Not that it matters now that I didn’t post the MMP yesterday. Ma Nature put the kibosh on it anyhow. See, here’s the deal: I was gonna gripe about how freaking cold its been and yet, no snow. Only we got snow now. Lots of snow. So much snow Soupo didn’t have school and the Little Woman didn’t go to work. “Yay!” you say. “Rue got extra time to spend with his family!” Shut up. Since they were home I didn’t get to use the computer at all yesterday. And since they were home because of the snow, I had to shovel the snow off the driveway. And it is a very big driveway. It’s way bigger than it was this summer. Very weird how that works out. And, oddly, along with the snow it warmed up. Not quite enough to melt off the snow from our driveway, but enough so the dogs aren’t in mortal peril when they have to “go out” if you know what I mean.
Actually the last few days we’ve been getting the whole winter potpourri. Snow, sleet, freezing rain, regular rain, frozen regular rain, fog and dead birds. While I was shoveling off the driveway, the boys found a dead bird in our backyard. At least they found it before the dogs did. But why weren’t they helping me shovel? “Yeah!” you ask. “Why weren’t they helping you shovel that huge driveway you have?” Because I didn’t want them too, that’s why. I just wanted to get the stupid job done and go back inside and maybe use the computer and be on-line for a while. “But making your kids shovel the snow even though they really stink at it and get in your way and make everything go much slower all around builds character and stuff,” you point out. And I point out you’re really being a pain in the patootie this week. Knock it off. “OK” you agree.
So, since my original idea for a MMP is in the ol’ poo tube (I just watched Johnny English last night. Oh! The Sophisticated Humour!) I have to come up with Idea #2. (Heh. #2.) (Sorry. Johnny English last night.) Only I’m strictly a One Idea a Week kinda guy. If I can manage even one idea. Although “one idea” would be odd, not even. But that’s not enough. Not enough!
Uhh… I keep a box kleenex on the back of my toilet, just like all my sibs do. Because it’s just the right thing to do. You need a kleenex (And I’m using the copyrighted name as a generic term here. What’s Kimberly-Clark gonna do? Come over and bust my knees with a ball bat?), you know to look on the toilet tank. How do I know it’s the right thing to do? Because my Mom always kept kleenex on the back of her toilet.
The Little Woman’s folks kept their kleenex in the living room. Can you imagine? But since she’s been married to me, I’ve straightened her out.
Oh, forget it! Maybe they’ll be something good next week. And maybe even on time.
-Rue.
Whew! I was afeared you wuz abducted by aliens and we wouldn’t get no more MMPs. What a relief!
Some day, I need to post a photo of our driveway from hell - this was at our house in Virginia. We shoveled that beastie twice in one week. It was not pleasant or fun. It was long and steep and spilled out on to Rt 3 which was the main drag through King George, Va. If your drive isn’t as long as mine was, I reserve the right to pooh-pooh your whine (not poo-poo - don’t be juvenile!)
As for tissues (no copyright violation here!) - we keep them all over the place. There’s a box here on my desk. We each have a box in our cars. There’s one on my nightstand. One in the kitchen. One in the kid’s room. And always at least 2 spares in the laundry room. We are a family of snot-free sleeves!
Anybody who doesn’t keep the Kleenex on the toilet tank is a hopeless weirdo, so I’m right there with ya’, Rue.
We were supposed to get snow last night, but didn’t. Not that I’m complaining, because of the driveway issues you mentioned. Unfortunately the temps climbed out of the single digits (F, for you furriners), which around here means were prolly gonna get dumped on, dammit.
You should have had the boys out there building character anyway. That’s what my Dad always did. He found lots of ways for us to build character. I’ve got character coming out of my ears now.
Pffft - tissue on the toilet tank is redundant. After all, you’ve got a perfectly good roll near at hand.
