It makes me furious that mice are so small and they seem to be SOOOOOOOOO much smarter than me. I continue to put out traps and in the morning, they eat all of the cheese or peanut butter and the trap does not go off. How? I don't know. All I know is that everyday I wake up and run to the garage to check my mouse traps and 85% of the time, I feel like a moron. Like a big dummy that isn't even as smart as a mouse. Does wonders for my self-esteem... This is what my garage looks like
Notice the three mouse traps. Usually, every morning, I have to re-bait them. Today only one of them had no food on it. Apparently the jerk mouse got full. Good for him.
Mom got a picture with the great Chris Hoiles at the Keys Stadium last week. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoiles
She didn't work Monday but I just talked to her and she said Brady Anderson was there! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Anderson
That is big news. Big time stars are goin to watch some baseball at The Grove... (I played there in College and got a hit FYI) Seriously Orioles, I don't even have anything to say about you. You suck.
So for the first time since MARCH, it is raining in Houston! Thank God because I started to fear that my hunting lease would burn down... Talk about money going up in smoke. I believe that we are something like 12 inches below average the last I heard. It's pretty unbelievable that the weather has been so cruel this year. Flooding, Drought, Tornadoes and Earthquakes. Pretty ridiculous. It has been so long since it rained down here that Camden freaked out this morning when he heard thunder, worse that usual! I know bud, it's been a while. My yellow yard hopefully is enjoying this weather because according to the 10 day forecast, its not going to last long. Back to 98 and sunny starting Saturday. I believe all of my fishing holes have dried up. Maybe next week I'll have to get out there and check them out...
I haven't been fishing much because I can't seem to put my guitar down. (Except for this picture)
It's probably for the best that I can practice when Carly isn't home. It doesn't sound very good. But hey, gotta start somewhere. I am in full rock star mode. Laugh if you want but I change the color picks I'm playing with depending on my mood... I gotta keep myself entertained some how. This week, I'm going with the white pick. Even dorkier, I sign the back of every pick. Could be worth something someday, probably not. Country music is awesome to play because it is mostly only 3 or 4 chords. That's right, I know what a chord is... I also know that if I continue to play, I will not win any "beautiful fingers" contest. My fingers are starting to get all hard and callused. Beautiful.
My guitar is the best pawn shop purchase EVER. Thanks Carly, even though you are probably wishing that you wouldn't have agreed to get it after some of the sounds that come out of my studio. I'm off, gotta go practice some good Ol' Country Music. Homeboy...
Well, I'm back in Tejas. Back to the summer months. People are at work, and I'm watching Swamp People and The Maury Show. I was in MD for 8 days and I don't think Carly and I slowed down for 8 minutes. It is so hard to see everyone when we come home because we're never there for long enough. We did have a great time though.
Leslie and Bobby's wedding was great last Saturday and when I read the bible verse, I didn't even cry! Take that. Awesome to see the family together for such a great day. Everything was perfect. The rehearsal dinner was awesome and the reception was awesome too. Man, I really feel old now. My little cousin has gotten married! Soon I'll be yelling at people that drive their car with their music too loud. Wait, I do that now... Well, I'll be doing other stuff that makes me old I guess.
Friday night Carly and I stayed with Brian and Leslie at their place in Hagerstown. It is awesome up there and they are doing so good. The house was great except the stairs must have been a little too steep or something because Friday night I fell up them and Saturday I fell down them. Pretty funny. I literally fell down on the first step, slid on my butt to the landing, tried to get up and rolled down the bottom flight of stairs to the first floor. Sounds rough, it was. I stood up and expected someone to come and see if I was OK. To my surprise, kinda, no one did. About 5 minutes later, my brother came down laughing so hard, I started laughing too. Ahhhh, the memories. I'm so happy that my brother married someone who keeps his ass in check. (I'm serious Leslie)
Sunday, we went to Carly's parents house and it was awesome to see them again. It has been too long. We got to see the Orioles play awesome, kidding, and watched one of my favorite movies of all time, Forgetting Sarah Marshal.
