My heart bleeded, girl

Lois comes over for dinner on Tuesdays, and sometimes we have theme nights. She said, \o/ let's have a Mardi Gras dinner. But no cajun food.

I asked her why not and she said because she doesn't know anything about it. (Lois is very sheltered.) Also, her son lives in Germany and his Mardi Gras seems to be revolving around jelly-filled donuts, which sounded better to her than spicy food. So I found a recipe for jambalaya without a lot of cayenne in it, and she's bringing dessert. We do know how to compromise.

I gave Neville a bath today. I don't know of any dog who enjoys the hair dryer more than he does. He'd sit there forever if there was a warm breeze blowing on him.

We're working hard with the clicker and treats, because in spite of the fact that the dog who lives on one side of us is a retriever mix and the one on the other side is a lab, Neville is the neighborhood bully. All the kids know to point at him and yell NO when he charges at them, but I think he needs to work on his social skills. He's improving. If there is a herd of deer in the yard, however, he completely ignores the clicker. He wants those deer out of his yard NOW.

I Googled stink bugs because I want to know when I can expect them to get the hell out of my house. One of the first things I saw was "Is Pittsubrgh the epi-center for stink bugs?" I think I can answer hell yes to that. I only find one or two a day, although I vacuumed up a buttload today, dead ones behind the drapes, ick. But they fly around the room and the first thing I think is WASP and then Adam says MOM in that patronizing tone and I realize it's just a stink bug. But the thing that really bugs me (yes, I went there) is that we have a loft-type arrangement over-looking the living room, and my TV-watching chair is right under it and every evening at least one stink bug fucking DROPS ON MY HEAD, or my laptop, or my chair and I hate that SO MUCH. I looked down the other night and there was one sitting on my boob. And I can't sit anywhere else, mostly because Adam took over the basement. I know when it stays warm they'll go outside, but in the meantime, so much hate.

Erin has decided that since I'm taking Ashley to Disney World for my birthday, she'll take me to Vegas in April! (See the difference there?) But I don't care, I'm very excited for both trips, and Erin is making the arrangements and I don't have to \o/!

Happy International Women's Day!!