I'm a dog person

Are you a cat person? Do you have 9 cats?

I recently purchased a house that had nine cats. I'm not sure how a person can have that many cats. The house, you would say, stunk to high heaven (or is that stank?). The cats had urinated everywhere inside the house.

When our realtor took us through the house, we had to hold our noses. As we walked through the house, we had to watch our steps, because there were literally cats everywhere. Unbelievable!

Despite the cat smell, we liked the house. More importantly, we loved the neighborhood. So, we went ahead and purchased it. We knew that we would have to put in a lot of work, but the house had great potential. Little did we know how much work would go into getting rid of the cat smell. Over the next several blog posts, I'll let you know what we had to do to rid our house of that awful smell. Hopefully you never have to go through it, but if you do, I've got the secret for you!

P.S. After this experience, I will never own a cat. No offense to you cat people out there.

Don't Call Me Scabby's

I think that I have adequately built up the suspense for the next BOTM post. For you newbies, that stands for Burger of the Month. Please refer to previous posts for a full explanation of all its wonderfulness.

Our first BOTM excursion didn't go over as well as I had anticipated. I knew that we had to have a strong showing for our second outing otherwise we might have BOTM members yielding themselves to the example of our resident "vegetarian" (Veggie Victoria) by giving up red meat altogether. An extreme reaction, I know. Because it was such a vital decision, I decided to allow one of the most reliable BOTM members to choose this weeks restaurant. That is right. You know him has NASCAR Ned.

Ned is brave. He chose a restaurant at which he had never eaten. A bold move. But, Ned is a bold kind of guy. He chose Scaddy's. He saw a billboard advertising their fare. I guess those billboard advertisements DO work.

We, the BOTM members, broke into 2 groups to travel to Scaddy's. All the rest of my coworkers went in one group, and my boss and I went in the other. I thought this might be the opportune time to discuss my raise (what with all the extra time that I was putting into the BOTM club). But, somehow the topic never came up.

Here are the results from the "scientific" surveys that each BOTM member filled out after eating at Scaddy's (results are on a scale of 1 to 10...1 being "I think I just threw up in my mouth" and 10 being "I think I just died and went to heaven"):

Meat: 8
Bun: 8.86
Cheese: 6.29
Condiments: 7.43
Overall Taste: 8.00
French Fries: 7.29
Restaurant Experience: 8.43
Returnability: 7.14

Overall Score: 7.60

Overall, we all enjoyed our experience there. Most BOTM members would definitely return. So, I think I have to give Scaddy's the official BOTM stamp of approval (not that it is worth anything). But, if you go to Scaddy's, tell them that the BOTM sent you...just so you can see the confused looks on their faces.

P.S. Here is the BOTM leaderboard:

Scaddy's: 7.60
B&D Burgers: 5.59

Stay tuned for more exciting BOTM adventures.