fish belong in water

This is what I came home to at 3:40am on Monday morning. It’s also kind of weird, because I don’t usually turn on all the lights when I come home, and that morning, I did. So, you might ask, is that a fish? The answer is yes. And you might also ask, is that a fish on the floor? And that answer is also yes. I was so weirded (if that’s even a word) out, because I also looked at the fish tank and at that moment, I didn’t see any fish in there, because they were all hiding and sleeping. So once I looked a little closer and saw the fish all hiding in the back behind the plant. So then, here is my thought process after I found the rest of the fish inside the tank, safe and sound. I was thinking ok, there is no way Jewel could get to the tank, and not only that, she is a dog and not a cat. So then, I thought well, maybe the fish died in the tank and Rob took it out and threw it in the toilet and Jewel got it out. But I thought that was really pushing it, since Jewel isn’t the type of dog that drinks out of the toilet or anything either. So then I thought that it must have died in the tank, and Rob took it out and put it in the garbage can, and maybe Jewel took it out then. The reason that came across in my thinking process is because Jewel is not shy of taking things out of the garbage if she smells something good in there. So then I was like ok that’s one possibility….then I was like I just have to wake up Rob and find out what the heck happened here, why is there a dead fish in the middle of the living room floor, I mean I know that it’s really late/really early however you want to look at it, and I know that I am probably really tired right now, but I do know that fish belong in water, not on the floor. So I woke Rob up and asked him “what’s going on with the black fish in the middle of the floor?” I know I woke him up from a good sleep, he kind of just looked at me at first, like what are you talking about. So after I asked him about 3 times, he said “is it the Dalmatian looking fish?” I said “no, just the all black one. It is lying on the living room floor, dead. What happened?” He said “I don’t know, it must have jumped out of the tank and flopped around till it died.” I was like seriously?? “But there is a cover on the tank, how does that happen?” He said “through the holes in the back by the filter.” Since it was almost 4 o’clock in the morning, I was just leaving it at that. I picked up the fish and put him in the garbage can, and he promised he would take the garbage out today. So, all in all, apparently our fish committed suicide…..life must really be bad in the tank….he said F this, I am outta here! Live laugh love

Fishing on Weds, 09/09/09

The reason I took this picture, is because I thought the sky looked cool, I promise, the clouds were not really that dark....here it looks even cooler, with the darker clouds....I am telling you I can do it all by myself, I am a BIG girl now!!! (come on, you damn fish, let me have my hook back)

Whew! Finally got the fish off the hook, and now I can show you!! It was the bass of the day, because Rob never even caught a bass that day, that was the first day I have gone with him, and he didn't catch a bass, he did catch a northern though, but it wasn't big enough to really take a picture of. I also caught a rock bass that day, that thing was weird to catch, it didnt fight like a bass, nor did it look like a bass, I thought I caught a blue gil or something. Rob was like do you kwow what that is, I was like um, a fish, but dont ask me what kind, I couldn't tell ya! That's when he said it was a rock bass, and it was interesting, he hasn't seen one of those in Bangs lake for a long time.....yup, that means leave it to me, if it's there, I will catch it! So my catches for the day were 2 nice size bass, and a rock bass. Rob only caught one Northern. But I still had fun fishing with my husband!

This is my being bored again, I was taking a break from fishing, so that Rob could catch a bass, though it still didn't happen, it's ok. This is what I call the pity party, cause there have been more than one time when he stopped fishing, and even gave me the front of the boat to use the trolly motor, so I could go whereever I wanted to catch fish....this usually happens when he has smoked me for the day. And I just want to catch ONE more fish!!!! I told Rob that he had to say what I always say when it has been a while since we caught a fish, it goes like this: "Here fishy fishy fishy" in a high voice, I was like that is what you have to say if you want to catch one, come on, say it.....he just kinda looked at me with a smirk, apparently he thought I was funny, or cute, but I was serious....then he told me that him and his friend Sam made up a song to catch carp, it is something with a lot of "cooo's" in it......weird! I was cracking up when he sung it for me! It was pretty funny.

I also thought the sky was cool. So now here I am, that wasted another hour for me, so now it is 2:03am, and that means that I get to go home in one hour!! Woo Hoo!!! I will just keep writing to waste some more time, hope you have nothing to do but read this cool blog of mine!!

I must just write and tell you all how proud of my sister I am, she was asking me what it's like to be a dispatcher, and of course, she hears some of my crazy stories, like the one I will tell you in a little bit, but she seemed pretty interested, so when I see postings come up for other towns, I send them to her, the first few, she ignored, but this last one, she got serious, she updated her resume, and sent it to them!!!!!! I am so proud of her, it is the first step to A) making more money, B)working CRAZY hours, C) becomming crazy! Yay!!! Props to my little sister!!!!! I am sooooo proud of you!!!

