Trinkets of Thought

Life with the Littles-A lifestyle blog of living with five littles.

Wrong Place? Wrong time?

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I’m pulling a late night tonight, but not by choice.  New work schedule, and I’m about to die.  I’ve been tired since about 10, but the adrenaline of being at work alone (and kind of creeped out by being so alone with the eerie silence) is keeping me from taking a cat nap. LOL

So, what better thing to do than to xanga?  BUT, there isn’t a single coherent sentence, please be quick to show mercy.

Last night, the vicious, mean, monster-sized Boxer dog jumped the fence between our neighbor’s and our yard.  It’s a well known fact between Michael and I that I’m terrified of this dog. Buster is his name.  Thankfully, Michael was the only one in the yard at the time that the dog JUMPED the fence and headed straight towards Michael, barking furociously.  Michael had nothing to do, but took a step towards the dog.  Thankfully, this scared the dog and he didn’t bite (Guess his Bark IS bigger than its Bite)… But that’s something you don’t want to mess with.  Had it been me, I would have run, and probably not be typing this today .  Michael  drove around the neighborhood to their house while I pulled down the window to check out the activity.  THE DOG WAS BARKING AT ME INSIDE OF MY OWN HOUSE AND WOULDN’T LET UP! 

Side note: It’s a good thing that my husband is so patient. 

He went to the people’s house while the man was simultaneuosly leaving to come to ours to get his dog.  He saw Michael and thought Michael was wanting a fight and started back inside his house… Michael patiently explained that if Zippy had been in the back yard, he would be dead, and something needs to be done…great opportunity to follow Jesus’ example of mercy that he had preached about on Sunday.  Of course the guy feels bad, but hopefully something will be done to resolve the situation so I don’t pee my pants when I hear that dog’s bark–EVERY TIME (maybe not THAT drastic, but I sure do get scared!).

In other news, I took my animals Zippy and Krenzel (the vet can’t get it right and thinks it’s Kernzel) to the vet today.  My cat was awful, the vet and techs didn’t even take him out of his cage!  They unscrewed the cage, pulled off the top, threw a blanket over him, and gave him 2 shots.  Then really quickly put the cage back together.  I apologized profusely for my wayward, but loveable cat.  He is awful!  Lesson learned for trying to domesticate a barn cat.  This action by the vet and techs didn’t keep the cat from growling, groaning, hissing, and batting at the employees in the cage.  Sigh

Good Morning, all!   I’m off!

Pranks

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My sister (being the college professional that she is and “in the know”) recently taught me (the uncolleged “out of the know” sister) about flash mobs.  A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, then quickly disperse. (source: wikipedia)  In my quest to find more fun videos like the example she sent, I came across the funniest site ever… It’s a group called ImprovEverywhere.  Apparently, they do random pranks and post them on their website–check out their video section–they are all just random pranks and funny.  All their videos are on YouTube as well.  The three that especially struck my funny bone were….

The Redhead Protest of Wendy’s Logo

Slo Mo at Home Depot

Syncronized Swimming

I’m wishing that I was part of a mob right now and life was a little more entertaining than sitting at my job waiting for calls to come in.  Sigh.  Enjoy!

So, here’s a fun question to ya’ll– What’s the best prank you’ve ever pulled?

Random

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Some more stuff from my little yellow notebook…  The following are some fun quotes I wrote down….Some serious, some funny…  I don’t know the sources unless they are mentioned.

 

  • Unless you can create the universe in 6 days time, maybe you should hold back from giving God advice.
  • Christian service is never for the purpose of getting something.  It is because we have already received it.  (Personal side note:  I think that there are far too many Church hoppers/Church shoppers who go from one church to the next looking for the perfect place or the next best thing– Often, I feel, there is this faulty consumer mentality…instead of “How can I serve?”  They are wrongly asking, “What’s in this for me?”)
  •  Love is being willing to face the risks of seeing your spouse’s dream come true.
  • Men for the sake of earning a living forget to live.
  • Forbid that we should ever consider the holding of a commission from the King of Kings a sacrifice, so long as other men esteem the service of an earthly government as an honor.– David Livingstone. 
  • God has every right, and my permission to rearrange my life at any time, in any way, in order to fufill His plan for its influence to His glory. [Personal note:  I struggle with this because often times, I want MY life, MY way, just the way I plan life out. 🙁   It was a good kick in the pants to read this.]
  • Some are more concerned that they may be noticed than that Christ may be seen.
  • A real person isn’t afraid to give his pet parrot to the town gossip. — Billy Graham 
  • His hair looked like the governer’s pardon got to the warden right after he plugged in the chair.-Zigg Ziglar
  • “Mayonnaise” a lotta people here!

Happy Thursday!

Living the Life…On Pennies!

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I probably did something today that most people in America wouldn’t consider.

Kroger keeps the most delicious Lemon Pepper Asparagus Salad on its rotation at the deli, and when I’m in the store during my 30 minute lunch, it’s impossible to pass up.  Included in the deliciousness is asparagus, roasted red peppers, olives, feta cheese, lemon pepper vinaigrette, artichoke hearts and pine nuts. Its 100% of pure tastiness.  The total for this scrum-did-le-ump-tious-ness totaled to $2.00.

I quickly scanned the UScan area.  Assessing the current level of busyness, it was there that I did what most Americans wouldn’t dare to do.  Reaching slyly, but laughingly into my purse, I pulled out my Ziploc back of pennies and filled the Uscan with 190 pennies and 1 dime.

About 5 minutes later, and with only one assist from the Uscan clerk, (who had to bang the machine to release my stuck pennies) I left with a smile on my face, the sneer of disgust from a random customer waiting on who knows what (not me!  I made sure I wasn’t holding up the line…), and the best lunch in the world.

My asparagus salad is now eaten, and I can truthfully say, “I paid pennies for it.”

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