Killing time and the occasional dog...

In case you are bored.  Like me...

 

This one is for dog lovers. 

 

Bored ones. 

 

Nae will find it dear to her, sort of  ;)

 

Clicky aqui

 

Kitty

Bewitched, Bothered, and Belated...

Damn!

 

I forgot again....

 

Happy Birthday, dear journal!

 

2 years old, July 11th....  You'd think I'd remember 7-11  ;P

 

Cat

Help!

In an effort to cut down the amount of JLand entry alerts I receive, I think I messed up.

 

I went through and deleted all the alerts I don't really read... but in doing so, I also deleted the duplicate alerts (these were alerts with the AIM symbol by them)

 

So, what I need is for you guys to email me (or leave them here if you wish) your journal links, so I won't miss anything.

 

I am getting alerted for Julie's journals, and Danielle's... but have not received an alert from my other buddies~you know who you are ;)

 

So, if you have posted an entry over the weekend, and did not get a comment from me~I have probably deleted you (sorry!)

 

Thanks!

 

Cat

You can't handle the truth...

Green.  The color of Islam.

 

If you believe what the media here tells us, then I have the place for you...

 

Go read River's blog.  Her 'Atrocities' entry.

 

It is the truth that we do not want to believe.  She isn't the only one who writes and the rest read the same way.  I love her writing.  I have come to admire her courage and her love of country. 

 

I feel the same about my own country... just not liking the choices being made... and those that have been made.

 

We are being lied to.

 

Continously.

 

And yet we still believe we are right...

 

Hate to see the consequences of our actions in years to come.

 

Cat

 

PS~Do not take this as not supporting our troops.  I do!  I know most sign up for money to go to college, or the chance at faster citizenship, or just because they believe it is the right thing to do.  Most are only following orders... doing their jobs.  I get that.

 

I do not, however, support this administration and the poor choices they have made.  Not to mention the lies that have fueled this fire. 

Paying up....

About a month ago, I commented at Nettie's place about her choice of new color for her house.  That prompted a mini conversation about houses, colors, especially old house colors...

 

I told her I'd get some shots of my home, which I did.  I said I'd put them up when I got my camera back from my brother, which I did yesterday.

 

So, Nettie here ya go, Honey...

 

 From our driveway.  You can see the original square design typical of the mid-1800's (built in 1848)  The part on the back was added on after my great grandfather sold it. 

 

This is the West side.  Not really enough room on the East side due to the apartment building next door, but I'll try and get some...  

 

Detail of the top level scroll work.  The gutters, eaves, and all that stuff were all re-done two years ago.  They're copper, as is the rest of it

 

Detail of scroll work on first level.  This is the front foyer window.

 

 

Detail of front porch gingerbread and posts.  All these were hand painted

 

Also, while I was out one morning, I had my camera handy (a rarity for me), so on our way back home, I snapped some of our street....

 

Over the railroad tracks.  The brick building with the green awning is a Gerdt Furniture Store.  This is a new location, a new building as they used to be down the street and across it too... LOL

 

The red brick with white shutters on the other side of the tracks is a ballroom dance lessons place.  Where the white door is on the 2nd level, there's a wrought iron spiral staircase.

 

 

This one is for that Ruby Red shoe woman~she loves Long's as much as I do  ;P

 

This building is empty.  When I was a kid, these were apartments.  But the place needs so much work...  I love it, though  :)

 

 

Up the hill...

 

 

The Historical Graveyard, part of the old Baptist Church and the only reason the State cannot touch our private property on our side of the street  ;)  Yes, there is so much traffic, our city council would love to expand it to two lanes on each side.  If the mole problem in there wasn't horrendus, I'd take some pictures of all the old gravestones...

 

 

The old Baptist church.  Its now Bethel Memorial Church... okay....

 

To home  :)

 

 

Oh, and since it is not uncommon for there to be strong winds here in the Midwest, here's some shots of the 30ft Maple we lost.... 

 

It was the girl's favorite climbing tree while standing.  The same can be said while it was laying half on the ground....

