monday was totally uneventful. I spent most of the day in bed not feeling well.. still sick to my stomach, and ended the day with a major migrane. Tuesday I packed up the fosters and brought them back to the shelter.. they are all gone :( there weren't any more at this time.. which is semi good since I REALLY need to clean up that room and disinfect it.. after the shelter I went out shopping.. I know.. bad decision.. but it was fun :) I bought some new shirts.. which i really needed.. and a new dress.. which I really did not need, but it was only 30$ and it looked pretty good on me. Went to wally world in portsmouth.. went to the tent of clearance.. got a really cute baby outfit for my sister.. some more scrapbooking paper, and a plant mister that I had wanted when they first came out. Went to big lots.. got some weird food items.. (got to love salvage stores for that sort of thing) some cute cat food bowls and some more baby presents.. apparently I didn't blog that my sister is now pregnant with her second child.. found out on sunday night. Im thinking girlie thoughts cause the girlie clothes are so cute.. and the boy would just rather play with the hubby.. anyway.. I found a diaper cover that was white and had a bear face on it..(polar bear diaper cover.. too freakin cute) and some pink fuzzy slippers. Just incase :)

it was also 100 degrees here yesterday.. and is looking to be about the same today.. the day i have schedualed to organize the house.. ugh.. well at least I could get a room or two done.. wish me luck

David speaking [rather confidently] to Goliath:

"You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and
with a javelin. But I come to you in the name
of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom you have defied.

This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand,
and I will strike you and take your head from
you. And this day I will give the carcasses of
the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the
air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all
the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord
does not save with sword and spear; for the battle
is the Lord's, and He will give you into our hands."


1 Samuel 17:45-47

what a way to start the day.. someone small and furry got into the kitchen window and knocked over my collection of sea glass and a ceramic bowl type thinging, breaking the bowl, and the jar the glass was in. woke me out of a sound sleep. jumped out of bed scared to death that someone was stuck under a piece of glass and we'd have to be making a trip to the emergancy something or other. I didn't put on my glasses, so I was looking around in the dark and blind as a bat. Hubby finally got up and looked around too but didn't see anything. he said everything was fine. by that point I had seen all the kitties and no one was bleeding, which was good.. but I knew I heard glass so I sent his sorry butt back through the house to look.. but by that time I had calmed down enough realizing blood was not shed, but I still felt sick to my stomach.

The weekend.. lets see.. I went to the mall early picked up a few things.. went to target, ran into my cousin.. my twin.. she was looking for curtians.. I found a few good deals.. it being clearance time and all. Went down to NH on sunday.. went to walmart.. they had a tent o' clearance.. I was ever so happy.. then we realized they closed the tent o' clearance cause of a little rain.. I was quite sad. I will probably go back tomorrow after I go to the shelter (which is half way there anyway). I bought some new pillows. I have an odd requirement for pillows.. and sadly the first one didn't meaure up.. its cozy for when Im watching tv.. but that's about it.

anyway.. the kittens are mostly of size.. I should probably go spend some time with them today so I can write up little profiles for them.. as much as I love this set.. I'll be glad to give them back.. I can't seem to lick this URI they've got. Im tired.. Im grumpy.. I need to call the college and seriously consider taking a few classes.. but I think today is a hide under the covers day.. (even though its 90 degrees and humid as thick pea soup)

Which flock do you follow?

this quiz was made by alanna

yea... book #2 is done.. that was a fast read.. but im not all that happy with it.. waiting years for it.. I was expecting a little bit more.. oh well.. it really just seemed like a transition book.. something to get from point d where they were in the fourth book, to f where she'll open the sixth.

btw.. dusty has two blue eyes again. go figure.

I so need some sleep

I should quantify my last anti social post.. its not that people aren't talking to me on purpose.. life happens.. I know that.. fully accept it too.. just makes for very little to do on the net if ya know what I mean..

• Im more than 3/4ths of the way through my newest book.. yea!
  
• Went to see reign of fire last night.. was pretty good.. just wish the dragons wouldn't have died so quickly.. and the scene of the dark and white knight.. too darn funny!!
  
• Bought em some new food.. and thank goodness... she likes it..
  
• I think everyone has URI here now.. sigh.. kittens are also 2.4lbs.. (well most of them) .. bigger sigh...
  
