Do to some unexpected circumstances (Brett forgot to have his admin book a flight), I will be joining Brett on a road trip down to Bend tomorrow morning. We'll be gone for a few days and I really need to start some laundry so I can pack, but I wanted to put up a quick post before I shut my computer down.

I'm sleepy. Brett's sleeping. Today we picked up the rental car for our trip (it's a business trip, so we're not using our own car), did some painting (of pottery, at the new pottery place in town), some bubble tea drinking (at the place next to the new pottery place in town), some grocery shopping, some driving around, some yard work, and Brett got a haircut. I also picked a few dozen snails off our front walk - what's THAT about?

I went out there this morning and they were all over the place, so I tossed a bunch of them in a bucket and threw them...away...somewhere... Then we went out for awhile and when we came back there were somehow MORE than before. So I repeated the above process. It was gross. Snails are gross. I'm sure they're venturing onto the dry, covered walk to get out of the rain, but it's only been drizzling and I've NEVER EVER seen this many snails out. Usually we might have one or two after the rain, but I guess this is what we get for not killing the one or two that we saw. Blech.

That's all I can think of to say for now...I had something I wanted to write about, but now I've forgotten it. Brett's passed out in the chair next to me and he's snoring...it's cute. Anyway, I've uploaded some more photos to flickr this weekend. Just a few - a couple of me (with zombie makeup!) and some of a trip we took to Seaside and Portland in 2006. I'll upload more when I have time - maybe in Bend while Brett's working?



I'm growing out my fingernails right now, and it hurts to hit shift with my pinky finger nail; my finger gets tired. Any suggestions on how to avoid this? Anyone? So far I've found that I just curl my pinky and use my knuckle, but my finger still gets tired.

One last thing, and then I really have to go be productive: for those of you who might care but might not know, Apple has opened a new product through iTunes called iTunes U. I haven't explored it much yet, but so far it seems like a really cool idea, especially for those of us who love to learn but don't want to spend the time/money to take a class right now.

Okay, now I'm gonna go pack for reals.

 Miss Ai said...

Cool photo... love it.
Have a nice trip to Bend!!

6/12/2007 3:30 AM  



 Kimberly said...

I just ate a bunch of cookie dough and chips and salsa. But that's not what I meant to say...but I think I needed to confess to someone.

Snails are gross. It took me a minute to actually spell gross correctly. That's gross too. They have these bait things that you put on the ground and fill with beer and it's supposed to work on slugs and snails. It's natural (as natural as drunk ass slimy critters can be...) and won't harm other animals, unless they like beer. Then it's liver damage for the furry! Just kidding...I think the thing holds too little beer to do any damage to something bigger than a snail/slug. So unless you magically turn Bretterpoodles into a tiny version of himself and then he falls in, I think you'll be okay. Wow...my mind has wondered...what did I want to say? Oh, yes, all that about slugs and some nice news:

Paige Hannah Loomis is scheduled to be born on 7/11/07. Slurpies for everyone!

6/12/2007 9:12 PM  



 Cat Jackson said...

Miss Ai: Thank you! I was actually nervous about putting it up, because it's a little creepy. I felt like I should wait until Halloween, but now I'm glad I didn't! :)

Kimberly: It's okay, I'm pretty sure salsa is a vegetable. Also, I'm pretty sure you're allowed to eat anything you want when you're nine months pregnant. :)

And *Paige Hannah* Loomis!!! I think you know my opinion of that name. I called Brett and left him a super loud, super high-pitched, super excited message after I saw your comment! I'm sure everything will go great with her delivery, and when it's over Brad can go get you a slurpee and some nachos. :D

Also, we tried the beer thing a few years ago for slugs, but instead of buying traps we poured it into party cups buried so that the tops were level with the dirt. After just a few days the cups were FILLED with slugs (it was SICK), but our problem: neither one of us wanted to touch them. So we just shoveled dirt on top of them and left them there. Because we're ghetto-ass sissies.

On the plus side: we haven't had much of a slug problem since.

6/15/2007 5:53 PM  

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