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Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T11:39:00.006-06:00

Oh it's been 10 months, too long, since I blogged. I get busy blogging for others, then run out of steam for my own work, or run out of ideas! As it has been ten months, let's do a "I did this" blog, then Thanksgiving...>

I worked. I had some business but nothing like I have had for the past 15 years. The economy has not picked up for very small businesses for sure. I've had a few new clients but most say "We have no money for a web site, or for updates." Fortunately I had and at this time still have, my part time job with Leapforce. Working online from home, that's a blessing for which I am Very Thankful.

Renato worked. Yep, the husband now has a job, since August, driver and companion to a gentleman who lives on the northwest side of Ft Worth. Most weeks it's five days, occasionally four days. Great perks such as great seats at the NASCAR race up at Texas Motor Speedway in early November which included a private helicopter to and from the track. So even with the downturn in my business I'm not running in circles screaming and crying trying to figure out what to do Without to pay the bills and the house payment. I am Very thankful for that blessing.

The cats played. I know where a good portion of the money goes: cat food. Sadly we lost Crush in June (another reason Renato will Never have a birthday in June again). Crush was playing hard, then laid down and died. Vet did an autopsy (another word for it er..necrosomething can't spell it though) and found that Crush died of an aneurysm in his brain. I always said that cat had headaches, guess I was right.

The new kitten arrived. Well sort of...last week Renato blew into the house and said, "Come look at this kitten its front legs are broken." Ack! Dashed out and there was a wee thing sitting in the bird seed. It dashed to the storage shed, moving pretty fast for broken legs! They aren't broken, this boy is a "squitten" or "twisty cat" with the congential deformity known as Radial Hypoplasia (RH). This picture only shows one front leg but the other matches it. He walks on the entire front er forearm. You have to be careful if you're holding him then sit him down as he falls on his face, though he pops right back up. He is just the sweetest, most loving kitten!

And has now been vetted. We though he, as he was so small he was about 2 months old, but no, he's 4 months, but only weighs 3.5 pounds. Further, his breast bone is slightly deformed, it's pointed and sticks out further than it should, and finally the bottom most joint on his tail is enlarged and disjointed.

When he plays too hard he pants and makes a clicking sound, same clicking sound when he purrs loudly. At first I thought "What's wrong with the furnace? Sounds like its trying to click on?! Or the hot water heater?" Both are just down the hall. After a day of getting up and checking here there and yon I realized it was coming from this baby! Oh his temp name is Capt. Jack Sparrow. Of course. Gotta be a pirate in this house! Though I think "Danny Ocean" would be pretty good as well.

And finally: I'm grateful for so many things including family and friends - old friends and new friends alike. And one of our oldest friends Jeff Carroll is spending the holiday in hospital in Bryan, TX. He has had a heart attack and now is being scanned, rescanned, tested, treated, poked and probed. Many hugs to you Uncle Jeff, I love you dearly and hope you are home soon.

Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary in a new Shelter Contest!

2010-01-18T11:58:00.002-06:00

From their post at Facebook:

Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc. RED ALERT!!! New Shelter challenge!! Need you to vote EVERY DAY!!! we won $1,000 last time, lets shoot for the $20K this time!!! Pick Blind Cat Rescue in North Carolina

click here to vote Everyday!

Mr Lincoln speaks again

2010-01-02T17:41:00.001-06:00

If you need a Disneyland fix...

2009-12-06T11:17:00.002-06:00

as I usually do, here's the Live webcam from Howard Johnson. Not the greatest, but be sure and choose the javascript version.

Hojoanaheim Mattercam

Chirstmas...at the Happiest Place on Earth!

2009-12-03T08:28:00.001-06:00

Storytelling Tips from Salesforce's Marc Benioff

2009-11-06T10:53:00.002-06:00

The co-founder and CEO of the $1 billion company offers advice on how to shape and articulate your vision for your own brand...link to BusinessWeek page here

2009-11-01T14:15:00.007-06:00

Can you help with wee Marty's surgery? Even a dollar goes to help pay vet bills.

