Letter

Letter, originally uploaded by Schmidt-Family.

My Dad ended up in the hospital this weekend. It's turning out okay - and not that huge of a deal - we hope, but so far he is looking good. While visiting him he fell asleep and not wanting to bug him I decided to walk the hallway a little. I found this board full of thank you notes from different patients. Smack dab in the middle was this one. They had blocked out the last name but the first name and address gave it away. This was from my mom. It might be silly - but this actually got me. When I realized it was from her I looked at the date and I realized that exactly two weeks later from when she wrote this - she would pass. Man that got me. I would like to think that I'm this big tough guy - but then something like this makes me cry.

And I will be honest - the staff was incredible. I didn't deal much with them in her previous visits but for her final visit to the hospital - they were simply incredible.

Really? Come on Really?

So Cheri and I went out to lunch since it's her birthday. And like so many of our dates we did a little bit of shopping. In the parking lot this car pulled up with this on their back window. No come on - - really? I don't think cats or dogs know how to be faithful to each other. Heck, I've seen dogs that even seemed confused as to what another dog even is. 

Now I see a lot of problems with this....for example, from their website I quote one happy customer that said - "Within minutes of visiting the site, my 'kids' were hitched" Whoa - - I think that is incest. 

And this raises lots of other questions. What about same gender pet marriage? If my pets of the same gender get married in California will Utah recognize it? Are their prenuptial agreements? What do I do if the pets later want to have a divorce? Am I on the hook for the legal fees of said divorce? Who pays for the honeymoon? My pets got busy before they were married, do the puppies now have to be adopted? If the parents split, who gets custody of the puppies? Ah, so many problems. 

Well - - at any rate - here is their website - Pet Weds.com. And if you marry of my dog Sophie to the neighbors dog without my permission I will make sure my dog craps in your lawn. 

And yeah - I realize it's all a joke and just for entertainment purposes....so was this entry.

Strange Finds

I found these in a very old suitcase - within another suitcase - within another suitcase at my parents house. They are about 3 inches long. They are made out of glass and as you can see - they are sitting on an envelope to give some scale. They are apparently perfume samples.  The ends are sealed with glass. We broke the end of one of them - and you can smell the perfume - but you still can't really get it out. Not sure what these were for or how they worked.

Strange Finds, originally uploaded by Schmidt-Family.

And then finally I found this book on my mother's bookshelf. I'm rather confident it has never been read.



And then finally - this little creature - a BABY CAT! It's just creepy to me. It looks like it belongs in some scary movie.