Taking Over

Hi....I'm Klowee...or "monkey" as my mom and dad like to call me. My mom says I will be taking over her blog since she is too busy to keep up with it! I must be getting punished from earlier. It was an accident!! I promise!! I had diarrhea and couldn't hold it!! Anyway, mom and dad have been very busy. I'm not sure what is going on. There are boxes everywhere which is sooooo annoying! Me and my 3 other peeps love to run in the house but it just isn't the same with all these damn boxes!! BUT!!! There is a TON of newspaper lying around we get to tear into.....and boy do we ever!! We love to eat it too! Grandma and grandpa and that silly RJ were just here visiting for some sort of holiday, but I really don't know when the holiday was because there were no decorations, lights, or presents?? Didn't seem like no holiday to me!! Besides...mom says we aren't celebrating until we get home in January??? I'm so confused!! Me and my gang had such a good time playing with RJ, though. They took us to the park and we ran and ran!! We played with toys and chewy's and chased each other in the house too! Grandma and grandpa went about the city while mom and dad played with the boxes again. My mom is such a good colorer too.......she was painting over all the white spots on the walls and stayed in the lines!! It wasn't all work, though. They left us yesterday all day long to go to Mexico!! I guess it was better we didn't go because mom said we might end up in a taco. They had a great time in Mexico and we were sooooo excited when they got home. Mom couldn't go to work today, though, because of Mexico......I guess it's a bad idea to eat there sometimes! Grandma and Grandpa are half-way back to KS; and daddy was making my neck hurt today watching him go up and down the ladder a hundred times painting and changing out light bulbs. Things definitely are different around here.........the whole gang can tell!! It's not just me!! But we're usually always the last to know......I'll see if I can squeeze anything out of them for next time!

I thought this was such a pretty picture. I took it the other day on the way home from work after a short rainfall.

The Little Garage Sale That Could

After much success with our first garage sale (over $450!!) we decided to participate in our community garage sale held yesterday to sell our remaining items. (Yes, a garage sale in December! That's the advantage of living in AZ) We had quite a comical day. The sale began at 7am....but of course everyone shows up early. It was pitch black outside and so cold!! It was in the 50's!!!! ha! But that didn't stop the dedicated garage sale goers. The porch lights gave off enough glow for them to hunt for their new treasures. The first 10 people or so to come all asked...."hey are you the ones with all the hunting and fishing equipment?" Seriously.....does it look like I have a bunch of guns and fishing poles!! The cars would slowly approach....get close enough to see that our 1 slab of concrete didn't amount to crap....and then sped away. Devin and I would make bets to see if they would stop. I think we even had some sympathy lookers because they felt bad nobody was stopping. I even had a guy drive by and yell...." hey, lady! that's the smallest garage sale I've ever seen!!!" Thank you sir!! We gave up about 11am. We loaded the rest and dropped it off at Good Will. I'm done with garage sales for awhile. Total profit for the day........a whoppin $43.75.