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I know I shouldn’t be talking vacation when I have less than three weeks left on my contract and not a peep from anyone about extending it, etc. (yet?) but a million moons ago we put a deposit down on a house on Cape Cod for a week in August, and now I just want to BE THERE. Is this week too perfect for the Cape? 80s 80s 80s. My coworker, coincidentally, had also rented the SAME HOUSE and was there last week, and her description of it made me drool. Job or not, the house is paid for for the week, and that is where I will be.

Jergens update: I think I may have been getting a touch of a “healthy glow” but you know what? I just CANNOT put this stuff on my face. The smell, no matter how faint or pleasant, was giving me one of my patented, smell-induced sinus headaches. So no go on facial tan. (I can say that my face didn’t have a bad reaction to the stuff, if that helps. I’m going to give it a shot on my legs, though. I’m considering only putting it on one so I can see the difference. But do I want my legs two different colors?

Dog update: He successfully ripped open the neck of his rabbit-dog (as seen in the little video clip I provided), so his “Baby” has been, how shall we say, laid to rest. Maybe when he gets over his puppy need to chew everything in site I can get him a replacement Baby. But for now, it’s a huge waste of money.

p.s. Any of you dog people have a training program you found successful? He seems pretty easy to train, except for that whole Alpha dog “largest of the litter” thing where he tries to boss us around. He’s more successful with some of us than with others.

I am not a sun person. I mean, yes, I prefer a sunny day to a rainy one, but I don’t like to sit in the sun and bake like so many Corn Flakes-encrusted chicken breasts. Or insert your favorite colorful baking simile here.

I was in Walmart yesterday (ya, so shoot me, the Target isn’t open for business yet) and stumbled upon a display of Jergens ® Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer. If you haven’t yet heard of this product, you’ve had your head in the sand. This is THE hot moisturizer right now, and it sells at regular Jergens lotion prices. The kicker? After about a week of using it, you’ll appear more tan. And apparently it’s a very natural looking tan.

I don’t claim to have any idea how it works, but I read about it in magazines, and how stores had completely run out and people were selling the stuff on eBay, of all things. So I’ve had half an eye open whenever I was in CVS, and sure enough, they were always out. So I bought it yesterday, and I’ll let you know how it works for me. I do want to note that unlike the other Jergens lotion that I was pushing here months ago, this one DOES have a scent to it. And remember, it doesn’t have any sunblock in it at all. Just use it like any other moisurizer, don’t slather it on. So that makes me a bit unhappy, but then again, if I can get a natural looking tan while living my preferred cave-dwelling lifestyle, it’s a good thing.

Funny thing about the new hosting company! Their setup is different than the old one, and anyone who tried to go to https://www.bigdumptruck.com/ or https://www.bigdumptruck.com/index.htm instead of index.php got a placeholder screen. I had no idea until Mr. Dump tried to get to the site this morning. Apologies!

There were two screwed up things in my PETsMART.com order. One, they sent me the wrong retractable leash. And then they sent me an extra pooper scooper thingy. He doesn’t poop THAT much.

The customer service lady was very nice. I had her laughing about the leash. You see, I ordered a Flexi Comfort Grip Small. They sent me a Classic All Belt Large. That’s right large. My little bundle of fluff weighs, oh, about 3 pounds or so. If that. This leash is means for dogs up to 150 pounds. “If my cockapoo ever gets to weigh 150 pounds, I suspect I’m doing something very very wrong.” (He should, as an adult, weigh about 1/10 that amount.)

She told me if I wanted to take it to a retail location, I could swap it out for the one I actually paid for, so I’ll probably do that tomorrow. As for the pooper scooper, she said I should donate it to a local shelter, because it would cost them more to get it back and for them to process the return than the thing is worth. So I’m going to do that. It’s a neat little device, invented by a 10 year old boy who was in charge of cleaning up after his golden retriever. It uses regular grocery store shopping bags. I’m very impressed that a kid came up with this, got the patent, and they now sell them in retail stores.

Other than that, today is my annual physical. I’m so looking forward to it. *sigh*

Here are more pictures for those of you who have been bugging me.

I believe I’m back in business. Sorry if you stopped by last night and saw only older posts…that was the snapshot view. My password wasn’t working so I couldn’t log in and update the site at all. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and now I think everything is back in working order. Do let me know if you spot anything funky. Comments especially…the paths are all changed and I may have missed one in the commenting setup files.

So, happy Friday, everyone! Looking forward to the floods? (Locals only)