• Jack likes to sleep on my head.. but will accept sleeping on the pillow above my head. also likes to nurse at inane hours of the morning, but I've found if I put a small stuffed rabbit on my head that looks sort a like a kitten, he is just content to be near me.. thankgoodness.. but aren't I a bitch when I can't find it. :)
  
• tomorrow and friday look like they are going to be good gardening days.. I really need to get outside and take care of a few things, so I really need to get my book finished today.
  
• Em is sitting on my mouse and just made the curser jump all over my screen
  
• Bob scratched my leg up pretty good.. they all need to have their claws clipped big time.. *puts on todo list for after book is done*
  
• hey.. at least I exercised today.. can you say that?

"We know that communication is a problem, but the company is
not going to discuss it with the employees."
---Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division

i got this from a joke newsletter.. so I have no idea if it is true or not.. but.. its so ..... so.. that I had to share

Im feeling anti social again.. I don't know why. Im getting grumpy that people don't talk to me, so what do I do, I run and hide and get pissy.. not the smart thing to do, but then again, I never said I was smart ALL the time..

Dusty is having an issue. im starting to think its nothing, but it freaked me out this afternoon.. one of his blue eyes turned green, and the pupil was way smaller than the one in the blue eye. It reacts to light, and he doesn't seem do be bothered by it at all.. so Im starting to think he's just going to be a two toned eye kitty.. (can you say that?) well anyway. Maggy seems to have URI again.. as does Ollie.. although ollie is only sneezing, and maggy is only got goop in her eyes.. I shouldn't complain.. a major outbreak would scare me, but this little stuff.. Im just unsure if that's what it is, or if they are just reacting to something else.

Btw.. just so you know.. hannaford cat litter SUCKS THE BIG ONE!! pretty useless.. Tidy Cat for multiple cats is very cool.

went to the yarmouth clam festival today. Yup.. the chick who doesn't like clams, or any seafood, went to a clam festival. The annoying thing is though, there are like no clams there anyway. One booth had stuffed clams that they bought from Sams Club. *rolls eyes* but they have lots of crafters and booths there, so its always worth going. This year I did really well and didn't get any fried dough or a red steamed hotdog that has turned green (long story) I also didn't buy anything.. (last year I got a christmas present for a friend, and a few pairs of earrings). So afterwards we went up to Auburn to go to the home depo, cause they have lots of deals. And boy did they. You know that commercial on TV where the woman tells her husband she's going shopping and he's totally uninterested till its home depo.. well that so was the feeling there. Lots of good lighting fixtures.. nothing that struck our fancy.. but still. Most stuff was 40% off, but some was 60%. I got two table lamps that kinda look like pumpkins at 60% (11$ a piece) a kick plate for the front door (40% off) a beautiful area rug (300$ -60%) and a 10x12 carpet for the new sunroom that seems to be stalled out.. but that's a different story. that was originally 200$ but it too was 60% off. I saw an awesomely cool bathroom sink there too. 400$ but it comes with the sink, a mirror and a light fixture.. and that too is 40% off. It vaguely looks like a pedistal sink, but there are shallow cabnets on either side of the pedistal.. there is also a metal bar that is curved and goes around under the sink.. presumably to put your towels on? doesn't matter.. it is the coolest looking thing (I love unique pieces) going to go back tomorrow with a truck to get it. but to get everything home tonight, we had to put the top down and put the rug in the front seat passanger, and then out the back. had to cram myself in the back seat under it with the top down and it was only 60 degrees out. I went to the festival in a sleeveless shirt. I can't tell you how thankful I was that my leather jacket was still in the trunk.

a little over a week ago we talked to a sales rep for better living patio rooms. He agreed to not run our credit card till the 15th. Well he still hasn't charged it, nor has he called us to tell us why he hasn't. Im not too happy with the way this is going.. does NOT bode well for them. They better have one darn good excuse.

