Saturday, December 8, 2012

Down With Junipers!!!


Wanna hear the absoute grossest thing almost ever?!!



To set the stage:



OK, so, I've  just finished a lovely long hot shower and, smelling all clean and beautiful and clean, I reach out and grab the fresh clean towel I had set out pre-shower... 

I bring the fresh clean towel up to rub my face dry and, much to my dismay, mid-face rub, I unfortunately discover that...

IT SMELLS LIKE CAT PEE!!!!!

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

And then I grab another fresh clean towel out of the fresh clean towel basket and it too....

SMELLS LIKE CAT PEE!!!!!

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

And then I grab yet another fresh clean towel out of the fresh clean towel basket and it too ....

SMELLS LIKE CAT PEE!!!!!

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

Which is super horrible enough in and of itself...

BUT....

As a very few of you know, I f#%king HATE the smell of cat pee. 

I loathe it.

I abhor it.

In fact, cat pee ranks as my absolute least favourite smell of any and all smells that exist on this fair planet!!! 

In fact, I have seriously contemplated spear-heading a movement to eradicate the world's juniper bush population because they smell like cat pee. 

Junipers are everywhere and they are always launching surprise attacks on my olfactory senses. 

For example:

There is a great recreational trail that runs along the waterfront in the city where I live and, every single time I stroll down this trail ....every single time...and I pass a certain point on the trail, my nose sniffs and my brain says, "fuck-it-smells-like-cat-pee-I-fucking-hate-the-smell-of-cat-pee" and my eyes scan the area for the source of the smell of cat pee and spot a bunch of juniper bushes...the very same bunch of juniper bushes that has been there for the past 16 or so years...and my brain says, "you dumbass, it's not cat pee, it's the juniper bushes that have been there for the past 16 or so years. They fool you each and every time you walk this trail. Dumbass."

Of course, this entire internal exchange of thoughts takes a good .74 seconds to process...

Every single time I walk on that trail.

Sneaky junipers.

Bastards

Anyhow, what a crap way to wreck what really was a beautiful shower.

(and there's actually a second part to this story involving the fourth towel I grabbed to dry off my freshly re-scrubbed face that is almost equally as gross but since my parents and my kids sometimes read this, I'm not gonna elaborate...but, trust me, it did not elevate my mood any...yuck)

And now I just realized that I should probably explain why my fresh clean towel basket contains an over-abundance of fresh clean towels that smell of cat pee...

Well, my Rowdy Cat, for reasons beyond his control (upcoming blog post) just happened to pee on a towel he had been sleeping on and I, in a bizarrely un-me move, threw that be-peed towel in washing machine with a load of other towels.

??????

Realizing my mistake, that one does not wash a cat pee-laden towel with other towels unless,of course, one wants them all to smell of cat pee, I re-washed that whole load of towels two more times ...with extra detergent and hot water ...and dried them with a couple of nice-smelling dryer sheets. 

I wrongly assumed that'd do the trick and undo my unthinkable laundry indiscretion.

Apparently not.

Cat pee will out.

...and my face will end up smelling like cat pee...all up inside my nose and everything.

Gross.





Friday, December 7, 2012

'cause it's worth it :)



Since it's Friday afternoon, and, from what I hear from people in the know, no one really does any real work on Friday afternoons, I figured some of you might be a wee bit bored so I thought I'd do my good deed/random act of kindness for the day and relieve your boredom.

I'm good like that.

I am going to share a couple of short little videos that bring me great joy. They are silly and funny and goofy and adorable and sweet and awesome...and those are all excellent things in my books.

I saw the first one a while back and I believe, just by watching it, my world became a better place. I didn't even realize that a sequel existed until earlier this week...

World now an even better place??

Check.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce/re-introduce to you...

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.



I, too, only fight when provoked.

And, for more wonderful wonderfullness, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Two.
(I actually think I like this one more than the first one.)




I Heart Marcel.
And Treats.
And Snoozin'.
Treats and Snoozin'
Snoozin' and Treats.
That's it.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

A little bit HO! HO! HO! and a little bit YEEHAW!!

Alrighty then...

Now that I have fully established a Christmas-y theme here in the ol' Cage of the Squirrel, I thought I would enhance this festive mood by adding some tunes...

More specifically...

A tune.

Even specifically-er...

A Country Tune...

A Country Christmas-y Tune.


Here we go:

"squirrel_e_girl & The Boy's (Christmas-y) Country Tune of the Week"

Yep.

You heard right.

The Boy is this week's co-contributor.

Which is great in so many ways, mostly because he doesn't much care for country music.

 (Although, every now and then, I do catch him singing a Zac Brown Band song under his breath...HA!!)

...and the fact that he is actually showing any interest in my blog is kinda fun :)

He was with me last week when I first heard this song and he immediately suggested that I use it in my blog.

He's a good kid.

...even if he doesn't read my blog.

... or know when my birthday is.
....
....
....

You hear that???

That's the sound of a mother's heart breaking.
...
...
...

OK...enough of that!!!

Let's get down to our Country Christmas-y business.

This week's song is:

"Santa Came Anyway" by: Dan Swinimer

I've known Dan since I was 15.

We were in the same music class.

I played sax and he played drums.

I happened to sit on the other side of the classroom from him, between two of his very good friends.

They were extremely well-behaved and quietly studious young men who devoted their time spent in class to bettering themselves as students of music...

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ...No they didn't.

 Those crazy little bastards got me in trouble on a daily basis.

It was awesome.

Anyhow, over the years, despite tormenting at least 2 high school music teachers, Dan has devoted his life to making music (and a wonderful family) in a bunch of different capacities.

You can read more about that stuff here: http://www.manicdown.com/about-dan/

He is not a country music artist but he does write country tunes...or at least he's written one country tune.

He wrote and recorded this semi-autobiographic song by himself in his basement and it was submitted to a country radio station out in Vancouver to compete in its New Country Challenge (Christmas Edition).

Earlier this week, "Santa Came Anyway" was retired...undefeated after 5 crushing victories :D

YEEHAAAAAAAAW!!!

It's funny and it's cute and here it is:



It will be soon be available on iTunes and all proceeds are being donated to charity.

That Dan Swinimer....he's a good guy :D




Friday, November 30, 2012

Day One Tally...


Ok...so, 24 hours (or so) in and this is how my keenly scientific experiment is shaping up:

Hot Babes in Santa Costumes - 44 pageviews

Santa Himself - 37 pageviews

Santa/Baby J.C. Combo - 34 views of the page

Baby J.C. in a wee manger - 30 pageviews


Scantily clad ladies beating out Santa and Baby Jesus...who'da thunk??

;)

Stay Tuned.

p.s. Honourable Mention does go to Mr. Rogers in a Speedo with 31 pageviews

p.p.s. And I'm gonna throw in a beautiful Christmas tree for good measure:




p.p.p.s. There is a lovely bit of subtle irony to this picture 'cause I swiped it from a Christian website...hee hee. Thanks, dudes.


Have I ever mentioned...



...that I adore Dallas Green??

'cause I do...

....and this is why:


Yep.

Voice of an angel.

You're welcome.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012