Christmas is coming the goose is getting FAT!!!

Christmas tree hunting is fun...especially for the little ones involved. :)

Lebanon oil spill

I know this happened a few months ago but there is some interesting footage and pictures of the bombing of the fuel tanks and the oil spill that occured because of it.

Up to 15,000 metric tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilled into the Mediterranean when Lebanon's Jiyyeh power plant was bombed in mid-July by the Israeli military.

This video is a little unecessarily dramatic but it has some really good footage of the oil impacts. There is a great part at the end that shows what happens when oil becomes submerged and ends up on the ocean floor.

And finally some great pics and descriptions of the oil conditions they are dealing with.

Sorry for the not so happy post today, just came across this stuff and wanted to share. We would not respond to this spill because of the political and economic instability of Lebanon right now. The conditions of the spill itself are very similar to some spills we have responded to. Yucky stuff!

This talent really has a use!!!

I can't wait to get home and make elephant noises!

Really?

Take 1....

Nope!

Take 2.....

Nope!!

Take 3....or as I like to call it...Photoshop

Beautious

Lou....why is it that I have to photoshop us into the same photo to make it look nice. Whats wrong with us?!?!

Can't comment....

...laughing too hard!!!!!!

i neeeeeeeeeeeeeed it!

Ok so i loooooooove this shirt..unfortunatly it's so popular that they are out of all common sizes. :( i know you are my friend if you get why this shirt is funny. :)

This makes mondays a little better...

This makes me laugh...Hopefully i will be getting things like this from maeve ina few years...cause damn it's funny!

Monday monday......

Did i ever mention how much i'm not a fan of monday's. Well i'm not, it means the weekend is over. It means i have to get up early. It means i actually have to be productive. So needless to say I am a fan of the weekend. Wanna know what makes weekends un-fun (totally a word)? Working on sunday. Not only does it cut your weekend short but it's not even the start of your work week because the next day is MONDAY!!! And we all know how i feel about monday. Ok introduction over.

I had to work yesterday (sunday). I had a very important meeting to attend that was going to take all of my afternoon. So being the responsible person that I am I got up ontime, got ready and was out the door to be to work a whole HOUR early to prepare for the meeting. Ok who's proud so far....

Yesterday was a gorgeous day! Feeling good i walk outside to my car, and low and behold I have a flat tire. (Insert explatives here) This situation does not concern me much but it has now put me in a foul mood. I go back inside, call work and tell them the situation and that i should still be ontime but i'll call if things change. I change my clothes and go back out to tackle the tire. No biggie, once you have changed a tire it's very self explanitory. I have had my car for 2 years and this is the first time i have had to change my tire. Pretty good i think.

Not to be sexist but if i need to change a tire i am always nervous a guy is going to stop and ask me if i need assistance. I understand they are just being nice, well most of the time, but i feel weird saying no i'm fine...or basically leave me alone, i don't need your stinkin help. I was very lucky. I was in my own lot at my house and it's not a very high traffic area, so i was not concerned. I do have to say that I don't live in the most ideal of neighborhoods. It does not make me uncomfortable to live there but let's just say it's not "ideal". ANYWHOOOO...I'm tooling along changing the tire and not once, not twice, but THREE times cars have driven by and honked. Honked? I don't get it....were they saying "Look at you changin a tire...Way to go!" Or were they saying "You look ridiculous....Good luck with that one!". I did not stop them to ask their purpose but i found it odd none the less. The kicker of it all was that my 3rd and final honk was a school bus. A SCHOOLBUS? Number one...it's 11am on a sunday morning. Are you out on your weekly schoolbus nice sunday mornin drive? Goin to church? Couldn't afford the used chevy suburban and just upgraded to a school bus, or are you one of THOSE families. Regardless, it made me chuckle... A LOT! Needless to say the tire changing went smoothly and my donut lasted through this morning when i dropped it off to be fixed.

Wanna know what tops off this experience? My conversation with my sister this morning after i dropped off my car.

L: Whas up...just feedin the maevinator...got you on speaker phone
K: Word word...just dropped off my car i had a flat tire
L: Oh no what happened
K: got a big nail in it so i changed it and just dropped it off to be fixed
L: YOU CHANGED IT?!
K: Yes..it's not rocket science
L: Why didn't you call AAA, thats why you have it
K: Thing one i don't have AAA, and 2 why call them and wait 2 hrs when i can fix the problem in 15 min by myself
L: Well then why do I have AAA?
K: for when you lock your keys in the car...car accident...breakdown...
L: Oh....how did you know how to change a tire?
K: From being on my own for 8 years?
L: You have your own tools?
K: For what?
L: Changing your tire?
K: Lisa, they are in your car already
L: Your car comes with the tools?!?!?
K: Yes and so does yours.
L: Wow! The tire too??? Are the directions in the manual?
K: Yes but i would advise you to just call AAA Lisa...maybe i can teach you when i'm home next
L: Yeah let's have a tutorial!

So yeah needless to say, don't worry everyone, I will make sure Lisa gets a full tutorial on tire changing when i'm home next. Lis, Maybe you should readup on it in the manual first and then we can tackle the hands on portion at a later date. :) Good stuff people....good stuff.

Who's pretty?!

I mean...i'm pretty, but Maeve wins on this one!

Like mother like daughter....

Brilliant