Well.. I should go give my hamsters some carrots and check in on the kittens. They are now at two lbs each. and so freakin cute. I stuck them in the cage so we could move the computer out of that room.. (they try too hard to surf for kitty porn... :) and they almost immedately settled down and went to sleep. They are an eating wreaking crew now too. They got half of a large can of kitten food, a can of cat food, and a huge full bowl of kitten chow and it was all gone when we got home tonight. It makes me happy that they are eating so well.. but it also makes me sad that they are going to have to go back soon.. (maybe another week) Its a great thing there are so few sets of kittens at the shelter. but darn it.. Im going to be so sad when Im kittenless..
well at least I'll still have jack :)

and the hotdog... well I used to work at a snack shop at an amusement park.. and when the day was done, the hotdogs that could be saved were, and were put in the fridge, but if they were older, they turn slightly greenish.. and we could eat those.. they are good.. it does change the taste a bit.. but after a long long day of work, it didn't matter, and I got used to the taste and now prefer it. The same thing happened with iced tea and cole slaw. we had to assemble both, and no one wanted to taste them to make sure it was ok. it was always a big deal.. so I kept caving and agreeing to be the guienea pig.. and after a while, I aquired the taste. Now I quite enjoy iced tea (red and green iced teas are my favorite.. mad river red tea, and snapple green tea with lime) and some times I actually crave coleslaw.. its weird.

and yes.. so am I.. you hadn't figured that one out yet?

DONE with that book.. all 880 pages of it.. and only four days past its due date.. :) (cause I finished before midnight last night)
now on to the other one.. with about the same.. ugh.

teach me to read book series

*claps hands together several times*

I wrote to the university where I have attended in an attempt to earn my business degree. I left when I got married, and when I could, I have taken classes to finish up my degree. Well its been *gasp* over 10 years since I applied.. I thought I might no longer be a student.. so I wrote to ask.. and I am.. yea. Although I have no idea why I was so nervous opening up the email reply I got.

however she didn't give me a list of classes to look into taking to complete my degree.. so I guess I'll need to write back to them.

I also got a phone call from a guy named Ron at a place I applied to back in March. He wants to interview me for a different possition.. monday morning.. (no.. that's the day of the interview.. NOT the possition.. ) I agreed.. I don't know why.. 11$ per hour.. not quite enough for me to give up my freedom.. but hey.. interview experience is always good.. and he might not offer me the job anyway..

went to fashion bug today too. found a couple of really cute pairs of shorts.. unfortunately I wasn't built right for either pair.. (or should in deferance to only saying good things about my body I should say they weren't built right for me) I have a huge sway in my back, so most pants billow out in the back so you can see all the way down to my tush. It was too bad cause they were both VERY cute, and VERY on sale.. So I ended up getting another pair of work out shorts, and 100 pairs of socks.. oh wait.. I already mentioned the socks.. and fashion bug.. man.. I didn't even realized Id blogged today.. how spacy am I?? I think my brain is still stuck in the 1700's.. (on page 643 of the 880 page book.. )

teeth are good :)
on the drive home i had this strong urge to go to mardins (a salvage store) I don't know why.. I don't even like this particular mardins I drove by.. but I figured what the heck, and I went.. and as usual, there was nothing there.. but I went to ames and bought some stuff, and fashion bug and bought all kinds of fashion socks.. (You do know I love socks don't you?) I had a dream this morning that I went to the bathroom.. very strange.. last one I had of those I was like six and I actually peed the bed.. (no.. I didn't pee the bed this time) I also woke up with an extremely upset stomach.. and I have no idea why.. it happens from time to time.. but this one just really isn't going away.. its way less than it was this morning.. but even now I am wishing I'd hurl.. (something I have done only once since I was six.. and that was the day after I was married.. ;) )

sigh.. I should soooooo clean up this house... its beyond that point.. but yet all I want to do is go lay down.. and finish up my book..

smedly is gone.. :(
Marigold and dusty have fleas.. marigold has gotten a bath, dusty hasn't.
I have a dental appointment at EIGHT FREAKIN THIRTY in the morning.. (can you tell I was employeed last time my teeth were cleaned)
I still need to look for my jobs this week
Im almost 3/4ths of the way through my 2k pages book that was due back at the library three days ago.
the thunder and lightning woke me up last night.. its thunderstorm season here now..
blogger wont load my template.. so it keeps telling me to try back later..
been doing that for a week now
its so my bedtime.. and Im glad for it.
night

I had a dream last night.. Unfortunately I don't remember enough of it to put in my dream log, but because of it I've had a song stuck in my head all day. It was a song I had on a 45 as a child.. it was in my father's juke box.. which sadly he sold at a yard sale many moons ago.. anyway.. in the dream there were many small boxes.. about the size of jewelery boxes.. and no matter what I did they looked exactly the same, just a different color..

and here's the song..

