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A city slicker and his wife move out to the country.<br />
He decides to raise pigs.<br />
He goes off one day and buys four pigs.<br />
When he gets home he realizes all his piggies are girls.<br />
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He calls his farmer neighbor and asks if he can bring over his piggie girls to visit his big pig.<br />
The farmer agrees and the city slicker loads up his girls in the truck and drops them off.<br />
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A couple of days later, he goes back to pick them up and asks the farmer, "How will I know they are pregnant?'<br />
The farmer tells him, "When you see the pigs grazing you will know, as pigs do not normally graze."<br />
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The city slicker watches the girls for a couple days and no grazing.<br />
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He calls the farmer and asks again, if he can bring his piggies back to his farm. The farmer cheerily says, "Sure, bring 'em on over."<br />
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So, he loads them back up in the truck and back to the farmer they go.<br />
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A couple days later, he loads them back in the truck and brings them home.<br />
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Over the next couple days, the city slicker diligently watches for the pigs to start grazing.<br />
Nothing.<br />
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He continues bring the girls back and forth to the farmer for the next six months.<br />
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Still no grazing.<br />
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One morning after the stay at the farmer's, the city slicker can't stand it anymore. He calls out to his wife and says, "Honey, look out the window and see if our pigs are grazing."<br />
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She looks out the window.<br />
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Ps. I heard this told by Gary Muledeer. He does it much better!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455066209022406664.post-61861358086939221322015-08-20T23:59:00.000-05:002015-08-20T23:59:00.286-05:00I'm Baby Z<div style="text-align: center;">
my momma is too tired to write tonight, so i sneaked the laptop away </div>
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see my collar with the black box?</div>
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it's kinda nifty</div>
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momma bought and installed an invisible fence for us monkeys</div>
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we have the run of almost five acres!!</div>
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we really dont need the collars anymore to remind us where we cant go</div>
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but momma still worries about us running across the road</div>
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we have even sneaked out of the house</div>
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run around all day in the yard</div>
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and before momma came home</div>
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we ran into the house acting all innocent</div>
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but we forgot to shut the sliding glass door behind us</div>
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arent i the most handsome boy?</div>
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and momma says im the one with the sweetest nature </div>
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i was the runt of the litter and im still the smallest of the monkeys</div>
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i like to carry stuffed toys around,</div>
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i like cookies, the doggie variety</div>
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and i like to dig up voles</div>
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since i am the smallest, i make sure when i bark, </div>
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i sound like the biggest, toughest monkey around</div>
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but, im a lover</div>
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not a fighter</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">ZORRO </span>(AKA Baby Z)</i></b></span></div>
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So, Monday was my last day of <i>vacation,</i></div>
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<i></i>and since I am such the adventurer...</div>
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I went out into my yard.</div>
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I looked for bugs. </div>
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Yep, that's what I do!</div>
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Anyhoo.... I found a bunch in about ten minutes and here are a few.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> The Good and the Bad Guys.</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I swear, if any one ever finds my phone, they will wonder what kind of nut owns it. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Only pics of dogs and bugs and Mapquest screenshots.)</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">Most wasps are beneficial in their natural habitat, and are critically important in natural biocontrol.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">Paper wasps feed on </span>nectar<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> and other insects, including </span>caterpillars<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">, </span>flies<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">, and </span>beetle<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> </span>larvae<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">. Because they are a known </span>pollinator<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> and feed on known garden pests, paper wasps are often considered to be beneficial by gardeners</span></td></tr>
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Now this little fellow, he was interesting. He let me get so close to him.</div>
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It's really a shame he is so drab.</div>
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He flew away.</div>
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Then he came back to where I was sitting. He landed within inches of me.</div>
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Little bugger showed me! He flashed me a couple times. Then flew off.</div>
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I swear I heard him laughing a the look of surprise on my face!!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So.....</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>no,</b></span> </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">no,</span></b> </div>
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That's right my friends and pals, no.<br />
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A jury of peers...my patootie.<br />
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I have sat on juries, willingly and unwillingly. If these are my peers and those of the defendant, well, I have a very inflated view of myself. (Which is quite possible, however, doubtful.)<br />
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I believe the entire justice system is broken.<br />
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The best part of this? If I refuse the summons?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Any person summoned for jury service who fails to appear as directed shall be ordered by the Court to appear and show cause for his or her failure to comply with the summons. Any person who fails to show good cause for non-compliance with the jury summons may be fined $1,000.00, imprisoned for not more than 3 days, ordered to perform community service, or any combination thereof. (***Title 28, U.S.C. Section 1866(g)***).</span><br />
