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So the other day Vanilje comes up and pokes me on the shoulder and says: “Look, I know that I’m fairly new around here, and that Mads and Magnethe are the established stars. But honestly, in your last entry EVERYBODY got video time except for me. Kulle, Kridte, Firs, Mads, Magnethe. Are you trying to tell me something? Are you going to write me off the show? Are you somehow unhappy with my performance here?”.
She is SUCH a little diva!
But you know, I gotta keep my stars happy. http://youtube.com/watch?v=9eqr4fgM9Gk. So there is a video of Vanilje. I am sitting inside with Mads. Vanilje is outside. I’m zooming through the hatch. I think you get a quite nice view of her. She is very lovely, don’t you agree? She always baaahs a lot when it is feeding time. Notice how the tips of her horns almost look like they’re glowing. Red hot horns.
Had a couple of mishaps today. One of them was pouring hot water over my hand after boiling spaghetti. Ouch! Luckily it wasn’t too bad, I moved my hand away quickly and got it under the cold tap. A couple of my fingers are still a bit sore but it could have been a lot worse.
The other mishap was at the playground. I wasn’t supposed to be working today, but Jannie called me yesterday and asked if I could take her shift because she had to work. Of course I was happy to help. And the feeding went fine. I sat down with Kridte, figured she deserved a bit of special attention. No problems. Until I had to lock up. There was a problem with the lock on the front door. I fought with it for ages but could not get it locked. To make a long story short I ended up setting off the alarm. And had to call the security service and tell them our secret password so they would know that I wasn’t an evil burglar. Sounds frightfully exciting doesn’t it? The long story is more boring. But anyway, looking on the bright side I am glad that I handled it all okay. And everything is fine.
So there. Oh yes, I forgot a tidbit from the christmas party. Seems that Jannie is trying to get into the police academy. And she’ll be going away for 9 months for the education. So maybe I can take over all of her shifts, work all weekends. We’ll see how that goes.
Did I mention that the christmas cards have been sent out? So peeps in Denmark might already have received theirs. And hopefully the international ones won’t be far behind. I still have a few cards left over, so if anyone is feeling left out then do get in touch and I’ll send you one.
Okay, that’s all for now. Happy weekend. And snow, dammit, snow.
December 9th, 2006 at 22:13
Vanilje, the Movie Star of the playground. That is an interesting view from inside the barn looking out to her. Very cinematic.
Ooooo, burns. Bad Plume. I burn myself when ironing (which isn’t too often anymore) or when I slide out a pan in the oven. I forget there is a top shelf that is also very HOT. I have an aloe sunburn gel that I use to take the sting right out.
Well, good to know you are staying on the straight and narrow and setting off security alarms, Plume. My husband and I set off a home security alarm several years back. The home owner knew we were coming, but forgot to turn the alarm off.
I called the police to let them know what was going on although it was hard to hear with all the racket from the alarm. Guess not many would-be burglars call the police to say they’ve accidentally set off the alarm! The police dispatcher knew the home owner and where he was, so she had him call us and tell us how to turn off the alarm. The joys of small town living – even the dispatcher knows what you’re doing!
December 10th, 2006 at 21:20
Deb – I could have used some of that gel yesterday. But luckily it’s not too bad today. From now on I will no longer boil any of my own body parts. I swear.
That was quite a dramatic story! They should film it. With Samuel L Jackson as the police dispatcher. And a big budget with lots of explosions.
If I’m ever going to be a burglar I think I’ll call the cops and pretend it’s all an accident hehee. I’d get away with it! Crime DOES pay! Hmm, do you think I could train Mads to break in and snatch jewellery from people’s houses? Plus I would only have to give him his share in nuts and crackers. Sweet.
Yes, it’s a life of crime for me now.