Saturday Ramble

I've got nothin for the Scavenger Hunt. Plush? Newp. Nothing.

I had the worlds longest spam in my previous post, AND they got past word verification. I'm just so excited about that.

I have tried tuna with the cat outside. I'm sure that's why I caught all the other cats. I guess Wolf is just wise to me. Ok.. that's fine. Be wise in 25 degree temps. I can only do so much.

I can't believe that MSNBC news this morning has "Breaking News" on the TomKat wedding. What?? This is breaking news? Who cares?

I'm drinking my last diet coke right now. This is not good. I guess I'm going to have to get out to the store. Out in public. What will I wear?? :P

I watched the wildest movie last night (this morning, actually). It was called Very Bad Things on the Independent Film Channel. It says it's a comedy, and I guess I can see how they can call it that. A black comedy anyway. But it was quite twisted.
I truly only saw the comedy at the end when everyone kind of got what they deserved.

It looks like it might be sunny today... despite all the frost.
Maybe I can get out with my camera :)

Worry Wolf

This is Wolf. Wolf has been causing me great stress the last month or so. Wolf is part of the same litter as Moose & Grizzly and two others. Did I tell ya the story how I got the litter of kittens? Eh.. It would take too long now. Lets just say I wound up with a pregnant cat, in the middle of winter, and I kept the litter. Come to find out, the cat belonged to someone. So... she went home, sans kittens.
She was a mean cat, so she rarely let me near the kittens. Sooo, these cats are a bit skittish.

Moose and Grizzly aren't as skittish and usually sleep with me. Wolf slept with me also, but he had his moments. About a month ago, he found a hole in the cat pen and got out. I have not been able to catch him since. I've felt bad for him because he's always been indoors and now he's dealing with outdoors 24 hours a day, and it's freezing. BUT... the goofy cat won't let me catch him. Ugh. (Remember the Spook story?)

So anyway... I've been setting up the cat trap (humane, of course) for him during the day, trying to catch him.
Of course you know how this works out. I've caught EVERY one of my other cats. He avoids it. How is that? Do you know how frustrating that is? If you don't know the Spook story, It went the same way. I watched Spook enter and exit the trap many times never setting it off. I seriously thought I was going to cry. But that's another post.
He will come close, and even talk to me.... but no way is he within arms reach.

I can't leave the trap at night for a couple of reasons. I don't want to catch a raccoon, and I can't leave the cat just sitting there overnight.

What's extremely frustrating to me though is the fact that this cat won't come to me. I've raised it since a kitten. I've fed and provided a pretty awesome home, and, he runs from me! Ugh.
So... the cat lives outside now. Isn't that crazy? It drives me nuts.

A cat that won't come to me. Can you imagine?

Ok...rant over.

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Where are you??

Stolen from David :)

Get In Line

This is just insane.

Seriously.

And I'm not just talking about the shootings.

Where's Mr. Sandman?

Can ya guess what this circle art was a photo of?

So I actually fell asleep before 4am last night. Or.. this morning, I guess. I guess the last few nights had caught up with me and I was asleep before 1am. I even missed my X-Files marathon :(
Of course you know that didn't last. Logging truck woke me at 5:30am. We're clearing some land and they were hear bright and early to pick up trees. Heh. Same amount of sleep, just shifted a bit. Scary enough, I think my body is getting used to 4-5 hours of sleep now.

The Photo Friday theme today was Evil. I can't even think of a photo I would have that said "Evil". Any ideas?

I've really got nuthin else this morning. It's 26 degrees, everything is covered in a sparkly frost, and I'm hungry.

Thursday Theme : Love

Moose & Grizzly

13

Thirteen Sounds at Two A.M.

1. X-Files is on in the background. A story of people selling organs and body parts for money.
2. Brock snoring. Easily remedied by throwing of some object.
3. Critter knocks his toy mouse down the stairs..step-by-step.. and then brings it back upstairs and starts again. Clunk. Clunk. Clunk. Clunk... well you get the picture. He'll repeat this many times.
4. Raccoons outside into some kind of mischief.
5. The dogs wake and bark.
6. Sinclair and Trout are wrestling in the kitchen.
7. The sliding of furry feet on the wood floors.
8. The winds have started up again, the house cracks.
9. The low chime of a friend chatting in instant messaging.
10. Grizzly purring next to me as he sleeps.
11. The sound of carbonation fizzing in my diet coke.
12. The light hum of the hot tub filter outside.
13. Clunk. Crack. Fizz. Purr. Ruff. Meow. Sliiiiiiide. Whirl. Snore. Ding. Clatter. Clank. Grrrr. & Scully?

Sleep? Are you serious?

Cookie Crisis

It was just a matter of time...






























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Holiday Spirit

Isn't this great? This is the zoo in Seattle. I miss things like this.
I miss going to zoo's, or amusement parks, or big neighborhoods all decorated for Christmas. As I've mentioned before, I wasn't as into photography when I lived around stuff like this, and now that I am.. I don't.
I'm seriously considering going to see this show.

