8/25/09 – Tuesday

The funny thing about the whole entry yesterday, regarding the boat, is that as we were driving toward Joe Wheeler state park, I turned and looked suspiciously at Fred. “How much cash do you have on you?” I asked. “Uh… twenty dollars, I think,” he said. “Why?” “Because you spent all morning talking about that … Continue reading “8/25/09 – Tuesday”

The funny thing about the whole entry yesterday, regarding the boat, is that as we were driving toward Joe Wheeler state park, I turned and looked suspiciously at Fred.

“How much cash do you have on you?” I asked.

“Uh… twenty dollars, I think,” he said. “Why?”

“Because you spent all morning talking about that boat you saw on Craigslist, and I was just making sure you weren’t going to SURPRISE me with it or anything.”

“Bessie, I would NEVER do that!” he assured me.

He’s no dummy, I guess.

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Kathy came and visited for a bit yesterday! She had to be in the area for work, so stopped by and bought some eggs and a couple of chickens.

(No, Kathy and Dreamguy are not starting their own flock, these chickens were from the freezer.)

And damnit, after she left I remembered that I meant to offer her some cherry tomatoes and a bell pepper and completely forgot! Sorry about that, Kathy.

She got to meet Jake and Elwood, and the True Blood kittens, and they all looked at her like “Yeah, and? You are…?” like the rude little brats they are.

At least they didn’t run and hide like Sugarbutt, Kara… pretty much ALL the big cats, except for Miz Poo, really.

We sat out on the front porch and watched the traffic go by and chatted (and watched the hummingbirds flitting around making a big liar out of me because I’d claimed I’d only seen a hummingbird for a brief instant recently, and suddenly they were all over the place). I don’t get a lot of visitors ’round here on a regular basis, so it was nice to take time out of my regular day and visit and I always enjoy visiting with Kathy!

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I have an appointment later this morning for a physical, and I’m dreading it. Not because I don’t like my doctor – I do (unless she’s changed a lot in the past two years) – but because I haven’t been to the doctor in two years at least. I haven’t had anything wrong with me, and now I have a whole list of whiny complaints, and I’m afraid I’ll forget to mention one of them.

Yes, I have written down a list, but what makes you think I’m going to remember to bring it with me? Okay yes, I put it in my purse, but what makes you think I’ll remember I have it with me?

Perhaps I should mention the potential early-onset Alzheimer’s first.

I’ve probably talked about this before (see above about early-onset Alzheimer’s), but this doctor I’m going to see used to be with another practice, and then she left and started her own practice (coincidentally, with another doctor who left the exact same practice a few years earlier. Who was MY doctor until she left, then I moved on to Dr. Cindy. Who then left. Perhaps they left to get away from ME. HA on them – I found ’em!) and I’m pleased as punch that she’s now in a location about fifteen minutes closer to me. I don’t think it’s going to take me longer than 10 minutes to get there AND she’s located near the grocery store. After I have to sit around and tell the doctor all my woes (“Does this mole look funny to you? My elbow hurts. Is this rosacea? Sometimes my shoulder hurts.”) I can then run over and get groceries. Whatta bargain.

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I know I said that I’d watch every episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 no matter how much I think they should probably stop filming in the interest of their childrens’ mental health and all, but man – is it just me, or has that show gotten mighty fucking boring? Oh, let’s watch Kate take the kids to the beach. Let’s watch Jon pretend to know something about remodeling the kitchen. Let’s watch Jon mumble and slump and act like a bratty teenager.

(Seriously? 20 year-olds are fighting over HIM? Are they aware they could get boys way younger and way cuter, with way less baggage who don’t act like they need to be smacked upside the head REALLY REALLY HARD?)

Also, Kate is on my nerves. Give us a LITTLE of the ol’ bitch, Kate. Please? This Happy Shiny Kate isn’t doing it for me.

I mean, I’ll probably keep WATCHING it, but I’ll be flipping through magazines while I do so. Snoresville.

I’d like to see Kate and Jon in a slapfight. Is that too much to ask? You KNOW she’d kick his ass.

And speaking of TV – Real Housewives of Atlanta? Zzzzzzzzz. The only excitement is watching the show to see if Kim gets so excited that her face almost moves.

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The many faces of sweet little bunny Terry.


Contemplative.


::thlurrrrrrp::


::smile::


::thlurrrrrrp::


::smile::

I weighed the kittens over the weekend – three of them are a few ounces over 2 pounds, one of them (Terry) is exactly 2 pounds, and Sookie and Lafayette are just under 2 pounds. So there’ll be no spaying or neutering this week – I want to have all of them at least three or four ounces over 2 pounds before I take them off to be spayed and neutered, because I don’t completely trust my weighing method (I put a bowl on a kitchen scale and then lower each kitten into the bowl. They don’t want to be on the bowl unless it’s on their OWN terms, so they hop out of the bowl as quickly as possible, so I only have a split second to determine how much they weigh. I really need to invest in a decent small animal scale, I think.)

