This is probably one of the funniest things I've seen.
It is comparable to some of the funniest events in my life.
Maybe it's just that not too much funny stuff has happened to me, but I choose to believe that everyone would think this is just as funny as I do.
The people at the UBS Spirit Shop seem to think it's just as funny as I do.
And here is what happened:
A few days ago, close to closing time, one of the guys I work with, Steven (not my husband Stephen, a different Steven) found 3 blue post-it notes under the hat rack.
Normally this would not be that interesting.
However, the contents of these 3 blue post-it notes cracked us up. For like 20 minutes.
We spent a good amount of time speculating the origin of these 3 blue post-it notes.
And came up with some interesting theories.
So we saved the post-it notes and moved on.
And then-- last night--
WE FOUND A 4th BLUE POST-IT NOTE!!!
Yes, oh yes, Steven wandered back to clean up again and, under the very same hat rack where the first 3 blue post-it notes were discovered, we found the 4th post-it note.
The story continued.
I will now share with you the contents of these 4 blue post-it notes (with all original line breaks and misspellings):
Bro/hubby = docs
antique casa 4 smmer
HUGE garden
something strange in casA
room upstairs = old
plAyroom
wallpaper torn
She isnt well
hubby dont want her
to write
Mary takes care
of baby?
the paper REALLY
bugs her
she dont wanna be
sent to weir Mitchell
but she will be if
she dont get
better soon
she cries alot when
Shes alone
Now she LOVES
wallpaper
follow pattern w/
eyes = Good as
gymnastics
baby = well and comfy
she tries to tell
(and this is where the third post it left us on the edge of our seats!)
hubby she may look
well but shes sick
in the head & he said
Yah Right
shes gettin better
caught hubby/jeannie
looking at it
woman in wallppr
creeps at daytime
Right?? Isn't that awesome!!!
Ok, so now, I want to hear your theories.
And let's be creative people.
The most obvious answer is boring. And we came up with it already.
Your job is to dazzle me with your theories.
The most ingenious theory wins a secret prize!
And once you've shared your ideas, I'll tell you the ones we came up with!
Now get cracking!
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Today, in honor the 25th birthday of my awesome sister, Sarah, our Sunday edition of Weekend Listing is a tribute to her greatness!
Also, this is Sarah's Golden Birthday, which is even specialer, so:
I will now list the 25 greatest memories I have of Sarah~
1. We have a home video of Sarah telling jokes from when she was 3 or 4, I think. The whole thing is amusing, but the best part is when Sarah tells this joke: "And the horse kissed the cat!" And then she laughs and says, "Huh, huh huh? Did you geeeet it?"
2. At one point during our childhood, Sarah had an iguana named Zeke. There are pictures somewhere that show this iguana in Sarah's hair. I wish I knew where that picture is today.
3. Sarah usually got along great with animals, but one time our cat Roo was trying to sit on her stomach while she was trying to homework. So Sarah pushed Roo off of her bed. Roo jumped back up and sprayed her in the face, so Sarah drop-kicked him down the hall.
4. There is an awesome aquarium in Vancouver, Canada and our family used to go up there during the summers when we were young. Our favorite exhibit was the beluga whale exhibit. One time, we were watching the beluga show and Sarah picked out her favorite beluga, Nanoo Nanoo. After the show, we went down to the railing to look at the whales. This part is a little fuzzy; I'm not sure if she said the whale's name or if it swam up to us on it's own, but it spit a stream of water right at Sarah. Freaked her out!
5. That same day, a black squirrel stole her hot dog while it was in her hands. And then, after she ran off screaming, it went back for her bag of Cheetos.
6. Our dad bought a boat when we were in late elementary school or junior high, and Sarah was fearless. I have lots of memories of her learning to water ski or just riding in the inner-tube for fun.
7. A few summers, Sarah and I went to a church camp on Mt. Baker. They did a 5 am Polar Bear Plunge and I am pretty sure that Sarah participated.( It's one of the reasons I think you are brave, so if this isn't true, Sarah, I wouldn't refute it)
8. In junior high, Sarah was on the drill team for a year, which was like a dance team. She learned a routine to Britney Spears's song Crazy. I can still picture her practicing the moves in the basement. Of course, that may be because every once in a while she tries to see if she can still remember them. I bet after she reads this, she'll try to do the steps... (You'll admit it if I'm right, right Sarah?)
9. In high school, Sarah was given a jeep-type car, a Dihatsu Rocky. It earned many nicknames in the time she had it, but the best one was the Jesus Jeep.