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So, if I refuse to show up, the government takes my money and up to three days of my freedom.<br />
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If and when I am asked any questions, I will offer only a two word response.<br />
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That, in it's self, should make the lawyers dismiss me on the grounds that I am a troublemaker.</div>
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Go figure......</div>
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Ps. If you don't see any posts after September 28th, suspect the worst and call the media! HA!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455066209022406664.post-71272352154443432962015-08-18T00:01:00.000-05:002015-08-18T18:50:40.977-05:00Dipping toes...<span style="font-family: Arial;">Agreed! It has been a ridiculously long time since my last post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyhoooo....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Last night, my brain decided to go rogue which is not unusual. But the problem it creates....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> I can't sleep worth a damn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My brain decided to draft a letter (AS MY HEAD HIT THE PILLOW!!!) to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith about the decor of their home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Then it switched to thinking about a service manger who just left us, who is coincidentally...black. (I don't think it is a coincidence that he is black, I'm fairly certain that his parents are also black.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Which lead to the revelation that, I, myself, am also African-American. More on that later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Which led my brain to conclude, I need a release. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, I will resume blogging so my brain can vomit out all the ridiculousness, so I can sleep in peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, look forward to such blog titles as: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Black As Me</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For Pete's Sake, Learn to Drive</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Snoopy Recreates His Tour of Viet Nam</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What the Hell is That?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">and</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Dear Smith Family</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As always, thank you for giving me your time.</span><br />
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PS. I missed you guys! : )Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455066209022406664.post-35889949187636442402014-05-27T00:00:00.000-05:002014-05-27T00:00:02.871-05:00Things I saw last week 5.26.14<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am fat and lazy. HOLY CRAP LAZY.<br />
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I can lay blame everywhere. But, ultimately, it is my fault. Entirely.<br />
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So yesterday, I am changing all that. (Take that, all you English majors!)<br />
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I'm too lazy to make breakfast for myself in the morning.<br />
Hello, Egg McMuffin sans meat and butter.<br />
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Solution?<br />
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Make my super secret super healthy smoothie in advance.<br />
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Combine all the ingredients into individual pint mason jars. Blend in the morning. Drink on the morning drive.<br />
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Make quick quesadillas of egg cheese sriracha sauce and chopped green peppers and mushrooms. Green peppers and mushrooms already chopped in pint mason jars.<br />
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Lunch dilemma. I hate cold food. Hello, number 16.<br />
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Solution?<br />
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Get over it. Room temperature is okay.<br />
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Make lunch the night before.<br />
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Flour tortillas with mixed greens, spinach, tuna, salmon or turkey.<br />
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I found niffy vacuum sealed tuna and salmon packs. Why has no one told me of these?! And different flavors?! Each pack makes two tortilla sandwiches. One for lunch and one for when I am starving.<br />
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Dinner, well???<br />
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My lazy butt needs to get moving. So, while I walk a monkey or two. I will have my rice cooker on. Cooking rice and steaming chicken and vegetables. Chicken is already sliced and marinated in individual baggies.<br />
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So, what did I mean that I am becoming one of those people?<br />
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I am going organic. At this point, I am not concerned with my fruits and vegetables. I get them from a wholesaler, cheap, cheap, cheap.<br />
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It's the meat, milk and eggs that I will concentrate on for now.<br />
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Oh, yeah, I am boycotting all Coca Cola products since I watched Blackfish on Netflix over two months ago. Coca Cola has not responded to my boycott. Of course, I never told them.<br />
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See, I'm one of THOSE people now.<br />
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I've gotta stop watching documentaries and stop reading so much.<br />
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At the time I was managing a fine jewelry store. Near my location was a candy store filled with wondrous candies.<br />
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Hard candies, gummy candies, chocolate, coconut...oh my, oh my!<br />
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Every few days I would restock the candy jar for the sales associates.<br />
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Jelly Bellys, M&M's, mints, etc.<br />
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But I am not really a sweet eater. Though, Jelly Bellys, I will eat the hell outta those.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun Fact: One pound of Jelly Bellys equals almost 400 beans!</td></tr>
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Anyhoo...<br />
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One day, I discovered wasabi peas. I didn't know what they were and I bought about a quarter pound.<br />
I'm adventurous like that.<br />
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I found that not only did I love wasabi peas, but an added bonus was that my associates hated them.<br />
It was a hoot to watch them taste them for the first (and last) time. Priceless.<br />
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I was free to leave my tasty treats on my desk without fear that they would mysteriously disappear down someone's gullet.<br />
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Anyhoo....<br />
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One day, we were visited by the district manager. A rotund man, a man that was not familiar with the word no when it came to snacking. Now, keep in mind, I really liked this guy....but....<br />