Sweet little Marty had been neglected by a previous family. Was left with a severe infestation of worms that caused his anus to prolapse. He was rescued by a loving young couple attending college and was given vet care. Marty was cleaned up and his anus was stitched. It looked like all was going well, but a few days after the stitches were out poor Marty prolapsed again.
Little Marty was in the ER Thursday night (October 29) with severe anal swelling. After two trips they finally did get the swelling down so he could move his bowels. If you can, please give a $1 or two to help raise funds for the permanent surgery that can fix little Marty and give him the life he deserves.

There is a "chip in" link on his page. I clicked it and used paypal for a donation.

The rescurer's blog, about Marty.

The next time you think "This doesn't happen"

2009-10-30T09:57:00.001-05:00

Watch the "Operation Save Gunny" video and know the horrors of dog fighting and the story of one "bait" dog who survived.

Walt and El Grupo has now premiered...

2009-10-24T10:18:00.001-05:00

as of Oct 23! A list of the cities where it will be playing is on the official site:
Walt and El Grupo

A real blast from the past, and shopping too!

2009-10-10T18:44:00.002-05:00

At Crossroads Market and choose any of the shops, but I'm in love with the Hard To Find Grocer and Hometown Favorites which offers candy from the 50's 60's etc. Talk about memories ;0)

The Worlds Best Cat Litter...Update!!!

2009-09-28T10:53:00.007-05:00

Well, it's been over one month since we started using The Worlds Best Cat Litter. I wanted to give it at least this long 'cause you know how kitties are: First couple of days it's the best thing since sliced fish, then...you can't pay them in enough cat nip to use something, play with something, eat some fancy expensive food (yea, the organic cat food from Krogers at 99 cents a can, you would think I poured vegamite over it *sigh* Nice cans though and the neighbor's cat Loved It).

Here's the results for the month...>nine out of ten cats in this house Love The Worlds Best Cat Litter. Hoooray! We like it too, what a relief to get away from so much dust, even the best litter is dusty, but boy howdy not this litter.

We have a deaf kitty who is very shy, goes by the name Mr. Breezie, though she is a she. Due to a number of reasons, all of them her's, we have a custom made litter box in on corner of our living room. By custom made I mean we made it from a nice big Rubber Maid storage box, which came with a lid. We cut a hole in one end and it's perfect and she loves it. Pop the lid on it and I love it cause I cover it with an old Piratey looking blanket so it matches our Pirate Corner decor. You can't tell what it is...and with The Worlds Best Cat Litter no one will Smell what it is, and Whooopeee! no more dust on the Pirate Booty!

So you're thinking, "Yea you aren't gonna tell us about that 'tenth' cat are you?" Yes I am VBG The tenth of ten did have an issue, a slight issue at first with The Worlds Best Cat Litter. Our fault really, we know we know we know you should always introduce new litter and new food slowly. However, we didn't because we are a mulit-cat household and a multi-box household. We started with two out of six boxes...>remember we make our own litter boxes and each one equals at Least two standard sized boxes, and two are so Large they even equal three standard boxes. And we scoop at least twice a day. So...think of it as 11 litter boxes.

And Hillary, we now know, only uses one of the litter boxes in the house, one of two used as a test box. Hillary, who is a he, and this is a "he" name btw he's named after the Butler in the Tomb Raider movies, Hillary didn't care for it, we don't know why, and we should have introduced it slowly I suppose. Be that as it may, Hillary let us know in no uncertain terms he was opposed to such a sudden change.

One month later he still doesn't care for it, but we have reservered "his" box with the old product and we are still slowly but surely switching him over.

I stand by the product and we will keep using it. Old cats can learn new ways and patience is the key of course. I sincerely hope that anyone who reads this will try it and more so I hope anyone reading this and still won't have a litter box in the house will try The World's Best Cat Litter. You will find it's almost perfect, you can keep kitty inside and avoid any and all outside dangers. And if you think there are none out there, read my old poem..."We Buried Your Cat Today."

I'll update how Hillary is doing very soon!

Blind Cat Rescue...always happy tears...

