Poor BTK. he has to suffer so much humiliation. Every time his *mother* Sissy puts his Snuggie on him he immediately falls over and refuses to move. Perhaps it's from embarrassment. Perhaps it's because his mother has a matching Snuggie in pink. Whatever it is, as soon as that thing comes off, he disappears for quite some time. Odd.

Things around the house ...

I've noticed something odd lately. Things aren't going so smoothly at The Gardens. SOMEONE, who shall remain nameless MARV, has a problem. Some people might call this cantputitwhereitbelongs-itis. I just call it annoying.

People, we don't live at the Ritz where they're all fancy-schmancy and have phones in the bathroom next to the bidet. And while it is a cordless phone and you CAN take it in the bathroom, that doesn't mean you SHOULD. I won't even go into talking on the phone in the bathroom where the poor unfortunate soul on the other end of the call might hear your innermost (that just became your outermost) bodily functions. Unless it's a tele-marketer. But, if you do, can't you take it back to its home?

This next one flummoxed me. I could not conceive the reasoning behind this one. maybe you can explain it to me.

Seriously? How much effort does it take to replace the toilet paper roll? I mean, honestly. This is the point where Marv will say something like, "I couldn't replace it. I was on the phone."

In other news, it finally got below 50 degrees over the weekend, so we built a fire. SOMEONE in this house likes being warm and toasty. That's all I'm saying.

I had to resort to buying bundles of firewood 'cause SOMEONE (Marv) didn't get a truckload before the cold snap *AHHH SNAP!

Happy 1st Birthday, BTK!

Do you KNOW how hard it is to get a cat to wear a birthday crown? No? Let me tell you, it's ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. The only reason we were able to get this shot is because BTK was more interested in his birthday seafood feast. Poor Sissy. She worked so hard on his little crown. Of course, if the local pet store had any party hats for cats, this probably would have worked out better. But they don't carry any. HELLO. You carry fifty bajillion costumes for dogs (court jester, hot dog, etc.) but you don't have ANYTHING to celebrate a birthday?! What kind of people are you? AND, almost 90% of your store is dedicated to DOGS. You have one meager little shelf of craptastic cat stuff and everything else is for dogs. Don't get me wrong, I like dogs. But BTK is not a dog. As we were leaving, I made the comment to Sissy that "apparently, BTK should have been born a dog." Thank goodness BTK didn't hear me.

So, Happy 1st Birthday to BTK and his brother Big Stuff who lives with Niece and Nephew. I have also posted evidentiary photos of exactly how hard it is to get BTK to wear a birthday crown and hold still for pictures*. And how weird are we for singing Happy Birthday to a cat?

* No BTK's were harmed in the taking of these photos (even though it looks like he's being choked!) Do you see the evil eye he's giving us? NOT HAPPY!

Study Buddies

Sissy and her study buddy BTK are JEAN-EE-USES! In an earlier post, I explained that Sissy would be in a Chemistry class that is actually for Juniors.  Yesterday, Sissy got her first Chem test back.  Sissy was a little anxious about this test, because the teacher had said it would be extremely hard.  When the students entered the classroom, they saw the overall results for all of the Chem classes on the chalk dry-erase board (I know I just dated myself).  Only FIVE students from ALL SEVEN CLASSES made an "A".  Only ONE student from Sissy's class PASSED. Not made an "A", PASSED.  Sissy did the "death march" up to the front of the class to receive her verdict.  She was the last one called.  When Sissy turned around, all the other students were blinded by the smile on her face.  Know why?