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Here's the thing, I don't like people just picking up stuff off my desk by anyone, under any circumstance.<br />
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I saw him starting to reach for my wasabi peas and I had plenty of opportunity to warn him off.....but,<br />
I didn't.<br />
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I stood back to watch this scenario play out.<br />
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Cecil, as that is his name, grabbed a handful.<br />
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He approached me in the middle of the showroom floor<br />
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and popped a couple of those hot little bad boys in, expecting a sweet morsel of yumminess.<br />
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It all happened in a split second, but I swear I saw it in slo-mo.<br />
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His eyes bulged out of his head<br />
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Sweat beaded up on his bald pate<br />
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His face turned red<br />
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And then he promptly spit out my wasabi peas on my marble floor.<br />
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"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!!!", he roared.<br />
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My reply?<br />
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"My desk, my peas. No please, no warning."<br />
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He laughed and cleaned up his mess.<br />
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Then I offered him, with a smile, some green M&M's which he eyed suspiciously and declined.<br />
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Moral of the story?<br />
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Old dogs can learn new tricks.<br />
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I don't like liars and I really don't like lying. But, when your back is against the wall. Well?<br />
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A few months ago, I noticed Sampson had a boo boo on his foreleg. I am not really squeamish but I thought I knew what it was and I knew it was beyond my capabilities to help.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sampson with his ears blowing in the wind and Snoopy coming up from behind.</td></tr>
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So, I ended up taking him to the local vet. Being that I live in the middle of nowhere, I mistakenly thought that this would be a country vet.<br />
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I thought that somehow, Sampson had ripped off the upper pad on his foreleg. Ew, gross, not gonna look.<br />
What it turned out to be was a piece of skin just dangling off his leg. Seems he and one of the other monkeys had a tussle when I wasn't looking.<br />
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The vet who looked at it said and I quote, "He will need surgery."<br />
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Excuse me?! He has a half inch of skin dangling and this assclown wants to anaesthetise my monkey and clip off a piece of skin.<br />
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Umm, no.<br />
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I told the vet to give me antibiotics and was on my merry way, vowing never to return to that vet clinic.<br />
Seriously.<br />
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Sampson took care of his leg, no problem.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smiling Baby Z with Photobombing Snoopy.</td></tr>
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Well, now Baby Z got his ear chewed pretty bad in a fight which I inadvertently started.<br />
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I got my thumb chewed pretty good also. But that is neither here nor there.<br />
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Baby Z needs antibiotics and I need a prescription to get him antibiotics. Absolutely ridiculous.<br />
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Anyhoo.....<br />
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I'm not going to a vet.<br />
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I ordered what Baby Z needs off a reputable website.<br />
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But I need vet approval.<br />
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One of the options is to mail them the prescription.<br />
Umm, sure, okay.<br />
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I should have the antibiotics on Wednesday.<br />
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Does anyone have any suggestions for future medication needs?<br />
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I was cooking last night and for whatever reason, I read the ingredients of my black pepper.<br />
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My<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Pure</span></b> Ground Black Pepper.<br />
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I expected to read, in this order:<br />
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Black pepper.<br />
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And that's it.<br />
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But, what I read was....<br />
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ALLERGY WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF OCTOPUS EYEBALL, EAR HAIR OF MOUSE AND POSSIB<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LY PYGMY TOENAILS.</span><br />
It did not even list the main ingredient as pepper.<br />
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I thought that rather odd.<br />
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So, I looked up the word pure.<br />
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<span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="sn" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="ssn">(1)</span> <strong>:</strong> unmixed with any other matter <span class="vi"><<em>pure</em> gold></span> </span><span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="ssn">(2)</span> <strong>:</strong> free from dust, dirt, or taint <span class="vi"><<em>pure</em> springwater></span> </span><span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="ssn">(3)</span> <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spotless" style="color: #1122cc; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; text-decoration: none;">spotless</a>,<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stainless" style="color: #1122cc; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; text-decoration: none;">stainless</a></span><br />
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<span class="ssens"><span class="ssn">(2)</span> <strong>:</strong> containing nothing that does not properly belong</span><span class="ssens"><div class="break" style="height: 10px;">
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<span class="sn" style="font-weight: bold;">b</span> <strong>:</strong> free from moral fault or guilt</span><span class="ssens"><div class="break" style="height: 10px;">
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<span class="sn" style="font-weight: bold;">c</span> <strong>:</strong> marked by chastity <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continent" style="color: #1122cc; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; text-decoration: none;">continent</a></span><span class="ssens"><div class="break" style="height: 10px;">
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<span class="sn" style="font-weight: bold;">e</span> <strong>:</strong> ritually clean</span></div>
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Weird, huh?<br />