2009-09-28T10:48:00.004-05:00

when I watch the videos, see the pictures of these happy kitties. We have been supporters of Blind Cat Rescue for almost two years and right now they are looking for votes for The Shelter Challenge over at the Animal Rescue Site. Please visit Blind Cat Rescue and you'll also see the button to click. It's a bit confusing once you get to Animal Rescue Site so here is also the direct link to voting:

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

You'll need to type in Blind Cat Rescue, and select NC as the state. You'll be taken to the voting page then.

Thanks ;0)

http://www.blindcatrescue.com/

Journeys With The Messiah

2009-09-15T15:32:00.001-05:00

The web site is up and the Journey has begun:

Journeys With The Messiah

Cats In Space!

2009-09-08T09:30:00.000-05:00

Not really but it was a good lead in ;0)

Linking to an interesting site: Satellite Flybys which monitors, then lists the times, of the more interesting traffic we can view over head.

On the evening of September 8, 2009 you will be able to view the Shuttle Discovery.

Other sites which covers this, and more: Heavens-Above and of course NASA

And of course to just fill in your extra time, please visit Space Station TikTok, The Moon-Unit

Some of the most incredible landscape images on the 'net...

2009-08-23T19:01:00.003-05:00

I can not believe I've never seen this site:

Free Artistic Photos

He offers the images for use on any non commercial site as well.

Today we have Launch!

2009-08-22T11:29:00.003-05:00

This past week we received a Huge sample of The World's Best Cat Litter...and what a surprise...a really nice scooper is in the box! We hadn't opened the shipping container until we were ready for Launch! which is today. Saturday is 'scrub the box in the bathroom' day (the poor old shower off our bedroom is devoted solely to housing a huge litter box). Said box is scrubbed, dried, and now filled with The World's Best Cat Litter.

However, if I don't watch him, I'm concerned my husband is taking that new scooper and using it to extract hard boiled eggs...he keeps telling me that...

It's Saturday AM 11:30...I'll update as we see what action the Crew of Space Station TikTok does with this new litter.

New! And a Coupon! And I think we'll Love It!! Cat Litter!

2009-08-18T16:54:00.003-05:00

Have I lived so long with cats that I go gaga over a new cat litter...Yes! LOL!

Called "The World's Best Cat Litter" they are going live with a new site next week, and there will be a coupon for four dollars off the product. Here is what they are saying:

http://www.worldsbestcatlitter.com/blogsavings/

Now my pdf they sent says August 10 but I see on the landing page from the link, August 19th...but keep checking, bookmark that page! Just today I received a very generous sample and will blog about, honest and true cause I am true blue and will never stain.

Here's a screen cap of their new site:

What a deal, and almost free...

2009-03-10T11:43:00.003-05:00

I say almost free, that is if you have an internet connection with some speed - dsl or better.

And that deal? Facebook.

Thanks to Facebook I have a dander free pet in Pet Society which I've actually spent $9.95 of Real money to buy "coins" can you read "fake money" to which I have purchased for my Pet, named after my heart cat: Tik Tok: A white potty, a white bathtub, curtains, clothes, a fridge, a tiara, wallpapers galore, and flooring too. Ooo and those Mystery Boxes!! Every day I visit her friends, which now number 32, and each visit earns us 5 coins. She has a lovely pink heart-shaped bar of soap and she must be washed daily, or house flies begin to follow her around. She eats apples and strawberries but cheese cake (at 60 coins a pop) is her favorite.

Next on the time killer list at Facebook: Pirates - Rule The Caribbean!

And my sweet pet dons her eyepatch and becomes Capt Tik Tok, dreaded swashbuckler. With work and patience she now earns over 10000 gold coins An Hour. I should do so well. She owns ships, hidden coves, a Voodoo Hut too. Rifles, and daggers, and two hand grenades, oh and a green parrot. She has a crew of 7 now.

Next...>Fish Wrangler!

I actually donated $1 to buy "Red Love Chum" to use in this months Tuna Tournament, where one can actually win a $20 gift card to Amazon. I teamed up with friends to nighfish so it's sort of Fishing on autopilot as I don't have to be online.

And two days ago I was invited to play Farm Town, and now I have a wee yellow chick following me around my plowed and seeded potato and rice plots.