Although a box on the tank is an acceptable backup. Hmmm, must consider this. It would require me to move the plant off the back of the tank. Decisions, decisions…
So is school back on today? I haven’t talked with the fambily yet this morning. I’m in Orlando, where until today the weather has been freakishly nice, until last night. Then it started raining cats and dogs. I know since I just stepped in a poodle. Ha, I kill me! Anyway, I guess I should call and see if Cincinnati Public Schools or Sycamore Schools are back up today…
It snowed all day yesterday here, and I just woke up and look, it’s still snowing!
At least it’s warmer. It was -20C a few days ago. That would be what, -10F or something? can’t do the conversion. Anyway, it’s bloody freezing. And all of you are someplace warmer. Not fair. Bloody stupid Canadian weather.
But I will be going somewhere warmer very soon! Please visit my “Going To Waco” thread and make sarcastic comments!
My kitten (the loud one) was spayed last week. She’s wearing a protective collar. She’s been bumping into everything over and over . Right now she’s perched on top of the computer, looking like a bonnet- ed gargoyle. Very soon she’ll fall on me, and splash my tea all over the computer.
So glad to see that you are still with us, Rue. We dodged the bullet as far as snow and ice in our part of town, but it’s quite yucky out. I wasn’t at work yesterday (my dad had surgery so I spent the day at the hospital–he’s doing fine), but I did check MPSIMS last night when I got home for your MMP and was worried when I didn’t see it! And it took me an hour—AN HOUR!!!–to get the forum to load (dadgum hamsters must need a vacation).
We buy toilet paper at the warehouse store (24 rolls at a time), but I keep them in the cabinets under the sinks in all 3 bathrooms, and the spares in the linen closet upstairs. No tp in the living room. But I have to admit that it is used as Kleenex when we’re out.
Lissla, I was born in Waco, which in large part explains why I have toilet paper in my living room. Actually, the dispenser is attached to the top of the couch so that it looks and acts much like a car seat head rest.
It’s very very nice.
We don’t have any snow here but I’m sure that if we did we’d have Kleenex dispensers everywhere as well. I like the ones with the lotion unless, of course, you find them in the bathroom. That’s just wrong.
This has very little to do with snow. Okay, nothing. And nothing about toilet paper, either. But one of my best friends just sent me an email inviting me (and the brood) to his wedding in Antigua, Guatemala this summer. I’d love to go, now I just need to find a spare two grand lying around and a few extra days to go. Anybody got a couple thousand dollars to fund what sounds like will be a very nice weekend?
Heck, Shibb, you just need to start up one of those begging websites - like that “Help get Karyn out of debt” site. All you need is for 2000 people to send you a buck. Piece of cake, that one!
um, no, I don’t have a buck to spare. I don’t carry cash. Really!!
I didn’t mention that the hotel is a five-star hotel based in a four hundred year old Dominican monastery, did I? Although I do feel sorry for all of those monks out on the street whilst the jet set stay in their former digs.
We also keep toilet paper in the living room at Casa de Tool. It’s a lot cheaper than tissues. And we’re cheap like that. My parents, however, had tissues all over the place. On the toilet, in the kitchen, in the cars, folded up nicely in the pocketbook (purse, handbag, what-have-you).
Unfortunately, we don’t have weather out here in southern California. It’s not allowed. I did get a whole lot of character growing up in CT, though. We had a gravel driveway, so you had to be careful not to shovel up the stones with the snow. The best part (as far as getting character) was once all the snow melted, we had to go through the lawn and find all the pieces of gravel that we had accidentally shoveled and toss it back into the driveway. I guess my Dad has all the character he needs, though. The day I moved out to go to college, he bought a snow blower.
Which reminds me: Everyone make sure your e-mail address is up-to -date. Unless you have it hidden. Then I don’t care. But it is some sort of rule, having an up-to-date e-mail address. So the Mods can e-mail you and let you know you’ve won a t-shirt. Or something.
So remember, if you’re my pal be sure you have an up-to-date e-mail address in your… one thing. What’s it called? Bio. Not that I’m specifically looking right at Winnie or nuthin’. I’m just sayin’ is all.
