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Excuses, excuses
By Holly | May 27, 2008
Damn. Where to start? Things have been busy around here. The Girl is finally out of school. The last couple of weeks of the school year keep me running crazy - there is so much to do. But it’s over. We can relax. Sort of. We’ve still been running.
I’ve been in the yard as much as possible and seen all sorts of delicious things. Remember how we had a vole run through the living room and something trying to get us in the attic? We threw traps and poison from stem to stern and have heard nothing else. Not a peep. That is until I was cleaning out some leaves from the Spanish Lavender when the Ghost of Christmas Past rose up and almost gave me a heart attack. Befuckinghold:
That is NASTY! Of course, I left it out on the walk as a warning to anything else that may be thinking of invading my home. We have rules: you stay outside and I leave you alone - well, I still may shoot you with fox pee, but I don’t kill you. You come inside and you’re mine. While visual aid was laying there and I was knitting on a sock, some fucker from the neighborhood association came up on my porch, with his DOG, and interrupted a serious dilemma to tell me they were celebrating the park’s 125th anniversary and I should be there. When he only got “okay” and the stink eye for his dog he huffed off with a “sorry” like he’s 10 years old, which is really an insult to my 10 year old who doesn’t act like that. She also knows better than to take her dogs up onto some stranger’s porch. Fuckhead. And no, I didn’t go to the park thing as it involved all sorts of public prayers by the local churches. I don’t like any persons religion up in my face, thankyouveryfuckingmuch.
Now, it was either that day or a day close to it that we celebrated Mutha Fucka Day! I know I won’t ever get Mother of the Year so we just get down to the real deal around here. I am an asshole and I am a bitch to live with. I know this and they know this but they love me anyway. And, truth be told, I am a pretty good mutha even if I am a bit lot unorthodox in my methods. The Girl made breakfast for me and she and Mr. gave me some new Chuckie T.’s, in blue and in natural, since I’ve been wearing mine since forever and they are jacked up. Then we ran out to Mom’s for dinner. One of the best parts was that I received a card from Celia wishing my Happy Mother Fucker’s Day! I was so surprised yet so thrilled that she remembered! She really is a sweetheart. I do hope her day was as good as mine.
On the topic of gardening I’ve got this weird plant growing. I put it in last year and really like it, but can’t for the life of me remember what the hell it is. If anyone has a clue please send it my way. This is the base:
and it has this super duper long assed flower:
What is it? I do have normal things, like this lily:
We’ve finally gotten the rest of the annuals in and the veg garden is going gangbusters. I should have rutabega in a week or two, along with tomatoes and cukes. Those two are going to take over if I don’t watch it. I’ve also already had banana peppers come in and I am now waiting on the habaneros and bell peppers. Oh, and I’ve got some strawberries and rhubarb and asparagus. Seriously? I am turning into FarmerfuckingTed.
What else? Oh yeah, the wildlife tried to get us at work too.
That’s a black rat snake and that is my front door at work. It’s all crinkled up because a mockingbird had just pecked it. That’s balls considering that snake eats birds Now I gotta get rid of it before my leadperson at work gets wind that there is a snake about. He won’t come into work if he knows it’s there and I need him to be there.
This past weekend we all rode out bikes over to Lenny’s for Mondo Homo 2008. What.a.total.blast! Bands, booze and great people. Shitty Candy was a total hit. I love women that can throw it down.
and the marching band at the end got The Girl going:
And there you have it: the update from the ATL. Knitting content on the flip, dig?
Topics: Awesomeness, Ick, The Girl, Yard of the Month, \m/ |
That picture reminded me of the dessicated possum a friend found attached to a coat hanging in her closet. It was some pretty nasty stuff. And today, I went outside to turn on the hose and found a squirrel’s tail–the whole tail–lying on the sidewalk next to my house. I guess some cat won a battle here in the urban jungle.
Posted by: Angela on May 29th, 2008 at 1:26 amOn her coat? How did that happen? Do I really want to know…
I wish these cats around here would get on with the squirrel eating. They only seem to get the lizards and the squirrels do way more damage.
Posted by: Holly on May 29th, 2008 at 9:15 am