You won't see much in decorations around this town. I did decorate the first year, but no one really sees it. I didn't decorate last year, I didn't even get a tree. I'm sure you can understand me not having a tree with the zoo I have running around. But, we will this year. We have family coming up for Christmas, including my sis and nephew so it will be a full house.
I can just imagine what Trout and Sinclair will do to a Christmas tree, but just more photo and blog entries, right?

It's also hard to decorate the outside of the house here unless you think to do it in September. By the time you think of doing it, it's freezing out and not much fun. I'm usually on my own too, since hubs doesn't like the idea of hanging lights in freezing weather. And.. he doesn't like ladders.

I do love getting the tree though. There's a tree farm in the area and you go pick out any size for $15 and cut it yourself. We had a huge tree the first year, I think it was at least 7 feet tall. We'll have to go early this year to get one that size. Then of course, you leave it undecorated for awhile so little kittens can get used to it, and then you can't decorate it from 3ft down.
And.. you can't have a tree skirt because they think it's a bed.
And..they drink the water out of the tree stand.
And..they try to climb it.
And..the pine needles stick to their tails and they carry them all.over.the.house.
And.. they eat the bows off the presents.
And.. you will always find little tooth marks in the packages.
And of course... you will have some broken or missing ornaments.

Ahh... Christmas. Can't wait :)

Ya Think?

This seems to be the popular choice...




No complaints here :)

My Holiday Centerpiece

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Comfort

True friendship comes when silence between two people cats is comfortable.
- Dave Tyson Gentry

Nature Laughs

So..my day. I woke up to trash cans blowing across the porch and windchimes going crazy.

We had quite the wind and ice-like rain. It was lovely :)

I got everyone fed and watered and released and turned on the laptop for the usual blog run. That's when I lost power. What was weird though, was I still had internet for about a 1/2 hour or so. My laptop was running on battery and I still had internet. No complaints.. but weird.

I started working on Medicine Monday, or finishing anyway. It was a good one (Salmon) and I had so much to say and just spewed it all out. It was perfect for me right now. Then.... internet went away. I think now it was a sign that I didn't need to post all of that. Whew. I might post part of it anyway, just for the meaning.. but that's it.

Brock broke out of the yard and went to visit the neighbors. They brought him home. But.. they let him loose out of the truck, so there was no catching him. He went back.
I decided since I had no power, I would run some errands and go to the post office. I ran into the neighbors on the way, who had Brock in their truck, so picked him up too. He was SO dirty and stinky and I had to put him in the nice truck. Sigh.

The Post Office and the town store had no power, so I didn't get much done. The post office did take my packages anyway.

So...I get home, no power. The barn is still flooded so I can't get to the horses. The smoke detectors are all beeping at me since the power is out. I removed all their batteries.
I got to bring in wood while it was raining, that was fun.
I couldn't find my landline phone, so I didn't even have phone access.

It's funny when you don't have power, you forget what you can't use. I was going to clean the floors, but my floor steamer has to be plugged in. I forget that I lose water without power.
I forget and enter rooms and turn on the lights.
I forget I can't throw something in the microwave. Hubs took my satellite radio in the truck, so I didn't have that.
It's awfully quiet here with no power.

So anyway.. the rain is still falling and turning into snow.
I have power. Brock is tied to the deck and the horses braved the water to come out and eat. My floors are clean and I microwaved my dinner.

Life is good :)

The Grizzly

Joy

No power most of the morning. Bad weather and high winds are not my friend today.

Today

Sunday Mutter

I say... and you think?

1. Nick :: At Night


2. Focus :: Lens


3. Police :: Blues


4. Miles :: Flight


5. Earn :: Respect


6. Twice :: Shy


7. Razor :: Sharp


8. Personality :: Clash


9. Dumped :: Trash


10. Reliable :: Safe

I'm starting to get bored with this Sunday Mutter meme.. this might be the last one you see. Eh..who knows.
The weekend so far has been pretty uneventful, which I'm not complaining about. It has snowed on and off most of the day, but still not much sticking.
My hubs today decided to watch the three Star Wars movies. The last time I saw Star Wars was when it first came out. I haven't seen it since, and I haven't seen the other two. Not bad movies :) Trout liked to sit in front of the TV and watch the ships flying around.

What was funny to me though, was that I remember having the toys. I had the action figures, the little planes, the weird animal-like toys. I remember playing with them, but don't remember anything about the movie. So.. I got to sit through those, plus, Saving Private Ryan. Can you tell it was guy-movie day?

I plan on being a Sunday bum. I need to watch the third Lord of The Rings and Princess Bride. I shall lay on the couch with a blankie, maybe a little cappucino, the laptop (of course) and a few cats for warmth.

And that's all I need.
The blankie, the laptop, the drink and the cats. That's all.
Oh and the remote.
The blankie, laptop, drink, cats and remote. That's all I need.
Oh and the phone.
The blankie, laptop, drink, cats, remote and phone. That's all I need.
Oh and lotion and lip balm.
The blankie, laptop, drink, cats, remote, phone, lotion and lip balm.

I don't need anything else.
That's all I need :)