Baby boomer man humorously looking at mid-life, retirement, and memories.
We had a boat and water skied a lot on Hillsdale Lake when I was in junior high and high school. When some Seven Mile, Ohio cousins came up to visit, they loved it so much they bought a pair of skis and pulled each other around a small farm pond in almost the same manner.
Big difference: they used a tractor on land!
Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named Stacy at the blog All Stacy, All the Time. She states that she stole it at Lola’s blog Lola’s Diner. Lola wrote this herself! We had searched for a holiday meme, but only found two that had already been played by a zillion players. We were thrilled to find not only an original meme, but one much better than the other two. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!
Good luck with this one… I was having severe brain fade (CRS). So you can play along and read my mind. Don’t worry, there’s not much left.
Sunday Stealing: Lola’s Holiday Meme
1. What is your favorite holiday show/animated show? Oh, tough one. To have on as background while I’m messing around the Christmas tree? A Christmas Story. To sit and watch all the way through? The other one with Jimmy Stewart
2. What holiday character do you think you’re most like? Flasher
3. What holiday character does your spouse think you’re most like? Dinky
4. Favorite Christmas/holiday song? Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee (or somebody of that era, may not have been her, but that’s close.)
5. Most hated Christmas/holiday song? Dogs singing.
6. If you have an all holiday music radio station when do you start listening to it? No. Never. Gaaaaaaaa, I would commit Merry-kari first.
7. If you have an all holiday music radio station do you love it or hate it? I would hate it.
8. Have you ever wrapped yourself as a Christmas present? Whale yes. Nancy demands it. It’s part of the deal. I have to go to a store and actually stand in line and buy something and bring it home and wrap it while she is away. (Note: I just re-read the question… and no, never wrapped myself. )
9. Who is Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer’s father? That fat old curmudgeon comic-actor guy that drank a lot.
10. Do you drive your neighborhood or one near you at night to look at other people’s holiday decorations? Nope, hardly worth the effort anymore.
11. When you see a heavily decorated house do you think, ‘oh that’s lovely’? Or do you think, ‘oh criminy, that looks like Christmas threw up all over their lawn’? Yes. I do not like the blow up decorations. Too easy and too polished. Christmas decorations should require frozen toes and bruises.
12. Are you counting the days to Christmas with excited anticipation or dread? Neither. It will come and go.
13. When was the last time you had your photo taken with Santa? Did you sit on his lap? I can’t remember and I’m not sure.
14. Do you make a Christmas list for your spouse or significant other or do you rely on them to pick your gift(s) without a clue from you? Whoa. This is touchy. It used to be that we relied totally on surprise or hints. Then we started buying whatever we wanted, when we wanted it, and when Christmas rolled around there was a lot of shrugging. Now, we’re back to leaving hints, but not subtle. Our brain fade makes that a bad plan.
15. When do you put up your tree? Nancy.
16. Real or fake? Fake
17. When do you take your tree down? When Nancy gets in the mood, usually New Year’s weekend.
18. Do you shop the day after Christmas sales? What do you shop for? Yes, usually just looking for super -dooper bargains. Nancy stocks up on wrapping paper and stuff like that.
19. Is your work/office having a holiday party this year? Will you attend? No party for second year to send more to stockholders. We always attended if in town, because it was “required” of me.
20. Do you have your New Year’s Eve Plans set yet? I’ll have to check with Nancy.
Yesterday was one of those days (I wrote the meme and set it to publish at midnight + 5 minutes) It didn’t publish and then wouldn’t publish. After I copy and pasted and published it, I went to Sunday Stealing to add myself to the list, but added it to the wrong meme.
Lordy.
There IS a better mouse trap! It’s the Ortho Defense Max.
You add the bait to a little door and close it. Pulling down a lever sets the trap and look at how inviting this new mouse trap is. Cozy! The mouse has to get all the way inside to dine on de-luscious Jif.
I was skeptical, but this trap is working! The other cranium crusher style trap wasn’t. What I like about this trap is the fact that when it snaps shut it’s a complete whole body blow. And the mouse can’t escape, even if it’s not dead!
So far, I have killed four of the little critters and inadvertently released one back in to the wilds of our back yard.
