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My birthday cake is on the left – it was delicious and is all gone now. On the right is my mom’s – which we sadly can’t touch until tomorrow. It’s killing me a little to know it’s in my kitchen (a dark chocolate cake!!!) and I can’t eat it.
Dear Petsmart,
Didn’t you read my post about how excited I was about all the cool and neat things I ordered from you guys? If not, it’s here. Go read it real quick, I’ll wait.
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Did you read it? And what do you have to say for yourselves now? You big jerks! I got my package yesterday, thanks a LOT for making sure the powdered shampoo bottle was closed and sealed tightly! Everything in the box was coated with that stuff, it was an absolute mess.
If that’s not bad enough, you know those chocolate bones poor Dale has been waiting for? You know the packaging for such bones? They have a small round opening in the back, probably to make opening the package easier… guess what else that hole does. It allows the bones to become thickly coated in powdered shampoo, of course!
Dale is pissed and so am I. There better not be any more issues when the rest of the order comes (and by the way, that’s stupid too. You could have just waited until the tag was done to send everything at once) or I’ll be shopping at Petco next time. Douche puppets.
Sincerely,
A none-too-pleased Me
I stole this from Deals, who stole this from Lia, who stole it from Alynda… you can see the pattern I think.
- Things you’ve already done: bold
- Things you want to do: italicize
- Things you haven’t done and don’t want to: leave in plain font
1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not (physically) ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a marathon.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person.
41. Sung Karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted. (ish)
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
So most of the things on this list I can say I’ve done are things that typically happen to you, not things you choose to do. And the things I want to do? Pretty much involve travel. lol. I think I learned a little something about myself here!
I just ordered a couple things from Petsmart, so you know they’re fun! First of all Dale is getting a tag. Yup. Kinda boring, it’s just a circle one with “Dale” on the front and our address and phone number on the back. But he is also getting a tee shirt! His first ever! Jeff is not a fan of dressing up the pets. I don’t know what his problem is. 
This is Dale’s shirt. He’s also getting a chocolate bone, because he always wants my chocolate and I tell him “no chocolate for Dale’s! Sorry bud.” Now he can have something chocolate! This is the bone.
Don’t you worry, Chewy isn’t getting the shaft. He’s getting a neat laser toy that I think the whole family will enjoy. This is it. And… I thought since I was ordering things it might be worth it to give this a shot. Chewy cleans himself, but sometimes he could use a little help! And I value my life too much to try to put him in a tub full of water.
I know, this is a weird post. But just you wait until Dale gets his sweet new tee shirt! You’ll be excited too.
from sunglasswarehouse.com!
Really? I don’t know but it’s sure worth a shot! Go here to enter to win a $3,000 vacation!
So, where are you going to go when you win? I’d have to price some things out, but Greece sure sounds awesome, doesn’t it?!
It’s Dale Day! And… it’s (*the day we’re celebrating) Dale’s birthday! Happy SEVEN buddy! WOOOO!
We love you kid!
* I have to admit a mistake. I had written on my calendar and everywhere that Dale’s birthday was January 5th, which is what I remember it to be! But then I went to look for his birthday post last year to verify… there wasn’t one. Bad enough, right? So then I checked the year before and found this post, dated January 6th. And so I stupidly assumed that I was remembering wrong. But you know what? I’m POSITIVE that his birthday is the 5th, and have noted it as that everywhere except that one post... so now I feel bad for “forgetting” Dale’s birthday. Really it was just mistakenly postponed a day. Do you think he’ll ever forgive us?!
Breaking News: Dale day has been postponed until tomorrow – for good reason. Check back tomorrow for more details!
Tomorrow is the last day of holidailies! Since it’s now also Dale day, today is kind of my last holidailies day! Or at least the last one where I have to wrack my brain and come up with something to say. Like now. *crickets chirp*
Oh, here’s a little something I’ve been saving for a rainy day! And it’s fitting that I should post it the day I return to work after almost two full weeks off… A Few Guidelines for Email Etiquette … but really it should just be known as common sense. Unfortunately, life doesn’t seem to work that way.
