Our Kitty Has a New Home

Our kitty is living out in the country with lots of other kitties and horses. Sarah came and picked her up today. When she saw it she said, "Wow - it is tiny!" I was sad and teared up, but it is really for the best. I'm glad that we were able to find a home for him and didn't have to take him to the animal shelter. He was fairly nearly feral when we rescued him (which took 2

days) but surprised everyone by eating, playing, and purring. Beatrix is very happy to have him gone. She's been pouting with her tail between her legs the past few days. She can't HEAR or SEE a cat but she sure did smell one! ::snort::

Tuesday -

PAC meeting (Protestant Advisory Committee). We had planned the pool but it was raining and silly me I THOUGH IT WOULD BE COLD AND STAY RAINY...... but not in W TX. ::snort:: We'll try the pool again sometime this week - it's my Summer Play Challenge...and I must not lose a challenge.

I took Jared to get his hair cut and ran to Sam's for "stuff" while he did that. CAT LITTER!

We played with the kitten - a lot. He was WILD but now purrs while he nips at us. LOL We have a lead on a home - continue praying. We'll find out tomorrow.

This Kitty is learning to read

Zander has named him Nicholas - because he is a boy. ::snort::

Kitty loves to climb up our sleeves

I tackled the closet mentioned below. Jamin made my DAY by cooking dinner...rice, meatballs, salad, fruit, lumpia and something else.

I tried out the new camera!

She was running towards me with the pineapple (we're out of everything but bananas and lettuce).

Taken in a pitch black room, early this a.m.

SPAM BLOG

Goodness...yahoo has always hated me and now blogger hates me! I may get a complex. Blogger has decided that my blog is a spam blog. ::snort:: I've requested they review this determination. Basically it means that I have to enter lines of those annoying letters before I can publish entries...and since I am notorious for getting those annoying letters WRONG, it is convinced that I'm a spam. LOL

Summer Clean-Up Update!

Here's one of the AFTER shots!

In the process I found - several sets of Christmas cards (5 boxes times many years), an unfinished quilt, little lights that say "I Love You" (I hung them above the mirror - see how I get sidetracked?), lots of OLD SL science kits, the Readerware software and scanner, the bunko basket (anyone local like to play couples bunko???), a HUGE rubbermaid container of art/craft supplies, enough tissue paper to fill a big box (I buy new each time I have a gift because I can't find the tissue paper) and TWO BOXES of photos that need to be put in photo albums....

This closet had really become the "toss it in there if you don't have a spot for it" closet. I have that whole set of plastic drawers that are EMPTY - but I'll fill it. One of us hates to throw out boxes so I found boxes to anything that had been purchased in the past 2 years.

Hey - haven't I TOLD y'all REPEATEDLY not to put me on a pedastal. I'm real people! ::snort::

I believe this is the LAST area that was waiting to be organized since our move. In my defense I was 8 1/2 months pregnant when we moved in here....then on bedrest for 3 weeks after the labor. ::snort:: Then my girls left home and it's taken me a while to get a routine going.

I NEED AN INTERVENTION

This is the last closet that I need to organize. It's a second one in our room. We thought it would make a good school closet....but now I look at all this stuff and think "MAYBE NOT!!!" ARGH....I'm stymied....but there isn't much else to work on....so I'll go give it a shot....

Having started pulling things out - most of it IS school stuff - the big things like microscopes, telescopes are on the floor....other stuff thrown in as it fits.... ugh. I had Darshia's plan to follow with the toy closet.....If you don't hear from me for a few more days....you'll know where I am....and seriously any local friends that want to come do an intervention.....like whisk me out for chocolate (where IS the nearest Bennigans????) and maybe the kids will organize this one....oh wait....they have been helping with this one....

Marvelous Monday....

I hopped out of bed bright and early and made it to Curves. I will hit 50 workouts this week. I really want a t-shirt....we have to do 100 workouts for a t-shirt. I'm so very tempted to buy some on ebay! ::snort::

I got home, showered, and welcomed Charly and two of her children to our house. Charly's dh was having his change of command ceremony on base. This means that there is a new man taking his command and Michael and Charly have officially left our base. ::sigh:: It WAS nice to see Charly again.

While we played, Jamin and Josiah continued trying to catch the elusive kitty. We are really trying to find a home for this sweetie.

Jamin had to work this evening. He spent the day printing out Guild Assignments for me.....they are "graded" - I just need them for his portfolio. Yes, I'm now working on his. NARS calls Aug 31st the last day of our school year.....and we have until Dec 31st to get this year's portfolio in - but I hate starting a new year until the old year is mailed! ::snort::

I cleaned the fridge and freezer (OH LISA - ANOTHER SUMMER CLEAN UP ACCOMPLISHMENT! LOL).....

We went shopping for a lap top - and ::drum roll::: I bought the Cannon Power Shot s1000 - I used Tricia's and liked it....we shall see. I have 14 days to see if it will work for a point and click. I'm wonder WHY we need a face detection mode. I figure if you can't detect a face, you probably shouldn't be trying to take photos. ::snort:: Nonetheless, we dutifully tried it out...yep....it detected a face! ::snort:: What mode do y'all leave it on? Auto or kids/pets?????

Graduation Gift

After 3 frustrating sales cycles, we finally bought a laptop for Josiah today. We began buying the children a lap top when they graduated because we didn't want to give them our desk tops....no, that's not it....we knew they would need them. ::snort::

Best Buy evidently puts fantastic sales on - and then only send 7 to each store. Ah well - today we got a lap top. It seems to be having trouble booting up - and I'm probably sunk. They wanted me to pay $159 for them to take off the junk that was on there, boot it up the first time, and load virus software on it. I declined.

Mike has plans of converting our home computers to wireless. We have to buy another MS Office as we now have 5 computer - the two laptops still have the trial stuff on them.