Tag, we're it!!!!

We were tagged by Winston and Clementine to open one of our pet pic folders and post a pic we haven't used before and tell a story about it.

I have shared this story a few years ago with a few via email........but here it is for anyone that may have missed it, or just wants to laugh again.......Clearly I was NOT having a good day!!!

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ONE question is weighing heavy on my mind right now. Maybe some of you can help me out with an answer. WHY DO WE HAVE 9,000 DIFFERENT ALLEN WRENCHES IN OUR TOOLBOX??????????

Good god Gertie....I'm trying to find a little screwdriver to open up some little battery part of one of Holden's toys and I was rummaging in the toolbox wondering what kind of Karma I was working off to the Ikea Gods that would make them FILL the toolbox with so many farkakte allen wrenches. WHY WHY WHY do we have these? I am CERTAIN that I personally did not deposit ANY of them into the toolbox...so that leaves hubby..........hmmmm.

Kevin is in Denver and not available for comment. I'm going to just let this one go because I already used my monthly girly yelling ration last week when I ripped him a new one for keeping our music files in some cryptic folder that I couldn't figure out (just put it all under MUSIC so a normal person can find it!). He actually moved it all for me (so now it's under MUSIC) and I can reload my MP3 player and go for a run without wanting to stab people. I think he really thought it was a good idea to keep the mp3s in some weird drive I didn't even know we had (J? K? Some weird middle of the alphabet letter) THEN under something else, and fifty other clicks that made no sense. I guess it's that whole Male/Female/Mars/Venus deal again. Whatever.........

Ok...back to the kvetching at hand.......the allen wrenches. What do I do with them? Just throw them out? Is there some sort of organization that RECYCLES them or repurposes them? I don't think Ikea furniture comes with those little plastic postage paid envelopes (like ink cartridges do) to mail off somewhere. Does anyone out there NEED or WANT a friggin metric TON of allen wrenches??????

And while I'm being all yelly...........WHY do all kids toys have that SCREW LOCKDOWN device thing on the battery packs? I'm sure there was one moron kid out there that got into the batteries and sucked on them and probably died or something, but REALLY....did the toy manufacturers have to go so far as to require a TOOLBOX to change the batteries in a kid's toy?

OMG...wait........I have the answer (just came to me!)............The toy people need to get in cahoots with the allen wrench people and make the battery packs ACCESSIBLE BY ALLEN WRENCH (instead of one of a hundred different screwdriver sizes). Now THERE'S a good idea! See..sometimes there is a point to my otherwise pointless ranting.

Ok....I feel like I've used my powers for good tonight after figuring that out. I'm still going to go through the toolbox, pull out ALL the allen wrenches and bag that foolishness up and present it to Kevin upon his return and try and get some kind of reasoning out of him. This ought to be good.



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We're passing this tag along to anyone who hasn't done it yet. Come on...find a good pic and tell us a good story!

Tag....we're it (yikes!)

Oh boy...Melissa and Emmitt sent us our first tag with very explicit instructions which I'm sure Mom (she's a total tech tard) will screw up royally.

Ok...the first part we can handle...Melissa asked us to take a picture of our fridge (aka "Cold Box") and tell about it.

Here we go..........


First off...ingnore the fingerprints!
As you can see...it's pretty puggy! There are lots of pictures of me and also of Holden. Notice all SIX of Holden's "All A Honor Roll" ribbons from this past school year! At the top left is one of mommy's ads that she's in for Community Hospital's Bariatric program. She lost 145 pounds after her surgery back in 2005 and is their "spokespatient" now and shows up in local magazines and advertising here and there. She keeps that picture on the fridge to keep her OUT of it! At the bottom right is a cool list that Holden made of all the stuff he wants to do over summer vacation. Some things he's already done (learn to whittle with wood and learn to chop veggies with mom's big chef's knife) and then there are a few left to go (make stepping stones and go fishing).

Here is the side view...

MORE Pug stuff....our favorite is the magnet that says "Meshuggapug"!

Ok...we're supposed to tell about something on the inside.......we're going with the jar of Holden's homemade BBQ sauce! We started with a can of diet coke and added some tomato paste and simmered it together and I told Holden to "go nuts" with the spice cabinet and pantry. He added a "bit of this and that" (brown sugar, mustard, cayanne, onion powder, etc. etc.) until it tasted just right. It's YUMMY and we've been eating it on everything from chicken to a plain spoon!

All right....now I'm supposed to include the logo of the award that Melissa & Emmitt somehow decided that we were supposed to have. THANK YOU!


Then we're supposed to "tag" 7 other people and include links to their page.

We're choosing

Pug and Bugg
Maggie & Mitch
The Devil Dog
Rachel
Lex
KibitzKnitz
Beth's Blog

Mom (again....TECH TARD) JUST learned (Thanks Devil Dog!) know how to do the funky links where you just click on someone's name, so hopefully it will work.

(Note...just came back through and did hyperlinks, but now I can't find Nevis! Nevis...if you're reading this......you were originally tagged too so play along!)

Ok, now we have to go to all those people and give them their award and tell them what to do. Oy vay! I think Mom needs a nap and/or maybe a stiff drink first.

Computer stuff gives her a headache. She says that's Daddy's job!