weird things abound...
like gophers in my back yard (it looked like a brown squirrel that'd lost its tail... who knew?) and a CARDINAL in the neighbor's back yard! I haven't seen a cardinal since I was in Montana visiting my dad's family when I was ten! (yes, I admit it, I squeed)
But that's all part of the deal when you move to a totally new climate/part of the country - all expected and looked for.
I gotta ask one question, though. WTF IS UP WITH THE INVASION OF THE LINT MONSTERS?!?!?! Seriously? We're still sleeping on the air bed since I haven't been back north to get our stuff, and since we unpacked it it has been growing lint until I finally looked at Paul, who looked like he was shedding or falling apart or becoming part zombie or something, gave up and bought a lint roller FOR THE BED. Mind you, this is a Scotch lint roller, not one of the cheap knockoffs that you look at and wonder if it would even be capable of catching a cold. I doubt I'd have captured more lint per sheet short of hauling out the duct tape, which I did seriously consider. By the time I was halfway through with the bed the used sheets were piling up on the windowsill and I was beginning to wonder if I had stumbled upon an undocumented lint breeding ground. By the time I was done with the once over (looking back and seeing some areas I could go back over but probably wouldn't) the handle of the roller was whining and threatening to ditch the tape roll in a mad break for freedom and I seriously wondered if i had just callously captured the next year's breeders and condemned them to death in an incinerator somewhere. Half the sheets on the roll were full and I could have used more making sure I had every last little one of the annoyingly clingy buggers OFF my bed.
What... the crap? Is this a new cash crop I hadn't heard of? O.o
(and I seriously need a WTF tag)
But that's all part of the deal when you move to a totally new climate/part of the country - all expected and looked for.
I gotta ask one question, though. WTF IS UP WITH THE INVASION OF THE LINT MONSTERS?!?!?! Seriously? We're still sleeping on the air bed since I haven't been back north to get our stuff, and since we unpacked it it has been growing lint until I finally looked at Paul, who looked like he was shedding or falling apart or becoming part zombie or something, gave up and bought a lint roller FOR THE BED. Mind you, this is a Scotch lint roller, not one of the cheap knockoffs that you look at and wonder if it would even be capable of catching a cold. I doubt I'd have captured more lint per sheet short of hauling out the duct tape, which I did seriously consider. By the time I was halfway through with the bed the used sheets were piling up on the windowsill and I was beginning to wonder if I had stumbled upon an undocumented lint breeding ground. By the time I was done with the once over (looking back and seeing some areas I could go back over but probably wouldn't) the handle of the roller was whining and threatening to ditch the tape roll in a mad break for freedom and I seriously wondered if i had just callously captured the next year's breeders and condemned them to death in an incinerator somewhere. Half the sheets on the roll were full and I could have used more making sure I had every last little one of the annoyingly clingy buggers OFF my bed.
What... the crap? Is this a new cash crop I hadn't heard of? O.o
(and I seriously need a WTF tag)