And you wonder why I haven't been to my blog ;0)

Belong to Facebook and want to be friends? Leave a comment with your email and I'll give you my address there. Then I'll delete your email addy from the comment ;0)

25 notes about myself..msg

2009-02-03T18:21:00.002-06:00

I have a Facebook account now and recently was "tagged" to do 25 notes about myself. Here they are:

The original title was "25 Dizzy Notes About Myself"...>

1. I say dizzy because this afternoon, about 3 pm I become so dizzy I couldn't sit in this chair. After lying down for almost two hours I am still whooozy in the head. I have no idea why. That being said....>

2. I was born, and spent most of my early days in Arizona. I always considered Prescott my home. I spent years trying to figure out a way to make a living in Prescott and move back. Last time I was there it has changed to so very much that the word "home" will never dovetail with the name "Prescott" again.

3. I remember in 1970 when I begged my folks to buy a two story building which included a bakery and gift shop on a main highway in Sedona, AZ. It was less than $100k. and that included the land. My Dad said that "Hell no one would want to live in Sedona who wasn't growin' apples." They never listened to me.

4. My family use to own a ranch on the west side of Phoenix, AZ, about where Sky Harbor Intl Airport now sits.

5. On a ranch in Texas, in 1959, I picked up a rock and asked my Mom: "How did a sea shell get here?"
She said it was during the Great Flood in the Bible. My interest in fossils started that day, though it was years before I knew that sea shell was indeed a fossil.

6. I worked in the oil patch in the late '70s through the mid 80's. Recently an friend from those years found me by "googling" my name and emailing me through one of my web sites. Nice to be remembered ;0) We chat once a week now. 25 years later...and it's just like we never went our separate ways.

7. As you may know, my spelling is not very good. We moved a lot when I was a kid. I went to three different schools in the second grade, and the third grade too. Two different schools for the fourth grade. Every school taught differently, and were at different places in different school books. We moved to Carleton, TX, for six months in '59 (see number 5 above) to help some old friend of my Dad's. I got in trouble in school for not using "a final T" in my beginning cursive lessons = What the hell was a final T?? I finally learned btw. That same teacher accused me of wearing makeup. I was in the second grade. The school was so small it had two grades per room.

8. I hated school except when lived outside of Lebanon, Oregon for a few months. I started the 4th grade in some rural school and I loved the teacher and everything about it. I have always felt that had we have stayed there I might have been able to learn and not be frightened of being behind all the time. We had to move back to AZ, my sister had asthma and couldn't breath most of the time.

9. When I was in the first grade we had drills for the possibility of an atomic bomb being dropped by Russia then known as The Soviet Union. We were taught to "drop and cover" by crawling under our school desks. This was the start of the Cold War. We were even put on buses and taken out into the desert for drills. I was so frightened that I'd never see my Mother again I truly think I was emotionally scared for most of my life. I was always terrified I'd never be able to find her. When I moved into this house, after she died, and going through old papers, I found a memographed sheet of instructions from the school detailing this was a real possibility and that the school would take care of us. There was no monster under my bed, it was sitting in Moscow, preparing to wipe America off the face of the earth.

10. I love the music from "Soring Over California" - the ride at Disneyland. Love the ride, love the music.

11. I enjoy this time of the year, it's very cool to cold at night, but days are in the 60's.

12. I would like to visit Scotland one more time, London too.

13. I've enjoyed how the world has changed to much with the internet. The Elephant's Child can be fed 24 hours a day.

14. If I could have a new career I would like to be a historian, esp anything to do with early California and the gold rush.

15. I regret I didn't join the Navy after college.

16. I am so blessed to have met and married my husband aka Mr. Calm

17. I don't read books as often as I use too.

18. I would love to start swimming again.

19. My husband and I once helped breakup a cock fight ring by going under cover.

20. I want to be cremated with at least a pound of uncooked bacon in my casket. I want my body to float to the next life with my favorite food.

21. Speaking of which, in my next life I want to sing like Topol and look like Antonio Banderas - well maybe a bit taller.

22. The best Sherlock Holmes ever is/was the late Jeremy Brett.

23. My favorite movie is Last Of The Mohicans with Daniel Day Lewis..or maybe any of The Pirates Of The Caribbean movies with Johnny Depp.

