Irish Proverb:

"Beware of people who dislikes cats"

WTF!!!

BANG! RATTLE..RATTLE!

That's what woke me this morning at4:41 am!

Sounded like it came from the doors downstairs!

The "bang" noise sounded like a door slamming shut! That made me sit upright in bed...heart pounding...then came the noise of something/someone trying to open the double doors...you know...rattle...rattle!

Suki had been sleeping with me and she was sitting up looking towards the door...so I know she heard it also! Thumber was standing in my doorway looking towards downstairs! So I know it wasn't anything that the cats did...like they could have rattled the doors anyways?

My first thought was the back doors...was someone trying to get in...or maybe some stupid drunk person thought they would be funny and tried to kick them in!

I jumped out of bed and looked out the window to see if any fools where in the back alley but no one showed up in that area! I even opened the window so I could here if anyone was there...nothing!

I stood there for awhile listening for anything else...still nothing!

Both cats headed out the bedroom door so I figured I would follow them to see what was it that they were going to investigate! I knew if Thumber ran...that would mean someone was in the place and Suki would be brave/curious enough to see what/who it was!

Both cats went downstairs so I followed...heart still pounding!

I kept the lights off because I am used to walking around here in the dark and I figured that they wouldn't know where I was. I have a lot of crap around so it would make it hard for someone to move about in the dark if they didn't know the layout too well!

Nothing!

I checked all doors...everything was as I left it!

Nothing had fallen or was broken! All was quiet!
I listened for any noise out the back doors...nothing!

NOW I AM WIDE AWAKE! Thankfully the heart has stopped pounding!

Must of being the "slamming doors"...which happens quiet a bit in here! I don't mind it in the daytime as I have gotten used to it but I sure hate it when it wakes me up that way!!!

Can't go back to sleep...nothing to do but blog and wait for the coffee to finish brewing....

and listen.........

TALK ABOUT LEARNING SOMETHING NEW TODAY!

Being bored I decided to check out how others blog and what they yak about.

Man did I get an eye opening!

Stupid naive me thought everyone blogged the same...you know general ideas!

There is some real crap out there!

Don't know why I worried about coming off as weird...I am actually kind of on the normal side compared to the crap I just previewed.

I know its "each to their own" but boy oh boy there are some f__ked up stuff!

Go onto the main page on bloggie here and keep hitting the "next blog" button.

It's seems anything is allowed on here!

I got an eye opener about "hot docking"!
Hate to admit not knowing everything but I definitely did not know anything about that! Don't bother asking me what it is because you are going to have to look that one up for yourselves! Warning...this is not for young eyes!

My grand kids are NEVER going to use my computer for looking up blogs!

Random looking gets you porno, nudity, racism, Nazism [if that's such a word] and who knows what else because I gave up after awhile!

Bloggie desperately needs to modify its blog search and separate itself into different sections!
1. Adult Content
2. Interests
3. Languages

I believe in the freedom of speech but let me also have the freedom of choosing what I want to hear/see about!!!

10 LAWS FOR CATS TO LIVE BY:

1. Always give generously. A small bird or rodent left on bed tells them, you care.

2. Climb your way to the top. That's why the drapes are there.

3. Curiosity never kill anything except for maybe a few hours.

4. Find your place in the sun. Especially if it happens to be on that nice pile of warm, clean laundry.

5. If you are not receiving enough attention, try knocking over several expensive antique lamps.

6. Life is hard, then you nap.

7. Make your mark in the world. Or at least spray each corner.

8. Never sleep alone when you can sleep on someones face.

9. Variety is the spice of life. One day ignore people, the next day annoy them.

10. When in doubt, cop an attitude.

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY!

This day was founded by the United Nations in1977…March 8^th is a day to celebrate all of the women who have touched or even inspired you!

Motherhood:

1977 is also the year that my daughter was born and she was my biggest inspiration ever to become a better person and a worth-while mother!

I am so proud to say that she has turned out to be better than I could of ever of hoped for! With all of what she has to go through in her own life she has always been there to be a shoulder I could cry on and a helper for me to continue to carry on! What more could I ever of asked for!

Both of my children and grand children are a measuring stick of my success and life would be nothing without them all! They taught me patience!

Sisterhood:

My two younger sisters are the other ones who have inspired me to become a better sister! They showed be how to open my heart to a dysfunctional family and made me understand that I wasn’t alone! My younger sister now carries that burden daily as she is the bringer of all of the family messages! Without her I would hear nothing! She brings me family!