Ok, now on to my crazy story, this is an actual call I got tonight, I really thought it was a prank, but seriously, the girl was really not pranking me, she was serious! Here's how it goes:

RING RING

ME: "[Insert what I say when I answer the phone, but not putting it in here, so it doesn't attract attention....]"

HER: "Hi, um I was just wondering, who do I call, I think there is a tick in my room, AND I'M NOT TOUCHING IT, who would I call for that?"

ME: "A TICK?!?!????"

HER: "Yeah"

ME: "Um, you wouldn't call the police, we don't handle insects."

HER: "Ohhhhh.....Ok, thank you."

CLICK

No joke that was a real call.....so then I sent the Commander a message, and I said,

"This lady on the phone wants to know who she calls for a tick in her room.....?? I told her I would send the Commander...ok?"

he said "yeah, no" then he said "kleenex"

Seriously, people think we make these things up, man, I am telling you, I couldn't make that up if I tried! Hope you enjoyed the good laugh!

Ok, done, 2:16am, only 45 minutes left! yay!

Live Laugh and Love

Fishing last weds, 09/02/09

Here are some pics from our fishing last wednesday....it was a foggy morning, as you can see, but it cleared up pretty quickly, and then was pretty warm and sunny. Here we are first thing driving in the boat to our first "spot" to start fishing.

Me, taking the fish off of the hook, which seems to be what some people don't believe that I do it myself!

Rob and his bass

This is what happens when you et bored of fishing.....I just wanted to take pictures, and you can only take so many pictures of the lake and surroundings....so this is what you get, he he!

And for those of you who are wondering, yes, I do wear that pink Bass Pro Shops shirt every week, why get the rest of my shirts all weeded up, there are green stains on that shirt already from the slimy weeds you get sometimes that are annoying, so I put them on my shirt, what the heck, it's not like I am wearing that shirt for a fashion statement or anything....he he!

Looks like I might be doing 2 posts tonight, I am at work for my day #2 of 12 hour shifts, I only have 2 hours left, woo hoo!!!! But still have 2 more days of 12 hours after today....it gets old quick, but hey, seems to be good $ with OT!

So that's that, I will post the next one in a few minutes, not like any of you care, you are all at home tucked snuggly in your comfy beds, snoring away (I know, I can hear you from here!) considering it is 1:16am, and I am here till 3 tonight, or should I say this morning?!?! Live Laugh Love

"Are you feeling okay?"

I woke up today to my husband asking me if we had pancake mix. When I told him yes in the cabinet, he was quiet, then he asked do we have syrup? I answered I think so, so I checked the fridge, yup there was syrup too. I pulled out the box of pancake mix, and put it on the counter. He looked and was confused about why it needed oil to make, so I pulled out the oil out of the cabinet for him too. I said I am going to take a shower, when I came out of the shower, he had pancakes made for me and pancakes and eggs made for him. They were yummy too! I wanted to ask him, “Are you feeling okay?” After the comment he made to some of our friends that “I don’t know how to cook, so I like Jen to do the cooking”…I guess we found out that if you can read directions, then you can cook!!!! Oh, and I should mention that lately, he has been making more than just bowls of cereal for himself, he is finally realizing that there are things in the cabinet that are not hard to make for yourself, or for us. It doesn’t have to be a gourmet meal every time! My hubby is learning! Live, laugh and Love!

4 down, 8 to go!

BLAH! Today I am at work working 12 hours. The time today seems to be crawling by….so I have been here for 4 hours and have 8 more to go…..woo hoo…not! Last night, I realized that I had a funny story to tell, from last Sunday morning, so I thought I would share it with you. Now it could be that “you had to be there” kind of thing, but we were cracking up, and me a bit embarrassed…. My mom was in town and we decided to go have breakfast at Cracker Barrel on Sunday morning before she left on Tuesday. We (mom, me, Kim, Adam and Grandma) met there at 10am and were sat at a 6 person table for 5 of us. So after some musical chairs, we were situated, and started to look at the menu. See picture I drew up....