I LOVE IT. Ask Carly. I constantly sing this walking around the house. Extremely funny to me. Probably not to everyone else in the world. It was good to see Carly's brother too. We definitely miss everyone up in the Free State. I also go a chance to see the deer that eat 5 yards from Carly's parents house! There was a buck there too, in velvet. I have to pay, drive and sit in a tree to have the possibility of shoot a deer and if they would let me, I could shoot a deer from there living room. Although, I wouldn't feel right shooting them seeing how Mick walks the corn out and talks to them and they stand 10 yards from him waiting for him to leave so they can eat. Pretty tough hunting...
Carly came back Monday and I went back to hang out with Mom and Dad till Thursday. As always, we had a great time together. Too short, but a great time. Shopping and just hanging out with Mom and Fishing with Dad and Brian. PERFECT. It was so great being able to hang out with Mom, Dad, Brain and Leslie so much while I was home. We might have to just win the lottery and make this a every weekend thing. We miss everyone up there and we're so glad we could be with family for a while again! Now, back to the 100 degree grind...
Very excited today. This is true for many reasons, but there is one in particular. On my way home from the post office this morning, I was listening to the radio. They were talking about songs that you want played at your funeral. One guy called in with a song and I pulled over because I was laughing/crying so hard. (I felt like pulling over) He said he didn't want anyone sad. This song would make me dance and laugh if I heard it. Not gonna lie, I did sing very loud when I got home. It reminded me of a simpler time in my life. When Carly and I just began dating. I was in good physical shape in college (kinda). A time when MTV played a little music still. A time when I didn't have any income and didn't need any and college baseball. This was the song...
Feelin pretty weird this morning. I got up, went downstairs and drank coffee. I'm usually 30 minutes into 4th grade by this time but until the end of August, 8:30 is coffee time along with the game show network. Actually, today is pretty busy. Camden has a vet appointment this morning and I have to go to the dry cleaners and drop my suit off to get cleaned. What a start to summer!
I get really scared when I have to take Camden to the vet alone. For those of you who don't know, our dog, best dog ever, probably has the worst breath and teeth ever. Carly insisted yesterday that it is a "genetic" thing. They always tell me about his teeth at the vet like I don't know this. We, Carly and Chris Baugher, as loving parents to our son, Camden McDonald Baugher, refuse to put him to sleep to get his teeth cleaned. Camden is so smart that if he had thumbs, I'm about 75% sure that he would brush his own teeth. He doesn't, we're not brushing them and that's how it is. We are still good parents too!
Apparently it is snowing in hell because it rained in Houston yesterday evening. And by rained, I mean the house almost blew away. The patio chairs did blow across the backyard. That's right, we got the typical Texas thunderstorm. You know, the kind where even though you know it's thundering and lightning outside, you still make little girl noises when it does because it's so loud and scary... What, that's just me??? Sure it is... Camden did his usual "panting" act in the storm, however, I suppose because he is almost 49 years old it was not as bad. He did refuse to eat a sausage patty that was placed in his bowl until after the storm was over though. When the thunder stopped, he showed the sausage patty who the boss was. I believe that Houston is still 10 inches below normal rain fall for this time of year but hopefully yesterday was a start.
Well, with summers off maybe I'll keep up with this. Although I'm not sure how exciting it will be...
I have just realized that I am probably a little too excited about Jim Tressel leaving Ohio State. Let me try this for real, I'm sure it will make everyone just as happy...
This time tomorrow, I will be unemployed to two months again! I can not wait. I do not want to even look at an elementary school aged child for two months. Why? Because they make me angry... I'm pretty sure that one of them stole my zip drive from the computer at school. This is awesome for several reasons. The main one is that ALL of my health power points are on it. Cool... If I have to make 5 chapters of power points again I will cry. I'm not kidding. I will take a picture of myself crying and post it on here. Another reason getting your zip drive stolen by a child is awesome is because... IT'S A CHILD. Who steals a zip drive in elementary school? I seriously doubt that they even know how they work. Whatever.
Tomorrow is great for so many reasons. Yep, last day of work but it is also...
