To all of the Plume’s birdies – this is RW. Jilly Soup (The Plume) will panic when she sees this (and in this I will take great delight). I can hear her now, squawking like an obtrusive parrot, “you probably misspelled something!” She thinks I do not no how too spel – ridiculooos! Enough of that.
At the completion of the Golden Ticket Jam sale it became very apparent that an unbiased officiator of the Golden Ticket Contest was needed – hence I took over the packing and preparing of the Jam. It is not that Jillian is unfair it is just that she can not help herself but feel, poke, and probe every cloth jam cover that might conceal the golden ticket. “Not in this one RW, maybe this one — oh no,” was the constant chatter that filled my ears as she molested each jar of jelly shortly after the Great Jam Sale. I knew what had to be done and banned her from the entire packaging and shipping process.
[Evidence of Jillian fondling the plum jam…]
Rest assured that even I do not know to whom the golden ticket belongs. In order to ensure the integrity of this contest I lined up every jar of jam (the golden ticket already under the cloth covering of one of the jars), randomly re-arranged them just for good measure, then wrapped each jar in bubble wrap (so there would be no possible way to feel, see, or detect the precious golden ticket short of x-ray), placed all the wrapped jars of jam in three tubs, then moved them to 3 new tubs drawing from the original tubs at random based on the make of vehicles passing by (GMC – move 1 jar from tub 1 to tub 3, Ford – tub 2 to 1 —– ), and finally I had my good buddy B-Rad come over and re-arrange the jars one last time. After all of this I lined out all of the boxes to be shipped out and then grabbed a jar and put it in the first box, then the next jar into the next box and so on. Please note that I only placed one jar in a box at a time, those who ordered more than one jar did not get the second jar placed in their box until every box already had 1 jar of jam – this was a critical step to ensure that each jar of jam in multi jar jam orders came from a different area in the holding tubs. I am now printing all the shipping labels and all the jam orders will be shipped on Thursday – leaving at the same time – while we here at Plume Gables will wait with baited breath to hear from one of YOU.
From The Glue That Holds Plumeville Together,
RW
Wishing the misses safe travels.
p.s.RW, you rock.
You're doin' great, RW……I'm sure Ms. P will be very proud and relax while knowing that her brood is in good hands while she is away:O) Hugs to ya, Sal
Hooray–RW to the reskyou!! My very brain feels random and scrambled; well done!
😉
Very nice randomizing procedure RW!
I am highly impressed.
And I completely understand why Jillian had to be removed from the shipping. She probably wanted everyone to win!
Good lord RW!
You surely do take your responsibilities seriously. Good man. I'm entirely certain that if you and Jillian decided to take over the world, you would do so methodically and with every detail covered beautifully.
So looking forward to the jam-fest I'm planning on having when finally my beloved box arrives!
Oh my god Rob…
you are so darn cute! Nice to see you on here, bad spelling and all 😉
RW, you made me laugh with delight! I loved your process for making this process fair. I only wish I had gotten in on time to buy some jam.
BTW, I'm surprised that enough cars passed by Plume Gables to incorporate car makes into the sorting process. Must have been a busy day on your street.
Almighty WOW, RW, now I can see how you and Jillian are a phenomenal match in an intriguing variety of parallel and complementary ways. If you two DO take over the world, it will be a better and even more entertaining place. Well done!
Howls, meows, and hallos from Austria,
Dorothy
I love everything about this post.
I just need to know if Farley and/or P-Pie were involved at all in the process.
RW here-
Thanks for the comments!
Boltsense – well not every jar was moved during the vehicle randomization – actually only a few were until a Cummins Dodge drove by and I decided such an awesome truck was worth 25 jar moves.
Suzy – The Beef Chop (aka – The Beast, The Snooch, more commonly know as Farley) was in his den under the desk at my feet during all of this. He bit his 5th porcupine the other day so he did not get to close in fear that I might try to inspect his face for more quills. The Pie taster was as annoying as can be during all of this – as you would expect. She kept wanting to hop in the tub with the jam!
Ohhhhhhhh, Farley, you are certainly a slow learner in the porcupine arena….hopefully, your eyes are still safe. Please be careful buddy…..hugs, Sal
ADORBS. Best to you both.
SybAnn
Bravo! Now, this is all very well and good, so long it's my jar that carries the golden ticket.
Farley needs field armor like that of the knights of old. Interesting image, or?
too funny RW….You're as wonderful as your little Missus is… Bonjour from Montreal…
Anyone who begins a blog entry with the word "Wherein" is worthy, in my book!
No jelly purchases here, but I do appreciate the CAREFUL attention to detail you provided–and the importance you gave to the Dodge truck with the Cummins diesel motor. 🙂
Farley, Farley, Farley–be careful out there.
And how are the hens responding to your solo care, RW?? Are you treating them with love and respect–and handfed grasshoppers??
VERY funny post, sir!
Caroline
YIPPIE…I WON…I'M THE ONE…I GOT THE GOLDEN TICKET!!!! HURRY, RW, SEND ME THE NECKLACE BEFORE MISS PLUME GETS HOME!!!!
what, come on now RW…not buying it???
would IIIIII lie…????????
heck yes i would…
& no regrets about it.
RW, you'd make a great Willy Wonka !
