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One good thing about father-in-law's visit - he's taking my old chest freezer off my hands. He and the mom-in-law gave their extra fridge/freezer to my sister-in-law and her friend for the house the two are buying. My wife asked if they could have my freezer. Since I'm not using it (and it's just taking up space), I said sure.
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Yesterday morning I turned on the TV for the boy. It was still on the Encore channel I had been watching the night before, and guess what was playing.....
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!
Since it was already started (and to scary for the boy to watch), I found another scheduled showing and set it to DVR.
That and a big ass bottoms of beer is how I spent my Sunday night.
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Busy weekend. After work on Friday, it was running errands. Saturday I spent from 0730 until around noon-30 helping my older brother and his wife pack up their house. After that it was home, shower, grocery store, wash kids clothes, dinner, baths for kidlets, get the boy to bed, and finally a bit o' relaxing at night. Today it was take the boy to get a haircut, Lowes, Walmart, home for lunch, prune some trees and bushes, start to build a bird house, wash more clothes, transfer some mead to a fresh carboy, then get dinner started. Still have bath for the boy and get him to bed. And I may clean out some bottles and such.
Needless to say, I'm tired.
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Until today, I only had my wife's word that her mother had challenged me to the latest lemming social media cause du jour - that ice bucket challenge thing. There was supposed to be a video on Facebook somewhere, but I never did see it. Apparently, she doesn't know how to tag people in posts.
Anyway, so this morning I did see a post from her about the challenge. She's apparently waiting for me to accomplish it.
So, I'll either write a check to the charity, for a significant amount, and not bother with the ice water crap (because it's reached the point of annoying stupidity).....
.....or, I'll show her up by writing a check AND doing something far more creative, like dumping a bucket of cold beer on my head.
You should definitely get that looked at. Fungus can really ruin your week, and once it starts spreading it's hell to get rid of. Believe me, I'd know.
Until today, I only had my wife's word that her mother had challenged me to the latest lemming social media cause du jour - that ice bucket challenge thing. There was supposed to be a video on Facebook somewhere, but I never did see it. Apparently, she doesn't know how to tag people in posts.
Anyway, so this morning I did see a post from her about the challenge. She's apparently waiting for me to accomplish it.
So, I'll either write a check to the charity, for a significant amount, and not bother with the ice water crap (because it's reached the point of annoying stupidity).....
.....or, I'll show her up by writing a check AND doing something far more creative, like dumping a bucket of cold beer on my head.
My mother and sister both are in on this thing. While it was fun to get to drop a tub of ice water on Mom, I'm really glad I don't have Facebook so they can't pass the challenge my way.
I've seen several celebrities get challenged and say "nope just gonna write a check not gonna freeze myself for no good reason", so I see no reason why you couldn't do the same.
Honestly, not to put a downer on the issue, but I imagine most people who get themselves dunked are not contributing any actual aid to the charity. I don't think either of mine sent a check or charge. I imagine the same goes for the vast majority of people dunking themselves - the ice water thing lets them "contribute" without actually giving anything up but some wet clothes.
You could take up Vin Diesel's "Plant a Tree for Groot" challenge.
It's supposed to be a donation of $10 and the ice water, or a donation of $100. I've seen plenty of celebrities doing both a high-dollar donation AND the ice water.
Or you could take Sir Patrick Stewart's response as inspiration.
*nodnod* At the same time, I imagine a lot of people are just doing the video and not bothering with the money.
I mean, I could be wrong =)
*nodnod* At the same time, I imagine a lot of people are just doing the video and not bothering with the money.
I mean, I could be wrong =)
Considering this monster generated $41 million last time I checked the news report about it, I think most people are on board with the donations.
Really. That's kind of surprising actually.