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I so needed to come home today and sit around and do absolutely nothing. It feels good. I touched base with my girlfriend Michelle, I cleaned out my file cabinet of all those useless articles I have saved over the years. It was a very good thing. I think we will go out for fish fry tonight and possibly out in our canoe. Tomorrow night, we are going to go up to Niagara to meet up with Rhonda and her hubby. It is her birthday this weekend but we aren’t supposed to act like we really know. We do!

For the shopping gals out there- Mary Engelbright’s cutsie magazine (I get it for free) has an Asian girl for this month’s paper dolls. They are pretty cute. I almost ripped my girl in half.  getting them out of the magazine. 

Log in Date – 9/5

A little later than we hoped, but at least we got it. Yeah!

Goodbye Steve Irwin. We will be thinking about you tonight. Thank you for your contributions to the animal world. You will be missed!

It is cold out now. I go through periods of Spring and Fall cleaning. School is starting back up and so I want to get things ready for the hammering of snow. We are new to the East. We are used to rock gardens, zeroscaping, and not watering our lawn. Now, we have tools to use- snowblowers, shovels, salt, and chains. It is a new world!

So, I have this idea. I want to go from one end of the house to the other and steam clean the carpet. It isn’t really dirty yet. It is going to get dirty in the winter. But, just before we freeze our tushes off, I think we need to do this. I want to wash all the curtains and seal up all the windows. The cats have this great hallway which is wall-to-wall windows. It needs some sealing.

I will soon need to close all the windows in the front porch. That room is usually off limits in the winter months because no one wants to be on a sun porch when they run the risk of freezing to death. But, it is a great place for snow shoes and dirty clothing (we keep sweats out there just in case we need to strip).

The cats hate going out in the winter. They only want to stay in during the snow months. This means- more fighting, more litter box cleaning, and generally, a more crowded house. But it feels good to have two or three cats curled on the bed at night. I am fine with that as long as they don’t get too pissed when I roll over and squish one.

Tim hates the winter. He gets very blue when it is cold out. Tim likes places where you can wear shorts and birkenstocks every day. He isnt a fan of living here but he is being really good about it.

I end this post with a little description of the photos. These are Maui’s new kittens. They are very cute. There are two skinny black ones (one of which is very outgoing). There are three white and black kittens (one of which is obese and very cute, another is very scared and shakes when you hold him). Maui just had a litter two months or so ago. As soon as they were weaned, I brought Maui in to get her fixed (we assumed previously that all cats come fixed- they don’t). So, Maui went in to get fixed and she was already pregnant with these guys. Since we went to a Christian vet who doesn’t believe in kitty abortion, we got stuck. Maui is trapped inside right now and she WILL get fixed this week.

Anyone want a kitten?

Walternatives Tagged me. Oh, thank you darling!

7 x 77 Things I Want to do Without Dying of Embarrassment

1. Hula
2. do a cartwheel
3. read poetry at an open mike
4. wear an outfit entirely of hot pink
5. Dye my hair bright red again
6. get a brazilian (I think I am ready)

7 Things I Cannot Do in the Summer

1. Sleep with my down comforter on
2. tan
3. go without SPF all over every surface of my body (including my scalp)
4. I don’t wear shorts. I am too old.
5. ski
6. Complain about how cold it is.
7. visit friends in Arizona or Israel- too hot

7 Things I Can Do Which are Meaningless Unless You are Still in Jr. High

1. wiggle my nose
2. sew patches on my jeans just to keep them together.
3. I can still curl my bangs into a wave formation.
4. write a good love letter to someone who won’t listen
5. I still have a BFF, and another one
6. Drink my soda at a movie with a licorice piece
7. I still collect Homies

7 Things Which Attracted Me to my House

1. affordability
2. it was built in 1875
3. It has 5 bedrooms (one for me, one for Tim, one for office, one for another office, and one for the hedgehogs). Who cares about the guests.
4. It came with a pool (even though we only used it for three weeks this summer)
5. It is halfway between Buffalo and Rochester
6. The dogs have a huge yard to play in and part of it floods so they get to wade around in water in the spring
7. We have an enclosed front porch. So we can sit there and watch the neighbors.

7 Things I Say Most When I’m Crying

1. I cry once a year and dont say much when I do.

7 Children’s Books I am Adding to my Own Collection

1. Pat the Bunny
2. Goodnight Moon
3. Ralph the Farting Dog
4. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
5. Heather has Two Mommies
6. Once Upon a Potty (we are reading that one asap)
7. A Guide to Owning a Hedgehog

7 Children’s Movies I Can Watch for the Bazillionth Time Without Wanting to Rip my Eyes from Their Sockets

I would like it to be know that I HATE cartoons. I cant take them at all. Maybe Southpark here and there and some King of the Hill, but anything cartoon just stinks in my eyes.

