Get the camera!!

Anyone who knows me knows that my life can be a little crazy. It IS how I like it though. There have been several "quick, grab the camera" moments around here recently.



This one is from today. It turns out that the boy sat down on this crate thinking it was upside down. Is it wrong that I maybe ignored his cries for "help" and he had to scoot-crawl out to me? (Listen, for the past 2 months I have been with these kids 24/7. If you are yelling for me at this point someone had better be bleeding or something on fire.) Then, when I realized that there was an issue instead of helping him we all went diving for cameras? In case anyone is keeping score, you can see that clearly the dog was concerned for his well-being. I hope he mentions that to his future therapist.



I think it is best that I don't know what is happening in this picture. I really hope he never mentions THIS to his future therapist! This is what happens when you have older sisters. Yelling HELP! wouldn't have saved him in this situation either!



This is the only known picture of ShedKitty. Every summer we end up with kittens under our shed. Feral kittens and a pissed off mama. Why our shed? Why are they so mean to us when we are only trying to prevent cat-hating dogs from gobbling them up? How do they defy gravity like that when they come flying at your face? How can such a tiny kitten be so evil? It would seem that someone in this house doesn't believe ShedKitty exists. Said person was not here the last time this family lived in fear of the ShedKitties. When the family has a song created in memory of ShedKitties of the past; you had better believe ShedKitties are real, and real scary.



This was taken as photographic proof of what a feeding frenzy looks like in this house. I have on more than one occasion passed up seconds out of fear of losing a limb in the madness. It also needed to be taken to be used to torture Pops. I could hear him yelling to put all the trash back into the bags... RIGHT NOW!(even though he wasn't here.... the Pops of Christmas pasts if you will) For those of you who have no idea what those are, they are MREs. We indulge the children with them about once a year, even though they will beg for them anytime they see them. Hopefully this will not convince them that doing something like this is acceptable!

Isn't my life exciting? Wouldn't you just love to live in this crazy house? What am I going to do when they return to school and I am all alone? Who will do crazy things that need to be photographed in a hurry? Will I be able to find the camera straight -away then?

Ye Olde Timey Handlebar Moustache.

Being an "almost" 14 year old girl is a very hard thing... apparently. You have to deal with extremely strange looks when you ask the DQ if they can draw an olde timey moustache on your cake. Then, you have to settle for your mother doing it instead. Sometimes you have to suffer opening your presents early because your father is not going to be in town on your actual birthday.


You also have to pose for pictures with said cake and presents. The torture! As if these trials weren't enough, you also have to have your picture taken at your birthday dinner. But, on this magical day (and this day only), your mother will not threaten to burn all your clothes because you wore THREE different outfits in one day!!!


Happy Almost Birfday FirstBorn! I'm sorry you have it so rough!

Gardening in Georgia

Gardening here can be a daunting task. The soil is mostly sand and clay; there are often periods of drought. An ideal plan would be to plant in containers with large reservoirs for water storage. But what do you do if all the store bought planters are just not "edgy" or unique enough for you?



That's right folks, you do like the gentleman (?) up the road from me does. One has to admit that there is plenty of water storage! This judge personally deducts points for your average big-box dog warning sign though. I want to see something that strikes fear in a would-be yard enterer. Maybe something with a foamy mouth and sharp teeth showing.... oh, and the cartoon lines that give the impression of really loud barking!

Whats that? The issue at hand is a leg humping dog? OHHHH!?!?! The judge gives the full 10 point allotment then. Bravo fine sir, bravo!

Play it again Sam!

Happy 4th everyone! Although, if Sam really is trying to keep everyone safe from weirdos my family is toast.