That Was Scary!

Tonight I walked into the livingroom that has our computer. The cat, Sassy, has decided her new place to sleep is on my printer. It is a fax, printer, etc. but the fax part is not hooked up. Thankfully, as Sassy likes to step on the button that dials. While walking in, I notice Sassy asleep. But something just doesn't look right. I walk over and talk to her. She doesn't move. I touch her. Still nothing. I somewhat pick her up. She feels dead. I have held a lot of dead animals in my life and she is dead.

Terry is there beside me telling me to see if she is breathing. I don't feel anything. I kind of shake her. Still nothing. I am thinking...how am I going to tell my children that yet another pet has passed. Even though she is around 15 years old. About that time, Sassy opens her eyes and looks at me as if I have disturbed her dying. Damn cat! Scared the life out of me. If that is her idea of fun to play dead then she is a very disturbed cat. I will be surprised if we have much time with her. She has been acting stranger. I told her tonight to say hi to Trapp and Mask when she crosses over. Tell them that I miss them and love them. Life will truly not be the same without the old girl. She has been our family since she was 2 months old.

During the first years of Terry and my relationship, we had a siamese tomcat. Terry and the tomcat had a bit of territory tussle. One day the cat disappeared. I still don't know what happened to the cat. I missed him and was looking for another siamese to replace him. Many months went by with no luck. I missed having a cat. One day on party line, I heard the ad for free kittens. I called the number, knowing it was not a siamese. I went there after work and there was Sass and her siblings. I don't remember how many I had to chose from. I think maybe 6 kittens were in that box. I fell in love with Sass. She had the little white spot on her nose that looked like an angel kissed her on the lips.

She also has the most endearing black toe. She has white boots on all feet except that one black toe. Oh she was a feisty little kitten. Therefore, her name was born. Sassafras T. Reynolds Lindberg is her full name. She bit too hard. Had to swat her many times to get her to restrain herself. Plus she had the most maddening habit of bringing home her prey and sneaking it into the house. So many times she didn't kill it and there was a live bird or bunny in our house. Now she doesn't hunt so much. Does a lot of sleeping.

Wyatt and Sass didn't get along when he was a toddler. She would attack him and he would beat up her. They now have a tenuous relationship but they are friends. Cracks me up when she is playing and will allow me to touch her or retrieve something close to her. The boys try to get it and she attacks them. Such a funny kitty.

Momma's New Pair of Shoes

Well last time I talked about socks and undies. This time it is about shoes. All of us needs new shoes. Terry got 2 new pairs of boots, Morghan a pair of tennies, and me a pair of very pretty blue Nike tennies. It has been 2 years since Terry and I had new shoes. Ok, I have had dress shoes and flip flops. But not my everyday, kick around town shoes.

I can not believe how fast little boys can go through shoe sizes. What the heck? At the beginning of school he was at a size 3. Now he is in a 4 1/2. I can not believe we could get these shoes on his feet everyday. I need to get Wyatt in and check out what size he wears. Sooner or later they have to stop don't they. Gonna have clown feet soon.

All in all we had a good weekend. Stayed somewhat close to home. On Saturday, we drove to the scout camp and participated in the popcorn pizza party. Only 33 scouts succeeded in this honor. Wyatt being one of them. They have a drawing of extra prizes. Wyatt won a 1/2 paid admission to scout camp this summer. He was not impressed. His first choices were walkie talkies, then something else I can't remember, then the last chance was the paid admission. I was happy with it as it has a value of almost $100. Him being a child, he wanted something to play with and take home.

Have to love Jeremy. He is the scout person in charge of the popcorn party. There is a large barn that has been renovated. Upstairs in the loft is where we had the party. It is around 40 degrees for the temperature for the day. Inside the barn feels colder. There is no heat. Jeremy says the heater is broken and we are just going to have to make the best of it. I went out to the car to retrieve my coat. Some families were not as lucky. Be prepared people!

About 1/2 way through the event, I went over to talk to Terry. He says the heater is working now. He was able to fix it. Fixing it was just a matter of lighting the pilot light. Umm Jeremy...love ya doll but we need to work on growing that brain. rofl

Been busy preparing for the blue and gold banquet. So much to do so little time. I would really like to get Wyatt cub scout scrap booking done. Then I can keep up with boy scouts right. Ha! As if.

Tax Refund

Whew! We made it to another year of the tax refund! Yay! I love that we get so much back. Thankfully kids help that a lot. It is the only thing that enabled me to stay at home this past year. I am hoping we will be as lucky. So far, we have gotten our state refund back. It helped keep the gas turned on so far. Paid that bill as soon as I knew the money was there.

So many things we need from this return. Tonight I spent $65 dollars mainly on socks and underwear. How sad is that? That we have to wait for a refund to be able to not have ratty undies. This economy has to turn around fast! Pray, pray, pray!

A Quiet Weekend

Today, we didn't have anything to do. No where to go. It is so nice for once. Seems like every weekend we have had to be somewhere. Most people would be cleaning and straightening out their lives...nope not us. We have been so lazy. I slept in till almost 9:00 a.m. Then made cinnamon bread for the boys. Around 11:00 a.m., I crawled back in bed beside Terry. He was asleep and I did the same. I was in there for a couple of hours.