LITTLE BOXES

Words and music by Malvina Reynolds

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same,
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

Words and music by Malvina Reynolds.
Copyright 1962, Schroder Music Company

*gets up on soap box*

Hi.. My name is c, and I watch soaps.. ok.. one soap opera.. Guiding Light to be exact. I started watching a coon's age ago thanks to my mother, and have watched on and off over the years. A number of friends of mine over the years became friends of mine because we both watch GL. I gave it up a few years back, and recently came back to it (ok a year or so ago) when I wanted something I could consistently work out to, that would be guaranteed to be different and would give me motivation. Forward through the commercials and its a 40 minute work out five days a week. and it distracts me.. this is a good thing. Sometimes better than others.. but on the whole it works.

Recently they started a new story line to give an old character some air time. They gave him a virus that attacked his heart, so he needs a transplant. At the same time, another character wanted to leave the show, so they decided to tie these story lines together and kill off richard in a way as to give rick his new heart. over the past few weeks we've seen rick prepare to die.. and over the past couple of days he's been holding on by a thread, and the people attached to some newsgroups I monitor have said they have been bawling over the whole thing.. not me.. I would just keep working out and sweating waiting for the episode to be over so I could go do something else.. till today.. when richard's wife cassie ... well the actress who plays her did a PSA about organ donations.. (make sure you sign that form and tell the person in your life that you REALLY want to be an organ donor, cause actually.. ultimately it will be THEIR decision.. not yours) THAT got to me. I don't know why.. but I got all misty when she said every day thousands of people are waiting for a new organ.. and each person can save up to 8 lives.. and actually.. you would do a lot more than that.. eyes, skin, etc..

For those of you who don't know.. my husband is a living donor.. (gave a kidney to his sister.. and please don't make me get into this.. was NOT a good time in my life for way too many reasons) She's alive because he gave.. thousands are.. thousands more could be. you'll be dead.. you wont need your organs.. give 'em to someone who needs them to be able to see their children grow up.. or to actually grow up..

want more info.. organdonation.org

oh my freaking goodness.. do you have any idea how hard it is to blow your nose when your laughing like a fool? My allergies are starting to act up, and Im watching robin williams live.. man he is a roll around laughing your ass off, wipe the tears from your eyes funny.

I just cleaned the kitten room.. had to throw the kittens in the cage to do it.. man they don't like that.. but its a great way to get them to go to sleep.. :) I was in there reading, and bear jumped up to cuddle.. it was so sweet.. was the first time he did that. Smed was two ounces shy of going back today.. Im pretty sure he'll go back thursday.. Maggie might too.. I was surprised at how big she is. Although I have no idea how much she weighs. The rest of the pack is only two pounds.. so I'll have them for a couple of weeks.

I got my lithiam battery for my digital camera, and thankgoodness it works.. took a bunch of shots of the kittens.. unedited picts are at www.webwmn.com/kittens

RAOFLMAO.. robin williams does an impersonation of steve irwin..
help me.. I can't breath..

went to my sister's new house today.. they bought one that was slightly run down to get a deal.. its nice.. something I would have gotten for myself.. but I so would have painted the den a different color. She has nice square rooms, so she was able to paint them in bold colors.. (I have an open concept, so its kinda hard unless I want a large majority of my house to be a single bold color) I got to see georgia again.... although now she's scooter. Her back is a lot less defined than it used to be.. she's gotten HUGE.. very long and skinny.. she'll be coon like in a few years.. she's got HUGE feet.. she is such a biter though.. I don't know why.. she wasn't when she left me.. she let me cuddle her though.. purred, and licked me.. but I totally doubt she recognized me..

