Homeless and need a pen

Today as I sat at a stop light on my way home, the normal homeless man who is looking for food and/or money seemed oddly different.

He was holding a piece of cardboard, but it didn't have anything written on it. Just a plain brown square.

I wonder if it worked better or worse?

Perhaps tomorrow I will ask. Most likely, though, I won't.

I will just pretend that I don't have a soul and ignore him yet another day. Buh.

A picture blog, a picture blog!

My life...

Jez turns demonic and takes over the bedroom TV.

Vernie wakes up from a nap.

Steve-o is a monster!

Then he feels really bad.

Then he gets a backpack and goes on a hike with Dad.

*****

I have a birthday, yay!

And we all wear hats!

And we play with the hats...

and play some more.

Then the dogs discover I received balloons. And there are quite pleased.

And yesterday, as Jeremy and I dug holes in the garden to plant our new tree, we find...

really old drug stuff. It was in a coffee can and buried. We first found a pipe and thought, "neat." Then we found the glass pipe and thought, "what the?" and then we found the tubes and such. Who knew it was in our garden this whole time? Not me. I guess the previous owners liked themselves some smokin'. I kind of got nervous and called the non emergency police. They said we could just throw it away, but not before taking pictures. It is kind of neat looking after all.

It's my birthday!

Happy Birthday to me!

While typing this, I am vacuuming my living room

Jealous?

I received an iRobot Roomba for Christmas, and I love him. I have named him Stanley, and he is my friend. He is currently sucking up all the dog/cat hair that has accumulated under the couch, on the floor, on the rug, and I don't have to do it.

Here is an ode to Stanley:

Dearest Stanley, vacuum extraordinaire,
I love how you pick up my animals hair.
I love how you remove all the hair balls
That gather around the floor and the walls.
I love you for making the vacuuming easy.
I love how you make the Sunday clean breezy.
I will always remember the day you arrived,
And made my house less of a dive.

My book will be out shortly for you all to purchase.