Strength:

My Step-Mother was my inspiration to make me make use of all of my talents! She took a willful girl and made her into a challenging person…she taught me how to stand up for myself! She also taught me the right way and the wrong way on how to bring up kids!

Friendship:

Lastly but not least…Wilma! She taught me how to open up to strangers…she gave me the freedom of speech…the therapy of blogging!

Colour this day a RAINBOW!

Cat Poem – taken from www.adoptacatfoundation.org

The food in my bowl
Is old and more to the point
Contains no tuna.

So you want to play.
Will I claw at dancing string?
Your ankle’s closer.

There’s no dignity
In being sick: which is why
I don’t tell you where.

Seeking solitude
I am locked in the closet.
For once I need you.

Tiny can dumped in Plastic bowl
Presentation: One star
Service: none.

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

Your mouth is moving;
Up and down, emitting noise.
I’ve lost interest.

The dog wags his tail,
Seeking approval. See mine?
Different message.

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

Most problems can be
Ignored. The more difficult
Ones can be slept through.

My affection is conditional.
Don’t stand up,
It’s your lap I love.

Cats can't steal the breath
Of children. But if my tail’s
Pulled again, I’ll learn.

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.

Is This A Hint or What?

The Weird Cat struck again!

The night before she brought me another present...a hairbrush?

This hairbrush is a good size that an average dog can handle but somehow Suki managed to bring it up from downstairs and drop it at my feet!

Question is....is it a hint that I should brush my hair...or maybe its time to brush hers?

By the way...both cats LOVE having their fur brushed so who knows?

UNDER THE WEATHER!

The "cold" bug struck again! It is a rotten vicious cycle!

During cold/flu seasons everyone should wear masks [like Micheal Jackson wears all of the time] when they plan on being in crowded places! Especially places that have runny faced kids!

Or maybe one of the science projects [you know the one on germs] escaped!

Aj was home sick Monday with a cold/sore ears and now PoD is home sick today with it!

I don't think I gave it to them as my cold likes me and refused to go away!

PoD works with me daily so she should have gotten it a long time ago if I was contagious and should have passed it to her kids then!

The science fair had plenty of runny noses and a couple even came to the birthday party?

You figure with being ill so much that I would have figured out the saying "feed a fever and starve a cold" or is it "feed a cold and starve a fever"???

It must be "feed a cold and starve a fever" because I haven't stopped feeding mine!

Does one really need to have a fever before the "eating continuously" stops?!!

See what I mean..."a rotten vicious cycle"!!!

Got to go blow my nose......

UPDATE ON GRANDKIDS DAY

Man with all my whining I forgot to let all you impatiently waiting people about how our day went with the Science Fair and birthday party!

The first phone call came at noon!

AJ has this problem of thinking her mom will forget!

So since she has the shop and mom's cell number memorized she gives mom these "where are you calls" to make sure that her mom isn't a "dead beat mom" and forgets anything! I think AJ was in Kindergarten when PoD must of missed something and it has been a worry for her ever since!

PoD let her know that we had to eat lunch first and we would be there around 1:00 or so.

Well lunch place was busy and we had some more stuff to pick up because of a party addition so we ate late.

We had another phone call from her while we were eating!

She is definitely a "worry wart"!

Finally we were there...around 1:00 or so! AJ greeted us at the doorway to the gym where the fair was being held...she had been frantically waiting for us! You could see the relief on her face as she recognized that we were finally there!

I have always made it a point to attend all of my kids functions and wasn't about to miss my grand kids stuff either!

AJ's display was in the second row and we had to look at others before we finally made it to hers [more worry for her] so we got a glimpse of what many in her class had done also.

This fair was a combination of grade 3 to 7.

AJ's display was great...she did a really good job!!!

I was quite pleased with her effort and the fact that she had no help! We saw quite a few that were good also but many that looked like "parents" did it for them or at least helped!

I was not impressed with what a lot of the older kid's projects...a lot looked like they were thrown together at the last minute! What impressed me was the diversity of subjects...not too many duplications! And there was only 2 volcanoes!

You should have seen the chaos of kids! I am sure glad I am not a teacher! The kids [except my grand kids] all looked like they were on hyper-pills!

PoD and I were sure glad to get out of there!

Party time!

We managed to have some time for coffee before the party kids arrived!

