Another Chance Ranch

Too Funny

As you know, if you read yesterday's post, that I got a new Jeep last week.  The day I got it our IT guy, who is quite egotistical, was gone to one of our locations and was not aware that I had a new vehicle.  IT guy has a Jeep as well.  IT guy is a Jeep Junkie, nothing wrong with that, I am just giving you the details.  

Friday morning I get to work before anyone else, part in my usual parking spot and get in my office to start my day.  A while later the Wiz comes in, a lady in our office that knows everything.  And then the IT guy shows up.  IT guy goes to the Wiz and this is how the conversation went:

IT Guy: Did you see that Jeep out in the parking lot?

Wiz: Yes.

IT Guy: You know that guy that works upstairs and drives the Mercedes?

Wiz: Yes.

IT Guy: Well, he bought that Jeep for his son for his high school graduation.  He talked to me about my Jeep and he said that his son really admires my Jeep when he sees it so he got him that one for his graduation.  But they aren't going to do anything else to it like I did mine.

Wiz:   Oh, you think so?

IT Guy: Yea, we talked about it and everything.  It feels pretty good knowing I inspired someone to buy a vehicle.  

Wiz: I bet.

Keep in mine, I am sitting in my office listening to every word and knowing that she is going to tell him that it is my Jeep.  But nope.  She just let him think that Mercedes Man bought that Jeep for his son.  That kind of set the tone for the rest of the day.

Immediately I sent Stef a text message telling her what was going on, because I wanted her to be prepared for what she was walking into.  When she walked in, she made a comment to me about how nice that Jeep looks all cleaned up.  I told her that it does, but that it has manure all down the passenger side of it.  This whole conversation was held as she was walking one way and I was walking the other, so it was loud.  He didn't get it.  

Not even five minutes later he walks into the copier room, Stef and I were in there, and he proceeds to ask us if we saw that Jeep out in the parking lot.  Umm, yea I say.  He continues to tell us the same thing he told the Wiz, but he throws in, "Boy it sure would be nice to just be able to throw money around like that."  I couldn't even look at him.  I am shoving paper in the copier and shaking because I am trying so hard not to laugh.  

IT guy is just a pain in our arses.  He knows everything, I tell you what when I came back from the Cardiologist one day and he told me everything I should know about my heart condition I just knew that he and I are going to go round and round one day.  I have been dealing with my heart condition for 10 years, I know everything about it.  He, on the other hand, knows squat and he has no clue.  He thinks he is the bomb, he degrades women, republicans, and anything Apple (although he just HAD to have an iPhone).  If there are two or more people in an office he has to join them.  He is just annoying.  Everyone in the office knew the Jeep was mine, and he was just making a complete fool of himself.  

Later in the afternoon he came back in my office when Stef, Windy, and I were visiting.   Windy starts asking about that Jeep upstairs and saying things like I wonder if they are going to put a lift kit on it, yada yada.  A full second didn't even pass and IT guy was waddling down the hall as fast as he could to fill us in on that new Jeep.

When he finished and left the room, we couldn't help but laugh.  We were all laughing behind his back that day.  

Some people said it was mean of us, it didn't hurt anyone.  Not seriously.  He deserved it for thinking he knows all and immediately taking credit for that guy buying that Jeep.  We were hoping he would see us coming back from lunch that day, but he didn't leave for lunch.  Then he ran next door to get some food and we figured he would look at the name on the tag then, but he didn't.  He left that day thinking he was SO inspiring.  He left early or he would have seen me get in it and leave.

Finally he saw what was written about MY Jeep on FB.  He sent me a message wanting to know why I didn't tell him.  Geez, and ruin all the fun?   He said he just assumed it was the other guys.  I told him that everyone else saw my name on the tag.  He took it all pretty good.

And if this wasn't funny to you, I guess you had to be there.  Just think of the one know-it-all that you have to deal with, imagine you did this to them and it gets funnier.

I know for a fact that Stef is laughing again after reading this.  This is one of the best jokes I have ever pulled, but I couldn't have done it without the help of my whole office staff.  

What kind of jokes have you pulled?  That needs to be a fun monday subject!

It's Time for...

a new ride.  :)  

Okay, last year I kind of got a wild hair and did this.  

This year, I got this.

Clue #1 ought to give it away.  

No more MINI tires.  I will miss the run flat tires, never had a flat with them though.  It was just a sense of security I guess.

Ta-Da!!

My new ride.  Now I have a decision to make.  I have a hard time making decisions, so more than likely McD will make this decision.  See the fog lights on the front bumper?  Well, that is where you can put a license plate if you are going to put a license plate on it.  BUT you have to drill holes.  The holes are there and filled in to match the bumper in case a person doesn't want or need a front license plate or vanity plate.  So now I have to figure out if we are going to put a vanity tag on it or not.  It would be easier for people to know it is me and not some other chick that got a ride just like mine.  :)  I just hate having to make these decisions.  

Tomorrow I will have a Jeep story for you.  I have only had it 2 days and I already have a story.  

Have a great Memorial Weekend everybody!

The Babe

Babe.

She is my favorite mare.  Wait, she is our only mare.  :)  I know there are all kinds of things wrong with this photo, but I LOVE it!  

She is a good thing.

I Completely Forgot

I had a blog.

Wow!  Things are hectic in my world.  How about yours?  

Let me see.  I have been working, and working some more.  

We have had numerous storms, so good some not so good.  

I planted my tomato plants and hope to plant my peppers today.  

We have hummingbirds!  We are excited that the hummingbirds have found our feeders again this year.  