Ollie is getting along better with Jack.. but totally hating the other kittens.. but you can't blame him.. there are eight of them, and only one of him.. see.. I let them out of the room to run around a bit.. they so love it.. and the only way to get them back is to feed them.. :) Bear is becoming more and more active.. merkey is freaking adorable.. smed is going to have to go back tomorrow though.. :( Im kinda sad about that cause bob and bear really like him... but even if I kept them together there would be no guarentee they would go home together.. but separating them they have NO chance.. sigh. Oh well. He's horribly adorable and sweet.. he'll find a home quickly.

spent some time with the nephew.. he's a riot. was asking my mother what her breasts were, and she was trying not to tell him.. so she told him it was her chest.. he pushed, and wanted to know what the bumps were for.. (nipples) and she avoided it again, and so he asked if they help her with her tarzan yell.. also found out that my mother traveled to the US on July 10th in a girdle, stockings, high heels, and a double knit polyester pink dress.. (yes.. it was the 60's) in 90 degree weather during some sort of travel strike.. she was up for over 30 hours..

Ive got a bit of a headache.. Im tired.. Im alone for the night.. hubby had a work thing to go to.. in CT. I had to run to walmart this afternoon to get em some more insulin.. and wouldn't you know it.. just as I got there, a HUGE thunderstorm was in full swing.. I got soaked.. I bought myself some press on nails to put on tonight.. although I'll have to trim a few of my nails to get them to fit under them.. :) I also have two huge books to read.. and yet here I sit on the computer watching tv shows Im not all that interested in.. why?

http://www.getpaiddriving.com.... say what??

my horoscope for the day.... Everyone was created equal, but the crowd is looking to tip the scales in their favor, Cancer. As much as you'd like to spotlight the common ground, others seem more focused on their differences. Remember that hotheaded thinking can lead to irrational acts. Events may already be spinning beyond your control, but they haven't reached a panic state quite yet. If you aren't able to control the other people, at least control yourself. You owe it to everyone around you to set an example.

Ollie is more than not happy with me.. he's downright pissed. He was in my spot on the bed last night and when I picked him up to move him, he growled at me. I continued to hold him, and he continued to growl. for over 10 minutes. He's growling at me, he's growling at jack, hes growling at Em.. even smacking her on the head.. he's not a fun kitty to be around lately.. but he let me clip his claws.. so its not a lost cause I don't think. That and he woke me up in the middle of the night by climbing on top of me and letting me pat him for a while. :)

Got another book from the library.. the new jean auel.. I can't wait to read it. although obviously I can wait to read it cause Im reading the library's copy instead of my own. I soooo hope this is the last in the series.. I hate series books.. well I mean I like them cause you can get way more involved in the story, but I so need to not start reading them till the author is done writing them :) Ive waited over five years for auel one. Im also reading the outlander series.. Im currently reading drums of autum.. yet another huge honking book.. and i know there is one after that one.. and its relitively new as there isn't a paperback version at amazon.. and there are years between these books.. I hate waiting.. I hate surprises.. (well not true.. I hate knowing a surprise is coming) why do I frustrate myself like this? Oh yea.. cause the books are pretty good.

Im watching cocoon the return at the moment.. who knew that steve guetenburg could be a sexy guy?
and courtney cox could play a doctor/researcher.. well ok.. im not buying that one.. but steve looks very hot with his shirt open like that..

Just a bit of advice... If your wanted by the police, don't go on tv and tell the world how brutal the police are. Man.. if it were me, I'd have given it to a friend to sell to the media.. what an idiot.

one book down.. whoo hoo. and as I predicted, I didn't like the ending.. it was about a guy who killed a girl then blended into the fabric of life, got married, had a son. was loved by the community.. volunteered on the fire department and saved many lives. The story starts out with the neighbor girl feeling bad she turned him in, and the police coming to get him. In the end the wife doesn't stay with her man.. she takes her son and movees out of town, away from her friends, away from her son's friends (the girl) and there is never anything said about what happens to the guy. he just goes to stand trial. Was a great story on personal conflict though. Just not a very good A, B, C story.. not only that, but the way she wrote, there was no way to skim a page, if you did you became so confused you had to back up.. lots of meandering thoughts.

The kittens are good... and lively.. and HUNGRY.. I put down four cans of food before they finally gave up eating, and it was just a smidgen of the last fourth can. Dusty is not doing well. Poops are like pudding, and eye and nose goop keeps covering his face. He just doesn't look right in the head.. but the shelter says he's fine.. Im just being paranoid.. as always. but hey.. being paranoid keeps my kittens healthy in general, catches things in their early stages and helps me produce great kittens :) I should do this for a living ... *grin*

also talked to the local betterliving rep. We've needed some more space in this tiny house, and it was that or moving. so we settled on a room, and some more decking that goes down to the pool.. kinda like this We put a downpayment on it, but they wont be able to put it up for 10 weeks.

