Empty Nest

Just the other day there were four eggs in our bluebird house.

I've been sing bluebirds fly all around, and one poking the head out of the house hole for a week now.

I just looked outside and saw a Sparrow go into the house!

So I rushed out there and scared it away.

When I opened the house it was empty.

I don't know if my bluebirds moved out or if they were evicted!

I'm so bummed. I didn't see any baby birds at all. I hope they hatched and moved away.

I swear I was just seeing bluebirds around yesterday!


EDIT: I did some googling. All signs point to my poor little eggs being murdered by those sparrows.
I'm in despair. 

Golf Date

Today we went golfing at a golf course by a lake.

I sucked it up hardcore, and it was about a million degrees outside.

But we saw lots of cute baby geese, a big frog, and a little muskrat.

Have to drive your cart over the cute covered bridge to get to the next hole.

  

This is where I started to give up on life and kick my feet up in the cart. 

Selfie.

As we were finishing golfing we saw some scary dark clouds rolling in.

We went into town to get ice cream, and then pizza, (because that is how we roll.)

By the time we got home and ate it was getting really dark out.

I ran and took a quick shower because I was gross and sweaty from golfing, I had no more than stepped out and started to brush my hair when the power went out.

But we got this cool rainbow out of it.

Our power was out for 5ish hours. We ran into town again to my parents house real quick to charge our phones and by the time we got home the power was back on.

SPIDAHHHHHH

You know that thing when your dog comes in from outside and he has a big spider web coating his head and shoulders but you don't realize it until it is too late and you scream "SPIDAHHHHHHH" as it coats your entire hand? Yeah that thing just happened to me. I have to go chop my hand off now. 

Makeup Genius by LOreal App - Get that shit.

Do yourself a favor and get this app right now. 

It is amazing. 

I basically just used it to make myself look hideous, so I went back at the end and tried to make myself look nice. 

Pretty normal right?

It comes with some preloaded make overs, this was "Daytime Smokey". 

Here's the "Butterfly Look". Not so bad. 

This was my first attempt. Not so much. I kind of look like Ursula from The Little Mermaid. Horrible.

My inspiration here was Mimi from the Drew Carey show and Kim Mathers. (Eminem's ex wife. Remember her epic lip liner? I do. Never forget. )

This one was amusing. 

I look like a villain in a ninja movie or something. 

I can't. I just can't. LOL

THIS IS THE BEST APP EVER. 

Use this app and leave your screen shots in the comments section.

Or just get them to me somehow.

Naked Dogs, Squirrels, & Checklists on Chalkboards

Dexter HATES IT when you take his collar off.

So obviously make does it frequently.

Here is a naked picture of my dog.

trying to get his collar back from Mike.

He looks like he is howling, Mike's just holding the collar way above his head.

In other news I had a big ass squirrel try to eat our of one of our bird feeders, so I opened the window and swore at it and it ran away.

Lastly, our summer checklist. 

We're getting there!!

JUST SIT ON THE IRON THRONE ALREADY!!

Seriously. 

Such disappointment. 

I hoard weird pictures from the internet.

When I come across weird pictures on the internet I sometimes save them for later. 

When I go back through the camera roll I laugh and laugh. 

Some of them I forgot I even had. 

Here is a small sample. 

(The caption for this is that this little guy broke into a bakery and ate so much he couldn't move. This is how they found him in the morning. )

This bird is my personal favorite. It makes me laugh out loud every time. 

Things you hear at the bank/what you wish you could say back.

Teller: "Just cashing it?"

Customer: "Yes, in US Currency please."

Nope, you're getting it in pesos. 

Google Hates the Human Race

Do you ever ask google something so stupid you feel like you have to explain or apologize?

Please don't judge me by the things I search, Google!

But then you realize the internet is just as weird and lazy as you are.

You wouldn't believe how many actual results this one got.

Today I Saved A Kitten

This morning at work I saved a kitten who had crawled up into a customers vehicle. 
She was in the drive thru and we could hear the kitten meowing through the speaker. 

The lady didn't give a shit either. We were like, "We can look for you."

"Nah, I might drive to my husband's work to see if he can find it. But I've got to get to Grand Rapids so I'll probably just go from here."

WTF?! You have a scared animal trapped under or in your car somewhere and you don't care?

So we basically made her pop her hood to look for it but we couldn't find it. We were pretty upset when she drove away. Good thing I was watching her out the window because as she turned out of the parking lot onto the road a tiny kitten bailed out of the back of her SUV.
I busted out the door after it screaming "HERE KITTY KITTY!!!!" It actually came to me and I scooped it up. It was all dirty and scared. I couldn't put it down. I brought it inside and held it until it's little heart stopped beating so hard. 

It's owner came back looking for it. She just like... grabbed it from me with one hand like a child would and was like, "Yeah I'm just gonna leave this in So-and-So's yard. Hopefully it is there when I get back."

No good deed goes unpunished.

