Warning!

 When we went to Bend this spring, we went to the High Desert Museum, which has a lot of displays both inside and outside.  While we were walking the trails outside, we were followed by chipmunks -- a herd of chipmunks.  These cheeky little critters were looking for food (which is why the Museum does NOT allow anyone to feed them) and they followed us down the trail.  One even ran right up to us, found out we weren't going to feed it, looked disgusted, and ran off.  They were a herd of vicious chipmunks, OK?  Well, when we were in Phoenix, I went shopping with my sister and my mom.  I had the car window rolled down a bit and all of a sudden something flew into my hair.  I was batting at it to get it out and grabbed it -- it was a wasp and it stung me!  I threw it and the stinger out the window (thank goodness I don't seem to be allergic to the little b*****ds) but it left a pretty good sized blood blister on my finger.  We decided the vicious herd of chipmunks were to blame -- they telephoned ahead to Phoenix and put a hit out on me and got a suicide wasp to do it.  They are part of Mother Nature's Mafia.  Everyone laughed at me, until I actually, truly found a picture on the internet of a killer chipmunk.  This is for real.

 No one is laughing now!!!

DON'T PISS OFF MOTHER NATURE!!! 

We just got back today from visiting my family in Phoenix.  Great trip, wonderful visit.  Stories to follow.  (We're tired and wired and going to bed right now.) 

Great Hello!

My friend Mike who has been serving in Irag has a two-week leave to come home now.  He was scheduled to visit us at the Post on Monday night.  Guess who showed up for breakfast at the Post this morning???!!!  It was SO great to see him after a year away, healthy and in one piece.  Jim called me on the phone this morning when I was just getting out of the shower to let me know Mike showed up.  I went down there so fast my hair was still soaking wet!   What a blessing to see him again!  His official "leave party" is tomorrow night but he just couldn't wait to see us all again so he surprised us this morning.  What a great start to my day!  His  tour is over in April when he's home for good -- he is looking forward to it as much as we are for him to be home for good.  What a wonderful blessing! 

Real T-shirts that I love -- Vol. 2

I try to keep the coffee buzz going until the alcohol buzz kicks in.

Alcohol is the answer.  I just can't remember the question.

For my next trick I will need a condom and a volunteer.

Nobody notices what I do, until I don't do it.  (my job in a nutshell)

Don't sweat the petty things.  Don't pet the sweaty things.

I don't mind going to work.  It's that 8 hour wait to go home that sucks!  (again, my job in a nutshell)

I don't need sex -- the government screws me every day.