Jillian will surely be proud 🙂
cheers to whomever the lucky winner is !
-Lynsey
Robbie! It would appear that my birds LOVE you! Thanks for keeping the nest warm whilst I'm away, baby. X
I love how you spell! : )
That was hilarious, RW. Your process sounded very thorough, yet somewhat confusing (which tub to move each jar to, depending on the make of the vehicle passing by!) 😉
Good luck (and lucky you for scoring some jam!) to the jam recipients!
Ha, love this – your dedication to your lady and such wonderful projects is brilliant! I tip my cap to you, sir. That is a masterful swith-em-up routine :0
Well RW I think you have been very little busy person while lil miss jillie is away. Um I hope I remember right and she said you do the jumping out of planes thing cause honey you gonna need it you keep messing with lil miss Jillie stuff she gonna get you sent our lil baby out of the kitchen you ought to be ashamed of yourself haha I know she was a site to behold messing with all the jam and just a fussin over it all enertainment in itself I am sure.
dear plumeville glue,
you are most definitely a team player and an admirable blog stand-in in a pinch! kudos to you on both counts. you and the missus are quite the combo, and it becomes quite evident that you enrich the lives of many. thanks for that. sending you both YEE HAWS from the high country,
jb
um, you guys are AMAZING. that is all.
pee-ess. i'm so excited for the folks who are lucky enough to have snagged plume jam!!
I had a lovely long laugh after that post. That's all! 🙂
I'm sure every lady bird went "awwww!" when they saw RW in the title. I was late to the jam party, but you kids just rock!
Dude,
Give me the login so I can do a guest post too!
We have a couple of weeks before she'll find out, and I'm sure no-body will even remember to tell her when she's back
OMG,
I've just been informed that the removal of Dodge Cummins Deisel from this post?
What's up with that? I can understand editing your post being a newbe and all, but editing out the fairest of the fair trucks in all the world is wrong.
Explanations needed.
Its RW again — I really should log in with my own account but this is so much easier- plus it bugs my Lady Pup (aka – Jillian)
Thanks again for all the great comments.
Sean – do not fret, A Cummins Dodge was worth 25 jar moves in the randomization process because it IS such a great truck!!! — And yes I am currently obsessed (as you well know)
Caroline – The chickens love me – more than Jillian- mainly because I feed them All the time. I especially like to give them tortilla chips – they are real fools for anything with salt on it!!!
On the topic of the Beast's obsession with Porcupines: You would think the Snooch would learn and in the short term he does but by the next time he has another encounter (typically a month or so latter) he has forgotten. What he does not forget is to be scared of the Master anytime he sees him with pliers in hand. I just wish he would make the connection with the porcupine like he has with the pliers.
I have been struggling to decide on a term that will best describe the Beef Chop's relationship with Limber Hearted Lady Love ( the possible name of the GSP female puppy we will be getting in several months). At first she will be most like a sister but down the road she may turn into a lover. The best comparison I can come up with is how Werewolves in the saga Twilight imprint – even though the person they imprint on might still be a child. — I can not remember the term used in those books for this — this — love? Condition?? Maybe the term was just imprint – I can not remember. This is great – Jillian will be mortified when she reads that I mentioned Twilight – her Smokejumper husband should not like THOSE BOOKS!!! I just love to tease her.
All right Sean – your up next. I will send you the info so we can continue this hijacking of Mrs Plume's domain with more unauthorized posts.
Thanks again everyone
RW
My Lady Pup…GUFFAW!!!!!!!..as she would say, or yelp.
😉
The chickens do NOT love Robert more than they love me…–JSL
PUPPY POWER!
holy moly you are fuuny.
I vote for weekly RW posts, henceforth!
HAW HAW HAW!
This post was too good to pass up. (J, you know what posting this is costing me.)
Who says smokejumpers can't be geeks, too? You have given this job all the detailed attention of a mathematician, and I am in awe.
It is not news to us that you like Twilight, RW … some time ago J posted the photo of you reading it in bed, remember?
Now watch the mailbox for something even BETTER than Twilight … heh, heh …
L.E.
And that's the truth!!!!!
Teehee… I'm grinning ear to ear. Delightful post by RW. That was too much to read and totally confusing!
Both of you so creative and witty…
Fun blog to read at the end of the day…
Teehee… I'm grinning ear to ear. Delightful post by RW. That was too much to read and totally confusing!
Both of you so creative and witty…
Fun blog to read at the end of the day…
Teehee… I'm grinning ear to ear. Delightful post by RW. That was too much to read and totally confusing!
Both of you so creative and witty…
Fun blog to read at the end of the day…
Wow! Such care & thoughtfulness ^_^
You're a wonderful man, RW!
What a wonderful post. So much fun and totally confusing method to jar packaging!!!
You both have the gift of the Plume with a huge dash of wit.
Enjoyable blog at the end of the day! xo
What a wonderful post. So much fun and totally confusing method to jar packaging!!!
You both have the gift of the Plume with a huge dash of wit.
Enjoyable blog at the end of the day! xo
What a wonderful post. So much fun and totally confusing method to jar packaging!!!
You both have the gift of the Plume with a huge dash of wit.
Enjoyable blog at the end of the day! xo
RW. You're so nice to me.
And, I think you had best do a guest blog once a week……..I'm just saying.
Love,
Your Lady