Monday, May 07, 2012

I'm Baaaaaaack.......

Well, kinda back.  Still recuperating from the A-Z Challenge, which, coincidentally, ran concurrently with the big move to the new house.  So I took a few days off.  I know.  I know.  I didn't say a word about the move, but with all the new words being bandied about the last month, there just wasn't time.  Or energy.  


The move went about as smoothly as could be expected.  All my shit is there, albeit not actually IN the house.  But it's in the garage, so progress is now measured incrementally, by box.  About all I can ask for.  And only one real 'incident'...I'll spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say it involved a bed post, a ceiling fan, and a ton of accident-proneness.                   
Injuries in the picture are more hideous than they appear
 (and noses much smaller.  Shaddup).
So anyway, we're getting all settled in and soon as I can wiggle my nose and move my legs and arms normally again, I'll be back to posting more often.  
In the meantime, I'll share with you some things we saw over the weekend.
 It took three drive by passes to determine what this was, and on the third, Roger's like "Shit!  Do you know what that is? Go get a pic!"  And I'm like "It's a fresh one!"   And then I ran up and took the pic because we both knew that there's no way either of us was gonna let a photo op like that pass us by. We're just like that.


Complete with freshly leaked innard juice. Bonus!!
For those of you unfamiliar with them, that, my disquisitive friends, is a fuckin ARMADILLO!  In Southern Illinois!  Made it all the way from Texas or Arkansas or some such southern place only to meet it's demise on route 156 in Madison County.  

This is obviously NOT a leaking armadillo, but Kid 2 looking stunning at pictures before her Senior Prom.  
My baby...*sniff, sniff*
 There was also a mass for the Seniors on Thursday (she goes to a Catholic H.S.) and although I should have been focusing on the Bishop, my eyes were riveted on the baseball-sized rats nest on the left side of the woman's head two pews in front of me.  Not sure you can get the full effect here.  It was completely coiffed in the front and on the sides, but for some reason known only to the laws of cosmetology, the back was almost completely ignored.  


Nice try, but God can see that, honey...
So there ya go.  A little peek into my week/weekend. 


Hang tight. I'll be back soon.

Outness, y'all,
Ach

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16 comments:

  1. Fresh roadkill and a terrible hairdo at mass? All in one post?! Thank you!! :) I love that you snapped a pic during mass...hee hee. Congrats on the move, sorry about the schnoz injury, and Kid 2 does look stunning!

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    1. Thanks, L-Kat!
      Pretty sure I'm going to hell anyway, so a pic during mass won't be the deciding factor. LOL!

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  2. Kid 2 is a beauty! OK, that armadillo? Kind of broke my heart. But I would have been right next to you snapping pictures. And that lady's hair? Looks better than mine ever does. Cringe.

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    1. Thanks, Stephanie. I'm kinda partial to her.
      Yeah, the poor armadillo walked 1000 miles and swam the Mississippi only to get creamed by an F150 on an Illinois backroad. Hard not to feel bad.
      Not buying the hair story. Sorry. ;)

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  3. Almost barfed at the picture of the armadillo. Around here, someone would have taken it home and cooked it.

    Kid 2 is gorgeous and that dress! Stunning.

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    1. Funny you should say that, Lily...Given the area we were in, we were surprised that such a fresh looking specimen hadn't already been taken for vittles.

      Thanks on behalf of Kid 2! She's as beautiful inside as out!

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  4. OK, is it me, or is the nest a different color than the coiffed portion of the program?

    Gorgeous prom girl!

    Armadillo? You want flies with that?

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    1. I think you're right, Andrea. It was multicolored. Curiouser and curiouser.

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  5. My favorite part is that both you AND Roger were all "get a picture!" I would have been grabbing the wheel and forcing my hubs to turn around, amidst massive eyerolling and sighing on his behalf. This is why I love your Roger. :)

    And yeah, pics in church? Someone's going to H E double hockey sticks!! ;)

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    1. Haha, Misty! For some reason we both have a penchant for oddities. We make a good team!

      If God didn't want us taking pics, he should've scrambled the cell signal in the cathedral, dontcha think??

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  6. Poor little armadillo! How DID he get there?! Ralph was just saying over the weekend he'd like one for a pet once we get to NM. How exciting about the new house. Will we see pictures at some point? Your daughter look beautiful...love all the sparkle! The hair thing...I don't get it either, don't people ever look at the back of their heads?! I'm lucky. My hair is so curly back there that all I do is run my fingers through it and it can be considered "done."

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    1. Do armadillos make ok pets? If so, I'm with Ralph. I can just see him walking it down the street on a leash! You MUST get pictures!

      Yes, I'll be posting pics of the homestead soon.

      Thanks for the kind words, Fran. Lucky you to have curls!

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  7. Awe. Too bad about the armadillo getting killed. He came a LONG way! I did not get to read your blog on the A to Z, but I was participating also. Nice to meet you!

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    1. Welcome, Raymond! If you get a chance, please go back and take a look at some of the A-Z posts...irreverent and unapologetic as they are.

      I didn't get a chance to look at all the blogs I wanted to, either, but heading over to yours now.

      Thanks for following!!

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  8. I always wanted to go to a Catholic high school, but my parents were too cheap to pay the tuition. I blame the fact that I am no longer Catholic on them. Jesus is going to be ever so mad.
    That armadillo looks tasty, by the way.

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    1. I didn't go to Catholic HS either and aside from the mandatory school events, never set foot in a church...do you think maybe there's a correlation??

      The flies certainly thought so.

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Lay it on me, people.

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