We should have stolen that kitten.
This week has been nuts.

Broke Down Cars and Backstreet Boys

I have wanted to see the Backstreet Boys in Concert for over 15 years (Yes really.)

The opportunity came around again and I finally seized it. 

We had our tickets all ready, we were leaving early, we made it a couple of miles into the freeway when disaster struck. 

The car started slowing down on its own, break checked us, then slowed to coasting. The breaks were not even working. Nicole barely got the cat off the road and when we finally rolled to a complete stop Erin, Jenn, and I got out and pushed it the rest of the way onto the shoulder. 

So that happened. It took over an hour, several calls to Nicole's insurance company failed miserably. She had roadside assistance that SUCKS. 

They couldn't find us to send a tow truck. 

At that point I did what any girl would do and I called my Daddy. 

Yeah, I am a 25 year old married woman and I called my dad. 

He can always fix it. Even if he is an hour away at work. 

I asked him if he knew of a good tow truck service we could call. He used to work and live in the area so I thought he would know. He did of course. But what we didn't think about was how we were going to get back to town. 

A tow truck doesn't have room for four girls. Duh. 

From there I called my sister. She was heading home at that exact moment. Earlier in the day we had seen The Fault in Our Stars together and she should have still been on the road. I called twice and she never answered. Great. 

My dad called back after that to say my Uncle Mike was at the local Meijer and could come pick us up. 

LIFESAVER. 

My Uncle Mike is an official life save, or saver of days. 

He left his girlfriend at Meijer and set out to pick us up. 

Nicole was still having no success getting her insurance to figure out where we were. 

When my Uncle got there he gave us a more exact description of our location and the phone number to A good local tow company. 

Erin and I left with him while Jenn and Nicole stayed with the car. 

lucky for us each of our cars were parked at a local park and ride. 

My uncle dropped us off there, told us to be careful and went back to get his girlfriend at Meijer. 

While we were gone a State Police Officer stopped and offered to help. 

He gave Nicole an even better description of the cars location and her idiot insurance STILL could not find them. 

That's when she gave up and called the number my uncle gave us. 

They were there in 15 minutes tops. 

Erin and I headed back to pick them up. The tow guy took her car and her keys and we were free to start our trip again. 

We left at the exact right time to pull into the lot pretty much as soon as the concert started at 7pm. By the time we parked, got in, made a stop at the restroom and found out seats, the opening act Avril Lavinge was finishing her last song. 

Here she is saying "KBye Detroit"

We weren't upset. None of us cared if we saw her it not. She played a pretty short set so it's a good thing we weren't Avril super fans. 

Then it was time to wait. I bought a lemonade because it was hot and I was dying of thirst.  

I ended up forgetting my cup at the end!! 

Then the show started and I reverted to a screaming 12 year old and it was all a blur. 

"All I Have To Give" WAS AWESOME. 

You can't see it very well but we all had the flash on our phones lit up. It looked sweet. 

They played an acoustic set, all of them played an instrument. I forgot just how talented they really were. 

During on of their new songs AJ ran up and down the aisles of the venue. Of course we were in the center of the row so we didn't get a good look at him. 

The last picture I took was of I Want It That Way. It was amazing. 

I actually was screaming. 

Not wooing. 

SCREAMING. 

It just happened. I've never lost it like that before but I've been waiting 15 years for this concert. It was worth it. They still put on a great show!

It is never too late to go back and do that thing you've always wanted to do. 

Then and Now

Me and Dexter in 2011 when we adopted him, and now.

He's a big man.

I might possibly need some new pajamas.

Anniversary!!!

my wonderful husband got me roses for our three year wedding anniversary. 

I'm a lucky lady. :)

I Made Alyssa Run Part 2: The Turtle

Progress report, we've now started Week 2 of the Couch to 5k Program!

Lyss is a great runner! She's so freakin fast and determined. 

We are going way faster than I ever did when I started this thing.

I'm glad I can already run a little or I'd be eating her dust.

Last night we were on our cool down walk back to the car when Lyss spotted this turtle!

The Turtle's butt was kind of in a hole so we thought, "OMG IT'S A LADY TURTLE AND WE ARE GOING TO WATCH HER LAY EGGS!"

Lady Turtle was not amused by the spectators. 

Here's her butt in the hole.

We were very concerned for her, we kind of hoped she wasn't laying eggs because she was barely off the trail! And in a very high traffic spot on the trail.

We watched her for awhile, and after I googled it to find out that it could take FOUR HOURS for her to lay her eggs we decided our legs hurt so we were going to keep moving.

But of course curiosity got the better of us and we doubled back.

When we came back she had abandoned her hole, and moved several feet up the trail towards us.

The hole.

The circle is where the turtle was, in conjunction with where her hole was. She really booked it our of there.

 So after she left her spot we thought, "Ah what the hell."

And got our prerequisite nature picture with her.

Thanks Lady Turtle.