A handsome young fellow with eye boogers sweeps in and takes my wife away
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 11:24AM 
I am alone now, and this is how it happened:
Early yesterday afternoon, as I was sitting right here, at my computer, I heard a knock on my office door. This should have caused me to be suspicious right then. Nobody around here needs to knock on my office door. All they need to do is to open it and walk in.
Hell. The cats do this all the time. They never knock. They just push the door open and walk in.
So you would expect the people to do the same.
But no.
Someone knocked.
So I opened the door.
What you see above is what I saw - Jobe, held in Margie's arms, just beyond the threshold to my door.
"Jobe's come to take me away," Margie told me.
Look into his eyes and you will see eye boogers, because Jobe had been napping. Little people get eye boogers when they nap - even handsome little people.
Yet, it does not diminish their magnetism and charm - the way it would to you or I, if either of us were to show up to steal someone's spouse away, with boogers in our eyes.
Look at Jobe's charm! See how handsome he is! Feel his magnetism!
Against this, eye boogers or no, I knew that I could not compete.
Jobe and Margie.
Soon, Margie was strapped into the back seat of the car Jacob gave to Lavina on her recent birthday, right next to Jobe. And look! There's Kalib! He was in on this, too!
And Lavina! For how could Jobe and Kalib even have come out here, without her assistance?
At any rate, Margie is gone now, to be with them in Anchorage.
She will be with them all week.
Jacob has gone to Bethel today and on to Kwethluk; after that, Kodiak.
As soon as he gets back, Lavina goes to Nome.
So Jobe and Kalib came to get Margie, to help fill the gap.
And me, I am left here alone, where I have no choice but to eat the left-over Halloween candy all by myself.
I have eaten quite a bit of it already, but there is still quite a bit left to go.
I am dedicated, though. I will get the job done.
It's much easier to eat the Halloween candy when you are alone, after a handsome and charming little guy has snatched your wife away.
I could choose alcohol to deal with the loneliness, but instead I choose Halloween candy.
Reader Comments (10)
in that case the candy is a better choice :)
haha!
I've been away from your blog for long enough that the grand babies have grown. So handsome, I can see why Margie let herself be whisked away to the city!
I love it when you post pictures of the grandbabies! I cannot wait for the day that my husband and I become grandparents(although I do hope its not for many more yrs,lol, my kids are still teens!).
As for the Halloween candy, I would NEVER eat a bunch of candy((looks around for husband and kids)) Ok, I'm fibbing...I have a huge sweet tooth and lets just say our leftover Halloween candy didnt last long. Ooops! :)
Instead of boogers, we say "he still has some sleep in his eye". Margie is a lucky gramma to live so close to her grandbabies.
Send the candy corn to Iowa. We need it here.
It's good to see another side of Wasilla. Down below, all we hear is $arah news.
aaawwwww....adorable dahling!!! umwahh!
hes so so cuteee... so much of innocence in dose dreamy eyes!!
Love the second pic..wer his fingers r covered by his sleeves...choo cutee!! I just wish he wouldn't grow up soon..so that I can meet him...else Lavina n family should plan a trip to India sooon...v soon! :) We would love to have the kids here! and m sure their Granpa will be more excited than them! :D
Keep that Wasilla coming Bill........Good stuff!........Watch out for that candy, ends up making you feel tired.
It's a sad picture you paint - younger good looking man comes in and steals your wife away leaving you alone to comfort yourself with the Halloween candy.
I write this with tears in my eyes.
if you hadn't pointed out the sleep in the eye, i'll bet people would not have noticed it! lavina bears a strong resemblance to margie. be a man, bill, and throw that g'dam halloween candy out. comfort yourself with delicious healthy foods like HOT SOUP. dare you to go in the kitchen and make some delicious hot soup. use every ingredient in the frig.