Excursions

It's been quite a busy couple of days.  First, Monday, Sara and I left the desert for a trip to Total Wine, Macy's and Trader Joe's for wine, make-up and raclette cheese for my raclette grill I ordered myself.  Merry Christmas self!  I also bought myself a tool box thingy to organize my tools.  In case you're wondering what kind of tools a single girl might have, I have all kinds of tools like a round saw, miter saw, jigsaw, aligator hedge trimmer, various sorts of screwdrivers and wrenches, a cordless drill and a corded drill, a drywall knife and various other assorted outils a person might need.  What I don't have is a mig welder, but that's a whole other story.  I don't like to use any of the tools which is why there are two men on my roof fixing the shingles that came off in the gale force winds a few months ago.  The pounding has caused all three of my dogs into hiding, from which I am not sure they will ever recover.

Back to my adventures.  Tuesday I went with the Big Guy to buy his and my mom's Christmas presents.  I can't say what they are in case my mom decides to pay attention to me and reads this, because it would ruin the surprise.  Then we went to Toys-R-Us.  When we were little my mom worked at Toys-R-Us  and let me tell you, there is no cooler place for a mom to work than Toys-R-Us.  I digress- that place was a freaking zoo.  I was glad my dad was there to protect me because there were wild eyed mothers pushing at my cart trying to get to presents.  We were lucky to make it out alive.  Our last trip was to Costco to purchase the charcuterie for my raclette grill that I purchased myself for Christmas.  I don't have a Costco card and haven't been to Costco in at least year because 1) it was too big to even expect to get through without my leg going numb and deux) a single girl does not need that amount of food.  Before we went in I said to my dad, "I haven't been to Costco in forever.  I'm going to want to look at everything!"  Also, since Christmas presents seem to be based on Max's preferences and enjoyment, I pointed out to my dad what I thought Max would like:  set of wine glasses, roaster and not the book with all the paintings at the Louvre.  (Really?  All?  I call bullshit with two hands and two feet on all the paintings in the Louvre.)  It took us a long time to get through Costco because every two minutes I stopped and exclaimed, "Wow! Dad!  Look at that!....Wow! Dad! Magazines!  Wow! Dad! Serving platters!  Max would love that!"  He eventually told me I needed to get out more.

This morning, I discovered that Mr. Hawk has been hunting in the overgrown bush in the Little Backyard.  I saw something in there moving around and I thought it might be dove or another bird, and then hopped out Mr. Hawk!  Who knows how many birds he poaches from there because that's where the finches fly when I walk out and they scatter from the duck food.  After, the pipe guy came out and fixed my faucets that weren't draining.  There was about ten minutes of work and then an hour of talking à la my mom and causing me to ponder various emergencies I could come up with to get him to leave and since I hadn't spent enough money this week now the handymen are out working on the roof and effectively traumatizing the Pack for life.    I did not go for a walk because my back is quite sore, so without a doubt Sara is winning on the Leader board at dailymile.com which none of you can see because you are not our friends.  I had previously been the leader on the Leader board for three weeks in a row, which forced me to point out to Sara that she was being beat by an invalid.  Tomorrow I'm going to go to dinner at Sara's who is currently cat sitting for Jessica.  I'm going to take my breathing machine so I can make it through a two cat evening.