Monday, December 17, 2007

On the fifth day of Christmas my true loves gave to me..............

A sweet little snow woman, named after me


And a bag of chocolate bliss. I confess that I immediately re-gifted the chocolates to my youngest so I would only eat some of them and not the entire bag, which I am quite capable of doing.

About other things.........................

Can anybody explain to me why no matter how many other surfaces are available for my pet's comfort that they ALWAYS choose to lay on my clothes?

That is our cat Andy, comfy as can be in the middle of the things that I had laid out to pack for vacation. The fact that he is laying on all my tops instead of my running shoes speaks to his intelligence don't ya think?

TOTALLY BRAGGING HERE (Random are you sitting down?)... My youngest and I are only taking five pair of heels on a seven day vacation. First words out of (my) Mister's mouth, "that's five each right?" NO SIR, five pair total for the two of us! Unbelievable I know! Another three or four vacations and I think I will have it down to everything fitting into a knapsack. Now that would be unbelievable...

13 comments:

T-girl said...

ROTFLMAO! five shoes total!!! I don't even pack that few for my two year old! LOL

Oh and the pets, yeah they seem to have like ESP or something about things that need not be laid on! For some reason things you would prefer NOT to have cat hair all over they seem to think is the PERFECT place to stay! Evidently blouses emit some kind of homing divice to pets, the military really should study the effects for perfect targeting of bombs! LOL

Random Musings said...

Oh my... only 5... frig I am going to Vegas for 2 nights and bringing 8 just of me... Ok maybe my problem is bigger than I thought.. I think I could live with 5...hummmm depends on what I pack to wear...lol

The cats like the way you smell.. Daisy bunched up the hubbys t-shirts and put them in her bed while he was away.. it was so cute

Patty said...

Okay, girls, I said 5 pair of heels. I also have running shoes, water shoes, and two pair of sandles. We were able to scale the heels down because we picked them out BEFORE we started to make outfits. The youngest is also taking about forty pair of sandles/flip flops I am sure so maybe I slanted the story a bit.

I guess I can buy the smell theory, except for the fact that most of the stuff I am taking I have not worn, but picked up on summer clearance. My running shoes were the smelliest thing on the bed.

Love the military idea. You should pass it.

T. and little D. said...

And I thought I'd take too much of my stuff with me while traveling... I never take more than 3 pairs of shoes for 2 weeks. I feel so much better now... ;-)

The snowmen are sooo nice!!!!

Patty said...

Soooo much restraint Little D, as usual I have so much to learn from you.

The snowman appeal to my lazy side. I can bring them out the day after Thanksgiving and don't have to get around to taking them down until March. Santa's have a much shorter display season so I went with snowmen/women.

Anonymous said...

I'm just so glad the snowmen will all still be there for me to enjoy!! I love them and they are so "silly-fun". KJ takes as many shoes as your youngest no matter the trip length and then comments on how many she didn't wear! Never sways her from packing them the next time though. I am enjoying the 12 days project--they are doing so well. (ORA)

Patty said...

ORA,
And to think I had to talk them into doing it. Now you know why I worked so hard to do so.

I, on the other hand have given much more practical things like underwater cameras, I-tune gift cards, book store gift cards...You know things that will entertain them on the trip so they don't drive me crazy!

Are you packed? Being stuck in the house for a week you won't have to pack any shoes!

Sheri said...

I have a friend at work who travels with her hubby on a touring Harley. When they go for a week they have to pack ONLY in the saddle bags. That include a tent and blankets! OUCH. She rolls her clothes in ziplock sandwich baggies, one for each day, wearing the jeans more than once of course.

The running joke is that my underdrawers alone would have to go in a gallon size baggie! LOL

Patty said...

I so would have to insist on one of those little side carts. I carry more on my long runs than could fit in one of those little saddle bags.

Thanks for the visual on your undies Sheri! I LOVE that you can laugh at yourself. It is testatment of a pure soul.

Daniele said...

I just went on a weekend away with just the pair of shoes on my feet. Can you imagine ? ;)
I'm loving all the little pressies you're getting, so cute and thoughtful.

Sheri said...

Wanna hear something really funny. Most of the pictures of your presents will not show up at work because we have this really strict filter system. It is triggered by words, so apparently "bliss" and "laid out" are no-no's because it says the reason is "forbidden category - pornography". Patty I had no idea wthis blog was so racey!

Sheri said...

Apparently "silicone" and "deviled" are bad too! LMAO

Patty said...

Dee,

I had to pick my bottom lip up off the floor after it fell open in disbelief that you can go an entire weekend with only one pair of shoes. I am sure that when Random reads this she will faint dead away!

Sheri,

That is the second time I have been told my blog is nothing but smut! According to a site Dee directed me to I got a PG rating for using the words pain and crap. Since I am already soiled wait until I show you one of the presents I am giving (my) Mister. Not sure what day I am giving it to him though so you will be held in suspense for a while.