One dollar

Last night I was driving home from my old-lady league soccer game at about 10pm. As I was driving along I was contemplating whether or not I should lead a fairly large volunteer project at Lauren's school. As I drove past the school I decided that I should do it. If I don't, no one will.

I had Bill's car and noticed the gas tank was nearly empty. I pulled into the gas station and stepped out of my car when a man across from me exclaimed, "I have got a GREAT deal for you!"

Apparently, he prepaid $40 for gas but he only used $36 of gas. He said he'd let me have the remaining $4 of gas if I gave him $1. This initially struck me as a little shady and I told him that I didn't think I had a dollar on me. I checked my wallet and discovered that I did have it so I thought...what the hell. I gave him the money and he set down the gas pump, ran in to tell the gas attendant, and pulled away. I drove over to his pump but decided to check with the gas attendant for myself just to be sure. The gas attendant shook his head, followed me out to my car and pumped the $4 of gas for me. Weird, but ok! Was I just scammed in some way or did I just take advantage of an opportunity? I still can't figure it out.

The only conclusion I can draw...I better follow through on the volunteering because the universe has already thanked me. You don't mess with the universe.

Blog Slacker

I've been a blog slacker this past week.
Here's the update...

Patrick's (my nephew's) baptism went well

our refridgerator died after a prolonged illness

while removing cabinets from above dead fridge, a stray piece of trim flew out and scratched Bill's cornea

Bill seeks medical help for eye injury from (coincidentally) one of my high school classmate's older brother. Small world.

new fridge purchased and delivered

perishable foods repurchased

Farm Fun

 

Our family Fall Farm Tour of 2008 commenced this weekend. We now have our pumpkins to carve and the girls enjoyed the rides, slides, and petting farms. Since we had taken the camera on day one of the tour, I decided to leave it home today.

Big Mistake!

Today, we witnessed a P-Rex devour several pumpkins. This was truly a marvel that only a kid can enjoy. I cannot possibly adequately describe the scene as this huge fake dinosaur was "fed" large pumpkins and then crushed them within its hydraulic jaws spewing pumpkin guts in all directions. I particularly enjoyed watching the master of ceremonies grab pumpkin scraps off the ground and toss them in the air when the papier-mache beast chomped down on the pumpkin so that it would seem more messy and dramatic. And, to top it all off...at the conclusion of the demonstration, the spectators were invited to pick up the pumpkin carnage and feed it to the pig.

Brilliant!

Doggone! Double Digits

No, it's not a Sarah Palin quote.

It pains me to report that I was unable to keep the Astro escapes down in the single digits this year. Over the weekend, he once again eluded all of our methods of containment and went for a 5 minute walkabout (at high speed) around the neighborhood.

He immediately sat down when Bill motioned as if to tackle him. I guess he was ready to come home and lounge on the furniture.

Happy Howl-o-ween!

The girls and I thought the dogs needed a costume for Halloween. Since I was feeling guilty about the lack of Ursa coverage on the blog, I thought I'd take a picture of our furry friends. Easier said then done. Astro is very afraid of Ursa because Ursa employs a strategy of random mauling whenever Astro is in close proximity. Since Astro is faster, heavier, younger, and far more coordinated I must conclude that the canine world has a much greater respect for age. Or, Ursa's unbelievably thick, long coat is impenetrable and attacking it only leads to a mouthful of fur which must taste pretty bad because Astro is part goat and will eat anything. For example, he recently raided my purse and ate an entire pack of gum..wrappers and all. I know that he ate the wrappers because I "scoop the poop". That was an exciting discovery. Yuck!

As a side note...Costume bonus...Astro's costume glows in the dark. How cool.