Way out in the Middle of Nowhere

A few years ago, Dave and I decided to become chaperones for the Church Youth group. Ok! What did that entail? 1. A background check.  I actually paid for the Church to run a background check on me. Guess what? I came out clean! 2. I was required to attend a 3 hour seminar on how to spot the behaviors of pedophiles so that I could alert the diocese to any unwanted attentions given to the kids during my time as a chaperone. Let me tell you, it was a very enlightening experience. The focus was on a video of 3 men, all were convicted molesters of children. They outlined deed after deed how they got to a point where they could molest kids.  It's called 'grooming.' 3. Betcha you didn't even know the Church did this, did you? You still think they are letting people molest kids all over the place and that's exactly why I am writing this now.  What you *THINK* you know, and what you know, is most likely the result of another kind of insidious grooming. The end resul...

This is a short video of our goosie Sissy chewing on Dave's hair.  She does this every night when we put away the animals. As geese go, she is the only one who shows affection towards us. Of course, she's the only one we hatched and raised.  The others were hatched elsewhere, shipped to us. Sweet Pea will come up and give us 'kisses' by nibbling at our lower lip.  That's another video that will need to be taken to believe. 

Dave and the kitty Tyler watching the game.  He was trying to get Tyler to look at me, but he wouldn't. Oh and Tigger is the big orange fluffy thing bottom center. I gotta give props to the man, he saved my coffee maker.  He ran stuff through it until it became unplugged.  I am with coffee in the mornings! yay!!!

Ok, if one of you is sitting there holding a voodoo doll that looks like me...can you take out the pins now? Please??? Bad Juju has followed me for about a month now. The latest layer on the crap cake is my coffee maker dieing. I mean...........really? Last weekend the microwave gave up the ghost.  Dave pulls out the old one we had and it didn't work.  So he ended up taking it apart and repairing it.  Now we have a microwave. I SWORE I turned on the oven last night to make dinner.  We had to sit and wait an extra hour for the tater tot caserole to bake because the oven wasn't on. Oh the timer was on, but not the oven. ~facepalm~ The entire spare bedroom needs to be emptied and have the carpets cleaned *again*. I did it two weeks ago and one of the cats has decided that it's one big litter box. Good thing all my stuff is in plastic boxes, but still.  I can't sew in there, the smell makes me wanna puke. Which is why if you go to my Etsy shop , you will ...

Taken one morning on my way to school. This is the Rock River in Janesville on River Road.  It was a foggy morning and the water was very calm. School is progressing.  Financial Aid is not. The final word came down that I will not get any aid this semester. I'm $500 in the hole for Calc and if I drop the class they'll add another $700 to it. Damned if I do, Damned if I don't. And they won't let me register for classes until I pay the $500. My only course at this time is to pick up as much money as I can selling stuff that I don't need, selling plasma and keeping expenses low.  And Dave is digging into his 401(k).  I'm less than pissed that it needs to be done, but what can you do? I've also applied for a credit card to put the $500 tuition on. That way I can pay off minimums, STILL register for next semester and pay it off with my grants next semester. Still not happy about that either. On a MUCH funnier note - Dave and I watch Duck Dynasty. M...