Lead Shoes

Meet the lead shoes.



Of course they aren't really made of lead. But try telling that to Peanut. On Friday we bought him his first pair of shoes and he really doesn't care for them one bit, lol. He just stands there, frozen in place as though his feet are too heavy to lift. Oh yeah, & he screams his head off about it too. What a hoot!


I do have to say I'm horribly disappointed that we have lots of shoes in new condition from Little Man but as we suspected, the Peanut needs WIDE shoes making Little Man's shoes perfectly useless. Go figure.

Happy Fourth!

"Happy Fourth hon, we're cleaning out the garage!" ~Hubby, last night...

This entry isn't devoted to our nation's birth or history.

No, this fourth is dedicated to ensuring there are no more places in our garage for SNAKES to hide!!!

I don't do snakes. Anyone that knows me knows that I am a firm believer of 2 things. 1. The only good snake, is a dead snake. and 2. I'd rather have a rodent problem than a snake problem ANY DAY.

Unfortunately the 3 foot copperhead that was in our garage last night is still alive somewhere because Hubby isn't exactly the guy for the job when it comes to critter killin'. Bless his heart.

We are in a really bad drought out here. Honestly, I can't remember the last time it rained at our house it's been so dry. That means these snakes are desperate for water as well so there are a lot of snakes out because of this. I am intelligent enough to know that most snakes are harmless but that doesn't change the psychological factor for me.

BTW: While we're on the topic of psychological issues...Who the hell is it that decided to come up with the saying that the snakes are more afraid of me than I am of them? Now that person needs a brain!!! You clearly don't know me & my history of snakes too well.

There really is one defining moment for me though. I was probably about 8 years old. I'm pretty sure I was with my friend Heather at the time but don't really remember. Anyhow, our house was in the corner of a col-de-sac which backed up to a huge drainage ditch & woods on the other side of it. Snakes were a way of life & my dad just cut off their heads and tossed em back over, lol. So Heather (I'm pretty sure it was you) & I were back there like we often times were and as I was climbing the embankment on the other side I came within inches of stepping on a water moccasin. I probably jumped 10 feet, pissed myself and screamed for another 10 minutes, lol. I never liked snakes but until that moment I didn't flat out hate them. Now I hate them, they are my irrational fear of choice and did I mention I think they're DISGUSTING?!

They're fast, unpredictable, gross & sometimes dangerous. NO THANK YOU.

We definitely had a good laugh last night after the snake left the garage but needless to say we've been working today on getting the garage cleaned out and the moth balls have been laid. Oh the moth balls don't work you say? Believe me...this is a psychological battle....they work.

Peanut + Mischief = Hilarious!

Perhaps he should ask Santa for his very own printer this year...so he can leave mine alone!

It's really actually pretty funny. Peanut comes up to the printer, turns it on & pushes buttons to make it beep, even turning it off sometimes. Each time I see this I call out his name & tell him no. I've also had to resort to lightly flicking his hand to get the point across. Unfortunately he now just seems to think this is all just a game, lol.

So today I had to get a picture at how hard he laughs at me when I tell him 'no' to the printer.

This is the 'uh-oh, she said no' face.

Which leads into his belly laughter at me. He kills me.

Naturally, Little Man must get in on the action.

And this picture, because I can't believe how big the Peanut is getting. He's soo long!!

BTW: Most miserable night in a long time just a couple of nights ago. We lost electricity about 11:30 pm which was not restored until almost 3am. At 11:30 it was still 87 degrees outside. Man that was miserable. It could have been worse though, it could have happened at 11:30 in the morning when it's even hotter!!