Life at the McGuire Zoo...: June 2009

Monday, June 15, 2009

Who's is it this time?

Hmmm...birthday cake picture...must be someone's birthday around here...

Hehe, yay it's me! Oh man, if I admit it's my birthday, I'll have to acknowledge that I'm (gulp) 29. Woaw. It's kinda funny that out of my friends, I'm among the oldest, yet at work, I'm such a spring chicken I haven't even hatched yet! (Almost all my co-workers are 55+) There's a shift for ya!

John 'tried' to surprise me with a party yesterday, but as I had to work both nights, he needed to confess why I had to get up early. But it was fun, never the less! We had yummy chicken and pizza, and an even yummier cake that Karen made...oh that icing! Bridget bestowed upon me a bunch of drawings of my fav characters from Dragon Ball which is always a treat! (I'll scan and post later...)

So today is pretty quiet...a normal 30+ hour day. I merely stay awake by sheer willpower...and alot of coffee (bletch! Icky!) But still lots to do! Going camping Wednesday so laundry room here I come!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Happy Birthday Bridget!

And what's a better cake design for a fellow Japan-otaku than a Kimono cake! I wish I could order this cake, but the company's back in NY. Phooey!

Anyhoo, Ureshii tanjoubi tame watashi no ritoru shisuta! (Happy Birthday to my little sister! And no, I didn't know all those words...I had to look some of them up, but I knew Ureshii, tame and watashi no!)

I can't believe Bridget is 17 years old today! That only means one thing...I'm getting old! If she's 17 and I'm 12 years older than her, that makes me...wait, nevermind. I don't wanna think about it for another 11 days...

Happy Birthday lil sis!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

This is why...

PHILOSOPHY OF HOUSECLEANING

I don't do windows because ...

I love birds and don't want one to run into a clean window and get hurt.

I don't wax floors because ...

I am terrified a guest will slip and get hurt then I'll feel terrible

( plus they may sue me.)

I don't mind the dust bunnies because ...

They are very good company, I have named most of them, and they agree with everything I say.

I don't disturb cobwebs because...

I want every creature to have a home of their own.

I don't Spring Clean because...

I love all the seasons and don't want the others to get jealous

I don't pull weeds in the garden because..

I don't want to get in God's way, HE is an excellent designer!

I don't put things away because...

My husband will never be able to find them again.

I don't do gourmet meals when I entertain because...

I don't want my guests to stress out over what to make when they invite me over for dinner.

I don't iron because ...

I choose to believe them when they say "Permanent Press".

See, I have perfectly good reason for it all.

Household Current Projects...

Jennie's
* My online Dragonball clubs on Deviantart.com keeps me extremely busy...especially now that I've been promoted to co-founder of one and Founder of another! Alot of new responsibilities but enjoying every minute!

* The ebay bug has bitten hard...both buying and selling off garage sale type items. At least anything I buy is only coming out of my selling profits!

* Re-typing all my recipes. (The pages somehow got wet and moldy...now they're going in page protectors!)

* My ~many~ DBZ fanfiction stories. (I think there are 8 I'm working on...)

* Designing Kindergarten / Pre-school worksheets for Ivy and Riley to work on at home along with Ivy's speech therapy at school.

* Scrapbooking and makin' cards here and there.

* Getting through another short growing season. The watermelon plant finally decided to grow some fruit! !'s ready for pickin' and two more are pumping up nicely. The "Purple Queen" Green Beans are also growing fast. Yeah purple beans that turn green when cooked...this should be an interesting Thanksgiving veggie! Now that the weather has cooled...time for more broccoli!!

* Working on my food storage...I figure spending $20 each month will be a good start. It's even easier now that I've been going to the LDS cannery with my dad and the Walmart close to home carries food storage items! (Psst! Let me know if anyone wants me to pick up storage items for them the next time I go!)

John's
* The summer grass for some reason died rather unexpectedly, so we'll wait for fall to sow again.

* Figuring out how to spray paint 6 dining room chairs a textured black to match my dining table...without leaving black marks on my walls!

* Building shelves for the awkward space in my pantry for food storage. 1 of 2 down! Also in the proccess of building collapsable pvc shades for the side gardens, changing out the light fixture on the stairs and making a new top or our coffee table.

* The rotating/tumbling composter for the garden area is built and already being used! Posting of garden progress is soon to follow.

* The potato box was coming along quite nicely...until the temps got too high. We'll try again this fall.

* Part-time side work for a computer game company...the man's a work-a-holic!

Ivy's and Riley's
Ivy's working on speech / pronunciation in school and at home working on letter sounds and Dolch words. She loves practicing her handwriting and learning the concept of more/less than too!

Riley got all his shapes and colors down pat...and most of his alphabet. Although he's not in pre-school yet, we're working on matching items, letter recognition and learning to write.