Then chaos hit! Thankfully a few kids had hockey practice and couldn't make it...not good for JD but he was happy with who did come!

We do not do games and the kids are happy that we don't!

Their excitement is playing with other kids toys and love my grand kids rooms...which they think are very cool [I will be blogging about the rooms when I can add photos]!

AJ was able to have a girl friend [her brother was a party guest] over to play with her and amazingly there were no problems...we always read them the "riot act" first just in case!

After playing a bit AJ opened his presents...then came the food!

We had hotdogs, snacks, pop and JD's birthday cake was cup cakes...which was a very smart idea! We let the kids put their own hotdogs together themselves and they loved it!

Next thing we knew moms were arriving to take their darlings home!

Everything happened so fast that it wasn't that stressful...we worried for nothing!

I then hugged my grand kids goodbye and went home to peace and quiet!

There wasn't even anyone on the answering machine!

Colour my day VERY HAPPY!

ALL BETTER!

Woke this morning feeling lots better than I did last night.

Checked out all other body parts and all okay!
The right knee hurts a bit...must of wrenched it in the "wipe out" and the old noggin' has a nice goose egg...slight headache!

So all and all I came out alright!

Can we say paranoid?!!
Lately with all my illness and life in general I seemed to be living a life of "what next" syndrome!

Our town has suffered a few deaths of young people [heart related] and one can't help feeling "what IS going to happen next"?!!

Screw all the aches, pains and other woes....

All whining aside...I will count my lucky stars and be thankful for just being alive!!!!

NOT A GOOD IDEA!

I didn't think I had anything to blog about today...until I went for a walk!

It had been a lazy day for me with too much TV for entertainment and thus giving me a slight headache. So I decided to clear my head /sinus and go for a walk.

It was really nice out except for the wind...which was a little chilly.
All the stores were closed downtown and it was a nice walk until I stepped on some black ice and down I went!

Wipe Out!

I ended up hitting the back of my head on the sidewalk when I fell!

Thankfully I had a toque on and that protected my head somewhat. But now my mild headache is now a real throbber! Hopefully my skull is thick enough and my fall didn't cause any more problems!

I have never broken a bone ever! Although I have fallen twice before with bad results...once when I was 13 giving me a hairline fracture [skull] and again 6 yrs ago when I dislocated my left elbow.

I had just gotten over the fear of falling [at my age] and now it's back again!

I guess I will leave the walking to the treadmill until our ice age is over!!

Got to go and take a headache pill and maybe an ice pack....?

Irish Friendship Wish...

May there always be work for your hands to do;

May your purse always hold a coin or two;

May the sun always shine on your windowpane;

May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;

May the hand of friend be always near you;

May your heart be filled with gladness to cheer you!

Work like you don't need the money,

Love like you've never been hurt,

Dance like nobodys watching,

And sing like nobodys listening!

May Good Luck follow you always!

MY GRAND KIDS DAY!

Well another week has gone by and I am still blowing my nose...I should have bought stocks in the Kleenex factory for all the tissues I have gone through! I sure am tired of constantly blowing...not to mention still talking like a fog horn! I finished the antibiotic regime and still feel like crap! Can one take more antibiotics? I guess time will tell if this goes away?

Today will be a busy day after lunch as we will be closing shop for the rest of the day.

There is a science fair today at the school right after lunch and my grand daughter has her first entry [gr.3]. It doesn't matter to me how she does...I'm excited to see just what she has done. The only help she received was from me on her back drop board...all I did was cut it out for her. Other than that she did it all herself!

After that PoD and I will be getting her house ready to host seven kids for JD's birthday party! He was unable to have it on his birthday as it was the school's winter break. Hopefully we will make it through without losing our minds.

Seven over-rambunctious boys are a lot to handle!

Children [not my grand kids] today are brought up differently and can be quite obnoxious!
In this day and age parents don't want to have to be disciplinarians...it's like they are afraid their children won't like them if they are?

Sounds stupid to me!

I guess I was a bad mom by raising my kids to respect others and not to be hellions!
I knew that I could take my kids anywhere and people would like them!

Thankfully my daughter is the same way because my grand kids are a joy to be around!!

Both of my kids are wonderful adults today and there is no signs that they were abused by being disciplined properly! If anything we are closer than most...my kids show me the respect that I deserve for being a good parent!

