we're about to go wildly random here. hold on tight.

1. my laptop is 7 years old. the keyboard letters D F H L C B N M and A are all at least partially rubbed off. H, N and B are totally blank. thing about typing is, once you know where the letters are, you don't need them. the typing teacher who told me i would never amount to anything would be shocked to see that i type every day for a living, without even needing letters on the keys. take that, mrs. schneider.

2. rani got us a housewarming gift when we moved. it is a blanket we call mr. softie, and we fight over it all the time. the whole family. including the cat. i have been wanting to tell her how much that blanket means to us. that blanket is the only reason anyone ever wants to cuddle with me.

3. the hound had obedience class again last night. she was doing well, but big j still had a hard time pulling back on her leash when she decided she wanted to sniff a passing butt. the instructor had her wear The Gentle Leader, and poor crosby was a ball of shame. a very docile, obedient ball of shame, but a ball of shame nonetheless. a little background here. The Gentle Leader is a leash contraption that goes behind her ears and around her snout. instead of yanking on her neck, big j simply pulled her nose and she did whatever, immediately. karen uses The Gentle Leader on molly dog and i saw the same look of shameful acceptance on molly's face. (i might have taken molly for a walk and removed The Gentle Leader as soon as we were out of sight.) i felt bad for crosby the entire class, but i was also amazed at how quickly she settled down for big j. karen is probably right, but i still think other dogs make fun of dogs who wear TGL. it brings back flashbacks of me having to wear moon boots in seventh grade. i just can't do that to her.

4. the husband has this entire week off. i prepared a big "to do" list in anticipation. things like "organize basement" and "clean up yard" and "re-grout shower". it is wednesday. so far he has worked-out for about 10 hours, jumped on the trampoline, played baseball, gone swimming and hit hockey pucks in the driveway. he has been eyeballing the kayaks and fishing poles. sigh. i married the movie Big. i wish my mom would come back and whip this place into shape :)

5. on that note, i DID clean out the closets on sunday and i have 5 bags of clothing to take to the Goodwill. i hid them in the back of the explorer so the husband wouldn't have a chance to rescue his flannel from 1984 or his levi cut-off jean shorts from that same year. pretty sure he wore the same two items together on occasion. he discovered the bags last night and nearly started crying when i drove away without letting him look. i promised him that Woody and Buzz were not in the pile.

that's about it for my randomness. happy wednesday!