Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The new and improved tree fort.

Okay, I want all my readers, yes all three of you, to appreciate what I went through to upload these pictures! Stupid blogger kept losing them after I would upload them. This is round 4 and I finally had to resort to uploading one and a time.

We built a tree fort several years ago. This past spring it finally colapsed. With Ike on it at the time. No worries, the fort was not too badly ruined. We were able to salvage several pieces. I cannot say the same for Ike.

My dad came over for two afternoons and helped built a bigger, better and stronger tree fort. That one quickly exploded so had to settle for this one.

The man himself. Yes, he is muttering to himself in this picture. I think he is saying, "Put down the dang camera and help me pull this nail out of my finger."

Our fabulously patched together floor. We reused plywood and siding that we had laying around. Some of it was already painted with chalk board paint. now they can play tic tac toe, dots, hang man, or leave threating notes to eachother. I am voting on the threating notes.


I got the license plate collection thanks to a moonless night and several un-suspecting neighbors.

Daniel got to use the, BIG DOG, as grampa liked to call it.

Securing the floor.


All that is left is to put up the railings. Several sleep overs are already planned. Anna Nelson and I call first dibbs!















Tuesday, June 14, 2011

And now for a break from our regularly scheduled program.

Well Blogger is not really thrilled uploading vidoes. I got one up and will try to get more of them up.


Isaac graduated from Hamblen Elementry last night. Yep, he is a middle schooler now, and so very excited to move onto Chase.

Vertie, Barb and Katie were able to come and share in the festivities. It was very nice to have them there and I know it meant a lot to Isaac.


Getting his certificate from the prinicipal, Dr. Forsythe with is teacher Mrs. Justice.


Standing up with some of his classmates.




Anna playing with the camera. The kids were sorta bored. They really drug this out. So I let each of the kids take turns playing with the camera. The girls took pictures of our family. Jakey took pictures of the people behind us. I don't want to post them because I don't know who they are but what cracked me up is that they actually did poses for these pictures.

The Hamblen Elementry 6th grade class of 2011






Our traditional family photo outside the school. Yes, Ike is just thrilled to have his picture taken with us.



Jakey bumming a ride off of Aunt Katie.


Papa and Grandma with Ike. The also bought him a new bike for his graduation. WOW!! He rode it this morning the moment after he got dressed.






















































Thursday, June 9, 2011

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

How to give a CAT a pill

I must say I did not come up with this. I shamelessly stole it from my friends facebook notes. But I laughed so hard I knew I had to share it on here as many of my friends and followers are avid cat lovers. I knew they would get a kick out of it.

Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.
Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.
Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from yard.
Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber band.
Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
Call fire department to retrieve the friggin' cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.
Tie the little bastard's front paws to rear paws with twine and bind tightly to leg of dining room table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.
Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.
Arrange for Humane Society to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.
How to Give a DOG a pill
Wrap it in bacon.

well, i was not expecting this.

What is that on Jenn's stove top??

Isaac thought it would be fun to have a candle outside while we were sitting around the fire on Sunday. I decided that it was prolly not the best idea. He walked in the door and set it on the back burner and ran back out.

Monday morning......

I fire up the skillet and fry up some sausage and eggs for breakfast. As I remove the skillet I see the remenets of Ike's candle melted in a pool in my back burner. It had rolled under the skillet so I did not see it. Not really wanting to deal with it at the time I wondered off onto bigger and better things.

When it had cooled I scraped it all off.