10. Sarah broke her ankle while diving off a lifeguard stand in junior high. In high school, she had to have surgery to fix something with the growth plate in her ankle. Her anesthesiologist was a man, who was unacquainted with women, and he could not remove her bra. She told me this story while still groggy from the anesthesia, so that may be why I think it is so funny.
11. Our church did a children's musical (eons ago) called Good King's Come in Small Packages, and Sarah had the lead. I believe her name was Elizabeth. She was good.
12. Somewhere, Sarah found this awful sparkly spandexy crazy colored costume thing. She would put it on and perform Michael Bolton's classic hit, Love Is A Wonderful Thing with a hairbrush for a microphone. I wish I had a photo of her in this outfit, but the only one I could find was of my ex-boyfriend in the costume... And no one wants to see that.
13. A few Christmases ago, I took Sarah to get her ears pierced. I think I was more scared for her than she was for herself. I'd had mine pierced 2 years before, I think, and the people who took me kept telling me that it wouldn't hurt and it hurt bad. So I told her that I was going to be honest with her and tell her it hurt. A lot. But she was cool as a cucumber.
14. Stephen likes to tease me and Sarah, because our conversations are about 23% real life and 77% TV shows. It's a funny way to communicate, but we like it, cause we both like to laugh. And we typically find the same things in a show funny.
15. Sarah does an amazing karaoke rendition of Queen's Fat-Bottom Girls. It's pretty legendary. I mean, if you haven't seen it, you need to add it to your bucket list.
16. Our old church, Celebration Community, used to go on church retreat weekends. The best place was called Black Lake. Again, I have lots of memories from there, but the best one is the year that Sarah wrote a "Veggietales" skit for us young kids to perform and we wore red and green sleeping bags for Bob and Larry.
17. Sometime during high school, Sarah had to have surgery for a deviated septum. If you know me well, you know that I do not do well with blood. But Sarah's bandages had to be changed regularly and I had to help. This probably sounds like a gross memory, but for some reason I remember it with some gladness. I think it was the first time I felt like Sarah needed me to help her. She's super independent and I know that is part of the reason I am super independent.
18. When I was a freshman at SBU, Sarah took me to my first SBU football game. I was so badly sunburned that I could only wear 1 type of shirt-- i.e. the shirt type I had on when I got burned. But Sarah was so nice. She went to the store and got me lotion and she made fun of me less than anyone else.
19. Sarah likes to send me about a thousand text messages on my birthday. She's done this every year since we were given cell phones. And we got cell phones for Christmas my freshman year of college. I've actually saved some cause they are so funny.
20. In Sarah's sophomore year of college, she brought a few friends to Seattle for Spring Break. I have so many funny memories of her from that trip, but my favorite was when we went to Ft. Casey and had a random song-time in one of the bunkers.
21. One time when Sarah came home from college on break, she taught a few of us at church an 'interpretive dance' to Avalon's Testify to Love. We performed it at a church, not our church. I wish someone had video-taped that!
22. My senior year of high school, I was in a musical. Sarah was still at SBU when it started, and I really wanted her to make it home for at least 1 of the shows. It was either the night before closing night, or closing night that Sarah made it home and was able to go to my show. I was glad that other people were there, but having her there was most important to me.
23. During the HORRIBLE ice storm in Bolivar, January of 2007, the power went off in my dorm. Sarah came to pick me up in her Cadillac and let me stay at her apt with her 2 roommates. We played lots of card games.
24. One year, when we were in Bolivar, for Sarah's birthday, we had dinner at Red Robin and then we went mini-golfing. I'm pretty sure that at one point Sarah got so bored she laid down on the course. Or maybe she was just tired. But I have this mental image of her lying on the green AstroTurf.
25. When Stephen and I went to Seattle the week before our wedding, Sarah did all that she could to spend time with us. We had early Christmas, went light looking, had Kau-Kau downtown. And she took us karaoking. I know Stephen did not love it like I did, but karaoke with Sarah is one of the best things ever.
There are about 23 years of memories that could have made it into this list and I wish I could name more. Because my sister is super fantastic. I am pretty lucky to have her. We did not always get along (I mean, we are sisters). But, I am not only proud to call her sister, I am proud to call her a friend.
I hope this list makes you laugh and does not make you want to punch me, Sarah! This is just a sample of the fun times I have shared with you and I look forward to many years more!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Also, this is Sarah's Golden Birthday, which is even specialer, so:
I will now list the 25 greatest memories I have of Sarah~
1. We have a home video of Sarah telling jokes from when she was 3 or 4, I think. The whole thing is amusing, but the best part is when Sarah tells this joke: "And the horse kissed the cat!" And then she laughs and says, "Huh, huh huh? Did you geeeet it?"
