My sister has a sick and twisted sense of humor. I received in the mail today an Easter photo of me, from 1981.
The bunny in this photo looks like a scary 80s alien.
My 4 year old nephew Dylan included an Easter card for me.
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Found this video on YouTube, and it pretty interestingly shows how sound waves can effect the world around us, and possibly why they can have such a profound effect on people as well.
I never thought of myself as the must-have-a-nice-yard type, but this blast of winter after the 2 weeks of warm weather is devastating the flowers that came up already in the flowerbeds out front of the house…
Have a great Easter!
In an effort to give equal opportunity to both Bailey & Monty on the blog, here’s a shot of Bailey “helping” me stomp some promo CDs this afternoon.
Oh the life of a kitty…
Michigan Weather 101: Wait a day and things will be different.
Over the past 2 weeks Winter changed into Spring, Spring changed into Summer, and both Spring and Summer got thrown out and Winter came back with a vengeance.
It was 82F last week at this time, and its 32F this week.
It wouldn’t be so bad if I wasn’t getting used to the no-jacket-play-with-the-dog-outside weather.
Welcome to April.
I’ve got nothing today, so here’s a picture of Monty upset I’m more interested in taking a picture of him than throwing his damn frisbee…
So 2 big things have happened in the past few days regarding the wedding, and if you answered “tuxes” and “limo”, then you were probably with us or I already called you about it (sorry internet – you’re second billing this time).
I picked out the tuxes for the groomsmen & the fathers on Tuesday night. I went with the Men’s Warehouse since we have 2 out of state groomsmen and 1 out of country groomsmen. Luckily there’s a Men’s Warehouse in both Chicago & Atlanta, and apparently Moore’s Menswear in Canadia is owned by MW, so Adam is lucky he doesn’t have to have a forced visit in the next few weeks. The tuxes are Kenneth Cole, one of my favourite designers. I figure if we can’t be comfortable, we might as well be stylin’.
Wednesday we went to check out Limo World in Hazel Park after work. Basically with the size of our wedding party, we were very limited in our options of cars. We both wanted the Rolls Royce but had to settle for an 18 passenger Lincoln.
We’re also working on finalizing a time line which I hope to post up soon. There are a million details you don’t think about up front that suddenly come at you from every direction. Anyone have any Prozac?
Just a quick note that I spruced up the blog header from “Winter in Detroit” mode, to “Spring in Ferndale” mode.
The photos are some I grabbed off the internets of the 9 Mile & Woodward area of downtown Ferndale. Of note you will see in rotation the Woodward Avenue Brewers (one of our favourite hangouts), Como’s (best pizza in town – hands down!), the Woodward streetscape looking north from 9 Mile, and the 9 Mile & Woodward street sign.
Despite everything that happened with Monty two months ago, Eukanuba has impressed me.
I buy Eukanuba food for both Bailey & Monty. A lot of Eukanuba food. $70.00 a month worth of Eukanuba food. In the grand scheme of things my investment is probably nothing to a company that talks of millions of dollars in profits. So when Menu Foods blew me off and hung up on me after giving me the number to Eukanuba, I was less than amused. I was however, impressed with the way Eukanuba handled my call to their customer service line.
Not only did they answer promptly, but the person on the phone was concerned, listened to me, agreed with me, took my info & my vet’s info, and let me know a special claims group member will be contacting me in a few days.
At this point I remain cautiously optimistic that I can have the whole thing resolved.
From the Menu Foods FAQ online:
If Menu Foods product is the cause of sickness or death, Menu Foods will take responsibility. Menu has engaged a professional firm to manage your concerns and is currently contacting concerned pet owners who have reached our call center. Specific direction will be received from these individuals. Please keep copies of all your vet records and receipts for pet food purchases as well as vet bills.
I just spent 20 minutes on hold after calling the Menu Foods “hotline”. The woman on the phone asked one question, what brand did I purchase? After I said Eukanuba she put me on hold for another minute so she could find the Eukanuba customer service number, and then hung up.
So in essence it took 25 minutes for Menu Foods to give me a phone number I could just have easily gotten from the internet. And what about this “professional firm” Manu Foods has hired? If by “professional” they mean lets-see-how-fast-we-can-redirect-them-to-someone-else I think they might be closer to the truth.
If Menu Foods thinks it can get rid of me that easy, they’re wrong. I’m prepared for a long fight on this one.
Tune in for Pet Food Recall Part 5 when I call Eukanuba so that they can tell me to call Menu Foods back.