of the dead and dying.

We have had a number of trees in our backyard that have past their prime/have fallen over/were an embarrassment to the title of tree.  We got a number of quotes from people but they were all very high, or doubled when they actually came to do the work.  Finally, Chris found a group from a friend of ours that used this company to dispatch trees at their house.  That being said, the tree reapers came and did their work, it was pretty cool to watch them do it actually.  They cut down 10 trees total , most of which were huge, difficult, and very much dead.  The cost was just about right....if you call paying hundreds of dollars to cut down things right.  Here is the aftermath:

Your time here is done trees, rest in peace pieces.

of a loss of ho, ho, ho.

This time of year really makes me lose my Christmas spirit...for those of you that have not worked in retail, I doubt you understand my lack of joy.  There are people constantly angry, stressed, annoyed, etc. and they tend to take it out on the workers at the store.  "You don't have the right color dog bed." "This toy in a half inch too big."  "I only want one of these and it comes in a pack of three."  On and on, these people are driving me crazy!  I get it, it is stressful buying things for people, but if you get like this then buy your stuff earlier, or go online and stop all of the hassle!

My personal favorite is when someone is buying their child an animal for Christmas.  They are all like, I want to buy this hamster/guinea pig/lizard and I want you guys to keep it here at the store until Christmas eve when I will come pick it up....uh, no.  When I tell them we do not do that, they are shocked!  What do you mean you don't hold animals here?!  Well bit** honey, if we did that, we wouldn't have room to walk in the store, so take your freaking hamster and go hide it in your closet next to your $5000 Neiman Marcus coat.  People are crazy!

I was having this discussion the other day while having dinner at a friends house that respect and general kindness are really disappearing.  This is a whole long topic for another day, I just felt like venting a little about how much I love working retail during the holiday season.

of FL pride.

So I am thinking of getting a new tattoo, what do you guys think?

Let me know so I can make an appointment.