2. At one point during our childhood, Sarah had an iguana named Zeke. There are pictures somewhere that show this iguana in Sarah's hair. I wish I knew where that picture is today.
3. Sarah usually got along great with animals, but one time our cat Roo was trying to sit on her stomach while she was trying to homework. So Sarah pushed Roo off of her bed. Roo jumped back up and sprayed her in the face, so Sarah drop-kicked him down the hall.
4. There is an awesome aquarium in Vancouver, Canada and our family used to go up there during the summers when we were young. Our favorite exhibit was the beluga whale exhibit. One time, we were watching the beluga show and Sarah picked out her favorite beluga, Nanoo Nanoo. After the show, we went down to the railing to look at the whales. This part is a little fuzzy; I'm not sure if she said the whale's name or if it swam up to us on it's own, but it spit a stream of water right at Sarah. Freaked her out!
5. That same day, a black squirrel stole her hot dog while it was in her hands. And then, after she ran off screaming, it went back for her bag of Cheetos.
6. Our dad bought a boat when we were in late elementary school or junior high, and Sarah was fearless. I have lots of memories of her learning to water ski or just riding in the inner-tube for fun.
7. A few summers, Sarah and I went to a church camp on Mt. Baker. They did a 5 am Polar Bear Plunge and I am pretty sure that Sarah participated.( It's one of the reasons I think you are brave, so if this isn't true, Sarah, I wouldn't refute it)
8. In junior high, Sarah was on the drill team for a year, which was like a dance team. She learned a routine to Britney Spears's song Crazy. I can still picture her practicing the moves in the basement. Of course, that may be because every once in a while she tries to see if she can still remember them. I bet after she reads this, she'll try to do the steps... (You'll admit it if I'm right, right Sarah?)
9. In high school, Sarah was given a jeep-type car, a Dihatsu Rocky. It earned many nicknames in the time she had it, but the best one was the Jesus Jeep.
10. Sarah broke her ankle while diving off a lifeguard stand in junior high. In high school, she had to have surgery to fix something with the growth plate in her ankle. Her anesthesiologist was a man, who was unacquainted with women, and he could not remove her bra. She told me this story while still groggy from the anesthesia, so that may be why I think it is so funny.
11. Our church did a children's musical (eons ago) called Good King's Come in Small Packages, and Sarah had the lead. I believe her name was Elizabeth. She was good.
12. Somewhere, Sarah found this awful sparkly spandexy crazy colored costume thing. She would put it on and perform Michael Bolton's classic hit, Love Is A Wonderful Thing with a hairbrush for a microphone. I wish I had a photo of her in this outfit, but the only one I could find was of my ex-boyfriend in the costume... And no one wants to see that.
13. A few Christmases ago, I took Sarah to get her ears pierced. I think I was more scared for her than she was for herself. I'd had mine pierced 2 years before, I think, and the people who took me kept telling me that it wouldn't hurt and it hurt bad. So I told her that I was going to be honest with her and tell her it hurt. A lot. But she was cool as a cucumber.
14. Stephen likes to tease me and Sarah, because our conversations are about 23% real life and 77% TV shows. It's a funny way to communicate, but we like it, cause we both like to laugh. And we typically find the same things in a show funny.
15. Sarah does an amazing karaoke rendition of Queen's Fat-Bottom Girls. It's pretty legendary. I mean, if you haven't seen it, you need to add it to your bucket list.
16. Our old church, Celebration Community, used to go on church retreat weekends. The best place was called Black Lake. Again, I have lots of memories from there, but the best one is the year that Sarah wrote a "Veggietales" skit for us young kids to perform and we wore red and green sleeping bags for Bob and Larry.
17. Sometime during high school, Sarah had to have surgery for a deviated septum. If you know me well, you know that I do not do well with blood. But Sarah's bandages had to be changed regularly and I had to help. This probably sounds like a gross memory, but for some reason I remember it with some gladness. I think it was the first time I felt like Sarah needed me to help her. She's super independent and I know that is part of the reason I am super independent.
18. When I was a freshman at SBU, Sarah took me to my first SBU football game. I was so badly sunburned that I could only wear 1 type of shirt-- i.e. the shirt type I had on when I got burned. But Sarah was so nice. She went to the store and got me lotion and she made fun of me less than anyone else.
19. Sarah likes to send me about a thousand text messages on my birthday. She's done this every year since we were given cell phones. And we got cell phones for Christmas my freshman year of college. I've actually saved some cause they are so funny.