24 My living room has two black walls, decorates with everything collectible about Pirates we already owned or could build. And lots of fake coins and jewelry. Even a snake hanging from a branch in the ceiling. All we are missing is Tia Dalma.

25. I practice being calm every day.

For years I've asked that when I die that ..msg

2009-01-16T16:41:00.001-06:00

a pound of bacon be placed in the box with me before I'm cremated. The smell of bacon cooking...one of the joys of life.

Well, here is the ultimate site for bacon lovers:

Bacon Today

Happy 2009 to all and a link!

2009-01-04T13:44:00.003-06:00

Another New Year, another chance to "get it right!!"

About a month ago I was surprised and a bit disappointed to find that the web site for the Zoo where Sera and the cubs lived and removed all the links pertaining to them, to the baby giraffe etc. Well just now I realized that "Arkiv" must mean "Archive" and Yes!!! I found the archives, not only for 2008 but older:

Archives for Dyreparken

And all the links to the updates about Sera and the cubs ;0)

Christmas is here!

2008-11-26T16:49:00.003-06:00

At "its a small world" at Walt Disney World at least. And the new and improved version at Disneyland opens this Saturday!! We were there in January 08 and the ride had been kept in all its Christmas splendor since it was closing on the 21st or so.

It's that time of the year again..msg

2008-10-09T09:26:00.003-05:00

it's October!! My favorite month. The weather begins to soften, we don't have to run the AC all the time.

Here is a fun online test

2008-08-13T09:13:00.011-05:00

You get to find out what color you really are VBG and the explanation for that color. It's based on the HTML colors btw. Link to the test is in my results:

you are orchid
#DA70D6

Your dominant hues
are red and blue. You're confident and like showing people new ideas.
You play well with others and can be very influential if you want to
be.

Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over
things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes
be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important
things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master
plan.

Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where
others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down
on everything.
the spacefem.com html color quiz

the spacefem.com html color quiz

No more streaming for the lion cubs

2008-08-01T09:19:00.005-05:00

Alas, they've taking down the live stream for Sera and her cubs. I miss them already and had looked forwarded to watching the cubs play. Saw them last, a week ago Sunday, and as of yesterday there's a notice up that its over.

I wish them a long and healthy joyous life.

Note: click on comments and the links to comment. A very nice person found updated video links to the lion cubs going outside for the first time - too funny! and to meeting their father...big upset for the lion Moms.

You can also view them at the old streaming page: Original Streaming Page for the cubs, updated Oct 9.

A little late but I've been watching since ...

2008-07-06T16:23:00.002-05:00

the start:

Sera is the lioness to give birth to the first lion cubs in Norway. At the Kristiansand Dyrepark, Sera is the proud mother of four lion cubs: Nala, Lea, Kiara and Akira. They were born in the morning of May 31st, the event being fully covered and broadcasted online. More than four weeks have passed and people are constantly watching Sera and her cubs: they’re either playing, being pampered by their mother or sleeping.

The live cam has been down a couple of days: Live Baby Cam so I hope it comes back up!

The Cracked Pot

2008-06-16T21:02:00.001-05:00

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.

'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.'

The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?'

'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.'

'For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.'

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.

You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.

A salute to the intrepid Snake Fighter - Gilly who has left us for the Bridge to the sound of pipes-

2008-05-30T13:37:00.003-05:00

Gilly Gorgonzola has departed planet Earth and is on her way to The Rainbow Bridge if not already there. Preparation for departure was stressful in the early hours of morning, but the actual leave taking was very calm and heavy with feelings of love, from us, and from all of you.

Later, at the store, suddenly the sound of Scottish Bag Pipes, and Amazing Grace filled the air, in fact it played at least five times. Gilly telling us she had arrived and it is as wonderful as we had described to her. Her beloved adopted mom, Pancake, must have been waiting to greet her and clean her head and face, as was Tikky and Jimi Pam, Tia Dalma and Merry, all the kittens...Sydney...so many Angels.

We found her outside of our home 17 1/2 years ago. She slept almost every night of her life with my husband and me. There will be a huge lonely space in the bed between us now.

Irish Words Of Wisdom

2008-05-29T08:34:00.001-05:00

from the gang at statecounter.com who are based in Ireland:

Some Irish words of wisdom:

Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras.
Hunger is a good sauce.