It is nice to be quiet sometimes. Ok, I am lying. My family loves to be on the go and without doing it we are bored stiff. I dread tomorrow, because it will be the same. I should be doing lots of stuff. Haven't done that yet.

A Weekend Visit

Well they found us again. My mother-in-law and her boyfriend came for a visit. This should hold us out for a lot of months now. Shouldn't have anymore visits anytime soon I wouldn't think. Visits with the in-laws has become a common occurance the last few months. I enjoy the company, but man it is a lot of work. This time it wasn't so bad as we were not at home much during the time they were here.

Wyatt had another archery competition. He did really well. Moved up to level 3 in the recurve. Stayed at level 1 in the compound. Good news is that he did better on the compound. Seems to be understading it just a little more. The in-laws seemed to enjoy it. They had never been to one before so was all new to them. Wyatt was able to shoot in the first 2 rounds and it was over quicker than the past tournaments. We went to eat and didn't have to wait long before they gave out the awards.

On the drive home, we drove through Roman Nose Stare Park. That was a lot of fun. Had the best day in a long time to enjoy the scenery. Walked around and looked at the lake. If your in the neighborhood call and stop by.

Another Day at the Office

Good morning all! I am really being lazy lately. I need to maybe see the doctor but with no money and possible laying-off over our heads, I will skip it. I have had a cough for the last 4 months or so. It is just sinus drainage in the back of my throat. I have taken Claritan and Mucinex for it but no help. Now I think I am getting a sinus infection. Trying to do everything not to.

Life here hasn't changed. There is a list of things I need to do but don't wanna. They are just a list of things that need to be done but is really tedious. Oh well. Just do it and it will be over. My friend just called. We are going out to lunch and she called to inform me to be ready a little sooner. So off to hit the shower and get ready. Later.

The Economy

Well the New Year has come and gone. We found the dog's owner. His name is Apollo. She gave the boys $20 which I thought was very generous. We would have done it for free. Didn't expect payment. I asked to keep him till noon so we could love on him before we had to take him back home. She also owns a cocker named Sara. Sara came to the door when we rang it. She didn't bark until she saw Apollo. She missed him so much and you could tell. Apollo was scared from some fireworks and jumped the fence. I am glad that we were able to help him out so he didn't get hurt.

I feel like I haven't gotten anything accomplished lately. I have been keeping up with housework but nothing else. I hate housework!! I really need to find a job. Terry doesn't think his job will continue. He thinks his boss is trying to sell the company off. I don't know what we are going to do. I am going to encourage him to find something else. But he is not a team player. He speaks before he thinks. So irritating. Not too many employees will put up with that. Pray that he doesn't get layed off.

I think I am going to call the school that I applied to tomorrow. I didn't want the job because of the hours but now I can't be picky. I really didn't want the job either but we need money for rent, food, etc. The hours will work for me but not my family. They will have to adjust and hope that things get better financially for all. I have looked around for a job and there just isn't a whole lot of options.

Happy New Year!

Well 2008 has come to a close. Ended it with lots of fun. Terry and I went out with our friends, Tony and Sonya to supper. The boys were at a church function that lasted till 12:30. Had to take advantage of that so we went out. After supper, we came back to our house and played games and the Wii. At midnight, we kissed and drank a glass of sparkling wine. I am not a champagne fan so the wine was a real treat! Even Terry thought it was good. Then off to get the boys. They had a blast! Had a hard time getting them to sleep.

Funniest part of the evening is that we found a dog. Well, ok, he found us. When we were driving to the church, we saw a dog in the street. When I stopped, the dog came running out of the dark. Scared me. I put him in the vehicle and took him home. I would not want him to get ran over. Today, is New Year's and everything is closed. So there was no way to contact his owner. Hoping it will be an easy process as he is wearing a collar and it has his rabies tag on it. Nice dog and I am certain the owners are frantic with worry. The boys are loving his visit. I have not had to tell them to give him food and water. They can not believe how much water he drinks. They have also taken him on a walk about 3-4 times today. I would love to get another dog, but Terry is adamant about no more dogs.

All of our company is gone. Took f-i-l back to Nebraska on Christmas Day. Whew! We made it. He was in good health and he didn't croak from the salt intake. Then we travelled to Lincoln to spend time with my family. I was the guest finally. That was kind of nice. I tried to help my sister out as much as possible. I still don't get some things my family treats me. Has never made sense to me. Oh well. Life is short.

Jimbo has a fabulous light show this year. Him and his Christmas lights. I was really impressed with them. My niece, mother, sister and I drove to the corner and watched the lights. Also, listened to the radio station. It was really nice. Only came back because we were hungry and thought the steaks should be done. My nephew, BJ, cooked the steaks. Glad he doesn't take after his dad in cooking steaks. Bert's idea of cooked steaks is well done. BJ likes to eat his like that but he cooked everyone else at around medium. Good food! I would have liked to stay a day longer, but I decided I needed to get home. Glad we did as I was ill the next day and I would have had to drive home like that. Besides, Terry had a day off to enjoy around the house. No family members visiting. Pure heaven!