 

 

She got very upset when the tree removal guy was there pronto the next morning to cut the rest down  :(  She had a whole day on it, she'd have preferred it lay there permanently.... 

 

Takes care of that....  Have a good night!

 

Cat

Needed: Ear Plugs...

I know I wanted him to win. 

 

I voted for him. 

 

He wasn't the best looking or have the most character.

 

There was just something I loved about him....

 

Maybe it was his voice?  Yeah, yeah... that's what it was!

 

Then

 

But now?

 

I swear if that Ford commercial with Taylor Hicks stays on the air much longer, I'm gonna hurt my tv. 

 

Seriously.  I cannot stand it.

 

It is annoying....

 

Share my thought?

 

;)

 

Kitty~

Oh whatever....

Today.

 

Today was the day from hell! 

 

It started out rough as all get out, with Grace throwing a fit about going to swim lessons.  She was yelling, my Dad was yelling at her, and my Mom was yelling at them both.  I was getting out of the shower for work when I heard all the commotion.  It made me crazy.

 

I am pissed that Grace doesn't want to go back.  Nothing happened to her in the water to make her fearful.  Her swim instructor told them they were going into the deep pool, and my girl freaked on them.  Now she doesn't want to go at all.

 

She is not afraid of water.  She played at a park pool for 2 hours on Monday and was all set to go to swim class that night at bedtime, but this morning came... and the hysterics started.  So, I'm done.  She will not go anymore (this is the last of the two week program), and we'll try again next year.  There went $40 down the drain, literally.

 

I went back to work today.  As soon as I walked in, we were out the door to the bus... heading for the zoo.  It was 9 am.  I'm PMSing, its my first day back from vacation, and with all the craziness that went down at home this morning, I wasn't in the mood at all.  I was bringing some seriously downward vibes on our field trip.

 

The morning at the zoo went well though.  The weather was cooperating nicely... until after we had lunch.  It got hot.  I got really whiny and bitchy.  I out did the kids.

 

My afternoon Assistant came in early to go with us, and she and I kept our groups together the whole day.  I love that girl.  We had five kids between us, so we managed to see alot.  We had 17 kids total, 4 teachers, 2 parents, and 1 grandparent all split into groups.  Organized chaos :)

 

We all had to meet for the dolphin show at 10:25, until then we all wandered off in different directions.  Our group checked out the tigers (sleeping/hiding), the hippos (laying in the mud, keeping themselves cool), the lemurs, monkeys, and babboons (sleeping, sleeping, sleeping), and then the ponies and petting zoo (sleeping in stalls, sleeping in pens).

 

The only active animals were the Kodiak bears.  Brothers, who, when one go into their huge, made of stone, pool made the other come up for air... LOL... were grooming each other, sweetly, in the water.  The kids loved it!

 

The dolphin show was good.  I love dolphins... and I know their handlers and trainers love their animals... but I really hate animals in captivity.  Put on display in a fenced area, recreated habitat or ocean for our entertainment... I get that for some, their life is maybe better because of it.  Its just not natural... to me. 

 

I take Grace because she wants to go.  Today was all about the J-O-B.  But, it's not a place I have frequented on my own. 

 

After the dolphin show, it was lunch time.  Once that was over, we all went our separate ways again for the next 90 minutes.  Our group went to see the plains animals... elephants, giraffe, elks and the like.  They were more active than the previous animals, so the kids had a good time.   They were go-go-go and tonight my knee is aching from all that walking without a break longer than two minutes.

 

The teacher who drives the daycare bus has my back in spasms from all the jerking.  Damn near causes whiplash with her stopping and starting techniques.  She slams on the breaks and leadfoots the acceleration.  At all railroad crossings, stop signs, and red lights.

 

The morning sucked.  But at lunch time, I came home, took 3 advil and an ativan.  The afternoon was much better :)  Despite a call from my doc's office, where I have an appt on Friday, informing me that my 'consultation' is actually a procedure.  A colonoscopy to be exact.  Yea for me....

 

Ativan  :)

 

Not much more to tell you. 

 

Have a good night and take care guys....

 

Cat