Did I mention that Ollie is not happy with me? The other day he jumped up on the bed and crawled up on my chest to let me pat him, but a moment later he started coughing up a hair ball. I pushed him off me, and he then started coughing towards some clothes of mine.. I tried to get him to move on, but he wouldn't. The cough was totally unproductive, so it was kinda funny. He's totally not adjusting well.

I finished up my foster kitten website. Geocities dot com slash myfosterkittens. Its kinda silly at this point, but its nice to have a place to see pictures of them all.

Im almost finished one of the two books. I skipped ahead and read the last page, I don't like where it is going, but, Im invested.

Jack is settling in quite well.. thinking of renaming ollie to aku.. (its a cartoon thing). We put him in the 'nursery' the first two night.. the first night free he decided that he wanted to nurse on my ear at four in the morning... which was three hours after coming home from the drive in. They were playing lilo and stich.. which was ok.. and the bourne identity, which wasn't. Jack enjoyed his night at the drive in.. spent most of the night in my arms. On the ride home, we almost hit a family of racoons. Fortunately Jack had decided to be in his carrier toward the end of the movie, so I had locked it up for the ride home.

The little ones do have URI.. twice a day for 10 days they get meds they hate.. this is not fun. They also don't like staying locked up, and know how to get out of the rabbit cage.. need to change out cages.. cause there are times they have to be locked up, like when I need to clean up after them.

I made some really cool corn bread the other day. a pack of jiffy mix, two eggs, half a cup of sour cream and 5 oz chopped broccoli. (some melted butter in the bottom of the pan) I used veggie dip instead of sour cream to use up the dip from the party.. it came out WAY too good.. almost addicting.. :)

Thunderstorms have been rolling through this area on a regular basis.. I really like them, except I know that most of the time they are hitting the ground and causing havoc. The one last night took the power out almost as soon as it started.. worked out rather well cause I had just finished working out.. Im getting better at that.. I so need to get back to the club to lift weights.. I didn't last week cause I was so behind on my aerobic workouts (I work out to a daily show and with the tivo gone for so long things weren't pretty) Im caught up now.. maybe tomorrow.. maybe not, cause I need to garden.. although I hate being outside during the heat of the day *points to pale pasty skin, red hair and blue eyes* yea yea.. Im justifying.. I should stop that.

I also have two books left to read before they become overdue at the library.. wish me luck.

went to the shelter to get jack. He's here now.. :) I actually ended up driving through k'port to find him at the vets.. and wasn't that a horrid mistake.. cause as you know that idjot W. is in town. Prin and puff were there.. and they look great.. prin started purring when I picked her up.. you have to wonder how much they recognize..

I need to shave my legs.. ok.. need is not a good word.. I don't need to.. I want to. which is really stupid.. its peach fuzz.. you can't see it unless your me, or you've got my leg in your lap.. ugh.. I should just learn to live with it.. but can I? nooooo.. (although it probably will be a few more days or weeks before I actually get around to it)

Today is the day my father is coming over to help install a new toilet. And the a/c.. don't get me started on that one.. I will NEVER use is...apparently my nephew is coming as well.. so its big family day whoo.... freakin... hooo. actually.. the boy isn't bad.. and I like my dad.. 'cept when he gets on these notions and DOESN"T CARE WHAT I WANT.. *smacks virtual dad around cause there aint much I can do to the real one*.. Yea.. I could make a stand and say NO.. but then how can I turn around and ask him for help when things like the toilet breaks? its the price I pay for his wealth of knowledge..

