Marshmellow Kitty Fun!

As part of the after-Thanksgiving loot, John and I got half a bag of marhsmellows (from the sweet potatoes, of course!) and he has been excited to eat them all because "they are just puffed air!"  and I cannot put a limit on them, as I do with most desserts.

So, the other day he was snacking on them, and Harvey was all, "Watchya got? Watchya got? Huh? Huh? Can I have some?"  John could not convince the kitty that he did not want any marshmellows, so he lined up his shot and dropped one down on Harvey's up-turned nose.  Rather than freak out and run away (as I was expecting him to do), Harvey said, "Fun toy!" and chased the 'shmellow around the kitchen... before losing it and coming back to John for more.

This continued for several marshmellows and I was just cracking up.  John kept boinking Harvey on his nose with the 'shmellow, and Harvey kept playing with them.  Soon, though, as with everything kitty-related, Harvey inexplicably lost interest and left the room.  :)

Harvey with his "kills"

(And did you all see how goooooooood John looks in a suit?  Yummy!  Hands off, though, he's mine!)

We haz a picture!

Yay!  We have a picture for our Christmas cards now!  I might have commandeered my mother to take a picture of us in front of our new house... then dragged everybody outside three times (allegedly) until I got exactly the facial expressions and angle on the house perfect.  Maybe.  But I am definitely excited.

Boo Government!

Uff! It has taken the IRS 17weeks to tell us that they need more documentation to process our new homebuyer rebate. We were supposed to get the money in 14weeks... Technically, we were first told "8-12 weeks." Then it became "14-16 weeks." Now, at 17 weeks, they realize they don't have everything they need!

Why couldn't they have said in the beginning, "Hey we need this, this, and this form- send it in with your amended tax return." I mean, that was 4 MONTHS AGO! Why did it take the government 4months to realize that they needed an extra form? Seriously?!

Thank God I wasn't waiting for a kidney or surgery or something critical to my life! I'd be dead and they'd come back and ask for some more documentation! Bah!

Harvey is weird

Just what you always wanted: more pictures of my cat!  Hey, I am a self-admitted Crazy Cat Lady, get used to it.  :)

A few weeks ago, I bought a case of bottled Mt Dew and we've been savoring it (have you ever tried Diet Mt Dew?  It's pretty gross compared to the real thing, but we don't want to get any fatter and we drink a lot of soda, so the diet option is kinda what we have to do).

 

So as most foods go, we finished it, and moved the plastic to the side of the kitchen.  It had been there for several days before Harvey finally noticed it... and realized that it's a great kitty-sized cave!  He investigated it while we ate at the table nearby, then promptly lost interest.  Kitties are weird.

Then let's not ignore how Harvey's fluffy toes have no traction on the new wood floors.  I don't understand it: he's fine on the laminate wood floors, fine on the vinyl in the kitchen... but the real wood floors in the living room give him issues.  I keep laughing at him when the friskies hit and he slides everywhere chasing his strings, but then I feel bad for laughing at him.  He never seems to mind the lost traction, but keeps on going after the string.  I finally took video of him, though I did miss a few good barrel rolls.  (sound not necessary, just the "thumpa thumpa" of tiny kitty feet and his sniffling breath)

X is for...

X is for Xtremely Angry!   >:0   Soooo, yesterday we were cleaning like good people who are soon-to-be hosting Thanksgiving, and I happened to drop my phone.  Now, this isn't the first time I've dropped it, but apparently I hit the "sweet spot" this time and cracked the ever-loving stuffings out of the screen.  The phone still works, but there is a big hole in it.   :(

That little piece that has separated from the cracks is UNDER the screen, riding (and hopefully not scratching) directly on the LCD panel.  Yay.

Well, I think to myself (after some choice words uttered in my head), there's a Verizon store just up the road-- maybe they can help us out.  NOPE!  Denied. Verizon apparently does NO repairs in-store, and only will do repairs at all if you are paying extra for an insurance plan.  Way to really go above and beyond on customer service, Verizon, we really appreciate you looking out for us.  I mean, it's a $3 screen for one of the more popular models Verizon carries; how hard is it to stock?

Next thought: there's a Sprint store on the way home, maybe I can hand them a big chunk of money to fix my phone for me even though I am not a Sprint customer.  After waiting over 30min for every clueless person to start an account, I am rejected again.  I ask, what can I do?! Sprint guy answers, "Well you can switch to Sprint..."   Seriously?!  You think that is what I want to hear right now?  Crazy people.  Crazy people who need a punch in the eye. 

I return to the car, either wanting to smash my phone on the ground like a monkey with a coconut OR wanting to burn down a cell phone store... Needless to say I have poor coping skills. 

On the way home, John is trying to keep me emotionally stable (a big job, I know), and I remember that eBay and Amazon sells just a plain screen... but how to fix it ourselves?  John looks up on YouTube instructions for how to take apart a phone.  Though, he is a little too gung-ho about fixing it and begins to crack it open! Wait! We haven't gotten the replacement screen, yet, honey!  ...oops.

Now that my first phase of poor coping skills is complete (desire to destroy the offending object), I have moved on to my second stage: grumpy & pessimistic.  John's about to smack me upside the head because I have now gotten all pouty about slow shipping times and how the screen will NEVER get here, and when it does the LCD will be scratched up anyways.  :(  I told you I got very angry yesterday.

So here I sit today, in a little better mood, but still anxious about preventing further damage to my already busted phone.  :(   Here's to hoping for speedy shipping that will deliver my new screen before Thanksgiving...

W is for ...

W is for World of World of Warcraft!  haha!  John found this video ages ago and it is just too funny!  (About 2min long and yes, you need sound).

'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'

And if anyone is not familiar with The Onion, it creates spoof news stories that aren't true, but sure sound convincing.  The premise of WoWoW is that gamers can create a character who is not IN the game but is playing the game!  The screen shot is you looking over a guy's shoulder at his computer screen as he plays WoW.  A player in the video says, "It's so realistic: I push a key to make my character push a key to make the Wow character run forward!"

Hahaha.  Silly gamers.

Hell is 45 degrees and rainy and you can't stay curled up under the covers in bed. :( I hate nor'easters.