getting local recipes. I told him to stop at Toby's Tavern on the waterfront to get the steamed muscle recipe. He thanked me and got on his way. What a cutie pie he is! God be with him and keep him safe.
His website is: http://www.thehungrycyclist.com


To all you people in the Southeast, be safe and I pray the hurricane bypasses you and dwindles down before hitting land!

Well I only have three more days of my vacation, so I think I better take a nap!
YAAAAAAWN!

Gone Fishing!

I wonder if these guys called in sick for the day?
They are fishing for Salmon using hot pink buzz bombs.
This is right downtown Oak Harbor. Tough place to live, huh?
I haven't been fishing for a few years now but I used to go all the time at the beach where I live. Too many people now. I just don't like "combat fishing".


Yesterday my sister and I went to Seattle to the Media/Emergency Management Weather Workshop. We had lunch in the cafeteria then got a tour of the offices of NOAA. (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration). Each desk has 5 flat screen monitors on them with all sorts of neat radar type screens watching the weather form. I have always been interested in the weather and natural disasters (probably from my father). He would have loved going through that with us (actually he probably was there).

DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD TO GAIN A MINUTE YOU NEED YOUR HEAD YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
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Dan Tottenham

Goodbye Sweet Dan! (Brother Joe in the background).
You will be dearly missed. You have touched more lives than you can ever imagine.
You were a friend to all that met you and you spent your last hours talking about how we can reach out and help those that need help! You knew you were only hours away from death yet you were worried about everyone else. You were a true hero to us all Dan, and I love you!
God has called you, so follow that light and know that you have fulfilled the purpose that you
were put here to do. You leave so many that love you. GOD BLESS!!

Bubba Dog

I decided to adopt a dog from the South as there are so many homeless ones now and he arrived yesterday. Meet Bubba!






Oh, please don't be offended by this, I think it is about the funniest picture I have ever seen of a dog!!
I have been under some pressure today with my friend that is dying of Leukemia. Humor (sick humor) is how I deal with stress. Just ask my sister! I saw my friend two days ago and he was walking around talking on the phone. Today he is propped up in bed and talks with a whisper. I will be amazed if he is alive next week. He has accepted this and is right with the Lord and is wondering what he will find when he dies. I told him to keep it a secret and let me find out for myself! I prayed with him and kissed him and left. He has no pain but is feeling weaker by the minute. Ten days ago he was feeling sick and went into the hospital with pneumonia and found out he has Leukemia and might last a week. I count my blessings! But for the Grace of God...Amen!

SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH BY MISTAKE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HER HUSBAND JAKE

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