someone threw up in the hallway last night *glares at ollie* have to give him credit though.. at least he cleaned up half of it.. man I can't wait for him to calm down.. should probably bring em in to have her blood sugar tested.. and jack needs his trip too.. *makes note on running todo list to call vet*

well.. things to do.. people to see.. kittens to play with.. naps to take..
*waves*

hoodlum bears bother neighborhood.. from the bizarrenews.com

NORWAY - Thieving polar bears are on the loose in Norway and
have already broken into 20 cabins. After they break into
the person's home, they smash doors, destroy furniture, and
empty drawers, but they have not physically harmed any
civilians. At first, authorities tried to scare off the ani-
mals with loud noises, but they've had to resort to stronger
means. Chief of police, Olav Tombre, said, "When warnings
don't help we have to use language polar bears understand."
The police plan to use rubber bullets to scare them and paint-
balls to easily identify them. Officials at the Polar
Institute say that global warming will make it harder and
harder for polar bears to find food. The Institute predicts
more conflicts between homeowners and polar bears.

went to the movies on wednesday... went to the power puff girls movie, and MIB2. both were excellent. I had one problem with the PPG movie.. the girls using the heat ray eye thing.. blossom doesn't find out about that till later on in the series.. there is a whole show about her discovering it.. so that was just wrong.. but other than that, it was an absolute laugh riot. We were one of three groups who went to the 1pm showing on a 99 degree day I was kinda surprised.

MIB2 was packed solid.. we went to a late show.. and there were still people sitting in the front row. again, it was a laugh out loud kinda funny. everyone agreed it was as good if not better than the first.

Yesterday was the massive family cook out. which of course turned out to be the massive let down of a major family cook out.. more than half didn't show, and the other half was in the pool the whole time. I spent the day inside afraid of getting burnt.. which kinda happend anyway.. (minorly) then we watched independance day the movie.

The seal on the toilet is compromised.. so Im going to finally get a new toilet. The idiot who built the house bought a toilet that has an obnoxious lip around the top, so it is ever so hard to clean (who on earth though of making that stupid thing anyway) The hubby called my father to 'ask' about it.. now.. the nice thing about my dad is he doesn't believe in hiring a professional for most things since he knows how to do them... so he's going to come over and "help" install a new toilet (which btw I have to go out and get.. *puts on todo list*) the annoying thing about my father is he likes to 'help' us. See.. we have four airconditioners cause he keeps finding them and fixing them up and sending them over here so we can put one in the living room window so our whole house can be as cold as theirs is (cause they have one of those massive a/c units) Doesn't matter that I don't want to run one to cool the LM DN kitchen, hall, stairwell... Ive got one in the bedroom, and if I need to escape the heat, I just go there, which has the bed, which is one of my favorite places to be to begin with. so yesterday in the middle of the extravaganza, he's making the hubster and his brother drag the cobwebed dusty old a/c units up the stairs and stick them in the window. First one didn't work cause it was a 220 plug, the second didn't because the compressor kept giving out. But my darling father decided to screw a piece of wood into my window sill. I saw the drill coming upstairs, and I told the hubby I didn't want anything being drilled into the house, but his excuse is my father did it so fast.. Sometimes I could just kill them both. See... the annoying thing is, I don't have actual sills.. I have cut in drywall. There will be no fixing this so it looks half decent..

Then there was the wonderful fiasco with my mother. She insited she was coming over to fix the toilet with my father. Even after I told her that it wasn't going to happen cause we want to replace the toilet, she was still insistant that they could just fix the old one up. I think she was a little pissy that she didn't get an official invite to the 4th galla.. but you know.. after the shit they pulled on father's day.. I really don't care.

The kittens survived the heat ok. half the time it was like there was no heat, the other half of the time it was like a bomb exploded and there was kitten wreckage everywhere.. (kittens flomped haphazardly anywhere) the only problem wiht having seven kittens is it is hard to pinpoint which one is having bathroom issues.. but everyone seems happy and active, so Im not going to worry about a little soupy poopie.

But.. I am worried about Em. When everyone finally left yesterday she came out from under the bed with a line of drool coming out of her mouth. it was a little cloudy, and smelled awful strong. she also had a wetspot on her chest. The only thing I can hope for is that she slept so hard she drooled. which has NEVER happened before to my knowledge. I am quite concerned that she might have had a seisure. I have no proof. I can only watch and wait.

