This and That

1. On Monday I snuggled with Mitch in the bed.  I was hugging him.  An hour or so later I had poison ivy all over my arm.  Seriously? (And it itches like crazy!  Worse than a chigger!  By the way, why are chiggers so funny?  And why is Chigarid even funnier?)
2. Matt has a cold.  I'm trying to be a nice, good wife who does things like cook chicken noodle soup (and by chicken noodle soup I mean chili cheese dogs--they're good for a cold!) and picks up cough drops and juice at Target and does all of the dishes after dinner. Also I'm doing those things because on Monday I was possessed by the devil and was a super bitch for no reason.  Or maybe I was possessed by poison ivy?
3. Why are these fries so good?  They also make spicy sweet potato fries!  Confession: we've eaten Alexia frozen fries twice this week.  It's not really a healthy food kind of week.

4. I want to make these cookies with Reese's Pieces instead of Reese's Cups.  What do you think about that?
5. Matt is watching the newest Real World/Road Rules challenge, "the fifth major American sport." (Apparently Bill Simmons said that.)  That show's been going on so long that contestants have gotten married and now divorced.  (Gee golly, I'm so surprised, Danny and Melinda!  Was it the steroids or the anger or just the fact that you're both batshit crazy?)  I like watching it because it always makes me feel like I'm a superior human being.
6. I think that when the contestants on Real World/Road Rules challenge need to feel superior, they turn on Teen Mom.  Last night I ellipted for an hour, completely fueled by the anger of watching Amber, Maci, and Catelynn's whore of a mom.  I think Amber is actually the worst human being on the planet.  I hate her with my heart and with my soul.  How many times does she need to hit Gary and scream at her child before someone rescues her child from her?

7. It was picture day at school.  I HATE picture day.
8. I'm making these tomorrow, but with cherries.
9. The weather is out of control perfect this week.  Can it just stay like this until the end of time?
10. Mitch is currently sitting on Matt's lap, being really sweet.  It just seems sweet, though.  Really, he's trying to take Matt's cough drop out of his mouth.  Mitch loves cough drops.

A Post by Mitch

So, today my mom and dad were getting ready to abandon me. I was sooo sad. And it was a really sunny day and I wanted to play outside. Something you might not know about me is that I love to play outside. And it had been raining forever and I really hate the rain. That rain gets on my fur and makes me smell gross.

Anyway, right when they were about to walk out the door, my mom asked me (in that stupid voice she does), "Doooo--do you want to go for a ride in the car?" Here's something else you might not know about me: I love riding in cars.

So I like freaked out and jumped around and then we got in the car. I had my head out the window like for most of the ride because it was so nice outside, and there were so many smells and things to see.

Then we got to Forsyth Park. I mean, I'm a dog, and another thing you might not know about me is that I love parks. I love the people, and I love the other dogs, and I love to eat the green grass, and I love to smell all of the different smells, and I love to run. Parks are great. Forsyth is a great park, too. It's really big.

So we got there and I chewed on a really big stick. I tried to drink beer, but my mom and dad wouldn't let me. Then a dog friend named Wally came and we ran and played. But then he got on my nerves when he peed right next to my mom's bag!

Wally seemed fun at first but he was pretty annoying. He was so annoying that I bit him. My mom got so mad and she yelled at me! It was just a little "don't pee on my stuff or drink from my water bowl" bite, but she didn't care.

After all of that excitement, we went home. Good thing, because I was pretty tired. When we got home I just went to one of my favorite napping places, under the bed, and did some dog relaxing.

All in all, it was a pretty good dog day.