Jooray for Julio! Adam and I hung out sunday with our neighbor Julio on our porch. Today he brought us some beans n' rice. He said he came to Michigan from Puerto Rico to raise his family by picking mushrooms for $1.24/hour. He said it was all worth it because his son is now in college to become a lawyer. He has a big german shepherd named Chiba and he asked us when we're having babies. Cute.

ebay snack containers are on their way to my kitchen- yay!

I don't know about the new blogger, didn't let me in until I logged in about 20+ times. Maybe it's time I move to movable type especially since the "Blog This!" function is now obsolete for Mac IE. Harumph.

Click the picture to see Mr. Funnypants T. Squirrel in action.

I caught a bunny eating the bird food- NAUGHTY!

That's what you get you hippie!!!

I would say my week of craft help at my friend's church has been worth while. Some kids are obnoxious, but thats a given for the 8-12 year old class. It's really cute to hear little voices calling your name "Mrs. Payne, are you related to Major Payne from the movie?"--"Mrs. Payne are you married to Dr. Payne?" they're funny. Some kids were (surprisingly) poor. I noticed one girl that was there 3 days this week so far that wore the same thread-barren clothes each day (aw!). I remember going to something similar when I was a kid, but I never once thought about how much work was involved in putting it on. It's kind of funny to think that some of the kids will never forget the stupid origami pyramids or coloring in a door knob hanger.

I would call this week's MaaKies genuine.

A couple questions for you today:
(from Maggie@FBK)
1. What do you think about when you are mowing the lawn?
2. What the fuck is your problem? (And I mean that in the most general sense as a question to individuals reading this and I do not mean it in any kind of nasty way. Sometimes it's just good to get things of your chest.)
ANSWERS:
1. Rocks! Shrapnel! Rocks! What is it like to lose a toe? A Birdie! Remember Mr. Corsair from High School with 3 fingers on one hand- it was the mower. Rocks! Shrapnel! A BUNNY!
2. Self doubt. worries. imagined and otherwise. Organization. Lazyness and depression over a chronic disease.

Last night one of the little kids at the craft class got a big ole belly laugh at my name. I laughed harder.

This is here to commemorate the premiere of I'm With Busey.

SCORE! An original by Josef is now mine!

I've wondered what's in here have you?

My brother wanted me to post his girlfriend's page here.

Dokidoki Yummychums
You think it's a sanrio parody-but it's not.

So sorry to be off for a couple a days. I was helping my employers with their preparation for a church function. Their congregation is a total of about 20 people so they could definitely use all the help they could get. The event is for kids (they put it on at no charge to the attendees) and I'm looking forward to helping with the crafts. It's going to run all of next week and it should be really cute next Friday night is the "Fun Day" where there's going to be a petting zoo. Miniature donkeys rock!

Alright so I get home Monday night and look at our brand spankin' new bedspread on our brand spankin' new bed and I see a stain that looks a LOT like bird poop. You can fill in the rest of the story.

Yah, I'm such a loser, I registered http://www.imwithbusey.com Friday night. I was bored.

If you were born in the late 70's/early 80's you'll have fun looking through this old thing.

I'm pooin' my pants in anticipation for I'm with Busey mostly because it sounds like something I made up. I CAN'T WAIT. It better be as good as it sounds because maybe it's just the concept that's funny enough.

ok, so one of my life's accomplishments has finally been accomplished. we now have a king bed. I, of course, got the floor model and doing so saved us a whole $300.00. GO TEAM TIGHT! It is soooooo wonderful-a lot like being in a hotel so far, but the maid never makes the bed by the time I get home to watch Lupin III. Here's a photo.

Other things in and around our wonderfully big and old house: funny wallpaper, more funny wallpaper, an AWESOME painting my mom did at Jackson Community College (she hates it!), some nice carnations, a bird feeder, pretty birds in the trees, a funny tree of an undetermined species, one of many ghettobeasts, a recently spraypainted bood red baby dresser and of course the kitties who LOVE the birds.

FYI: I did NOT leave all the crazies behind when I moved away from Chicago. Monday morning at 8:30 am- I walk out the front door and head towards my car when I see a seemingly normal old man wrapping his arms around a tree across the street and giving it a big ole kiss. I ran inside because I left my coffee in the kitchen and when I came out he was then kitty corner across the street hugging and kissing another tree.