Last week I took time out from my We-have-no-gas-and-are-staying-at-a-hotel stay-cation to take the Guinea pigs to the vet. And not just any vet, an exotic animal vet who specializes in guinea pigs. Nothing is too good for our new little rodents.

As I thought, the one we’ve been calling Popcorn is a girl. And she is approximately 3 weeks pregnant. Which is exciting, though sad since we have no idea who the Daddy Guinea pig is.

The other guinea pig is also a girl…She doesn’t appear to be pregnant but the vet advised that it was highly possible she was, and just wasn’t showing yet.

But the immediate worry right now is that we may have guinea pig allergies going on in the house.

And apparently that problem may be growing…

Our latest domestic adventure involves the natural gas being shut down in our area due to a “loss of pressure” whatever that means. My first reaction was, “Ooops, did I forget to pay the bill?”

Thankfully, I did in fact pay the bill, along with 10,500 people in our area who lost gas service, so at least its not my fault.

Because whose fault it is, is important. Isn’t it?

In this case it was the fault of “human error”—so I’m sure that Human Error is either out looking for a job right now or the brunt of many jokes at work.

What this means for our family is that we will have no hot water or use of the stove, grill or dryer for close to a week (if we are lucky).

I’m only upset about the hot water.

We are now at a hotel. We lasted two days.

Maybe things aren’t so bad after all.
Here’s to Human Error!

Jessica Simpson came out with a new perfume called, Fancy Nights. Is it just me or is that the worst name EVER for a perfume? Has she been reading too much Fancy Nancy? What demographic is this perfume being marketed too? I just don’t get it. What is a Fancy Night anyway?

Via the NY Daily News, Leonore Skenazy is urging parents to take their young kids to the park and leave them there in order to teach them social skills and independence. According to the author of “Free Range Kids” 7 or 8 is a good starting point. That is 1st and 2nd grade to those of you without kids. I don’t know whether to think she is out of her mind or just looking for a way to garner publicity for her book but this strikes me as dangerous and naive. Does this woman not watch the news? Has she not heard of child sexual predators? Does she not follow John Walsh and his crusade to protect kids and help find missing ones? I would never ever take my kids to a public park and just leave them there. I think in my neighborhood I would actually be arrested for doing so, and rightfully so.