friendly

friendly, originally uploaded by andyrobe.

this little place is just down the road from us. we always thought it was funny that it was called the friendly quick stop but had huge bars across the windows and regularly looked uninviting. i love the way he stacks the pepsi crates outside and the contrast of the colors. so one morning i stopped and snapped a photo from my car window. i didn't realize at the time, but as you can see in the shot, the owner was standing out front on the phone. i don't know if he was paranoid about something or if he was just angry, but he cussed me for taking pictures of his place. "what do i gotta do!?!?" he yelled among other things. if i had seen him standing there i never would have stopped, i hate confrontation. but i am so glad i got this shot on that foggy morning, i really like the picture.

i joined twitter and posted it to the blog (notice to the right...) that way i can update on the things i do throughout the day that i usually forget to blog about by the time i get home.

i took the dogs to the vet today and they had to get their shots. esme cried and bled and was still in pain tonight. poor pup, love her heart.

we are having trugreen come look at our yard to see if there is any hope for it. we also have a swing set that is waiting to be built in the back yard. i also need to purchase and install a new chainlink gate on our side yard so the puppies can't get out. i am going to put a lock on it as well so that no one can get in either (we've had some issues with our next door neighbors using our garbage can). i also need to finish raking the back yard. i have it all raked up into piles. but they are still sitting there. i filled 32 leaf bags a few weeks ago and that only got about a third of the piles. now the rest of my piles just lay there getting rained on, and puppy pooped on. so i really need to get them up.

but i'm back in school and i basically have a test every week. so i usually only have time on the weekends. whatev.

later