irons in the fire

There seems to be a lot of irons in the fire these days. And then throw in a “might” thing, and I’ve just been hopping.

First of all, Friday was crazy. By noon I had a blog post written in my head about how nutty the day had been. But it only went downhill from there and by the end of the day I didn’t even want to think about it, much less write about it. I was just glad it was over.

I was doing a lot of washing so the girl could go to Disciple Now weekend at church. In true Texas style, we knew the weather was fluctuating and she wasn’t sure what she wanted to wear.

And the cat was acting funny. It’s never good when you get a text while you’re at the grocery store telling you that the cat has been doing Toby’s new trick all over the house.  Things can only go down hill from there.

But I got the house cleaned up, killed a bug and got the cat to the vet. She needed some assistance, shall we say. They kept her for a while and then I went to pick her up. She had a little bit of litter on her tail and I thought I’d just wipe it off with a wet paper towel. Well..that would be my bad for assuming without taking stock in the situation.

She needed a bath. Just let that settle in, won’t you. The CAT needed a bath.

I didn’t have any cat shampoo because cats usually take care of this sort of thing on their own. I had some cat wash stuff that you just put on a cloth and rub all over her, but that just wasn’t gonna cut it. So I sat her in some water in the sink. I thought I’d have less chance of losing her in the sink rather than with me hunched over the tub. I’m getting too old for that kinda stuff. She sat there with the offending end parts in the water while we splashed her and cleaned her paws with cat wash. We left her in the bathroom for quite some time hoping she would finish the job and get herself presentable. But I guess she was traumatized. She just sat there on a towel staring at the door.

Finally I let her out of the bathroom and she settled on her spot and got herself prettied up.

I am still giving her wet food with medicine mixed in. We’ve never given wet food. It smells. That is all I have to say about that. I’m still watching her intake and her box to see that she gets all straightened out.

And now for the “might”..we might sell our house. We have to find something we like first, and that is proving to be anything but easy. I’m picky. But I think everybody is. So I am trying to be patient. I’m not very good at it.

And I’m calling to get prices on a few fixes here. If we do sell, everything will be updated and pretty. And if we don’t sell, WE can enjoy the updates ourselves. This not what I call ‘the fun part’. The fun part is fixing up the new place and the old place selling easily. The selling part doesn’t always happen easily in this market. I’m a little skeert.

And I bought some cat shampoo.

chat

Miss Boo is enjoying so many things this year about her new school experience.

One of those things is CHATTING with other school mates.

It’s not uncommon to walk past her room and notice the chat window open and hear that tell- tale chime that says something was sent or received.

I’m glad she loves to chat and is enjoying the friendships they’ve created online. So as an ode to her new “hobby”, hubs made this cute video for her. Enjoy! : )

a new do

I decided to give the ole

bloggy-poo a new do. I was getting

tired of the busy wallpaper.

I was wanting to make three columns

instead of two. And  I just wanted to

spread out a little bit.

Tell me if I need to change anything.

Is anything too small or too bright or

just too ‘whatever’?

snow 2011

So it’s snowing. I think it started late last night and it’s still snowing late this morning. But at least it’s tapering off.

Let’s hear it for tapering off!

You can see bunny prints in the below pics. This first one was in my front yard. When I was taking the picture, I was noticing that the sidewalk is gone. And then when I looked at it later, I noticed the tracks.

Here’s a close up of some tracks. They were fresh and easy to see, but by the time I grabbed my camera, they’d been snowed on. Not quite as clear now. : ( 

There’s nature out there!

Snow days are fun. Don’t get me wrong. I love how pretty it is. I’ve enjoyed chatting way too much on Facebook. And seeing everybody’s pictures of this crazy weather.

But I am very ready for sunny skies and warmer weather.

And regular programming on tv.

another ice day

We’re still iced in. It’s 13 degrees. And it’s supposed to snow tomorrow.

Yay. (not really)

Hubs went to work yesterday. Someone almost slid into him about a block from the house. And then the rest of his trip in was uneventful. It took him an hour and a half to get home last night. And then it took almost a dozen tries to get up the driveway.

I’m making a mental list of all the things I’d like him to pick up from the store on his way home from work tonight. It may get above freezing on SATURDAY.

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All of this snow and ice has made me remember some of the fun ice/snow stuff we’ve done through the years. One year we put Miss Boo in a laundry basket and let her slide down the driveway. She loved it until it fell over at the bottom. And then she didn’t want to do that anymore.

She cried.

We laughed.

Parents of the year.

We’ve been threatening to send her down the driveway again, what with all the ice we’ve got.

She remembers and doesn’t really want to do that. But she doesn’t fit in a laundry basket anymore, so she thinks she’s safe.

Ya know, she might fit in the recycle bin. : )

in weather news today…

Remember when I said it sure was cold.

Well, I was only funnin’ then.

Because it’s REALLY cold now.

Like setting records.

We had rain, sleet, ice and snow within just a few hours. The schools are out today for the second day.

And today we are starting to have rolling power outages.

Yay.

I’ve already told the girl to hop in bed and cover up if the power goes off, because even though the power company says 15 minutes, it’s likely to be longer.

She and I are both sick with a sniffy, scratchy, viral something or other.

She’s a little bummed that “snow day” doesn’t have the same happy ring to it these days (since she does school online at home now).

But it’s too cold to go out or do anything anyway.

As in 14 degrees. And they were talking wind chills of 0 last night.

We left all the water dripping in the house last night and the cupboard door open under the sink since that’s an outside wall. So no problems there this morning.

But the water in the door of the frig isn’t working and I don’t know why.

I’m skeert.

baby, it’s cold outside

*tap tap tap*

Is this thing on?

I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve posted. Well, I guess that’s because it has! : )

Nothing much is going on here. Just the usual.

It’s cold. Not my favorite thing. I’ve just about decided that I would be in bad shape if we ever had to live in a place that got, ya know, really cold.

Don’t get me wrong, we do have cold weather. Last winter was pretty bad for us with many snow days and a record snow fall. So far this year, although it’s been very cold, we’ve only gotten a dusting at my house..although a neighboring community got several inches.

I got all giddy the other day. I was reading the weather on my iPod Touch and it called for temps close to 80 in a few days. I couldn’t believe my eyes! How could I have missed this wonderful news???… I thought, as I shivered under a blanket.

Then I realized was reading ORLANDO’s weather.

My bad.

Leaves me pining away to be at the happiest place on earth and those beautiful blue skies!