So PoD and I will just have to "bite-the-bullet" and keep repeating..."it's only for a couple of hours and then it will be over"!!

One thing I know for sure..."I can go home for some peace and quiet"!

Today will be a test of my PATIENCE!

Maybe with my ears being plugged-up I won't hear too much?

This will be a multi-coloured day!

It's Friendship Week!

Just received an email from a friend in the form of a "Chain Letter"!

It has the usual wish you good tidings...yada, yada...

Then it utters a curse in the end!

What kind of friend sends you good luck one moment and if you don't send it on to others you will have a year of back luck?

Why would I want to send this note to my friends to insure my good luck and then bind them with this curse...makes no sense to me!

So in saving my friends from this curse I will take my chances and risk the year of bad luck by deleting the message!

Better bad luck than NO FRIENDS!

Please be a good friend and quit these "Chain Letter" curses!

NOT A WINNER!

I picked up tickets for the "million for 25 yrs" draw and it was drawn yesterday!

Nope...not a winner!

What a waste of money...on my part!

I don't know why I waste the money as I am definitely not lucky in games of chance!

I guess the dreaming is over and back to reality...I will be working to get myself out of the hole until I die!

I can think positive...I know by working I will have earned it!

At least I am employed!

Counting my own blessing...QoH

Weird Cat!

My cat Suki is the weirdest cat I have ever lived with!

We used to live on an acreage where there was lots of room for a cat to have fun. You know; climb trees and hunt the little animals! She always liked to bring me a little surprize to show me how good she was or maybe something I would like to eat?

Since moving into town she has never been allowed the freedom of going outside.
She wouldn't last two minutes out there!
She would either get run over or someone would pick her up...she's just too friendly!
So I have to keep her in much to her displeasure!

The one thing she hasn't stopped doing is bringing me presents!

Generally it is the pieces of discarded vinyl...I can tell when she has had a busy night from all of the vinyl balls that I have to pick up the next morning.
I used to collect these little "Kindersurprize Toys" and her favorites were ones that had wheels. When stepped on they hurt worse than the "dinky toys" my son used to leave around! So I put them away where she couldn't find them.

That didn't stop the bringing of gifts!

The other night I could hear her bringing me another gift!
When she brings a gift to me she makes this weird "sounding" noise to call me to come and see. It's something a female cat does when she has kittens and she is bringing them food to eat...kind of like calling them for dinner.

Anyways...this noise is the weirdest yet!

My first thought is that she must have caught a mouse [there has been a couple so far] because she sounded different. I hoped it was dead becaused I didn't feel like chasing a live one around after she let it go. I know it's her challenge to me whether I can catch it or not!

But to my surprise she brought me a pencil sharpener!

Not your ordinary tiny sharpener! This one had a container that caught the shavings as you sharpened your pencil! How she got her small mouth around that big sharpener is a mystery to me. The sharpener is a round barrel type with a diameter of 1.25" and is 2" high!

I very seldom use a sharpener as I prefer a pen to a pencil!

The next night I decided to paint another rock and needed to sketch a rough draft first. I always use a paint brush and paint to do this sketch...never using a pencil. This time I though I would try the pencil instead of the paint.

I had to search around for a pencil and when I found one, it needed to be sharpened!

Low and behold there on the table in front of me was the pencil sharpener that my cat brought me!

Like I said...weird cat!

Why are there more lids than bowls?

Lids:

I keep all of my lids for my containers in a drawer.
It's just for them and lids are not put anywhere else!

The drawer is so full it's like they are multiplying in there!

Yet, I barely have any containers?

The containers that I do have...I can't find any lids that fit?

It's like the "Sock-in-the-Dryer" Syndrome!

It's A New Day!

Thankfully yesterday is finally over!

We spent the whole day expecting to hear bad news!

It was at lunch time that the phone call came about the accident and it was a working day.
I guess with being distracted so much we made at lot of mistakes!
It was kind of a "one step forward...three back" type of day!

PoD figured that we shouldn't even be working with all of the errors that were made...so we have decided to make Feb. 27 our "Button's Day" and not do any kind of work because that was the day that hers stopped!

The one thing I have to thank Wilma for was introducing me to blogging!

I find writing to be very therapeutic!

Once it is written it's gone!

I love the freedom of speech!

"Bones" -QoH

I HATE THIS DAY!!!

Three years ago today I received the phone call everyone dreads!

My younger sister died in a tragic farm accident!

