Bunny Burrow

Happy Birthday Dad

Dad,

If you were here today, you would have turned 76. 

I am working today, on your birthday.  As I sit at my desk and watch the senior men here going about their daily life, I wonder WHY are they here?  WHY aren't you?  The truth is, I'll never know why. 

I just got off the phone with Mom. She's doing okay today. 

We both wish you were here with us but not selfish enough to want that at the cost of your pain and suffering.

I talked to Jennifer about making some type of strawberry dessert today.  As I sat and wondered if I could get through a piece of strawberry shortcake, something amazing happened.  A very special resident here (one of the ones that I sit and wonder "why?"), Billy, came into my office and brought me a fresh bowl of strawberries and some dipping sauce.  He has NO idea!

I told him what today was and he pulled up a chair and we shared a very special bowl of strawberries in your honor.

If you were here today, you would have met my husband, seen my new house, know about my new job, seen Shane turn 16 and get his learners permit to drive and went with us to Aunt Edna's grand-daughter's wedding just in this last year.

As I sit thinking about you today and getting a more than a little misty-eyed, I find myself missing your blue eyes and ever present strong hands that were always there for me. 

I am going to go home and hug my children as soon as I can.  Maybe one day they will look back and remember my hugs too?

We did alot of outooorsey things this weekend while camping, one of which was dirtbike riding/4-wheeling with all the boys.  FUN!

Danny and I were both on 4 wheelers out in the middle of an enormous field with a huge incline.  He was revving up (showing off) and climbing the hill as fast as he could.

So,..he says: Wanna come climb the hill with me?

ME: Yeah!

Danny: I'll even give you a head start. Come on!

I sped over there and got about 1 4-wheeler length in front of him as he yelled "GO!"

THE POWER of that 4-wheeler climbing that hill!  Kicking up mud and grass, hay and anything else in my path.  The wind in my face and the sun on my back!  It was GREAT!

I never saw him until the end where as I turned to look at him, he smirked.

Me: (GRINNING)Well?

Danny: I DID give you a head start!

MEN! (I'll bet he doesn't do that again!)

Happy St Patrick's Day

Don't forget to wear green and make me one of THESE later:

The Ideal Irish Coffee

Too cute not to mention, my neighbor's 3 year old Megan said THIS to me while camping this weekend, "I am ADDICTED to milk!" (Will post pics soon.)

And NOT that anybody in my household would do this BUT is it safe to bathe your new white puppy in green Kool-Aid for St. Patrick's Day???

For your viewing pleasure

Usually the Bunny Burrow is very friendly but I just have to do this.

Here, for your viewing pleasure is a (ALMOST not safe for work) peep show.

Currently wondering...

WHY when you are sitting at a fast food restaurant in a booth with PLENTY of other seating available, someone finds it necessary to not only sit in the booth right in front of you but also FACE you.

WHERE am I supposed to look?  GRRRR..!!!

Is it Friday yet?

Although I'm not sure why I want it to be Friday -- I have to WORK this weekend! And I am so looking forward to that.  Sigh...

Let me start by saying where I sit, I have the only computer that can manage our front door entry system where I work so I get the privilege of updating it and managing it.  The only problem is I really haven't been given any training so I am winging it.  Do you foresee problems?  Yeah, me too!

Well, I recently got a new computer and there was lots of data being transferred to it, etc.  Someone from the corporate office came and scooted the new smaller tower computer to the very edge of my desk and attached it to a cord from the wall to "receive" the information I needed to continue taking care of the front door system. The cord was removed, the computer put back in place and business was back to normal.

From then on, the front door has not worked in several areas. I deleted, re-added, reconfigured and there was just nothing I could do anymore.

Again, the man from corporate comes back out.  The first thing he does is pick up the unattached cord and dangle it asking me why it wasn't plugged in??  Well, I didn't know it was SUPPOSED to be plugged in.  I had never had it plugged in before?

That's because, apparently, it was always plugged in being that I had a floor computer tower versus a desk tower and I needed to plug it in every time there was an error, change, addition, etc.

Umm, I didn't know that! GRRRR!!!

I feel like SUCH a blonde.  If that isn't bad enough, one of my co-workers witnessed this and told me a joke:

"What do you call a blonde with 2 black eyes....?   Someone that had to be told twice!"

HUH?

Then a later joke was..."What do you call a blonde with 1 black eye....? A quick-learner!"

Please, forgive me for not falling off my chair with laughter!!!

ANYWAY, my Mom had a minor surgery yesterday so keep her in your prayers.  I want her to keep up her always good spirits and not worry about anything.

Also, today is my good friend Joy's 29th Birthday AGAIN (wink, wink)!  Say Happy Birthday to Joy! She is a snoopy lover so this is for her:

Lunar Eclipses and Lunacy?

Jennifer was over and I was asking her if she was able to see the Lunar Eclipse that just happened on February 21st.  She did NOT so we were talking about it and just exactly what it is...

Danny happened to be sitting in the room with us so we started talking about the Solar Eclipse also.  Jennifer didn't really know what this was and after it was explained, she said "Wouldn't it be neat if this happened during the day so we could all see it??"

Well, I wasn't sure what to say and looked at Danny with a big grin when he said THIS: 

"Umm, well I wouldn't be talking too much BLONDIE!  Why don't we get tickets outside the stadium to watch it?"

Well, I still thought it was funny!

Wild Weekend Without Kids

This next weekend we have NO Kids!!!

NO KIDS I TELL YOU!  Now, don't get me wrong.  We love our kids, really we do.  OUr children are indeed gifts from God and we are truly blessed in that respect.  A weekend without kids is like a weekend without... how about you finish that sentence for me in your own words??

Here are some things we have thought about doing so far:

1. Eat bag of Oreos with milk in its entirety for a meal
2. Run around naked
3. Slide down the bannisters (this would NOT be while doing #2)
4. Drink straight from the orange juice and/or milk jug
5. Sleep until NOON
6. Watch movie that does not include animation or super heroes
7. Go to the bathroom without the peace of mind knowing that NOBODY is going to come pounding on the door

Okay, so what did I leave out?

Customer Service only goes so far!

I won't disclose where Tricia, my sister, works BUT she is on the receiving end of customer service issues and she came across this from an airline passenger:

“We missed a party for my birthday and the superbowel!” (ok, we won’t even go near that one)

Email Etiquette Rule #1

Note to self (and sister):

NEVER EVER EVER "copy" somebody on an email that has gone back and forth for quite some time without going back and reviewing all of said email.