20. In Sarah's sophomore year of college, she brought a few friends to Seattle for Spring Break. I have so many funny memories of her from that trip, but my favorite was when we went to Ft. Casey and had a random song-time in one of the bunkers.
21. One time when Sarah came home from college on break, she taught a few of us at church an 'interpretive dance' to Avalon's Testify to Love. We performed it at a church, not our church. I wish someone had video-taped that!
22. My senior year of high school, I was in a musical. Sarah was still at SBU when it started, and I really wanted her to make it home for at least 1 of the shows. It was either the night before closing night, or closing night that Sarah made it home and was able to go to my show. I was glad that other people were there, but having her there was most important to me.
23. During the HORRIBLE ice storm in Bolivar, January of 2007, the power went off in my dorm. Sarah came to pick me up in her Cadillac and let me stay at her apt with her 2 roommates. We played lots of card games.
24. One year, when we were in Bolivar, for Sarah's birthday, we had dinner at Red Robin and then we went mini-golfing. I'm pretty sure that at one point Sarah got so bored she laid down on the course. Or maybe she was just tired. But I have this mental image of her lying on the green AstroTurf.
25. When Stephen and I went to Seattle the week before our wedding, Sarah did all that she could to spend time with us. We had early Christmas, went light looking, had Kau-Kau downtown. And she took us karaoking. I know Stephen did not love it like I did, but karaoke with Sarah is one of the best things ever.
There are about 23 years of memories that could have made it into this list and I wish I could name more. Because my sister is super fantastic. I am pretty lucky to have her. We did not always get along (I mean, we are sisters). But, I am not only proud to call her sister, I am proud to call her a friend.
I hope this list makes you laugh and does not make you want to punch me, Sarah! This is just a sample of the fun times I have shared with you and I look forward to many years more!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Whachamacalits?
Tonight, I was planning on sharing more of my Bebo/Baben story, but I'm just not in the mood, to tell you the truth.
Since it is my goal to blog every day until I get a permanent job, I'll have to come up with something to talk about....
I've got it! I'll write you a springtime haiku!
Sunshine spills to Earth
Birds sing of flower return
Fluff clouds fly away
And there you have it! Just the sort of thing to perk up the old bean!
Good night!
Since it is my goal to blog every day until I get a permanent job, I'll have to come up with something to talk about....
I've got it! I'll write you a springtime haiku!
Sunshine spills to Earth
Birds sing of flower return
Fluff clouds fly away
And there you have it! Just the sort of thing to perk up the old bean!
Good night!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Once Upon a Time...
Today I was bored at work. I read all of The Catcher in the Rye. And I read most of another Wodehouse book. 7.5 hours is too much time to fill when all I do is answer the phone.
So I wrote my adorable husby a story. Part 1 anyway... And since I am lazy, I will now share it with you all as the post for today!
Not long ago, deep in a misty rain forest, there lived a happy little monkey named Bebo, Bebo the bonobo. Bebo was joyful and playful most of the time. There was only one thing that cast a shadow on his mirth: he was lonesome. He did have a few friends and some family. Every week he went to visit his old uncle Arpen and aunt Livian, who made their home above the waterfall. He occasionally played tag with the macaws in the treetops. His closest friend was Oompah the hippo, and they swam together in the watering hole sometimes. But still, Bebo wanted a companion, someone with whom he could share daily life. He had almost given up his search until...
One day, Bebo decided to go for a swim with Oompah. It was a very warm day and Bebo was eager to get to the watering hole. In his haste, Bebo was not watching where he was going. One minute, he was hustling along the forest floor; next thing he knew, he was in a dark, earthen pit. "Crumbs!” he said, for he felt he should have been paying better attention. He tried to climb out, but the walls of the pit were smooth with nothing to grab onto. Next, he tried jumping out, as he was usually a good jumper. But he'd hurt his tail in the fall and bouncing made it hurt even more. Bebo sat down, very upset. Being a very smart creature, he was usually able to get himself out of predicaments like the one he found himself in, but this time his super brain was stumped. So he sat there, watching shadows appear as the sun set.
