*sigh* I need to find time to post more hun? My life is pretty overwhelming lately.. took a job half an hour a way that takes up 9 hours of my time five and a half days a week. Its not pretty. Im very lacking of time to do much of anything interesting, hence I have very little to comment on outside of my foster kitties My dream log has also been pretty dead lately as well.. although I had a few doozies last night.. I know why a couple of them happened, but not the others. the shark dream came from CSI Miami that I watched last night. My whole dramatic morning to get to work is a different story. Im sure part of it came from yesterday.

I took yesterday off from work to spend with my mother. Her mother died on 11/22. It was very late in the day, and technically it was the 23rd where she was (nana lived in England) Mom is totally fine with it. totally. its scarey. Although by her words, she hasn't been a part of the family for 30 years.. but still. its your mother... you'd think she's have some emotion about it. Well ok.. she has some, guilt of taking time off from her job. a few people called while I was over there yesterday, and she kept explaining how her mother wasn't doing well, and how she'd keep telling people she was fine, and my mother would keep imitating nana's shakey voice when she'd protest about going to the doctor.

So I took the day off to be with her.. that and I really wanted a day away from work (see the 9 hour day thing) I show up having been invited over to bake cookies, and I spend the first hour or so watching her iron.. yes iron tshirts. Im having a hard time telling if my mother was just in denial, or if she's just being the woman Ive always known her to be. My mother is a little off to begin with. Ive never been her biggest fan. Oil and water the two of us are. At least she's no longer belittling me when I go visit.. so that's something.

We decided to make cream puffs instead of cookies. My dad got home and loved the cream puffs but was disappointed he didn't have cookies :). We then had the discussion of what one wants done with their bodies once they die - they both want to be cremated. Dad said he wanted to be put in the same urn as mom. Aren't they obnoxious? Im sure you dear reader, think its sweet they are still in love after all this time. but me.. just makes me want to hurl. Probably cause I am so like my father, and I can't stand my mother, so it just freaks me out that he can.

I came home to take a nap.. half way through my nap I hear banging. I make nothing of it cause the kitties aren't reacting to it, but after a few more bangs, I get up and find my father is fixing our porch. He was supposed to come over after dinner, but decided to just show up and fix it. He's odd like that. Then after dinner we went to my sil's to trim her cat's claws. Smokey is double pawed, and one of the inner claws had gotten too long for them to clip. It had just started to be imbedded. *sigh* If you can't take care of your kitty, you really shouldn't have one..

Well.. its almost 7am.. I have to leave at 7:15.. Im sitting here in my undies, with hair that hasn't been combed.. covered in kitty, I really should get my tushie in gear..
anyone know where the start button is?

"A Piece Of Cake"

Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve
this," or, "Why did G-d have to do this to me."
Here is a wonderful explanation!

A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is
going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend
broke up with her and her best friend is moving
away. Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake
and asks her daughter if she would like a snack,
and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, I love
your cake."

"Here, have some cooking oil," her Mother offers.
"Yuck" says her daughter.
"How about a couple raw eggs?"
"Gross, Mom!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking
soda?"
"Mom, those are all yucky!"

To which the Mother replies: "Yes, all those things
seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put
together in the right way, they make a wonderfully
delicious cake!

G-d works the same way. Many times we wonder
why He would let us go through such bad and difficult
times. But G-d knows that when He puts these things
all in His order, they always work for good! We just
have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make
something wonderful!

G-d is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every
spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you
want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the
universe, and He chose your heart.

I hope your day is a "piece of cake!"