Our server comes over, a nice 40 something woman, and takes our drink order. Everyone orders what they want, and she returns with our drinks. Well, it was a bit humid that day, and I ordered a sweet tea, and of course my glass was sweating. I put a bit more sugar in the tea, because it wasn’t so sweet that day. So then our server came back, to take our food orders, and I decided that my tea was in the way, so I went to pick it up and move it from my left side to my right side by the wall, well, this is as our server was taking Grandma’s order. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, there was a loud crash, and you hear a glass hit the table and ice flying and something that sounded like liquid running. Yup, that was me…..absolutely me, the 30 year old adult that just spilled her drink all over the table. How embarrassing. Well, needless to say, everyone stopped to STARE at me, my face turned beat red (a shade that looked like THIS) I just started cleaning up my mess with my napkin, then napkins just started flying at me, as I looked over at our server she just shook her head, then went to the back, and when she arrived back again, she had towels in her hand, and her tray. As she was cleaning off the table that I had just spilled tea and ice all over, she was yelling at me, like I was her child, but we were all CRACKING up, she was hilarious! It went something like this: “Oh my God, can’t take you anywhere, you are just like a little kid, and how old are you? Spilling your drink all over the place like you are 2 years old, I can’t believe this, and now I have to clean it up for you! There now, don’t spill anymore, what? You want more to drink? Can you handle it without spilling? I doubt it!” We were laughing so hard, and here I am so damn embarrassed still…...she leaves and returns with a little kids sippy cup thing, it is like ¼ of the size of the regular glass, it’s plastic and has a top on it, and a place for your straw. Now we were really cracking up! When she comes back she says “Here, now don’t spill this time! Can you handle not spilling with this cup?” Now, let me tell you that she was not quiet at all what-so-ever whenever she was talking to me, it was like a mother scolding me, as my mom sat next to me laughing the whole time.

So we go on about our ordering process and then our meal comes, and we are eating, every time she comes back to our table, to check on us, she asks if I have spilled my drink yet, then as we are almost done with our meal, she brings me an adult cup, and makes me promise not to spill this time.

We finish our meal and are sitting there talking when she came back to the table, to make sure all is ok, and my grandma told her that she must like her job, because she had us laughing the whole time. She said yes, I do love my job, and I also work at Ruby Tuesdays doing the same thing, I popped up and said I used to work there years ago, she said oh, how come you left, I said “I got a real job” and before I could realize what I said was not cool, her mouth was opened and she was like “ugh”. I was so stupid and embarrassed again, once I realized what I said…..I tried to back track and “what I meant to say was that I got a real job (said it once again) you know, like an office job, where you sit at a desk and stuff?” OPEN MOUTH INSERT FOOT HERE she was laughing and said after all the things that I did for you today, this is how you treat me? Now, mind you, she still was not quiet with anything she said, and everyone around us was laughing at us and at her. She told me that she is going to keep an eye out for me and will be sure to tell her colleagues about me when I come to either restaurant that she works at. Hilarious! Ok, now that I have written all that for you, now I only have 6 ½ hours left…..so now, 5 ½ down, 6 ½ to go.

Live, Laugh, Love!

08/19/09 Bangs lake

Here it is, my "big" fish...

And a close up of it...though Rob chopped off my head in both!

On our fishing day on wednesday, we went to Bangs, our normal place, and this time, I got my way, and I met Rob there at 8am, instead of waking up at 5am...yipee! He was not so happy that I came late, but I think he was happy that I would at least go at all. So I met him there at 8, and I was a much happier person! When I got there, I told him I don't want none of those "fishing" stories, and he told me that he never lies about how many or how big of fish he catches. So he told me that from 5-8, he caught 3 bass and 1 northern...then when I got there, apparently the fish turned off. We did not catch anymore until later on, about 11 or 1130 when we went on the other side of the lake. Then he caught 3 more, and I was so damn frustrated, that I was ready to go home. Then all of a sudden, BAM! there was a fish! woo hoo! Then another and Rob says that was the biggest one of the day, so please enjoy the pics of it.

Our day on Countryside Lake

Here is Rob fishing

One of Rob's many bass that day.

One of my 4 small bass

Here is a really cool house that is on an island, and must drive on a bridge to get to......and below is the bridge you have to drive on to get to the house. This house has a boat garage under it, so cool, just pull in the garage door and put your boat in, and close the garage door, it is under the house, where you see the small round windows. It was built on the rocks there....it is so cool!

Here are just some pics from last wednesday when we fished Countryside lake, now that we have an "in", because it is a private lake that Rob heard had HUGE bass in it, though it didn't prove to us on wednesday, but there was something that bit off a couple worms and hit Rob's line pretty hard....it is funny when that happens, because it makes you wonder what is lurking under the water that you can't see....I always tell him it is a shark, but of course we all know that isn't true! Anyway, we had a great time, and we used a friends boat, it was super fun, and let me just tell you that I am amazed at the BEAUTIFUL houses that are on that lake, and it's private! SO JEALOUS!!!!!