An accident that could have been prevented!

I remember telling her to work safe…and she didn’t!

They say that time heals all wounds so why is it that I feel like it was only yesterday!

There was only 18 months difference in our ages and our mom dressed us like twins. Even our relatives couldn’t tell us apart! So that’s probably why I feel like I’ve lost my twin!

We had only just found each other again and our last year together was wonderful…so full of memories!

That whole year was magical for me and yet quite puzzling?

Her husband was a stickler for her helping out on the farm and usually she had to beg him to take the time to come and see me [we lived only 2 hrs apart]!

We celebrated Easter, took in the town wide garage sale [garage “sailing” was our favorite past time], she helped me put a float together for the parade [we won first prize in the commercial sector] and we rode together while in that parade. That was the first time the parade ever had a bagpipe band [since the 23 yrs been here] and it was right in front of us…she said that they had it just for her because it was her favorite…they haven’t had one since. We attended a gift show in Edmonchuk [Aug] and used that time together to do a memory lane trip. We parked my trailer on our old home site [which is now the exhibitions parking lot] right beside one of the trees that we used to climb as kids. We went swimming in the outdoor pool that we use to train in [our family was into competitive swimming] and was grossed out by the unhealthy condition that it was in so we swam in the other indoor pool near the area. We used these times as our daily shower and clean up. For her birthday we went to the Storyland Valley Zoo where we learned that the zoo was first located in the park near our home…we used to go there a lot when we were kids! We even visited the flower/plant conservatory before going back home.

We did a memory lane about our past as we traveled back and her memory was better than mine. She remembered our nick-name that we had for each other. Hers was “Buttons” and mine was “Bones”…I guess way back when I was crazy about Halloween!

The odd part of the story is that I was very unhealthy at that time and was even sick on the way home. I had this bad feeling that made me feel like I was going to die soon and we talked a lot about death and how we would like our funerals to be? Being too sick to drive home I stayed over night at her house and headed out early in the morning with a feeling that I was never coming back to her place! Which I never have been!

I thought that would be our last time together yet we were able to go camping and she came to see me again at Halloween. She loved doing up the courthouse for the event and was sad that we were not going to be doing it again until the year after that. She even came back to help out on those nights and helped take stuff down afterwards.

We saw each other again at Xmas time and when we parted I had the strongest urge to hug her but didn’t [our family wasn’t the hugging type…something I have since changed] this is something I will regret forever!

It was the happiest year for the both of us! I did mention it to her but thought maybe her husband was changing for the better…I wasn’t going to complain.

I received a gift from her in the mail for my birthday.
The card gave me quite a shock and my heart felt like it fell to the floor when I opened it!
The front was all black and said “My Deepest Condolences”!
Inside was written “On the passing of your youth” Happy Birthday Anyway…Love your younger sister.
Her gift to me was a little fairy [angel?] sitting on a basket of strawberries?

We didn’t normally buy gifts for each other but that last year we did?

The last time I spoke to her was on my birthday where we joked about the card and my reaction to it.

Nine days later she was dead!

Her passing brought our family together once again at her funeral…if only for that moment!

What it has taught me is that life is too short and I value the closeness of my other younger sister even more so! Without her I would be lost! We three girls used to be the “Three Musketeers”.

I have also become closer to my older brother “Tank” and my sister-in-law ever since then and they to me!
I am happy for that!

I wish I could be closer to my niece and nephew but sadly I am not. Although she does visit us from time to time and she has gotten closer to PoD and that makes me happy!

The bad thing is my hate for my brother-in-law!

I first felt sorry for him because of his involvement until he found love with another woman, only four short months after his wife’s death?

That only increased my questions about my sister’s death?

This is a boil that is still festering!

Time doesn’t necessarily heal all wounds!

Mine are still bleeding!

Color this day BLACK!!!

Up early again [3:30 am] still all stuffed up...when the hell is the medicine going to kick in!
Played some games and then went to the bloggy spot to do todays update.
The evil fairy was messing around with my computer again and I couldn't even get anything out of the internet.
Kept losing the page...no info!
Damn I hate depending on computers!
Me and them DONT GET ALONG!
I hate being computer illiterate...that knowledge refuses stick and makes absolutely NO SENSE to me!
This will be the fourth time trying to blog today...keeping this short!
Will be back soon as this site will let me or I get some rest and stop jinxing it!
Definitely staying away from my cutter!