Nekid Barbies and Trolls

One problem with having little girls is that you can come home from work to a pile of naked Barbies. The two problems are: 1) they have too many Barbies and 2) their little fingers can undress Barbies but cannot dress them. Why they end up in a pile in the middle of the living room floor is not clear to me.

As the little girls grow older, they learn to dress their Barbies, and the phenomenon cleans itself up. Having three girls, I’ve had to endure this problem many times over the years. I thought it was all a distant memory.

Then I walked in on this:

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Kelly and Mary Claire had decided to inventory all of their Barbie clothing. They were arranging it in stacks by category. Something of a mini laundry folding. I don’t know why they were doing this, nor did I ask. I just ran for the camera crying out “evidence! evidence!”

Reviewing the evidence, I see now that there were trolls involved. (What kind of clothes do they have? Click in to zoom if you dare.) And I think there is a Ken in the middle somewhere. Wish I could see his face.

My friend Greg Willits, who now has four boys, is likely to never experience walking in on such a graphic scene of twisted plastic flesh.

New Gutters

He did good work:

Mitchell Gutter & Sheet Metal
Covington, GA
678-342-0890

  • 6″ Cream Gutter +
  • 4″ Cream Downspouts $1550
  • Brown Gutter Hallet cover (top gutters only) $650
  • Paint facia board $175
  • Replace rotten facia and facia on back porch $50

Total: $2400

Happy Birthday Bruthu T!

There once was a bruthu named Ted,

Who wanted an iPod for his head,

But he spent all his doughs,

To watch GIANT TV shows,

“Maybe next year” is what he said.

“Thank you Susan!” is what he said.

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Pinckneyville Park

An obscure place to play soccer. Seems like it is always cold when we play there. (Dark and 45 degrees right now.)

Pinckneyville Park

Norcross, Pinckneyville Park

4707 South Old Peachtree Road

Norcross GA 30092

From I-285 in Northeast Atlanta:

Take the Peachtree Industrial Blvd/GA 141 exit (Exit #31).

Travel NE on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. for 6 miles (Take the right fork at the split with Peachtree Parkway (GA 141)).

Turn right on South Old Peachtree Road.

Go 0.4 miles to the Pickneyville Park Soccer Complex on the left. (Click to zoom.)

Happy 21 Nicole!

Nicole came home for a birthday celebration including funky glasses shopping, church, dinner at Roadhouse, and a delicious birthday cake with Nicole’s favorite icecream from Bruster’s.

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Nicole flanked by her two goofy sisters.

Lightbulb Arrived

True to their e-mail, the lightbulb arrived U.P.S. Kathy noted that it cost over $3 to mail it to us. It’s now glowing in a basement lamp that the kids like to leave on. Now if they just don’t knock over the lamp.

A nice end to a simple process all triggered by an e-mail to customer service. Kodak could learn from these people. So: I can continue to recommend buying the compact florescent lightbulbs from Sam’s. The manufacturer is Commercial Electric or Spring Lamp or TCP depending on where you look on the bulb or box.

The Light’s In The Mail

Subject: Burned Bulbs
From:
[email protected]
Date:
Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:16:40 -0400

Jeb

Yes sometimes the wait for the hotline can be tiresome but we are glad that you found this web site and were able to contact us through e-mail. We will send a re-placement to the address you gave @ N/C and you should receive it in about two weeks.

Thank you

Pamela

Switching Gas Providers

Based on this monthly pricing scorecard, I’m going to switch from Scana to Walton EMC (our current electricity co-op):

Georgia Gas Marketer Pricecard Information

However, if I’m reading this correctly, it suggests Georgia should never have deregulated. “Regulated Group” comparisons (I assume in other states) have much lower prices.

Now playing: Changes by Yes from “90125.”