Moladh luath agus cáineadh mall.
Be quick to praise and slow to criticise.

Tús maith leath na hoibre.
A good start is half the work.

Má bhíonn tú ar lorg cara gan locht, beidh tú gan chara go deo.
If you seek a friend without fault, you will be without one forever.

Cuir síoda ar ghabhar ach is gabhar i gcónaí é.
Dress a goat in silk and it’s still a goat.

Is fearr an sláinte ná an táinte.
Health is better than wealth.

And from this day on may you always have these blessings…
A soft breeze when summer comes, a warm fireside in winter, and the comfort of a true friend.

Sleep Dash!

2008-05-02T13:00:00.000-05:00

Sheep dash!
Tiredness can affect your reaction times. See how alert you are with this game and test the impact of a cup of tea or coffee on your performance.

A nice movie from Smilebox

2008-04-24T13:24:00.000-05:00

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

The Original "Smell Moment" entry

2008-03-22T18:17:00.001-05:00

I realize now that the original "Smell Moment" entry hadn't been moved to this blog, so...>

October 3rd, 2006

This morning, in the kitchen, as I poured my first cup of coffee, I noticed the nice smell of bananas. We went by Tigermart Farms last evening to buy a few organically grown fruits and some buffalo meat. We gave up on “store bought” bananas, they are always so hard and there’s not much taste. But these are Good.

As I stood at the counter this morning, the banana smell took me back to a distance memory. That smell always does. It takes me back to…kindergarten! I went to a private kindergarten cause in the late 50’s in AZ there were no public school K grades. My Mom always packed my lunch as she couldn’t pick me up till the middle of the afternoon. And it seems now that my lunch box always had in it:

A small thermos of milk
Some sort of sandwich
A banana

I never ever smell bananas I don’t remember those rooms and my teacher, who’s name was Teddy Bear (really the owners name was Bear and Teddy was their daughter, my Mom reminded me of that when I was older). We called her Miss Bear.

Which leads to two more kindergarten memories:

Graduation! We actually had a graduation ceremony. And we girls were taught how to cancan so on graduation night danced, sang “Buffalo Girls Won’t You Come Out Tonight” and I was the lead singer, probably cause I was the Loudest. I was always the Loudest. My Mom and sister and I always sang while riding in the car so maybe I was the only one who could really carry a tune? Naw, I was the Loudest.

And second, I hated being in school. I wanted to be outside. I carried this little problem with me through 12 years of public school and on to college.

Haiku Written By Cats

2008-03-22T17:40:00.000-05:00

Our vet, and client, in Houston sent me these :0)

Haiku Written by Cats

The food in my bowl is old,
and more to the point
contains no tuna.

There's no dignity
in being sick - which is why
I don't tell you where.

Tiny can, dumped in
a plastic bowl.
Presentation: one star;
Service: none.

Am I in your way?
You seem to have it backwards:
This pillow is taken.

Your mouth is moving;
up and down, emitting noise.
I've lost interest.

My brain: walnut-sized.
Yours: largest among primates.
Yet, who leaves for work?

Cats can't steal the breath
of children. But if my tail's
pulled again, I'm going to learn how.

I don't mind being
teased, any more than you mind
a skin graft or two.

So you call this thing
your "cat carrier." I call
these my "blades of death."

Toy mice, dancing yarn,
meowing sounds. I'm convinced:
You're an idiot.

I had another "Smell" moment this morning...

2008-03-19T18:34:00.004-05:00

One of my first blog entries was about the smell of bananas, and how I will forever associate it with kindergarden. This morning I had another "way back" memory. My husband was lighting a block of pinion pine incense which I had gotten years ago in Gallop, NM. I love the smell, and as I don't know when I'll ever get another bag of them, I've been loath to burn them all up.

But life goes on and so it's time to use them and I do love the smell. He lit one this morning and within a couple of minutes the kitchen and living room had that incredible smell of a mountain morning in Arizona where I grew up - I could hear Mom making breakfast: bacon and bacon gravey, biscuits, scrambled eggs, coffee. I could hear Daddy talking about the horses. There was wind in the pines outside the open windows. And the faint smell of pinion pine from the fireplace from the evening past. It was the best of memories, and one I hold dear.