We have mice that are sleeping with the fishes!
I set the traps last night and we went out to Anna’s for some greek food. Upon our return home, a trap check showed I had caught two.
I grabbed the first Ortho Defense Max trap and took it outside to dump in the trash bin, I had sneaked a peek and there was a critter inside. What I didn’t realize is, it wasn’t dead. I opened up the trap to dump it and that sumbitch flew to safety. I swear, it defied gravity!
Mensa mouse has now evolved to Maniac Mouse.
Now I open the trap and shake it violently shake it into the bird feeder. If the sumbitch tries to swim to escape the freezing water, I’ll go Elin Nordegren on it.
The trap that is getting the most action is near our information superhighway. I’m thinking I need to set a trap at the entrance to the information superhighway to protect my interest.
Nooter the Dog has issued an all points bulletin for a stupid mouse.
I am now dealing with a Mensa mouse (or God forbid, mice.)
Like Noot, the first clue was the remnants of many enjoyable meals provided by the dog food in the bowls. Nancy can overlook piles and piles of “stuff” on every flat surface in the house, but she can spot a mouse turd at fifty paces.
She pointed out the turds in the living room along the wall that the BATV is mounted on last Saturday.
Under the BATV is a carpeted box that a friend gave us that he used to help his elderly dogs get into bed. He purchased the steps, but they needed a boost. We didn’t need the booster, but it was so nicely carpeted, I thought Derby needed an elevated bed.
After the turd spotting, I lifted the box and uncovered a stash that would have catapulted Geraldo into the stratosphere if Capone’s Vault would have had such treasures.
Unlike Nooter, we had no clue the mice had moved in.
authorities are asking for your help in apprehending their number one suspect- crum e. mouse. crum was seen lurking about the place in recent weeks and has pulled stunts like this before
I bought six of the old-fashioned crush-your-cranium traps and scattered them about, and went to bed. The next day, success! I never felt so good, staring into those lifeless beady little eyes as I flung the critter into the trash bin.
That was then.
Now, we have Mensa mice/mouse. This mouse/mice will clean the cheese/peanut butter off three traps within six feet of each other twice a day.
Nancy shared our Mensa mouse woes with the Friday Morning Panera Knit and Bitch gang and came home with two high tech mouse traps.
One is just a more expensive version of the “snap ‘n’ crush.” Except everything is hidden from sight. Obviously appeals to women. Instructions say to “dispose of trap when mouse is apprehended.” Yeah, $3.50 trap, used once, now trash. Nice!
The other, is a gadget. This gadget plugs into an outlet and supposedly emits a sound that is supposed to drive the mice away. Same principal as the gadget that is supposed to emit a sound that stops the dogs from barking.
(FAIL. I have that gadget on a window sill so Derby can bark right into the damn thing as he stands on the back of the chair barking at the wind, and he hasn’t twitched once.)
Nooter, my friend, you are not alone in your pursuit of Crum E. Mouse. I hope you are successful. I hope I am successful.
I’ll post pictures, in hopes the other Mensa Mice read this blog.
Want to abuse animals and not pay much of a price if you are caught?
Welcome to Kentucky!
Kentucky has been highlighted – again! – as the worst state for animal protection.
Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota are the five best states in the country to be an animal abuser, according to a new report released today by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). Based on a detailed comparative analysis of more than 3,800 pages of statutes, tracking fourteen distinct categories of provisions, the report recognizes the states where animal law has real teeth, and calls out those like Kentucky – the single worst in the nation again this year for animal protection laws – where animal abusers get off easy.
(emphasis mine)
If you are an animal abuser, stay away from California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan and Oregon which are the best to protect animals. Primarily because these states make it a felony to be cruel to animals.
We are fortunate to have a “no-kill” animal shelter in our county. But the surrounding counties are full of puppy mills (I see the ads and know the locations.) I’m sure there is dog-fighting on a regular basis within 20 miles of where I sit.
For a state that puts the noble steed on a pedestal, there are horses found dead every week from abuse or neglect.
While the lawmakers try to decide if the Corvette should be the official state sports car, animals are dying or being severely injured from abuse.
No legislation pending on this issue however.
Embarrassing.
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