give dad a project and then reach for any stinkin' thing i want!

today i  became convinced that dad needed something to do...

don't ask me how i knew...

so i told him about the little stoop i was wanting to build for bruno and chaco at the window height, and he took on that project. he's also been out fishing. but as i have mentioned before, our little pond is a catch-and-release pond, and so the fish are fairly predictable, and they know the drill because they've been caught and released so many times that i think they pull the hook out themselves and jump back in.

last night as i was laying in bed trying to fall to sleep, the neighbor whose apt backs up to mine was playing a loud techno music with a blaring bass, and i was not at all happy about that. it was around 10:50 p.m. so i dealt with it for as long as i possibly could. at 11:20 i was seriously contemplating going over there and pounding on the door.. but i was so tired i did the next best thing, when there was a lull in the "music," i banged on the wall hoping that a.) the person in said apt didn't have a shotgun to blow through the wall and b.) they didn't come around to my door drunk demanding a fight....maybe when i'm fully recovered i could take them, but not last night. 

thankfully neither of the above happened, instead the music desisted. praise YAHWEH! and when i woke up this morning there was no note on my door and i had no need to go leave a nasty note on theirs, although i was tempted to go introduce myself and let them know that if it happened again i would report them to the main office and then to the police... but again, i did not (i figured that they probably just didn't know what time it was because they don't have a clock nor understand how to read the night sky constellations to keep track of time).


this morning i had to get out for a bit, so mom took me to michael's so i could gather a few things (including bold oil-based sharpie markers to continue the outlining of the murals-the other ones were too small). then we stopped at walmart to get a couple of things (i needed a small pillow to put between my knees to keep my back in line so it doesn't spasm). on the way out i noticed this gem of a car...please notice that it has 5 antennae...

trying to get in touch with the mother ship?

 and tonight we decided to try to go out to eat at applebees. when we got there, i couldn't do a booth, so we got a table, then i had a delicious garlic sirloin with a portabella mushroom cap filled with steamed spinach and a little cheese-so delicious!! mom said i definitely didn't get my taste buds from her or dad! i had a hard time sitting for that long, so i stood and talked for awhile...i'm sure our server was wondering what in the world i was doing.

on the way back, we stopped at walgreens so i could try to find a "medline reacher" i read reviews that it could pick up anything from a penny off the floor to a can of vegetables...that's pretty good! i told dad to drop a penny on the floor, and sure enough, i was impressed! it will be worth it because i will be able to do some of the things mom has been helping me out with.

accurate enough to pick up a paper clip...

strong enough to get my water off the bottom shelf of the fridge without having to bend...

 yes, i think i will use this long after i am done "needing" it! 

the sterile bandage came off today (ok, it didn't exactly come off, but today was the day i got to remove it). hopefully that will help the incision site to heal quickly.

other than that, just trying to think of things to keep dad busy...
julie

the writing on the wall...and chaco's nest

i just saw the end of a commercial for a new movie that's coming out called chimpanzee. hmm..wonder what it's going to be about...

i did make the banana ice cream this afternoon, and it wasn't half bad! it was missing something, though, and i cannot figure out exactly what.

i'll try it again...perhaps with the oikos yogurt...that might change it just right.

 last night i had to go get the bananas and i also wanted to get sharpie paint pens at michaels. well, when i got there, the bananas were green...

not quite ready for consumption

so, i went to michaels, and then i had to stop by tom thumb for the nanners. it was a treat to see that the paint pens were 2 for $5! the sale was to start today, but they gave me the sale price because they had signed it early... yippee for me!

i've been stressing a little over the writing on the walls at school (that sounds ominous, doesn't it?), i'm talking literally about the murals, don't worry! i am supposed to do all of the writing, and it would be miserable trying to do it all in paint with paintbrushes..hopefully these guys will do the job. at first i didn't want to use them, but i can't come up with a better solution that would be efficient. i really want to get it done before the end of the school-year.

well, today was a beautiful day to have the windows open, and chaco came in from the balcony with three leaves and took them into my room. when i asked him about it, he said he was making a nest. i lifted my eyebrows and nodded then came back into the living room. he has adhd, so as soon as he started doing something else, i picked up the leaves and threw them away...he'll forget all about it.

off to finish laundry,
julie