Mysterious and Misplaced Logic of a Maniac Gone Awry

Jan

05

2009

Kissing My Vacation Goodbye

by Gabrielle at 6:49 pm

The crack of dawn arrived too early. No part of my soul wanted to roll out of bed this morning. 12 days of vacationing bliss will do that to you. It’s gonna hurt tomorrow, too. I can feel it already.

And just to let you know, for those of you who are curious, the table is not finished. In fact, it is still sitting in pieces on the floor. I have a strange feeling that I will never eat at that table again.

In case you were wondering, this is how I really feel.

In case you were wondering, this is how I felt this morning at 6:20.

I love Lolcats. They get me through the day.

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Categories: America, Cat, Columbia, Humor, South Carolina

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Jan

01

2009

2009 New Year’ Resolution: Finish This Table

by Gabrielle at 12:27 pm

Phil and I decided that it would be a good idea to finish his old dinning room table over our twleve day vacation. On the first day of our vacation, we got the top of the table done and just the easy to reach areas on the legs. A week later, we finally finished the rest of legs. We were going to start staining yesterday, but it was too freaking windy. Today being New Year’s Day, we are too tired to do anything and we have to go eat a traditional meal at his parents at 3:00. Tomorrow we have to go look at some more houses with our real estate agent. That leaves us with Sunday, our last vacation day, to get anything done. If Sunday is a good day weather wise, I expect we will only be able to tackle a few legs. We’ll probably be working on this table for the next several weeks. I’ll be happy that is just gets done - sometime this year.

Here is a partial before and after picture. We plan to stain the top of the table light and the legs of the table dark. When we buy some new chairs, we will do the same to them.

Here is what she looked like before.

Here is what she looked like after day one.

Happy New Year’s guys. Hope you all have a great 2009. Remember 2012 is only 3 years away.

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Dec

19

2008

Buicks Are Not Off-Road Vechicles

by Gabrielle at 3:06 pm

Phil’s famous last words were, “Hell, lets do it.”

And this is what happened.

Had three men not come to our rescue, we would have had to call a tow truck. I told them that we would love their help, but that they were not allowed to ask how we got into our mess. They just smiled. Thankfully, the car was on a slight incline. When they lifted the back end up, the front two wheels caught, and the car was free.

Everyday is an adventure with Phil.

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Categories: America, Buick, Columbia, Phil, South Carolina, adventure

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Dec

15

2008

Animal Videos

by Gabrielle at 3:38 pm

I was looking through some of my old videos and thought I would post them here for your viewing pleasure.

The first one is off a piggy scratching his bum. I found him at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens located in Charleston, South Carolina. I’ve always wanted a pig, and came real close to buying one in China, but Phil wouldn’t let me. Meanie!!

I love feeding ducks. I used to go to a pond near my house all of the time, but they have now made it illegal or something like that to feed the ducks.

I used to volunteer at Carolina Wildlife Care, a non-profit, wildlife rehabilitation clinic located here in Columbia. It was a great experience and I was able to see a lot of wild animals up close. One of the cutest animals I saw there was a Blue Grey Gnatcatcher. I wanted to put him in my pocket and take him home. Sorry about the video quality. My old Kodak didn’t like close up shots.