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Stolen from Poppy who stole it from Adam who stole it from a meme stealing site. Obviously the stealing must continue...

1. Do you like blue cheese salad dressing?
Yes, on Buffalo wings with carrot and celery sticks

2. Favorite late night snack?
Equadorian chocolate

3. Do you own a gun?
No

4. What’s your favorite drink at Starbucks or other specialty coffee shop?
Grande Vanilla Latte

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
Yes. My blood pressure is always high.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
They are very tasty but you must put DILL relish on them.

7. Favorite Christmas song?
An Elf's Lament

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Tea

9. Can you do push-ups?
Girly ones

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
The only thing I wear anymore are my earrings

11. Favorite hobby?
I am enjoying fermentation currently.

12. Do you have A.D.D.?
No

13. What’s one trait that you hate about yourself?
I wish I could stop biting my nails

14. The last disease you contracted?
The flu

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
Why does Lillith need to cook an entire meal for a snack after school?
Who is going to clean that mess up?
There is no logic to skipping breakfast and lunch and then hoovering 4500 calories in before bedtime.

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?
Water, tea, pinot grigio

17. Current worry right now?
Lillith getting into a good highschool

18. Current hate right now?
Feeling lonely

19. Favorite place to be?
cozy and warm

20. How did you ring in the New Year?
With mes filles and Fun Daddy

21. Like to travel?
Oh yes! Where can we go?

23. Do you own slippers?
In theory. But they have temporarily disappeared. No doubt into a girl's closet

24. What color shirt are you wearing?
Red

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
Never done it before.

26. Can you whistle?
Yes.

27. Favorite singer/band?
It depends on my mood. Currently listening to 70s songs..

28. Could you ever make it 39 days on the show Survivor?
I would never be selected to be on the show. I don't look cute in a bikini.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don't sing in the shower. I sing in the car.

30. Favorite girl’s names?
Lillith and Imelda (or what those names stand for!)

31. Favorite boy’s name?
Cooper

32. What’s in your pocket right now?
Lillith's jewelry

33. Last thing that made you laugh?
I cannot recall

34. Like your job?
No

36. Do you love where you live?
Yes

37. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Three

38. Who is your loudest friend?
We are all pretty loud on occasion.

39. Do you drive the speed limit or speed?
It depends? Are there children present?

40. Does someone have a crush on you?
No.

41. What is your favorite book?
I don't know. What kind of book?

42. What is your favorite candy?
Fifth Avenue and its similar counterparts

43. Favorite Sports Team?
Who ever my girls are playing for

44. What were you doing 12 AM last night?
Tossing and turning

45. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up today?
Five more minutes?

Finally! A small victory!

Yes, Maman has finally had a satisfactory outcome when dealing with the Schmitts.

See we were trying to get the phone and cable installed. And yes, that means that something had to be installed on the west wall of the house. So I warned the installer that there might be trouble and he started going about his work.

Sure enough, I could hear the dog next door, Ellis and my neighbor, Tom Schmitt both barking like rabid dogs. I went outside to check on what was going on and found that the installer, known only to me as 6874 was backing away from the work site. "He said that he would sic his dog on me," he told me. I came around to find Tom holding his place behind the pitiful broken down and locked fence.

Me: No, you can't do this... this is the installation of a utility.

TS: They can't step on my property

Me: (Pointing to the space where 6874 needed to stand) But that is my property. And you have blocked access to it.

TS: Fine, then he can jump the fence

Me: Or I can get the snips and cut it right here where your fence is on my property to give him access. The choice is yours. Shall I get them?

TS: (Hesitating) Fine, I will open the gate.

Yes folks... I managed to make an argument that even Tom Schmitt could understand... at least for a moment.

Of course, the discourse while he was standing over me and the Comcast installer was not pleasant....

TS: Are you enjoying yourself?

Me: No....I am just trying to figure out how to get my house finished. Are you enjoying yourself?

TS: No. You better watch out. I am going to be around alot more. (Presumably referring to his recent unemployment)

Me: Oh yes, congratuations on that.

TS: I don't have to find a job for a while... I can retire if I want.

Me: Congratulations.

TS: It is going to be a really hot summer

Me: Fantastic. Oh and by the way... I hope I never find out that you have been surveilling my house.

TS: That is just a satellite radio

Me: Maybe. Maybe not. I figured out what the range extender was...

TS: That is just an antenna

Me: Yes. That says linksys. I can read you know.

TS: Well it isn't there now

Me: Don't worry. I have pictures that I took of it when I was trying to figure out what the all electronics were on my side of house. It seemed a little suspicious that it all appeared just before you went out of town.

TS: It is just a radio

Me: Whatever.

TS: (Removing a piece of siding from his decrepit house) See what your people did to my house?

Me: (Thinking about it for a minute... remember he has fussed about stuff that was big, small, real and imagined) So you say... Where is the proof that my people did that

TS: They did this to my house.

Me: We would have fixed it for you anyway even though you can't prove we did it.... but then you kept calling the police and stopped us from putting up the gutters... so, I hope you hold your breath waiting for your extortion payment of $2,500. Because it is never coming.

TS: I had to take 4 days off of work... that is $1,000

Me: A. You didn't HAVE to take off from work. And B. there is no way that the amount of money you lost as a result of coming home early was anywhere near $1,000

TS: Are you saying that I don't make that much money?

Me: Yes... that is what I am saying

TS: I used to make $30 and hour

Me: I guess the operative words there are "used to"

TS: Oh I have flyers up... I will be back to work soon

Me: (rolling my eyes) Whatever... good luck with that. Hope nobody runs a Google search on you before hiring you.

TS: I don't care

Me: No doubt.

So hopefully that is the last I will have to do with any of them for a while. I was hoping that they would move. But that doesn't seem likely at this juncture. After threatening the Comcast guy with bodily injury and using his dog as a potential weapon, I suppose I should take his statement about it being a "Hot Summer" this summer as an additional threat.

With their penchant for fireworks, I suppose I should be prepared for an arson attempt. I am going to feel better when the security system is installed in the house. How sad that I am now trying to protect myself and the girls from my neighbor.

Oh and I called the folks at Comcast and called in a commendation for good old 6874.... No one should have to be threatened with physical violence in the course of their day at work. I told his superiors what happened and that he remained cool under pressure and did a great job with the installation.