Granny Louise

Jake's Granny passed away at 2am on July 4th. She will be greatly missed because she was most definitley the ultimate grandmother. She lived to be 94 and was able to meet several great-grandchildren. The funeral was today and it was, of course, sad, but i got to see a lot of family i don't get to see often enough. Two of his cousins just had babies and they were so cute! We also found out Jake's brother is moving back to Ellijay next week. Jake seemed really happy about that because they're like twins (looks and personality) born 12 years apart. Jake was asked to be a pallbearer (which he did even though he disliked the idea) so we had to get him a new suit jacket. Jake and his brother came *this close* to picking out the exact same jacket without knowing it. Jake's new jacket looks awesome on him and i told him he has to wear it every day. Somehow i don't think that's going to happen though.

The Good and The Bad

I'm currently watching Dala pace back and forth around Jake trying to jump in his lap or onto the computer desk because she is frantically trying to get at the beef jerky. It's so funny! Her eyes are huge. The problem is that beef jerky is super tough (or so i hear, that stuff is nasty) so Jake is actually *chewing* little pieces before he gives it to her. Ewww! It's like watching a bird feed it's babies.

On a sad note Jake's Granny isn't doing well at all. She had a heart attack a month or so ago and since she's 94 she hasn't been strong enough for them to do surgery or anything to unblock clogged arteries. So today they moved her to hospice. :(

Random Ally Quotes That Make Me Giggle

Ally: " i dont remember learning properly about sex in school"
Ally: "in fact, i didnt learn properly about sex until i was trying to get pregnant and i looked it up"

Ally: "hookers, thieves, pawnbrokers, sailors.....and pharmacists"

Ally: "cause shes a teenageer"
Ally: "theyre all obnoxious idiots"

Ally: its a good thing paul was driving cause i sorta forgot about him[Lucas]...altho if i had been driving i might have been thinknig about it more
Ally: paul was turning right and i was like "why are you going that way?" and then it dawned on me
Ally:"ohhh were going to moms"
Ally: i think i should win mother of the year
Ally: actually what realllly we should have done was just left him there for the next month
Ally: altho id probablymiss him

Bye-Bye Barret

Today all of the pharmacy peeps went to the mexican restaurant after Barret's last day at the pharmacy. He's moving on to bigger and better places but he's leaving behind some pretty devastated customers. Mostly the cougar kind. Anyhow, one of my coworkers has 3 kids and they came along. Her 18 month old son Thomas was sitting next to Barret and we were all getting him to "high-five" and clap and stuff (the baby not Barret). So Barret hands the baby his cell phone and tells him to throw it. Thomas looks at him a fraction of a second, smiles, and launches it across the table......right into the bowl of salsa sitting in front of Jake. Barret's phone had salsa all over it and Jake had salsa all over him. It was hysterical! Other than Barret corrupting the baby all three of her kids were *so* well behaved. I'm definitely going to have learn her secret if i ever have a kid.

Small Talk

Tonight on our walk we were discussing my stolen peach blog.

Jake: "That's humor for little kids or old women"

Me: "I am an old women. And i thought it was funny!"

Jake: "You're just a couple years away from wearing ugly holiday sweaters"

Me: "That's not nice!"

Jake: "At least you're not a skank"

Me: "What?!"

Jake: "You [Women with ugly holiday sweaters] are a socially accepted positive role model"

Gee, thanks babe!

Neighbors and a Broken Jumper

I met another neighbor today! She lives in the easter egg house near Jenn. She was so nice! She was out walking her dog. Actually her boyfriend's dog. And i also learned that my other new neighbor across the street is engaged. So i'm not sure if it's just her house or if her and her fiance bought it together. I've been stalking the property records but so far it still has the old owners' names on it. Kristie couldn't give me any info either.

Lately Dala has been kinda sickly acting. She's lost weight (about a pound) but we think that's because she goes outside all the time now and therefore gets more exercise. It's weird because she eats like 20 "snacks" a day in addition to her usual breakfast and dinner. She also seems slightly more lethargic...although she's had enough energy to continuously knock things off my computer desk and she brought Jake a mole yestrday. Mostly though she won't jump at all. When she gets up on things like the bed/couch/cat post she uses her front legs to pull herself up and kinda climbs. She's had breakdowns in her jumper (that's her back legs) before but it usually only lasted a few days and then she was fine. We asked the vet about it one of those times and they x-rayed her and stuff. They said it was most likely arthritis. I thought they were crazy because at the time she was only 7 or 8 years old. So anyway I started researching this supplement called Cosequin for Cats. It was recommended for Patches ages ago and Susan now uses it for Fraidy and says its worked wonders. It's a supplement that's like Osteo Bi-Flex for people. During my research i discovered that it also helps the type of urinary blockages that Anakin keeps getting. So i ordered it from Amazon for $14 because the vet was going to charge me $40! (Amazon Prime is the best investment i've ever made) I hope it fixes her jumper. I've also just discovered that their flea medicine is tons cheaper on Amazon too.

I got Ally a present! I'm way too impatient to wait for it to be a surprise so she's already seen a picture of it. Cat not included!

I'm Not Emo!

So today Jake and John went to see the new Transformers movie. I was whining and bitching because I was stuck at work and want to see the movie as well. I haven't seen the first one yet (although i've heard it's good) but I was mostly irritated that I had to work and they got to play. Did they really *have* to see it on opening day? Nevermind that Jake offered to see it a second time. It's ridiculous to pay $10 per ticket to see a movie you've already seen before. Anyway, after much grumping I came home to this....





I guess it served it's purpose because it made me smile.