Apparently Eddy won’t eat everything

Yesterday I was shaking out my red shag rug which is under my dining room table. I was smoothing the rug down when my puppy came-up beside me. He picked something up off the dining room floor, tasted it and promptly spit it out. I glanced at his rejected tasting and thought "Mmm it looks like a white lima bean or a rock". After I finished putting everything back together I went back to pick-up the lima bean.

OMG

It was no lima bean but in fact a big, white, blood-filled wood tick.

OMG. I couldn't believe I picked-it up.

Into a bowl it went. I saved it to show L who was coming over for dinner.

OMG At least I waited to show her the tick until after she ate.

And yes Eddy wanted to try and eat it again.

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Gleeking

According to Wikipedia, Gleeking (also gleeting, gleeping, glitting, gleaking, glicking, glanding, geezing) is the projection of saliva from the submandibular gland upon compression by the tongue. The stream of saliva is released in the general direction of the front of the mouth. If the mouth is open the jet may project several feet.

All I know is my twin brother M, was able to do this ever since I can remember. As hard as I try I only seem to be able to gleek when it happens by accident and I usually end-up gleeking all over someone.

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The category is birthdays

He is a well-known talk-show host. He was born in Ontario but became an American citizen in 1998. Today is his birthday.


Who is Alex Trebek.

Happy b-day to Alex.

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Woah

It has been ten years since Michael J. Fox made his living as an actor and almost 12 years since Wang Chung released their album Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits. Crazy!

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The bitter end

Why is it whenever I use any deodorant which is close to being finished, I have to push-it (literally) to the very end and plop it always falls to the floor in a crumbly, hard-to-pick-up mess. And I am not too proud to say I have also tried to use these scooped-up crumbs, smearing them on my underpits as usually I have forgotten to buy a new deodorant stick.

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It's BFD - the day is going good

You know what today is? Yup it is Boss Free Day. Man it is a good day. Actually I have been boss free for a few months.

Holy molly. I wish everyone a boss free day.

Wow. I have to stop spinning around in my chair.

I wonder if I can take a two-hour sick day.

Unfortunately all good things come to an end.

The end is near.

We get a new boss sometime this August.

Say goodbye to getting things done. I will be too busy attending boss meetings. I just know it.

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What I have been up to

I have been busy and sort of fell out of the habit of updating my blog. So, here's what I've been up to (at least over the last two weeks):

- Ripped up the weed jungle in my backyard. Getting ready to plant sod or grass seed. Haven't decided yet.
- Slept over at N's school. Man, 11-year-old girls sure can be silly and sweet all at once. Apparently impressed the boy's as to how fast I could run and play tag in flip-flops.
- Gave the parent's graduation address at N's school
- Finished two cases of beer. (not all by myself though, that would have been sad if I had)
- Survived taxes.
-Went off the high-diving board at Kildonan Park pool (actually the second-highest one I chickened out on the highest one.)
-Drove N to four b-day parties and two pool parties.
-Painted my kitchen walls twice - once in a lite blue (yuck) and finally in a nice taupy brown. Photos to follow.
-Burnt my tummy (need to remember Shark steamers will burn ya if not used properly)
-Ate a pasta salad for the first time, actually enjoyed it.
-Yelled at and shamed a man for:
a)letting his dog bite N
b)not admiting to the dog biting N until I yelled at him for about five minutes
c)not having the balls to say sorry
d)for not having any balls
e)for having the nerve to ask if he could talk
f) did I mention already his lack of balls

How's your summer going?

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Kinda of sad

Today's most pathetic moment. I paged my house phone to find it so I could call my cell phone in order to locate it. I was lucky my cellphone wasn't dead.

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Happy Canada Day

Yipee it's Canada Day - I'm sitting at my newly-put-together patio table (thanks Cathy) Eddy is starting to remember we have a screen-patio door after crashing into it twice (once ripping right through-it and secondly knocking it off it's track) and I'm eating/sharing with Eddy a grilled cheese sandwich.

Life is good.

Cheers to family and friends who help me through the tough times and share the good ones. The American bud lite with lime I'm drinking on my deck is for you! Mmm I probably shouldn't be drinking yankee beer on Canada Day...

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