Only me....

Below is a post that I did way back in 2009 right after Halloween. I am recycling it for a reason. I may or may not have done the same thing this weekend. I'm so pathetic sometimes! Enjoy!

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So, I am a blonde. Natural of course. With this hair color comes certain unexplainable and unquestionable truths.
Truth Number One: I cannot walk without walking into a stationary object, or just falling down. 
Truth Number Two: I sometimes say things that don't make sense to anyone else, but I know exactly what I am talking about. 
Truth Number four…Three: Every so often, I do something so random and stupid, that all others can do is shake their head and laugh at me.
Truth Number Four: If you look at the previous number, you will see that I obviously cannot count to three. 
Truth Number Five: Instead of keeping my dumbass idiotic actions to myself, I take extreme delight in telling others just so that they can laugh at me…….you obviously are point and case.
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So, now I guess you are wondering what stupid moronic thing I did to inspire the post right?
Yeah. Every now and then, I have a moment that I even amaze myself. At least once a day, I find myself pondering how I manage to survive, let alone raise two human beings.


So, on to my story. It all started last Wednesday I was attempting to print off a picture of my babies in their Halloween Costumes. It was going well until a little blinkie in the corner of my screen informed me that I was out of black ink. Oh joy. My printer is a complete and total pain in the ass to change the ink on. Not that it is actually difficult, it just has its moment where it will refuse to reset until you run every test on it. I dug through drawers and cabinets and found my little cartridge of black ink and then opened the top of the printer. I removed the old cartridge and put in the new one. I turned back to the computer and hit the print button. Of course it gave me some blah blah blah message about new cartridge installed. I really didn't read it, just hit the ok button…. As usual!
So, I printed my pictures and went on about my way. I did notice that my pictures were not as clear as I thought they should be, but didn't really stop to think about it. 
Friday I was in the process of taking a test online on one of my college classes. I passed and went to print my results. I click the print button and the printer jumps to life. I sat there with my normal stupid smile waiting. The printer finishes and I reach over to grab the paper. One huge problem was immediately obvious. The page was blank. Not a lick of ink was on this plain white sheet of paper. I thought maybe it was just an error so I tried again…..and again... and one more time. Nothing. I was so mad. I tried a couple more times and finally just decided that I was too annoyed to deal with it. How many times could I take it apart and find nothing. I had run every test 3 times and nothing. I gave up.
So, I really didn't think anything else about it until I went to print my grocery list and a few coupons last night. The only thing that showed up when I hit print was the highlighted square for the items I had coupons for. I got really mad really quickly. I am just glad the kids were already in bed or I would have taught them a few new words!!!
I flipped the lid open on the printer, grumbling all the while, ripped out the ink cartridge and threw it on the desk. I looked that printer over and under and through a loop! I thought maybe something had gotten wedge in there. You just never know at my house!! I didn't see a thing. I then got to thinking that I had gotten a bad ink cartridge. That would be my luck. So I reached over to test the cartridge. All of the sudden a little light bulb started flashing above my head.
If you have ever replace an ink cartridge you know that not only do they come in a little protective container…… they also have a piece of protective tape on the actual cartridge to protect it. Wanna care to guess what I had done?


Stupid me had forgotten to remove that little piece of tape. I had looked at that damn cartridge 3 million times on Friday when trying to print something and I never noticed it. I sometimes wonder what exactly goes on in my brain……. Seriously.