MadDog, This One's for You...

Parent Child Communications

At 1:30 this afternoon I got a text message from The Kid.

The Kid: Need money for winsteads for ksmn night. Can have 15$?

Me: Right this second?

TK: When you get home. Gotta be there at 7 so jake ryan is picking me up

Me: Isn't that the guy from Sixteen Candles?

TK: Lol no

How many 15 year old boys know 80's movie trivia like that? I've raised this kid up right. Or scarred him for life. It could go either way at this point.

Wordless Wednesday (with words)

I love to be inspired. Even if it's only for a minute ...

Bird, Bird, Bird is the Word

I decided to be a spectacular wife this weekend and took lunch to Burn Notice since he forgot his and couldn't leave to go get anything. After I left and started driving home through a residential neighborhood, this darted out in front of me (of course it was more of a bob, than a dart) ...

So if a black chicken crosses your path ... is that good luck or bad luck? I'm going to go ahead and go with good!

It's true though, according to Bill Murray in Stripes: "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get from the left to the right."

Atomic Bomb the Starbuck¹s Way

Everyday two of the guys at work and I make a Starbucks run around 2pm. Iknow it is expensive, but it is my vice. And I get a Grande, Soy, VanillaCrème, No Whip, No Foam so it is no caffeine and only $1.82 compared totheir Grande, No Fat, No Whip Mocha¹s which are $3.99 and a ton of caffeineor as we call them Kung Fu coffee aka The Bruce Lee.

Well yesterday I wanted a snack so I went to the freezer pulled out two ofmy breakfast French toast sticks purchased in bulk from Sam¹s. I went to theMicrowave to warm them up and Ribman¹s coffee was in there. Apparently hewarmed it up and forgot about it. I took it out place my food in and nukedit for a minute and it was perfect when it came out. I then placed Ribman¹scoffee in and nuked it for a minute.

Now I was thinking when I nuke a cup of tea in the morning I nuke it for 2mins and it is great. There was half as much coffee in this cup so I thoughtone minute would be good.
I WAS WRONG.

I opened the microwave door when the ding went off. And there was anexplosion of Mocha to rival a nuclear blast. I guess 1 Grande, No Fat, NoWhip Mocha + 1 minute in a Microwave is the poor man¹s way to make an AtomicBomb.

There was coffee on the ceiling of the microwave, on the sides, the door,under the rotating tray and leaking down the door onto the cabinet. CRAP!!!HOLY CRAP!!! I take Ribman his coffee and set it on his desk or at least themangled paper cup that used to hold his coffee. He just looks at me andstarts to laugh. I said I¹ll be right back I have to clean your coffee offthe microwave. He asked how long I nuked it and I replied apparently tolong. One minute makes it boil. He said 30 seconds is usually enough.

15 minutes later and a roll over paper towels I am done cleaning the Mocharemains off the microwave and I get to finally sit down and enjoy my nowcold snack.

Lesson learned:

Coffee in microwave for 30 seconds = yummy.

Coffee in microwave for 60 seconds =radioactive nuclear waste cleanup.