Hanging out and being cool

Lilly is loving the cooler autumn air.  The bathroom window is her favorite widow to hang out.

Painful Lessons

I learned a few things yesterday while I was cooking dinner.  The first thing I learned wasn’t really a lesson at all since I already possessed the knowledge.  I was using a mandolin to slice up some zucchini.

A mandolin is a very useful kitchen tool…..and I “re-learned” that it is deadly sharp, (as in instrument of torture sharp).  So I am sure by now you realize that I must have cut myself.  Yep. 

The second thing I learned is that I have a relatively low tolerance for great gobs of blood loss.  I always thought I handled myself very well when injured.  Yesterday, when I couldn’t get the bleeding to stop, let alone slow down, I started to worry.  The worry turned in to having a hot flash with copious sweating….but, thankfully I did not pass out.  I did sit down with a wet paper towel and kept applying pressure to my finger. 

Ouch!!

As you can see, it did a number on my little pinky finger. 

Self Medication

I don’t know how so much can happen in an 8 hour time frame….but it does.  Work last night was absolutely horrible.  It had me day dreaming of girls day out and the fantastic pomegranate lemon drop martini that I had. 

Eva tells a joke

Eva:  Glen, Why does a chicken coop have two doors?….. Because if had four doors it would be a chicken sedan!

Lila:  I don’t get it….

One Wild Weekend

That was some seriously strong nip!

Saturday Bonus Post – Cockatoo’s are Weird too

Eva:  I spy with my little eye…

Eva:  Must grasp for closer inspection

Eva:  What is it???

Eva:  Wait!  Now it is on me…..

Eva:  Get it off!!!

(For the record….whatever she thought she saw and tried to get off of her foot, was completely invisible.)

Heavy Construction

Lila:  Eva, would you move my cage cover a little to the right?

Lila: No….I said move it to the right.

Eva:  My right or your right?

Lila: Forget it….I’ll just move.

Eva: No, no….Let me try from a different angle.

Eva:  How’s that suit you?

Lila: You’re fired.

He made me so sad

Tuesday Petey got his teeth cleaned.  They must have given him a heaping dose of anesthetic because he was so pathetic it just broke my heart.

Girls Day Out

Yesterday was one of those rare days in which my girlfriends and I had the same day off together.  We had a wonderful couple of hours down on the plaza.  We ate at Bo Ling’s.  It was wonderful.

This is the best egg drop soup I have ever had.

Being the complete pig that I am…I forgot to take a picture of my entree before I made a mess out of it by eating it.  Vickie on the other hand barely ate any of her food….so here is a picture of her cashew chicken.

And it wouldn’t be a girls day out without a nice adult beverage.  Ila and I had the pomegranate lemon drop martini….Vickie had to be different and had a pomegranate martini.  This is Vickie and I, (picture #4….yes it took that many to get a decent picture), with our respective beverages.

Our waiters name was Vernon, and he was a great guy……meaning he put up with our shenanigans.

Ila, get a little alcohol in her and she is such a flirt!

We had a wonderful day!  Just wish we had more than our usual 2 per year.

Pig ears make Petey’s heart go pitter patter