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Bob goes to the hospital!

Over the weekend I had to take my brother to the hospital. He had something weird going on inside and he was like, “Uhm, this is weird. Perhaps a trip to a professional is in order?”  So that’s what we did.

Part One: Bob asks for a ride. 

Bob asks for a ride

Needless to day, I panicked. I’d also just stepped out of the shower which made it slightly more confusing.

Part Two: We tell Mom and Dad. 

Once we were there and Bob was all hospital-suited up, we decided we should probably tell our parents. They were at our cousin’s graduation party and we realized we hadn’t left them a note.

“Should I call them?” I said.

“Naw. Just text them that we went on a casual visit to the hospital and there’s no need to panic.” Bob said.

“Ok. Done.”

“Done what?” Bob said.

“Done texting Dad.” I said.

“What’s the matter with you!?”

“I’m honestly not sure.” I said.

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Part Three: Oh Yeah, we have another brother. 

After making several jokes with the nurse about faking an ailment to get some good drugs, then next logical step was to snap chat Joey and bring him up to speed. Obviously that picture is gone. But we do have this:

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Appropriate? Naw. But did we laugh? You betcha.

Part Four: The Facebook aftermath. 

Once Bob was safely back home, there was nothing left to do except tell Facebook what happened.

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Some of you may or may not know, but Facebook is a blog now!

And once we knew Bob was safe, we could move on to more pressing matters.

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Just so everyone knows that $10 is still up for grabs. So start guessing because there’s money to be had!

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Work stories: the misspelled name.

I think it’s safe to say my job has been wearing on me lately.

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Work stories: The maiden name dilemma.

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I have a mean fish.

I don’t know if I mentioned it before but I got some fish for Christmas. First I was like, “OH MY GOODNESS THESE ARE SO LITTLE AND CUTE! I’M GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN WATCHING THEM!” But then I was like, “Awe peas. I have to keep these things alive.”

I gave them until the end of January. Mystery among mysteries, though, they are still alive!

Feel free to be surprised and impressed. I know I am.

But now I have a different problem. I have a bully fish.

Exhibit A: Margaret the Mean Fish.

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Originally I had two fish: Max and Margaret (named for the characters in Rushmore). They were super happy and best friends. Obvi. Then in January we decided to get them a little friend. I wanted a tiger fish but then I found out that they’re mean and will nip at and can eventually eat the other fish. So I got this funny little see-through guy and named him Tiger.

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Genius, I know.

Tiger had some issues when he came home. Margaret didn’t like him and chased him away when it was fish flakes time. He basically gave up eating and I have no idea how he’s still alive because I’ve almost never seen him eat. I even tried different food but he just stays away from it. I think he snacks on the soggy bottom flakes (I call them trash flakes) because Margaret doesn’t want those.

Last week I noticed that Max was missing the end of his tail. Just the littlest bit. And I said, “Hey! What’s going on here?” But no one answered because they’re fish and I probably look like a monster through the tank walls.

Look at him now!

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Most of his tail is MIA, he’s missing pieces from his top and bottom fins, and the side fin on his other side is almost completely gone! Naturally I thought it was Margaret, since she has a history of being mean for no reason (see Tiger story above), but Sunday I caught that little scoundrel in action. I watched her corner Max, nip off a piece of his fin, chew it, and spit it out at him. No joke.

I don’t know what to do. I’m hoping everything will cool off in the tank, but if Margaret nips Max to death I’ll be so upset. I should probably start planning the funeral  but if anyone knows how I can make my fish BFFs again please let me know!

Craft Saturday recap.

Since I basically took March off from life, I was extremely behind on all of my projects. And by extremely behind I mean I was actually working towards not taking a year to get things done. (With the exception of Lauren’s t-shirt quilt. That will probably be pretty close to a year.)

But this weekend, I killed it. I spent most of Saturday sewing! I got some fabric samples ready for my friend Danielle:

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(And missed mailing them out by 15 minutes.)

Finished a bag I promised my friend Carolyn  in January:

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Made her some matching pouches with the leftover material:

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Finished the pencil cases I traced the patterns for in February:

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Worked on some new, one of a kind pouches for the shop:

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(Took a bunch of crappy pictures with my phone, aha.)

The only thing I didn’t get to is a diaper bag for my friend Katelynn. But I did pick up the fabric for it so I’m moving in the right direction!

Did anyone else have a super productive Saturday?

That’s Patty.

My Mom’s been pretty upset that I haven’t been blogging… mostly because I haven’t been making comics about her.  Luckily, this conversation happened IMMEDIATELY AFTER the blogging conversation.

I should also note that PBaz did a real scary thing yesterday and went to the dentist for the first time in, uhm, a bazillion years. So if you happen to see her, let her know how proud you are of her! Go Mom!

dentist v cancer

Man with a Van.

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Photo an hour: blizzard status.

8 am, Assessed the snow situation. Nothing new on the ground yet.

8 am

9 am, Did some Valentines Day craft related shopping.

9 am

10 am, Hunted down a sleeping Panda.

10 am

11 am, Executive decision to rock my glasses today. Sometimes my eyes just need a break from contacts.

11 am

12 pm, Target trip with Mal. We found giant frogs!

12 pm

1 pm, Booze World trip with Mal. So many wines to choose from!

01 pm

2 pm, Snow assessment. It doesnt look like much, but there is also a big tree just out of view that blocks a lot of things from falling on the ground. Excpt pine needles, it helps with falling pine needles.

2 pm

3 pm, Conned Panda into wearing his rain slicker so he would match Dad!

3 pm

4 pm, Sewing and watching Netflix, and staying nice and toasty!

4 pm

5 pm, Checking out the news with my Dad. Yikes!

5 pm

6 pm, Grilled cheese and soup for dinner! We had to eat early because the lights were flickering and we didn’t want to be midway through cooking and have to abandon ship.

6 pm

Imma peace out. I’m afraid we’re going to lose power and I need to make sure I have all my flashlights on hand and with fresh batteries. Stay warm and safe in this crazy storm!

Pardon my southern drawl!

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You may be wondering, “Where is the rest of that man’s hair?” I also wondered that.

Missing wine mystery solved.

 

Wine incident


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