So – next week or the week after, perhaps. Honestly, I’m in no hurry except that I’d like to have Terry’s hernia taken care of. Not because it’s a problem or because it bothers him, but it kind of ooks me out. And yet, at the same time it’s kinda cute. Go figure.

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“Spanky to base. I repeat – SPANKY TO BASE. I have located the sun square and will soak up as many sun particles through my super fluffy sun-absorbing outer coating before I return to base and save the universe. Please confirm.”

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Previously
2008: “I’m trying to recall the many houses we’ve driven by and seen Mennonite children scrubbing down the pigs and cows. Thinking… thinking…”
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
2004: I haaaaaaaaaate having to deal with strangers.
2003: I guess when your boss (the Supreme Court) tells you to do something and you tell him to go fuck himself, shit tends to fly.
2002: No entry.
2001: No entry.
2000: The thrills and chills around here just never stop, folks.

37 thoughts on “8/25/09 – Tuesday”

  7. wha happen? For a few weeks I could not get your loorverly little kitty pics (just bad red X’s) on my browser. Suddenly, today – voila! pictures are back 4 me! I am happy happy.

  10. Beth in LI: I bet your browser or operating system doesn’t like Flickr – I decided to go back to hosting my own pictures and just link to the same picture on Flickr in case there comes a time when Flickr dies completely!

  12. How do you folks come up with all these great kitty names? When I read the request, all I could come up with was, “Uhhhhhh, I dunno. Need coffee.”

    Spanky’s doing exactly all I feel like doing today. I’m very envious.

  13. Right now my BF and I are just calling them by the color and print of their collars. Any suggestions help!

  15. A good place to get an animal scale is the baby department. We use a baby scale in our spay/neuter clinic to weigh cats/kittens/small dogs. It does a great job. My local Target has one for around $50.

  16. hmmmmm, well…..

    2 girls

    Hallow
    and ween

    Cuz they are black and you could seriously come up with some cool nicknames for them. H-lo, lowlow. weenie, weenkins…. you know.

    The boys?

    hmmmmmmmmm

    Pumpkin
    Ozzy
    Heath ( because of the dark knight… black = dark )
    Bert
    Ernie

  21. Love the name suggestions, but there are two other Jacksons (Jackie and Rebbie).

    I’m offering monosyllabic, virtue-ish names:

    Faith, Hope (or Joy)

    Chance, Dare, Luck, Pax, True

  23. 5 girls, 2 boys, it’s the kitten version of The Sound of Music kids! Liesl, Frederich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta and Gretl!

  24. (”Does this mole look funny to you? My elbow hurts. Is this rosacea? Sometimes my shoulder hurts.”) ROFLMAO those are my woes!

  25. My bad on the genders. But some of those virtue names could be for female kittehs, I suppose.

    Also for girlies:
    Mirth, Blithe

    (Grace, of course, already has been taken.)

    Love The Sound of Music names — they get my vote!

  26. Black kittens! So cute! Bewitched Names- girls:

    Samantha
    Serena
    Tabitha
    Endora
    Esmerelda

    & boys:

    Darrin
    Arthur.

  27. How about a Harry Potter theme? 😀

    Harry
    Ron
    Cedric
    Neville
    Draco
    (Fred)
    (George)

    Ginny
    Hermione
    (Mrs. Norris…..the cat)

    I have to say, I love the Jackson names!

  30. I love all these ideas! I’m going to vote for the Bewitched names. Perfect for a group of black cats.

    My first cat was named Esmerelda after the witch in Bewitched. It was such a great, distinctive cat name. 🙂 She was a black cat, too.

  31. i love the brady bunch names as well as bewitched… the terry pics too cute for words…

  32. Jon and Kate minus fighting equals BORING! That’s what made the show. I never watched it to see the kids – I watched it so I could see her belittle him in front of America.
    If I want to watch someone drag their whiny kids around to fun spots, I’ll just watch the piles of VHS tapes I have of my own kids.

  33. OMG, I saw my first real life woman with a “Kate” hairdo. It was hideous and I cannot believe someone (other than Her Highness) actually chose to look like that. I know she’s said before her stylist gets calls all the time from people wanting her ‘do and I just didn’t believe it. God people are stupid.

    Also, I cannot believe women are fighting over John. Whywhywhywhywhy???

  34. A human baby scale works great for weighing little critters… I have gotten them before at thrift stores and yard sales. But then you would miss all the fun of keeping them in the bowl.
    r

  35. Kate is just being phoney and playing it up, the left behind, innocent, sweet person who did nothing to make him want to leave. That’s what I see. I can’t see her being that different that easy. Yes dvorce hurts and is rough, but I doubt that she is just little miss sweet butt all of a sudden now. Just for the camera of course.

  36. Alicia – My long lost second daughter!! I miss you!! It’s a good thing they are not here or I might have to take one of them!!

    *hugs*

  37. I love the sound of music one! I tried that when it was 5 boys and 2 girls and it didn’t work.
    What about?

    Maddie
    Kara
    Alexis
    Hannah
    Leah

    Collin
    Aiden 😀

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