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Well, I suppose that my pepper <i>is free</i> from moral fault or guilt.<br />
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Or is there, some strange pepper cleansing ritual at the pepper mill?<br />
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That got me thinking of virgins. So, I looked up virgin.<br />
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<span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="sn" style="font-weight: bold;">a</span> <strong>:</strong> an absolutely chaste young woman</span><span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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<span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, essentially,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pure</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I infer from that information, </span></span><br />
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<span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <u><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">any</span></i></b> </u><b>unmarried woman may</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="ssens" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>wear white on her wedding day</b>.</span></span></div>
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Truthfully, on the side of the container of pepper where you would expect the ingredient list, there are no ingredients listed.<br />
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However, it does state:<br />
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ALLERGY WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, EGGS, WHEAT AND SOY.<br />
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To which, I infer....<br />
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There is a cake somewhere in my pepper!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad weather brewing- my front yard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My neighbors to the north. How cool is their barn?<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My backyard. That's right. I can see the Rockies from my house!</td></tr>
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So, I went back to my truck and grabbed my camera.<br />
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Little bugger was moving quick, as seen in the above photo.<br />
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He was moving so fast. I placed my hand in front of him to slow him down.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downward facing dog.</td></tr>
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What the hell?! He put his head down and lifted his butt in the air.<br />
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Reminded me of these little fellows and made me a little wary.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not my baby skunks- via</td></tr>
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I tried to get a good picture, but I am flying blind. Because, the monkeys chewed off the back rubberized portion of my camera. I have no clue which buttons to push for maco. Sorry, about that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's about an inch and a half.</td></tr>
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So, now that I am curious as to what he is, I looked up Butt Lifting Beetle.<br />
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Well, I found this....<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://markcoakley.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_5bIzdHHAihq4Vgpir_qx9BKJlnVQcHh_Du1MRUxOvtgG3SnRHeww6qy8wK0Sla1RUre2p-r-ZKVdB8AQtK1kDPnyVydZavWuJ5yiLVm8jtO7l30LgCb0iCqMNyPvvulbh9hgNGpbk4/s1600/sexy-car-butt-beetle-volkswagen-ass-auto.jpg" height="274" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://markcoakley.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Not my butt, nor my car...via</a></td></tr>
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Anyhoo.....<br />
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After some more searching, I found that it is called a couple of different names.<br />
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Pinacate beetle<br />
Clown beetle<br />
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And now a better photo....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; text-align: -webkit-left;"><a href="http://www.desertusa.com/insects/stinkbug.html" target="_blank">Pinacate comes from the Aztec pinacatl, for "black beetle.</a></span></td></tr>
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Oh, and just for the record, I had good reason to be wary of the "butt lifting beetle". It is a stink bug that <b><i>shoots</i></b> liquid from it's butt and can temporarily blind you.<br />
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I know for a fact she hated my hair. With a passion.<br />
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My hair was light, light blonde and thin. No barrette would stay in place for more than three minutes.<br />
So, she hacked off my hair and made me part it to the side, just like a boy. Then, shellac it with AquaNet.<br />
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If I still had the photos, I would post them.<br />
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Once, and only once she home permed me. That lasted... maybe three days.<br />
If I still had the photos, I would post it.<br />
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I had Barbie dolls, that had long beautiful blonde hair.<br />
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I tried to give them bangs.<br />
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I also used mascara to color one's hair.</td></tr>
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One Christmas/Birthday, I received a Barbie head.<br />
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That didn't work out so well for Barbie.<br />
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Besides, I felt that was a really disturbing gift.<br />
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I think that is when I realized that hairdressing was not in my future.<br />
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Now, this Saturday, it was another spectacular day here and the monkeys were outside.<br />
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I decided to brush them all and use the Furminator on them.<br />
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Love the Furminator.<br />
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But....<br />
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I took it a step further, maybe too far.<br />
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I got the scissors out and well.....Professional Monkey Groomer is not a good career choice for me.<br />
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Lily's butt.<br />
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What I am going to tell you, you will not believe.<br />
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But, as they say....<br />
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A picture is worth a thousand words.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My pal Eddie 2012</td></tr>
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Yep. Those are my pictures, taken with my camera that the monkeys tried to eat. I finally bought a cord for my camera!<br />
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Now, hold on to your pants.......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Z</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Princess Lily Bear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sterling aka Snoopy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pugsley aka Uggies</td></tr>
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And Samson won't let me take a picture of him no how, no way....<br />