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Meet Me in St. Louis
3. The King and I (both versions though the old one is definately better)
4. Polyanna
5. Ghostbusters
6. Whale Rider
7. Anything Wallas and Gromit

This was super duper fun. Now, Julie, Rhonda and Heather, you are next.

Walternatives Tagged me. Oh, thank you darling!

7 x 77 Things I Want to do Without Dying of Embarrassment

1. Hula
2. do a cartwheel
3. read poetry at an open mike
4. wear an outfit entirely of hot pink
5. Dye my hair bright red again
6. get a brazilian (I think I am ready)

7 Things I Cannot Do in the Summer

1. Sleep with my down comforter on
2. tan
3. go without SPF all over every surface of my body (including my scalp)
4. I don’t wear shorts. I am too old.
5. ski
6. Complain about how cold it is.
7. visit friends in Arizona or Israel- too hot

7 Things I Can Do Which are Meaningless Unless You are Still in Jr. High

1. wiggle my nose
2. sew patches on my jeans just to keep them together.
3. I can still curl my bangs into a wave formation.
4. write a good love letter to someone who won’t listen
5. I still have a BFF, and another one
6. Drink my soda at a movie with a licorice piece
7. I still collect Homies

7 Things Which Attracted Me to my House

1. affordability
2. it was built in 1875
3. It has 5 bedrooms (one for me, one for Tim, one for office, one for another office, and one for the hedgehogs). Who cares about the guests.
4. It came with a pool (even though we only used it for three weeks this summer)
5. It is halfway between Buffalo and Rochester
6. The dogs have a huge yard to play in and part of it floods so they get to wade around in water in the spring
7. We have an enclosed front porch. So we can sit there and watch the neighbors.

7 Things I Say Most When I’m Crying

1. I cry once a year and dont say much when I do.

7 Children’s Books I am Adding to my Own Collection

1. Pat the Bunny
2. Goodnight Moon
3. Ralph the Farting Dog
4. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
5. Heather has Two Mommies
6. Once Upon a Potty (we are reading that one asap)
7. A Guide to Owning a Hedgehog

7 Children’s Movies I Can Watch for the Bazillionth Time Without Wanting to Rip my Eyes from Their Sockets

I would like it to be know that I HATE cartoons. I cant take them at all. Maybe Southpark here and there and some King of the Hill, but anything cartoon just stinks in my eyes.

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Meet Me in St. Louis
3. The King and I (both versions though the old one is definately better)
4. Polyanna
5. Ghostbusters
6. Whale Rider
7. Anything Wallas and Gromit

This was super duper fun. Now, Julie, Rhonda and Heather, you are next.

These are 13 Hedgehogs in Our House (there are 19 more)

Zamora- Chocolate Chip daughter of Moonglow

Wymea- came from my girlfriend in Colorado

Varina- Her owner died and she came back to me (why is this underlining)

Wicked- Very white pinto hedgie who love to swim

Sangria- She lost her eye on a piece of shavings. Big, bloody mess. But she sure is cute.

Tuluki- very nice male we recently got from Texas

Saranac- Very fruitful male. He looks like a siamese cat.

Sitka- from Atlantis Hedgehogs. Named for a city in Alaska.

Owego- Very friendly guy who likes to jump out of the cage and in with the girls.

Lorian- baby picture. She is Savonnah’s mom.

Turniphead- named for the baby on “LOST.”

Geisha- Sweet little pinto gal. Her brother is Snowphish

Cha-Cha- She is pale apricot but you can barely tell. Shortly after the picture was was taken, she pee’d all over the piano.

Ima Hogg- a baby named by Michelle

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Okay, I think we all need a little humor in the week. I am a big Star Trek nerd. Don’t ask. These are a few of my favorite YTMNDs.

What is a YTMND? It is an initialism for “You’re The Man Now Dog!”, is a website community that is centered around the creation of hosted web pages featuring a juxtaposition of a single image or a simple slideshow, which can be animated and/or tiled, along with optional large zooming text, and a looping sound file. Most of these images are created or edited by users. Most YTMNDs are meant to expose or reflect the more inane facets of pop culture.

Tell me if you find any good ones.

This One

Night at the Roddenberry

That One

And This

And if you are a Star Wars fan -

Vader Sings the Hits

Darth is a Barbie Girl

Phantom of the Opera

Life After Love

Cause You Had a Bad Day

And Some others-

Bush Loves them Bald

Tom Cruise kills Oprah

So, referrals were given out to folks up to July 22nd, 2005. Congrats to all those families who are finding out about their babies this week and next. I have a feeling that since all agencies were caught off guard, the pictures might be slow to post.

What does that mean for us? If we go by a guestimate, that we will have an Aug 30, 2006 LID (hoping for better but this might be it), Then we are 399 days from referral. Considering that this month, they did 9 days of LIDS, we are completely screwed. We seem to have enough time to run for President and still wait for this kid. We keep hearing “Oh, it will speed up.” But guess what? It hasn’t.

Anyone else feeling funky about this today?