Picture Pages: "Picture Pages, Picture Pages,Time to get your Picture Pages,Time to get your crayons and your pencils..."
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We are all about home improvement! And by all about home improvement, I gave a guy a list with little post-it notes all over to let him know what to improve. Duane for president! I think I have asked him 743 times this morning, "[insert item that needs to be fixed] - do you do that?" to which Duane replies, "yes. This is what I do." Willis is feeling all handy because he got to go to Lowe's and buy trim, THEN ask to get it cut in half.
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| Careful up there, Duane. |
In other I-am-actually-capable-of-doing-things-myself-news, I've been painting our bedroom doors black! Well it's not ACTUALLY black, I think the color is Ben Moore Dragon's Tit or something or other. Anyway, I'm kind of excited about the turnout! And, in Willis-is-super-handy news, he has installed his first door handle!! He also painted 99.999% of the room, even though it was my project. Lots of big things going on around the Austin Ali house.
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| wonder if I'll ever hang that picture. |
OH! Rug came last night! It just so happened to be delivered right in the middle of Bossman's visit*, so I made him help Willis move furniture around to get it in the right spot. He was really excited to help.
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| I either love it or it makes me completely nauseous. Time will tell. |
I sent a pic to Tyll who wrote back "Chris said Charlie Brown called he wants his shirt back" to which I unoriginally replied, "tell Chris the asshole store called - they're running out of him."
Speaking of Bossman, PRANK WAR CONTINUES, AND I'M IN FIRST PLACE! Marty Feldman strikes again! For those of you new the Austin Ali game, here's a little background on the prank war between the Bossman and me: http://austinali1010.blogspot.com/2010/12/payback.html.
I am now BFF with Stephane, concierge at the Four Seasons.
From: Austin Ali
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 4:31 PM
To: 'concierge.austin@fourseasons.com'
Subject: Printing for guest
To: 'concierge.austin@fourseasons.com'
Subject: Printing for guest
Hello,
I just called and spoke with you regarding printing something for my former boss, Bossman, who will be staying at your hotel tomorrow evening.
Could you please print out the attached in color, and leave it somewhere visible in his room? Hanging on the bathroom mirror would be ideal, but I understand if you aren’t able to do that.
He is arriving at your hotel around noon-1pm tomorrow, and I plan to pick him up around 3pm. Is there any way to get this in his room before he checks in?
Appreciate your help! Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Also, if you wouldn’t mind, could you please let me know you received this request?
Best regards,
Austin Ali
PS – he will think this is hilarious, I promise!
Stephane totally came through!
From: Concierge Austin [mailto:Concierge.Austin@fourseasons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:56 PM
To: Austin Ali
Subject: The Four Seasons Hotel Austin Texas
Dear Austin Ali,
I have received and printed the photo (quite a shocker to find in a Four Seasons bathroom, lol). We are sold out tonight. Our normal check in is 3PM, but I have left a note for the Front Desk and our AM Concierge to follow up with and we will do out best to find a room ready by 12PM-1PM. Even if Mr. Bossman was to arrive before any rooms are ready, we may be able to "slow" his check in until the picture is in the room. Worse case scenario, an envelope containing the picture would be delivered shortly after he checks in.
I hope we can help you make him laugh!
Best regards,
Stephane
I have received and printed the photo (quite a shocker to find in a Four Seasons bathroom, lol). We are sold out tonight. Our normal check in is 3PM, but I have left a note for the Front Desk and our AM Concierge to follow up with and we will do out best to find a room ready by 12PM-1PM. Even if Mr. Bossman was to arrive before any rooms are ready, we may be able to "slow" his check in until the picture is in the room. Worse case scenario, an envelope containing the picture would be delivered shortly after he checks in.
I hope we can help you make him laugh!
Best regards,
Stephane
A few hours after he checked in, I received the following email from Bossman:
-----Original Message-----
From: Bossman
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:15 PM
To: Austin Ali
Subject: IMG-20110817-00067.jpg
You have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!
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| GOTCHA BOSSMAN! |
I couldn't believe it took him that long to find it! I was just itchy waiting for him to comment, but I didn't blow my cover and just patiently waited for the reaction.
-----Original Message-----
From: Austin Ali
To: Bossman
Subject: Re: IMG-20110817-00067.jpg
Sent: Aug 17, 2011 2:16 PM
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
Bossman and Logiebear were peas and carrots!
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| This was such a cute moment until Logie made a big pant load. |
And last but not least, Logie wanted to show you all his new fave yoga pose. He esp likes to do it when his mama is watching her DVR'd Bravo shows.
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| namaste Logan |
*Bossman came all the way from Boston to see us! No, not really. He had meetings here, but OF COURSE made it his top priority to see his favorite former assistant of all time. No offense everyone else.
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