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However, when a bribe of cookies is offered...<br />
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Ps. I realize the pictures are horrid. Bear in mind, I haven't touched this camera in over two years. And give me some credit, my boy is a professional photographer, he must have gotten his talent from someone!<br />
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Tuesday, around luchtime, I went to visit some cows.<br />
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But, not just any ordinary cows.<br />
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Celebrity cows.<br />
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I had forgotten all about Elsie!<br />
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To visit with my cows, I had to climb up one of these.<br />
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I may or may not have patted their butts.<br />
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And it seems to me, that I always get in the mood for Chick fil A only on Sundays.<br />
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The irony is not lost on me...<br />
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I must apologize.<br />
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This blog has been slightly off since I came back from my self imposed hiatus.<br />
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This is because, I have been working on an eighteen inch screen but only able to view...<br />
let's give a generous estimation....six inches. And that six inches had multicolored vertical lines running through it.<br />
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I never could see punctuation, etc.<br />
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This is due to monkey damage. Shocker, huh?<br />
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Now, somehow, I found out that I do not have to replace the WHOLE COMPUTER, I can just replace the screen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>M Y S E L F ! ! ! !</i></b></span></div>
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HUH? WHAT, YOU SAY?!<br />
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Yes, for fifty buck on Amazon, $1.97 at Walmart, a Youtube video, and fifteen minutes of my time.....<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I CAN SEE THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN!!!!</span></b></div>
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Well, since I only cook for me....<br />
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I finagled with the recipe and made a crock pot full.<br />
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I don't know, what's that, 40, 50 gallons?<br />
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So, this morning I awoke to the scent of chicken curry <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>still</i></span></b> permeating the entire house.<br />
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I have 5 or 6 of those wax warming things around the house and that mixed with the chicken curry...<br />
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Well, it's legendary.<br />
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Now, here's my dilemma...<br />
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The chicken curry is currently residing in the crockpot with the lid tightly on, in the refrigerator.<br />
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The chicken curry is very tasty.<br />
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But, I don't dare heat it up.<br />
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And I'M TERRIFIED TO OPEN THE LID.<br />
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I am seriously considering calling a hazmat team.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not my snow<br />
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Umm, snowing.<br />
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And snowing and snowing.<br />
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Did I mention the snow?<br />
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Anyhoo...with this reverse in the weather, I want something hot and yummy to eat.<br />
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I was going to go with some cardamom cookies. But instead ended up making chicken curry.<br />
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FOR THE FIRST TIME!!</div>
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Me, roasting the spices...</div>
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Me, turning on the stove fan....</div>
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Monkeys having sneezing fits...</div>
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Me, having to open all the doors to get the <i>aroma</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">OUT, OUT, OUT!!!!!!!</span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">NEVER EVER EVER </span></i></b><br />
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It tastes pretty dang good. However, I didn't follow the recipe, mostly. Yes, I'm one of those people.<br />
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Oh, and don't forget....<br />
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So....I took four days off from work. A much needed break, seriously. When you are thinking of stabbing random strangers, I think that's a really good time to take a break.<br />
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Saturday was an absolutely beautiful day. So beautiful in fact, that I was motivated to fix the fence.<br />
So, me, a monkey and a beer went to work.<br />
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When the fence project was far enough done, I let out two more monkeys to join us.<br />
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These monkeys could not have been happier!!<br />
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I took a seat on the weathered wooden bench and looked out over the fields towards the mountains.<br />
I never get tired of looking at them.<br />
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I noticed smoke in the fields and watched as the farmer lit the ditches on fire. It clears the weeds from the path of the water to come. Actually, the big water is already in the big ditch. I guess he has to tap into it some how.<br />
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Anyhoo....I love watching fire flames. Every now and then I give Puggies a sip of my beer. Because, I am not a lush and Puggies would love to be a drunk monkey.<br />
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As I watch the flames rise over the ditch, I was reminded of something that happened here a couple months back.<br />
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It was night time and I like to go outside and look at the stars. When I stepped outside I looked to the north and it looked like the fields were on fire!<br />
So, I call up a coworker that lives ten minutes away in that general direction and ask, "Hey, is the prairie on fire near you?"<br />
His answer was, "Nope." He's a talker, I tell ya!<br />
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Well, this was one mystery I couldn't just rest. Besides, really what if a fire was heading my way?<br />
So, I load up Sampson, the eldest monkey and way we go. I have to see what is on fire! Well, we drive and drive about ten miles until I see that the prairie is not on fire but....<br />
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The Eye of Sauron!</div>
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Okay, so it really wasn't the Eye of Sauron, but I swear I could have been.</div>
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Until, I googled what I had seen.</div>
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and at night it was spectacular!</div>
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