I know it's been longer than a week. I don't blog a lot, but when I do it rocks!! The debris in the picture was under Grant's booster chair. Can you believe that my precious little boy could make such a mess? Sure you can. I think he is related to Pig Pen from Charlie Brown. The debris underneath his chair consisted of:
his hair(he's already balding), blueberries, Frosted Mini Wheats, yogurt(fan favorite), and some items were undetermined. Thanks for playing Bueller.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Squirrels
Squirrels. What can you say about them? Some people think they are cute, fun, cuddly, etc...Me? I hate them. Why do I hate them? When I was a kid growing up we had a forest behind our house, or at least that's what I called it as a kid. It was really a huge gulley with a bunch of trees and rocks. There were lots of squirrels for me to shoot at as a young boy. There were also squirrels that lived in our attic and kept me awake at night as a little boy. Some squirrels had chewed a rather large hole in the side of our and began to live in our attic. My father didn't like that at all, so I had free reign to kill every squirrel possible. I used to be congratulated for this. It was pretty cool. My hatred for squirrels never ceased and has been rekindled now that I have my own house.
Some squirrels have chewed a small in the roof of my house and live up there. I remember waking up for the first time in my house to the sound of a squirrel peeling out in the attic. As Sarah puts it, "It sounded like the squirrel olympics." I have taken up squirrel hunting around my house. At first it was pretty easy because the squirrels would perch on the side of the house and it made for an easy shot. Eventually they got smart and quit doing that. I am also fortunate to have a dog that hunts. I didn't teach her how to hunt but somehow Bailey is very good at it. That I know of, she has killed 4 squirrels. She has also killed other animals but I will get to that some other time. That I know of we have eliminated around 6-8 squirrels at our house. This excites me! I hope to continue the hunt soon, but I haven't seen or heard many squirrels around my house. Maybe the word is out that my house house isn't a safe haven for the little rodents.
All of that to get to my story. This morning I heard a squirrel in my fireplace. I investigated the fireplace but I couldn't find a squirrel in sight. The boys were playing outside and had come inside to eat some snacks and play. Max is sitting in the recliner watching a movie and calmly says, "Dad. There's a squirrel in the fireplace. You need to get it." I said, "Where?". Max points and says, "In there." I will now use M and N for the talking parts. I look into the fireplace and there it is. It's a pretty big one. I wanted to get my BB gun and kill it but I didn't want to clean up any messes.
M: Dad. How are you going to get it out?
N: I'm going to open the fireplace doors and close the rest of the doors and hopefully it will leave on its own. I need you to take Grant and Bailey to your room.
M: Ok.
So off they go to Max's room. Grant starts crying because he thinks he is in trouble for something but he doesn't know what. I assured him he wasn't in trouble and they all left peacefully. So I close every door in the living room, move the ball pit in front of the hallway to the front living room and then open both sliding doors that lead to the back yard. I open the first door to the fireplace and the squirrel tries to escape but it hits the other glass door on the fireplace. So I open that door also, but the blasted squirrel won't budge. I grabbed Max's sword witht the green sheath and start hitting inside the fireplace hoping this will encourage the squirrel to move. Eventually it does and it takes off across the living room and jumps from a vent in the floor onto the door that leads to the boys' rooms'. It had ash on its feet and it left a paw print about 3-4 ft up the door. This squirrel probably jumped 5ft in the air before it hit the door. I was impressed with the skills this squirrel had. Once the squirrel hit the ground he saw that the glass doors to the back yard were open and he headed for freedom. After this I go get the boys and Max wants to know why it was in the fireplace. We talk about it for a few minutes then we start playing again. It was a great day at the McGooden household. I hope yours was as exciting as mine.
Some squirrels have chewed a small in the roof of my house and live up there. I remember waking up for the first time in my house to the sound of a squirrel peeling out in the attic. As Sarah puts it, "It sounded like the squirrel olympics." I have taken up squirrel hunting around my house. At first it was pretty easy because the squirrels would perch on the side of the house and it made for an easy shot. Eventually they got smart and quit doing that. I am also fortunate to have a dog that hunts. I didn't teach her how to hunt but somehow Bailey is very good at it. That I know of, she has killed 4 squirrels. She has also killed other animals but I will get to that some other time. That I know of we have eliminated around 6-8 squirrels at our house. This excites me! I hope to continue the hunt soon, but I haven't seen or heard many squirrels around my house. Maybe the word is out that my house house isn't a safe haven for the little rodents.
All of that to get to my story. This morning I heard a squirrel in my fireplace. I investigated the fireplace but I couldn't find a squirrel in sight. The boys were playing outside and had come inside to eat some snacks and play. Max is sitting in the recliner watching a movie and calmly says, "Dad. There's a squirrel in the fireplace. You need to get it." I said, "Where?". Max points and says, "In there." I will now use M and N for the talking parts. I look into the fireplace and there it is. It's a pretty big one. I wanted to get my BB gun and kill it but I didn't want to clean up any messes.
M: Dad. How are you going to get it out?
N: I'm going to open the fireplace doors and close the rest of the doors and hopefully it will leave on its own. I need you to take Grant and Bailey to your room.
M: Ok.
