coops’ Neighborhood

I Can't Believe it's not Bubba

Coworker: “I kinda feel sorry for the Presidential candidates, they’re followed every minute by reporters.”

Me: “They want that or they wouldn’t put themselves in position to run for office.”

Coworker: “Yeah but...“

Me: “No. They knew running for President meant getting their drawers run through while they’re wearing them. That’s why Bill Clinton ran twice.”

Even you can die in the summertime.

neon inks

Ben J. and neon ink

neon inks

My husband, when he was a young (and hot) fella, served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

He served in Utah, which is where The Church headquarters are, and where lots of members live, so people think it's funny that he served there, but it's really not, because there is a lot of work to do there too, ya know.

(like that run on sentence?)

While my husband was in Utah he was teaching a man that worked with the animals at the Hogle Zoo and got a back stage pass (I don't think it's called that....) and a close up look at the zoo animals.

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(and woops, I thought I had the one of him holding a skunk... but I reckon I haven't scanned that one yet...)

But one of my favorite pictures of this one at the water fountain-

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I bet there are many a picture taken just like this one. It's just the greatest photo-op.

As a matter of fact, I used it as a photo op years later when my oldest son was in kindergarten and took a field trip there.

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Two years after later Nolan took the same field trip to the same place.  

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Isn't it the sweetest? To re-enact a picture taken of their dad before they were even a twinkle in his eye?

(Rae recently informed me that she hates when I say, "Before you were a twinkle on my eye". So I have to keep saying it, of course)

I have a thing for re-enacting poses. As I posted before here.

I’m in a holding pattern until the UPS guy shows up this morning.  Or this noon – whatever time it is.  Hubby was just by and I gave him the latest check from church to deposit.  When people give to our adoption fund the money goes to TLCC (so they get the tax deduction) and then TLCC mails us a check.  It works.  Today we deposited the biggest check ever.  EVER!  So I did a little math and it turns out that we’ve raised 54% of the estimated total needed to bring home our children from Colombia.  This is a pretty amazing thing since we are still quite early in the process.  Yeppers, this is an amazing thing!  To be honest I know that it just simply hasn’t sunk in yet.  If it had, I’d be in a puddle on the floor.  People have been so AMAZINGLY generous!

I just realized that the dimensions are 940 wide for the banners on Vox. I thought that they were 920 and that's why they were always too small. Perfect! Brilliant! I have soooo many banners to use and sooooo little time. Actually I have a lot of time... and truly not that many banners... so nevermind.

I may have posted this before but it, with the panda abortion video, is my favorite all-time Onions

Jimmy Say

Maths skillz

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I have a friend. I love her, known her since she was 14 and I was 15.

Last year, she declared bankruptcy. See, she and her husband of 15 years (boy, are we old now) broke up and divorced. He decided both cooking and smoking meth was a grand idea and had no intention of stopping. She walked out. He didn't pay the bills and their home was foreclosed and sold off by the mortgage company.

These things happen.

Now, she and her boyfriend of three years are looking into buying another house. Her credit rating is poor but his is good. They're going to buy for zero money down.

I love her. At the same time, she won't listen to reason. I have very little but I'm not in debt. If I were to buy a home, I'd have some money down, for the love of all that's holy. I don't get it. Why the "now" with no responsibility, fore-thought or integrity?

You'd think people would lern.

a new piercing

a poem

dreams

a doll

bare acts

clean rooms

birth

diets

sex

coffee..loads and loads of coffee

white wine

lonliness

ciggerettes

kajal

death

disease

love

pain

messages

cornflakes

rain

boys

nailpaint

drugs

money

kisses

I am a farmer who raise ducks and cows. The animals have a total of 9 heads and 26 feet. How many ducks and cows do I have?
Submitted by The BlueTie.

You have 5 ducks and 4 cows.  C'mon, gimme a question that actually requires pencil and paper!  8:-)