- Do all those people REALLY need to be cc’ed?
- People can still tell when you’re being a bitch over email; watch your tone. Facial expressions aren’t your only tell.
- Could the email you’re about to send be held against you in a court of law (or… a meeting of some kind)? DO NOT HIT SEND.
I’ve only come up with the three rules so far, but I think they cover a lot of ground. File this one away for future reference, ok? Tell them Sarah sent you.
Tomorrow it’s back to work! How sad. Not that my job is bad, but who doesn’t love vacation time?!
This morning Jeff called me and told me to get my butt out of bed and get dressed, we were going out to breakfast. I tried to get ready before he got home, but mornings just don’t work that way for me. First I had to lay there a couple minutes longer and relish the bed warmth. Then when I did get up Chewy was in mid pukefest, so I had to help him out. I was half ready when Jeff got here, which was actually pretty impressive if you ask me. He didn’t seem to think so, but then he wasn’t trying to do all the things last minute, so his opinion doesn’t count.
So we went to Denny’s and stuffed ourselves, then stopped at the carparts place and got new windshield wipers for both cars (they take the same size, which WalMart happened to be out of the last time we were there), then went to Blockbuster. Jeff picked Eagle Eye and Death Race. I watched Eagle Eye with him, it wasn’t bad. I can’t help but be annoyed with the unrealistic parts of those movies though. A few “oh whatEVER” ’s may have slipped out… Then Jeff watched Death Race.
Please insert rolling eyes smilie here. That is a stupid man movie if I ever heard of one. I basically napped throughout it, but I would wake up here and there and just roll my eyes. I can’t even tell you how many times (and this is just during the few breaks I took from napping!) they said “Merry Christmas” or one time “Happy Holidays” – and then they’d like punch the guy in the face or blow something up. Of course. I really don’t understand the appeal of that Jason Statham guy so much either… I mean, every movie he is in he is the bad-ass action dude. And sure, he has a lot of muscles (they make sure you notice, that is not my fault)… but he’s a balding dude with an English accent… That throws me off big time. I don’t know, maybe if he would try a movie where he plays some other persona than the bad-ass throwing punches I might like him a little more in his next action flick. But seriously. Look at the list of movies he’s been in… they are all the same damn thing with a different package.
This really wasn’t supposed to be another post about movies… it was supposed to be about going to breakfast and such. But… I’ve written enough. I’ll leave it as is. 
PS If you are Jason Statham reading this, please don’t kick my ass. I know you know how to fight and I think your muscles are just fine, and seriously? I even liked the first few movies I watched that had you as the bad-ass! I just think maybe you should consider another type of role. Just once. I’m sorry.
Today I have been playing with digital scrapbooking. I only know of this one place to download “supplies” so far so everything is from here … besides my own photoshopping skills. Nothing will probably ever come of these, but here are the three thingies I have played with/made today:
VACATION!
Snug as a Bug in a Rug
Happy Holidays!
It’s pretty fun kids. Give it a go!
Chewy day is a day late again! This time because I lost track of what day it was though… silly vacation time! This is the last Chewy day of holidailes/Nablopomo… so it’s the last Chewy day. I will do some randomly in the future, but not once a week… it seems a bit much. You can hope for one a month. I wish you luck with that!
We didn’t go to the movies today, the weatherman made it sound like there was a big snowstorm coming along tonight. And there might be! But it didn’t come when we thought it was supposed to, so we sat home and watched VH1 for no reason. Sigh. Oh well! We found out that Welcome to the Jungle was the #1 Greatest Hard Rock song… and neither of us agreed with that choice. It definitely should be on the list! Maybe even top ten, but not #1. No offense Guns N’ Roses! But seriously.
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