So off they go to Max's room. Grant starts crying because he thinks he is in trouble for something but he doesn't know what. I assured him he wasn't in trouble and they all left peacefully. So I close every door in the living room, move the ball pit in front of the hallway to the front living room and then open both sliding doors that lead to the back yard. I open the first door to the fireplace and the squirrel tries to escape but it hits the other glass door on the fireplace. So I open that door also, but the blasted squirrel won't budge. I grabbed Max's sword witht the green sheath and start hitting inside the fireplace hoping this will encourage the squirrel to move. Eventually it does and it takes off across the living room and jumps from a vent in the floor onto the door that leads to the boys' rooms'. It had ash on its feet and it left a paw print about 3-4 ft up the door. This squirrel probably jumped 5ft in the air before it hit the door. I was impressed with the skills this squirrel had. Once the squirrel hit the ground he saw that the glass doors to the back yard were open and he headed for freedom. After this I go get the boys and Max wants to know why it was in the fireplace. We talk about it for a few minutes then we start playing again. It was a great day at the McGooden household. I hope yours was as exciting as mine.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Bueller? Bueller?
I found this as I was cleaning the kitchen in preparation of my mother-in-law, The Dode. It's an understatement to say it is gross. I don't have a lot to say about it, but I would like to hear some of your guesses. Any guesses on what caused this mess? I will post the answer in about a week. Have fun...I did.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Obe-No-Be-One
Most of you know that Max LOVES Star Wars. He especially loves the light saber. We officially have all four colors now (red, blue, green, and purple). So if anyone wants to come over and play Star Wars with us we are fully equipped. I'm pretty sure that Sarah told me Jaime Miller bought the coveted green light saber for us today. To Jaime I say, "We are indebted to you and you have officially made Max's list of favorite people. He has been asking for the green light saber for quite a while. There are some rules by which you must play: Whatever Max makes up for that moment. When he cuts your legs, you must die. Don't try and protect yourself too much, or Max will ask you not to; so he can kill you. He's a big fan of Obe-One, which he pronounces O-be-no-be-one. It's really funny to hear him. I'll try to attach a picture of him in his Star Wars underwear and yielding a light saber or two. He has watched 4 of the movies and he is raring to watch number 5. If anyone would like to come over and watch it with us you are welcome. Max will watch the movie at least once a day and 3 times a day if we let him do so.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Monday's
I'll write this little editor's note on my first blog here. I am very ramdon, scatter brained, and not grammatically correct. I don't care, but I thought I might warn you in case you get bothered by things like this. Enjoy reading.
One other thing. You might be wandering why I started my own blog spot. Sarah didn't like my DUI comment and has had many people ask her about the validity of the statement. I hope you all enjoy my thoughts and have a few laughs too. Peace, love and sooooooooul train.
After reading Shauna's "I'm Lifting the Damn Handle" it reminded me of last Monday. Last Monday was my first day on my own. I just got back from courier school in Irving, Texas, for two weeks. I need to give you some lingo for FedEx. On my route I am only supposed to get 1 on-call which is the lab at George's. An on-call is when someone calls in and says they have something to ship. I get so much freight on my route that I am only supposed to get an on-call from the lab if I get that on-call at all.
I get an on-call from some communication place that's on Hwy 412 E just up the road from the station. I didn't figure it would be too hard to find so I went searching. I look all over for this place and e-mail dispatch multiple times trying to find this place. Finally they send an e-mail back stating it is next to the big turkey by the poultry place. So I pull into the parking lot and I park right next to the big turkey but I still can't find the blasted place. I e-mail dispatch again and ask them if the business is supposed to be Game XChange? They e-mail back it's next to the big turkey! I e-mail back to them, "I'm at the big turkey!" There is not a business by this name. Are you sure you have it right?" Come to find out there's a blue building without a sign in front of it and the customer comes out to meet me. There's a sign in front of this building, but it is for the building behind this building. I wasted approximately 30-45 minutes trying to find this place and dispatch had to call someone to help me to get caught up on my route. The next day one of my managers rode with me because he thought I had the first day jitters so he wanted to calm me down. I assured him it was just that one on-call which I couldn't find. Things have been golden since then.
Thanks for the inspiration Shauna! You rock.
One other thing. You might be wandering why I started my own blog spot. Sarah didn't like my DUI comment and has had many people ask her about the validity of the statement. I hope you all enjoy my thoughts and have a few laughs too. Peace, love and sooooooooul train.
After reading Shauna's "I'm Lifting the Damn Handle" it reminded me of last Monday. Last Monday was my first day on my own. I just got back from courier school in Irving, Texas, for two weeks. I need to give you some lingo for FedEx. On my route I am only supposed to get 1 on-call which is the lab at George's. An on-call is when someone calls in and says they have something to ship. I get so much freight on my route that I am only supposed to get an on-call from the lab if I get that on-call at all.
I get an on-call from some communication place that's on Hwy 412 E just up the road from the station. I didn't figure it would be too hard to find so I went searching. I look all over for this place and e-mail dispatch multiple times trying to find this place. Finally they send an e-mail back stating it is next to the big turkey by the poultry place. So I pull into the parking lot and I park right next to the big turkey but I still can't find the blasted place. I e-mail dispatch again and ask them if the business is supposed to be Game XChange? They e-mail back it's next to the big turkey! I e-mail back to them, "I'm at the big turkey!" There is not a business by this name. Are you sure you have it right?" Come to find out there's a blue building without a sign in front of it and the customer comes out to meet me. There's a sign in front of this building, but it is for the building behind this building. I wasted approximately 30-45 minutes trying to find this place and dispatch had to call someone to help me to get caught up on my route. The next day one of my managers rode with me because he thought I had the first day jitters so he wanted to calm me down. I assured him it was just that one on-call which I couldn't find. Things have been golden since then.
Thanks for the inspiration Shauna! You rock.
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