The Week in the Proverbial Nutshell

All in all, a rather boring week around here. I had about as much excitement as watching the grass grow.

Anyway, here's my week in a:

Last Sunday was DoodleBug's 20th birthday.  We had a family dinner to celebrate.  The big party was later that night at her house downtown---it lasted until 4:00 AM the next morning.  I remember those days, but I sure can't live them anymore!

What's a birthday without a little Wii Just Dance?

This is DoodleBug sitting in Birdie's seat at the table. Birdie and Breezy cannot stand for anyone to sit in the seats that they sat in while growing up. DoodleBug couldn't resist the urge to sit there since Birdie had already moved to Texas.

And then they thought it would be clever to put a picture of Birdie at her seat and pretend to be laughing at something she said. That's Hubs, Caroline, Birdie's boytoy- Evwardo, DoodleBug and Mimi.

DoodleBug wanted an ice cream cake for her birthday.  Apparently, those aren't as easy to find anymore. WTH?! Hubs finally got a small one from Publix.

And now we are 20!

Make a wish!

Monday morning it was so freaking hot/humid that I came home from our walk with a sinus headache. UGH. BUT, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, we awoke to RAIN FILLED STORMS! Oh but it was GLORIOUS! And now it's over. We've walked in sauna like atmosphere since.  Well, that's not exactly true.  Thursday was as close to pleasant as it gets around here during the summer months. It's quite difficult to go as far as I'd like for our walks because the heat is just too much for Tuck. So, I ordered him a doggie backpack. Now, when he gets hot or tired, I will put him inside and carry him the rest of the way! The Lovelies are laughing at me, but I do not care. Can't you just visualize my little Tucky in that? This will be awesome!

All is not lost however.  Football preseason is a mere 11 days away!  Even though it's NOT going to be football weather around here, football WILL be on the big screen television every single time it's broadcast!  Oh how I love me some football!  Some of you may recall that the Carolina Panthers took first place away from my wonderful Cowboys in 1995 just because it was nice to have a local team (I'm originally from the Charlotte area).  Well, the love affair is about to be over.   It's not because they've been losing so badly...if that were the case I'd have dropped them way before now--I can handle a losing team (I don't like it, but I can handle it).  They finally got a new coach which we desperately needed. But I don't like him.  They signed Cam Newton. But I totally disagreed them (they don't know if they have a decent quarterback or not because the offensive line SUCKED it up so bad last year).  They just cut John Kasay. But I totally disagree with that decision. Of course, none of this means I'm right and they're wrong. Nevertheless, it has now come down to this:  One more thing, just one more thing, and I drop them down to second (IF they're lucky) and my beloved Cowboys come back to the number one spot and I will be seeking their forgiveness all season.

Birdie had a bad day on Thursday.  She was a little homesick and was hitting a lot of road blocks with the whole moving thing---nothing out of the ordinary, just the usual frustrating things that we've all hit before.  I gave her a pep talk, even though I really just wanted to cry with her and tell her to say, "Screw it" and come on home.  Then I called Hubs and yelled at him because she was so far away.  Don't worry, he's used to me. By Friday she was feeling much better and things are going fine now.  But this is one of the things I hate--not being able to be there.  She's too far away.  And her neighbors, while they aren't bad, aren't friendly either.  Which sucks.  But, I told her that she will come out of the experience an even stronger and more independent young woman.  ALSO, she has been having some trouble with Charlie for a while now- he has become increasingly more aggressive. He started out growling and barking at people and dogs but has now begun biting. Yesterday, he tried to attack Birdie. Apparently, the owners of Charlie's siblings are having similar issues. Birdie has worked tirelessly with Charlie to no avail. She talked to a shelter yesterday (a non-kill shelter) and they don't take aggressive dogs. The shelter and the vets that Birdie talked to told her the best thing to do is put him down. Birdie does NOT want to do this. So, we are seeking any and all suggestions/advice from anyone possessing wisdom in this area.

DoodleBug moved to a different house this weekend. The landlords of her place wanted to double the rent so--OUCH! That would make them each (FOUR of them) paying over $600 per month and that includes NOTHING. So they moved--they wanted to move anyway to a better location. And it's all good. EXCEPT for the lazy/responsibility avoider roomie who went out of town (no, it wasn't important, just a trip with the boytoy and she even said it was a bad time to go but went anyway) and didn't come back (conveniently) until everything but her personal stuff had already been moved. They needed to get everything out and cleaned up so the new tenant (idiot for paying that much for rent but that's his business) could move in last night. So, DoodleBug moved all her own stuff as well as all the community stuff and had to clean because lazy/responsibility avoider roomie couldn't see her way clear to do her part. I am not happy. This is also the lazy/responsibility avoider roomie who wanted to get the utilities in her name and not have any of the parents involved but didn't bother telling DoodleBug she wasn't going to do it until Friday night. I don't know about your utility companies, but ours are closed on the weekends. I'm starting to see a very disturbing pattern here. One good thing? Karma will bite her in her lazy/responsibility avoider rear one day. I just hope I'm around to see it.  

I thought I'd had a rather boring week. But, reading back over everything I see it as more of an emotional turmoil week. Ups/downs; highs/lows...life. 

Looking for good things for everyone this week! Let's be positive! And remember to smile-- It makes people wonder what you've been up to!