Merry plays with the shooting stars

2008-03-13T10:43:00.002-05:00

Wednesday, March 12. Merry Andre Five Angels decides it is time to leave us. He departed quietly and is now romping and rolling with him mom, Tia Dalma, and his five Angel brothers and sisters.

You brought eleven months of joy and laughter to us Merry, it was an honor.

Tia Dalma's kitten - Merry Five Angels

2008-03-01T18:38:00.003-06:00

And this evil Feline Leukemia is hitting Merry the past few days in a way. With a weaken immune system these kitties are susceptible to secondary infections. Merry has one we're treating - inflamed salivary glands. They are so swollen you can see the ducts. Our Vet, bless her, tries so hard. Merry had to be bumped up to Baytril injections as the Clavamox made him so sick. We're doing fluids too. Today he did want food, so we didn't have to syringe feed him.

He's such a joy and every day is a blessing with him, we just want him to feel good again.

Merry Five Angels

Almost the New Year!

2007-12-29T13:06:00.001-06:00

Yes, almost 2008, I never dreamed I'd make it to this century, much less almost through the first decade.

Our last sad time for 2007, our precious Feline Leukemia cat, Tia Dalma, went to the bridge on December 13, 2007 due to a very fast growing tumor in her sinuses. Nothing stopped it, nothing slowed it down. She was loved by all who met her.

A New Merry Video

2007-12-29T13:03:00.001-06:00

Just took a new video of Merry, first since his Mom, Tia Dalma, passed away on the 13th. There's no sound, just him being cute on his cat tree.

Halloween Approaches!

2007-10-24T10:37:00.000-05:00

The Nightmare Before Christmas - in 3-D!!

October 6 - Two Days till Disneyland!

2007-10-07T15:14:00.000-05:00

This morning, in the kitchen, as I poured my first cup of coffee, I noticed the nice smell of bananas. We went by Tigermart Farms last evening to buy a few organically grown fruits and some buffalo meat. We gave up on “store bought” bananas, they are always so hard and there’s not much taste. But these are Good.

As I stood at the counter this morning, the banana smell took me back to a distance memory. That smell always does. It takes me back to…kindergarten! I went to a private kindergarten cause in the late 50’s in AZ there were no public school K grades. My Mom always packed my lunch as she couldn’t pick me up till the middle of the afternoon. And it seems now that my lunch box always had in it:

A small thermos of milk
Some sort of sandwich
A banana

I never ever smell bananas I don’t remember those rooms and my teacher, who’s name was Teddy Bear (really the owners name was Bear and Teddy was their daughter, my Mom reminded me of that when I was older). We called her Miss Bear.

Which leads to two more kindergarten memories:

Graduation! We actually had a graduation ceremony. And we girls were taught how to cancan so on graduation night danced, sang “Buffalo Girls Won’t You Come Out Tonight” and I was the lead singer, probably cause I was the Loudest. I was always the Loudest. My Mom and sister and I always sang while riding in the car so maybe I was the only one who could really carry a tune? Naw, I was the Loudest.

And second, I hated being in school. I wanted to be outside. I carried this little problem with me through 12 years of public school and on to college.

Our vet, and client, in Houston sent me these :0)

2007-10-07T15:13:00.000-05:00

Haiku Written by Cats

The food in my bowl is old,
and more to the point
contains no tuna.

There's no dignity
in being sick - which is why
I don't tell you where.

Tiny can, dumped in
a plastic bowl.
Presentation: one star;
Service: none.

Am I in your way?
You seem to have it backwards:
This pillow is taken.

Your mouth is moving;
up and down, emitting noise.
I've lost interest.

My brain: walnut-sized.
Yours: largest among primates.
Yet, who leaves for work?

Cats can't steal the breath
of children. But if my tail's
pulled again, I'm going to learn how.

I don't mind being
teased, any more than you mind
a skin graft or two.

So you call this thing
your "cat carrier." I call
these my "blades of death."

Toy mice, dancing yarn,
meowing sounds. I'm convinced:
You're an idiot.

I've been Tagged!