And lastly.. today is kitten day.. Got to get off and collect up the vaccine papers on em and ol, and head down to the shelter to get dini.. aka jack.. I think.. (I think we are going to name him jack.. although there is still a possiblity that i wont come home with jack.. cause it still doesn't seem 100% right to do.. but I miss him.. so probably will)
must go get that kitty some soft paws claw caps.. maybe tonight when we go get a new toilet.. :)

from bizarrenews.com

------------- Women Scammed by Peeping Lesbian -------------

Police in Portugal are investigating a complaint by four
women who stripped naked to their waist and stood at their
windows so they could have a mammogram by satellite. The
women, aged between 19 and 45 years, say a woman identifying
herself as a doctor rang them on the phone, proposing a
revolutionary method to examine their breasts. They were
told to expose their chest and stand either at their window
or on a balcony in the direction of the supposed satellite.
However, when the woman rang back with the mammogram results,
she instead vividly described her sexual desires.

[Thanks to Ken for forwarding this story from ABCNewsOnline.]

I had one freaky disturbing dream last night.. I woke up screaming. Not a good way to start the day. Gets worse when you realize how freakin HOT it is here.. going to be 99 with unhealthful ozone making it feel like 105..

Anyway.. I made the decision last night to call the shelter today and tell them I want houdini.. but for some reason that dream is keeping me from doing it.

well.. dini is back at the shelter with prin and puff. and before they were projected to be back.. darn I make good kittens :) I actually cried when I left. I should just call them and tell them I am going to keep him.

Last night I watched final fantasy, the movie. it was an ok movie, but the freaky thing was that it was all done on computers.. not a single actor on screen. There were shots when I could totally believe it was computer done, and others when I was thinking there was no way that wasn't a live shot. The hardest thing though was getting past the voice of quite a few well known actors being spoken out of the mouths of the charaters.

its hot. its humid.. its sticky.. and when you spell check blech.. it comes out belch..

things have been kinda out of sorts with me lately.. Ive usually been updating this when I update my dream journal.. but sadly I haven't remembered any of my dreams lately.

I am now up to 10 foster kittens.. oh wait.. I said that in one of my last posts.. its so much fun to go into the kitten room now.. there is always SOMEONE who wants to cuddle with you. Bear will do what ever you want. He's starting to show a bit more interest in the world.. he walks to where ever all the other kittens are and just flomps down. not in a sickly way.. just in a "goodness its hot and I have this HUGE fur coat" kind of thing. He isn't eating all that much either, so Ive been forcing some supplement in him.. he's pretty good about eating it.. Unlike Prin ever was, or Mercury.. who is the other all black kitten.. but he has tiger strips in him.. like a black leapord. He is the smallest fully functional cat I have ever seen. I have a feeling he's going to be a thin one all through his life. He's eating fine.. just so small.. thought Id give him a little extra.. but nope.. he wasn't having nuffin to do with it. Marigold is very needy and very pushy.. when she wants attention gosh darn it.. you better stop what ever it is your doing and give it to her, and no, you may not even look at another cat while your scratching her chin :)

I think Im going to bring puff prin and dini back tomorrow. I don't want to. Id rather keep them through the holiday, but we will be having a function here, and I can put all the little ones in the cage.. the bigger ones wont take to it as kindly. I do have the extra cage.. but still. They have to go back sometime.. *sniff.. sniff* Besides, there is no way they will be going up for adoption till after the fourth, if not till the weekend.. will give me a few more days to talk myself out of keeping Dini. I want him with a passion.. I love that he crawls up into my neck and purrs.. he even sucks on my ear lobe now.. its so sweet and cute and tugs at my heart strings.. but i KNOW that is going to be annoying when he's full grown.. (I do know that.. don't I?) He also doesn't listen.. You sit there and call him and yell at him and he doesn't even look at you. Not a good thing when he's clawing up the furniture.. Puff kinda exploded over the past few days. I wanted to make sure he was put up for adoption with prin and dini.. now that he's put on weight, there really is no reason to keep them a few more days.. (is there??)

Bob.. (aka MC aka Bandit) is coughing a lot. seems to have some congestion.. so I am going to bring him to the shelter tomorrow too. I hope they don't want to keep him for observation.. cause he's in the "I want to keep him" running. (yes.. there are actually kittens that aren't.. can you believe it?)

I so need to update myfosterkitten page.. Put on a main page linking pages to the different sets of kittens.. but not now.. its too hot. and I am too sleepy.. must go lay down for a bit.. zzzzzz