Over at the watering hole, Oompah the hippo was starting to worry. Bebo was late for their swim. Oompah started calling, "Bebo! Bebo? Bebo?!?” hoping to hear an answer. Oompah was just about to get out of the water and try to look for his friend when he heard a noise in the trees above him. The sun was setting overhead, so it was with squinty eyes that he viewed the figure. "Bebo!” he cried, "Where have you been? I was worried!" As the monkey leapt lightly to the ground, Oompah blushed. For the monkey in front of him was not Bebo. It was a female he had never seen. She said, "I'm sorry! I heard shouting and I thought that someone was calling my name. I'm Baben. You were the one shouting, right? But I don't know you, so you probably weren't calling my name, were you? What were you shouting?" Baben spoke so fast that Oompah could hardly keep up, but after a minute he replied, "I was calling for my friend Bebo. He was supposed to meet me today to have a swim." Oompah looked so worried that Baben offered to go look for him. Oompah brightened and showed her the direction that Bebo should be coming from. So Baben took off in the trees.
Back in his little hole, Bebo was becoming more and more afraid. Surely a hunter had built this trap and Bebo was afraid the hunter would return soon. Bebo started talking to himself, scolding himself really. "You silly monkey!” he said, "This should teach you to walk on the ground... You should be traveling through the trees, like all the other monkeys!" Just then, he heard soft laughter, coming from a tree next to his hole. Bebo looked up in shock. Hanging from a low branch was a female monkey. "Hello!” said Bebo, "Why are you laughing?" The female laughed again and said, "You are sitting in a hole and talking to yourself. It's a little funny." Bebo looked up at her indignantly. "It is not funny” he said angrily, "I am stuck here and I can't get out!' As the female swung to the ground, she asked coyly, "Would you like me to help you out?"
TO BE CONTINUED!!
So I wrote my adorable husby a story. Part 1 anyway... And since I am lazy, I will now share it with you all as the post for today!
Not long ago, deep in a misty rain forest, there lived a happy little monkey named Bebo, Bebo the bonobo. Bebo was joyful and playful most of the time. There was only one thing that cast a shadow on his mirth: he was lonesome. He did have a few friends and some family. Every week he went to visit his old uncle Arpen and aunt Livian, who made their home above the waterfall. He occasionally played tag with the macaws in the treetops. His closest friend was Oompah the hippo, and they swam together in the watering hole sometimes. But still, Bebo wanted a companion, someone with whom he could share daily life. He had almost given up his search until...
One day, Bebo decided to go for a swim with Oompah. It was a very warm day and Bebo was eager to get to the watering hole. In his haste, Bebo was not watching where he was going. One minute, he was hustling along the forest floor; next thing he knew, he was in a dark, earthen pit. "Crumbs!” he said, for he felt he should have been paying better attention. He tried to climb out, but the walls of the pit were smooth with nothing to grab onto. Next, he tried jumping out, as he was usually a good jumper. But he'd hurt his tail in the fall and bouncing made it hurt even more. Bebo sat down, very upset. Being a very smart creature, he was usually able to get himself out of predicaments like the one he found himself in, but this time his super brain was stumped. So he sat there, watching shadows appear as the sun set.
Over at the watering hole, Oompah the hippo was starting to worry. Bebo was late for their swim. Oompah started calling, "Bebo! Bebo? Bebo?!?” hoping to hear an answer. Oompah was just about to get out of the water and try to look for his friend when he heard a noise in the trees above him. The sun was setting overhead, so it was with squinty eyes that he viewed the figure. "Bebo!” he cried, "Where have you been? I was worried!" As the monkey leapt lightly to the ground, Oompah blushed. For the monkey in front of him was not Bebo. It was a female he had never seen. She said, "I'm sorry! I heard shouting and I thought that someone was calling my name. I'm Baben. You were the one shouting, right? But I don't know you, so you probably weren't calling my name, were you? What were you shouting?" Baben spoke so fast that Oompah could hardly keep up, but after a minute he replied, "I was calling for my friend Bebo. He was supposed to meet me today to have a swim." Oompah looked so worried that Baben offered to go look for him. Oompah brightened and showed her the direction that Bebo should be coming from. So Baben took off in the trees.
Back in his little hole, Bebo was becoming more and more afraid. Surely a hunter had built this trap and Bebo was afraid the hunter would return soon. Bebo started talking to himself, scolding himself really. "You silly monkey!” he said, "This should teach you to walk on the ground... You should be traveling through the trees, like all the other monkeys!" Just then, he heard soft laughter, coming from a tree next to his hole. Bebo looked up in shock. Hanging from a low branch was a female monkey. "Hello!” said Bebo, "Why are you laughing?" The female laughed again and said, "You are sitting in a hole and talking to yourself. It's a little funny." Bebo looked up at her indignantly. "It is not funny” he said angrily, "I am stuck here and I can't get out!' As the female swung to the ground, she asked coyly, "Would you like me to help you out?"
TO BE CONTINUED!!
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