2007-06-02T10:25:00.000-05:00

By my buddy, Susan

I've been tagged!

Here are the rules:

Each person tagged gives 7 random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write in their blogs the 7 facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and to read your blog.

7 Random Facts about me:

1) I was born in Arizona, as was my father. We may be some of the last decendences of AZ pioneers I think! Dad was born in Prescott when AZ was still a territory, in 1908.

2) I was a well site geologist.

3) I have hair which is now so long I can sit on it. It's blond on top and dark brown underneath.

4) I think mankind's civilization peaked during Disco.

5) I started working with computers in 1975.

6) I hated school.

7) I use to live in Scotland, on Royal Deeside.

Pirate Wall

2007-05-31T17:12:00.001-05:00

Almost finished, we need to paint the shrunken head so it will show, and the rats aren't here yet VBG

Bigger and Better video of Pirate Kitty

2007-05-27T17:14:00.000-05:00

Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos

Merry Andre Video

2007-05-25T12:59:00.001-05:00

Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos

Official Pirates III site...

2007-04-08T16:34:00.000-05:00

at Disney:

At World's End

One the Menu - Bananas

2007-03-30T11:25:00.000-05:00

Note:

I had this on the old blog, but I still love it so I'm copying it here:

This morning, in the kitchen, as I poured my first cup of coffee, I noticed the nice smell of bananas. We went by Tigermart Farms last evening to buy a few organically grown fruits and some buffalo meat. We gave up on “store bought” bananas, they are always so hard and there’s not much taste. But these are Good.

As I stood at the counter this morning, the banana smell took me back to a distance memory. That smell always does. It takes me back to…kindergarten! I went to a private kindergarten cause in the late 50’s in AZ there were no public school K grades. My Mom always packed my lunch as she couldn’t pick me up till the middle of the afternoon. And it seems now that my lunch box always had in it:

A small thermos of milk
Some sort of sandwich
A banana

I never ever smell bananas I don’t remember those rooms and my teacher, who’s name was Teddy Bear (really the owners name was Bear and Teddy was their daughter, my Mom reminded me of that when I was older). We called her Miss Bear.

Which leads to two more kindergarten memories:

Graduation! We actually had a graduation ceremony. And we girls were taught how to cancan so on graduation night danced, sang “Buffalo Girls Won’t You Come Out Tonight” and I was the lead singer, probably cause I was the Loudest. I was always the Loudest. My Mom and sister and I always sang while riding in the car so maybe I was the only one who could really carry a tune? Naw, I was the Loudest.

And second, I hated being in school. I wanted to be outside. I carried this little problem with me through 12 years of public school and on to college.

Pirates Of The Caribbean III - At World's End

2007-03-20T15:58:00.000-05:00

On The Munu - Haiku Written by Cats

2007-03-20T11:10:00.000-05:00

Our vet, and client, in Houston sent me these :0)

Haiku Written by Cats

The food in my bowl is old,
and more to the point
contains no tuna.

There's no dignity
in being sick - which is why
I don't tell you where.

Tiny can, dumped in
a plastic bowl.
Presentation: one star;
Service: none.

Am I in your way?
You seem to have it backwards:
This pillow is taken.

Your mouth is moving;
up and down, emitting noise.
I've lost interest.

My brain: walnut-sized.
Yours: largest among primates.
Yet, who leaves for work?

Cats can't steal the breath
of children. But if my tail's
pulled again, I'm going to learn how.


I don't mind being
teased, any more than you mind
a skin graft or two.

So you call this thing
your "cat carrier." I call
these my "blades of death."

Toy mice, dancing yarn,
meowing sounds. I'm convinced:
You're an idiot.

The New Name - The New Menu

2007-03-20T10:25:00.000-05:00

And now we are ensconced in our new Diner! As much as I love the name of the old blog: TikTok's Diner, perhaps it's time to move on to a new name, which reflects the new business name as well.

Though how hard it is, I still miss my dear Tik Tok and what a brave Captain of Space Station Tik Tok, The Moon-Unit she was during her time here on planet Earth and in orbit.

I'll be adding back my old posts from the old Diner here, slowly. And hope to keep up with what's new with Atomic Web Katz.