Turkeys are waking me up at night, geez they talk entirely too much in the wee hours of the morning.  Mia barks, then Hoss chimes in.  If a person is in a deep sleep it isn't such a good thing.  I need to record what it sounds like and post it, it is really a strange sound.  This is the first time they have roosted outside our bedroom door.

I have a bunch of photos to go through and hope to post some soon.  The ones from last nights storm are pretty cool.  

American Idol - I am finished with it this season.  In my opinion the finalists (Kris and Adam) are both extremely talented.  I think Kris should win.  I think Adam should be on Broadway, or on a theatrical stage somewhere.  I do not believe he is a "rocker."  I do not see him as a recording artist, that is how I see Kris.  But again, that is just my opinion.  You can agree or disagree, those are just my thoughts.

Survivor - Can you believe Coach is finally out of there.  My word, did they keep him there long enough?  That man is strange.  Warrior?  Dragon Slayer?  Did he not realize that they are taping all of that and that he is the one that called himself Dragon Slayer?  Not everyone else calling him that?  Can you say Freak?

Season Finales stink.  That is all I have to say about that.  Why can't these people work all year round?  Shoot, I do.  You probably do.  Why can't they?  

Okay, I have updated, ranted a tiny bit, and raved.  Now I am off to figure what to do today.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!  

It's a good day

For some, just not this guy.

This was at the auction this morning. I guess they were trying to park in the wheat field.

For us, it has been a great day! Our trailer brought more than we expected it to, we made it to the wedding on time, and saw a lot of family that we rarely get to see.

Now we are on our way to do some shopping in the big city, dining with family, and then going to the Marble Slab!! I am stoked!!

Hope you are having a good day too!

The Abode on Wheels

This was a really long week.  Oh my, was it long.  A good thing about a long week is that it seems to go by quickly.  That held true this week.  

Monday - McD was out of town and I had a ton of work to do.  I bring work home with me every night during the summer, and Mondays are always pretty busy.  

Tuesday - I tackled a huge task - cleaning out our abode on wheels.  Some of you know that we lived in a fifth wheel trailer for 2 years and 4 months.  We moved out to our little piece of heaven so we could build our house.  It took a little while, about a year, to get the plans all together and find a builder.  Then when we moved into the house we just took what we needed and actually left a lot in the trailer.  I didn't realize just how much we left in there until I went to clean it out.  I found clothes that I thought I had lost forever.  I was very relieved.  Then I came in and did my work.  

Wednesday - McD was gone again, but this time he was just gone for the evening.  He was home by 9, but that was just late enough to get out of cleaning the trailer.   I missed church that night, but I had to get that trailer cleaned out.  Then I came in and did my work.

Thursday - I borrowed a carpet cleaner from my good friend Stef.  It was still in the box, McD had to put it together before we could use it.  It even came with carpet cleaner - I hope you don't mind Stef, but we used it instead of using the laundry detergent like you suggested.  McD LOVED the carpet cleaner.  I might have to buy him one.  It was a Dirt Devil and it was very easy to use.  We finished getting the trailer spin and span and started trying to get the slide-out to slide in.  It didn't want to budge. So, we gave up for the night and I came in the house and did my work.  

Today, Friday - oh what a day.  I felt like I didn't get a thing done. I know I did, but I am not really sure how much got done.  McD had to take off work to get the slide-out on the trailer to slide in.  It wasn't broken, but you would think about 3 1/2 years that it might be kind of stuck.  The only thing that was wrong was that the batteries were dead.  He jumped them with the pick-up and that slide out just slid right in.  Just like it is supposed to.  It looked all nice and clean, and almost made me want to keep it...you know, maybe take it camping.  But McD hauled it off to put it in an auction.  Tomorrow it will be auctioned off.  

The highest bidder will be the new owner of our abode on wheels.   There is for sure one couple that is interested in it.  McD told him all about it, and told him that he would need to replace the batteries, but that is really all that needs to be done.  We didn't tell him we couldn't have the microwave and a.c. on at the same time.  It would blow a breaker, but really that is the only thing.  I think.  Oh and the awning, well it got blown off in a wind storm, but I think McD told him about that.  

It was a really good trailer for us.  We reminisced on the way home tonight, laughing a lot.  We just can't believe that we lived in that tiny little thing for over 2 years.   They were good years, and we had a lot  of good times.  so I am kind of sad to see it go.

But the good thing...the good thing about all of it, is that it is done.  Hopefully we will get a little bit out of it and have a little extra money to put back for a rainy day.  (Or for the shopping spree Stef and I will be going on!)

Sorry for such a long post.  I tried several times to post this week, but had a lot of trouble with Typepad.

Tomorrow we are attending a wedding.  I am sure I will have a lot of good things to post about tomorrow.  :)

Life, Death & Taxes

The three things you can always count on happening. Right? Well, They all happened today, some how some way. 58 years ago - my Dad was born. HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP!!! 32 years ago - my oldest stepson was born. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JER!!! 13 years ago - Hoss, my Rottie, was born. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOSS!!! This is a good day. Today we got some not so good news too. Sadey, our daughter-in-law's dog, went into a drug induced sleep. She is no longer with us, but Em has 15 1/2 years worth of memories of her. She has been a wonderful member of the family, but the time had come to let her go. That is such a hard thing to do. Please say a little pray for Jer, Em, Poohs, and Punky. And taxes. Well, I am still waiting on the tiny little refund we are supposed to get. The good thing about today. Three very important people (yes Hoss is people too) were born. Sadey is no longer suffering. And I guess I can't spend the money if I don't have it. :) How was your day? (This was supposed to be the post for Monday, April 27th but I couldn't get typepad to publish.)