The calendar says it's fall. I guess it is. Time to face facts. I need to take the summer porch flag in and put out the fall one. I'm trying to get excited about this change in seasons and I figure if I spruce up my porch, maybe I can trick myself into it! This is the first time in my life that I have a real "porch" - so there's no excuse for me not to decorate. I need some mums and pumpkins to make it look "fall-ish".
In other rambles, we are expecting a nor'easter. Schools are closed, all after school activities have been cancelled, etc. The ocean is wild! Foam blows everywhere when you are out there and there is no beach. Of course, this, too, shall pass and the next storm will give us back our sand. The vacationers are not too happy to have chosen this week to visit the Outer Banks.
The locally filmed movie, Nights in Rodanthe opens Friday night! I'm excited - but not excited enough to stand in line for hours:) We are going next week during the week provided we can get tickets. It's exciting to see footage on the big screen that is so close to home!
oh - and Richard Gere isn't chopped liver either:)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
My Cat Family
After spending $60 in Fancy Feast today, I decided to post about my cat family. I'm madly in love with all of them and there is nothing I wouldn't do for any of them (well, I wouldn't donate a kidney...) but they surely do cause me to spend an inordinate about of time sucking up hair!
Here they are in order of age:
Nate, my oldest, is 12. He's a gorgeous black and white man with the most gentile attitude of any cat I've known. Nothing stresses him out! He is not a lap cat but he does like to be near you all the time and sometimes touching which just makes me smile:) He is a big manly cat but extremely rarely does he show that side of him. He's just one giant pussycat and I love him to death.
Ruby - she's my orange girl. Very feral except at mealtime and then she thinks my husband and I are complete idiots as she's all over us, rubbing and meowing in that sweet little voice. Ruby is a full figured woman and loves loves loves her food! She is 8 and I'm sad to say, will never enjoy being petted as she was 5 months old when I took her in from the streets. She is a happy girl though so if she doesn't want to have human contact, that's fine with me. I love her just the same.
Lurch - oh where to start about dear Lurchie. He got his name because all he really does is make primal grunts. Lurchie really was born as the product of incest I'll bet. He came off the streets and I got him to give dear Ruby some company. Lurch is a solid black boy who had had a chronic illness (IBD) his whole life. He may not live as long as a "normal" cat but he is so special to me and I'm so glad he's part of our cat family! PS Lurchie is 8 just like Ruby.
Jazzer Dingleberry - oh Jazzer - what can I say? The Jazzman is 6 and he is one total panther full of piss and vinegar! Jazzer came to us as a foster kitten. He was feral but had tamed up well (so we thought!). He got adopted, stayed a week (the other cat in the house hated him and it stressed his new parents out terribly) so we took him back to foster him again. You know how that went. Yep. Still here. Jazzer was fine until we kept adding to our feline family. Seems he is the jealous type. He picks a cat to terrorize and will stop at nothing until they are beaten down and petrified! We have literally tried everything on the market (Feliway, Rescue Remedy, plus prescription drugs) and the thing that works the best for him is Prozac. Unfortunately, he is super hard to medicate so we don't always get it in him. THOSE days - I just warn my cats that there is an extremely pissed off black panther patrolling the house and to steer clear! Jazzer upsets my whole family but you know, what do I do? I wouldn't give him up if he were a human child and had an attitude. We just try to steer the other cats clear of his path on his unmedicated days and hope for the best.
Reesie - Poor little girl, she's my tortie and has the tortie attitude to go with it! She was brought to our adoption stand in a box as a stray kitten. The people who found her thought she was a male and named her "Reese". I brought her home to foster and when my husband opened up the box, he gasped. REALLY. Reesie is just - well, how can a mother say this - she is butt ugly:) My husband calls her BUG for butt ugly girl. She doesn't have the best disposition (yes, I think I have mostly dysfunctional cats) but she's ours and we love her just the same (even though her momma was probably a possum.). She is 5.
Emma - oh gosh - a true calico! Can you believe I have both a tortie and a calico living in the same house - talk about perpetual PMS!!! Miss Emma was a stray, she was found living in a recycle bin. She was brought in to a foster home as an adult. I found out why she was probably abandoned shortly after I made her mine. She is a pee'er. Yep. Totally an emotional pisser. Never does it unless she is mad or upset (due to lack of 24/7 attention by ME!). So - I've invested in lots of carpet cleaner, plastic covers for the beds, etc. and Emma is here to stay with her calico attitude and all. Oh and she HATES other cats. She's also 5.
Frankie - the "Frankster" is the one most often the subject of Jazzer's attacks. Frankie wasn't the sweetest cat ever to begin with (another black feral kitten foster) but he is probably even more timid than he would normally have been. He's sweet when he can grow some gonads but he sort of hangs in the background and has one or two "buds" he hangs with. Frankie is a gorgeous 4 year old black man!
Dannielynn - aka Dani. Miss Dannielynn came to us as a foster in the midst of the Anna Nicole story so we named her after her daughter. Dannielynn is SUPER sweet (we deserve her!!) and is so very happy. She loves everyone, especially the men of the house, and she can always find someone to bathe her! She is a positively gorgeous brown tabby with the roundest face you've ever seen. She is about 2 years old and we are madly in love with her and the love she brings to this otherwise strange cat family!
Here they are in order of age:
Nate, my oldest, is 12. He's a gorgeous black and white man with the most gentile attitude of any cat I've known. Nothing stresses him out! He is not a lap cat but he does like to be near you all the time and sometimes touching which just makes me smile:) He is a big manly cat but extremely rarely does he show that side of him. He's just one giant pussycat and I love him to death.
Ruby - she's my orange girl. Very feral except at mealtime and then she thinks my husband and I are complete idiots as she's all over us, rubbing and meowing in that sweet little voice. Ruby is a full figured woman and loves loves loves her food! She is 8 and I'm sad to say, will never enjoy being petted as she was 5 months old when I took her in from the streets. She is a happy girl though so if she doesn't want to have human contact, that's fine with me. I love her just the same.
Lurch - oh where to start about dear Lurchie. He got his name because all he really does is make primal grunts. Lurchie really was born as the product of incest I'll bet. He came off the streets and I got him to give dear Ruby some company. Lurch is a solid black boy who had had a chronic illness (IBD) his whole life. He may not live as long as a "normal" cat but he is so special to me and I'm so glad he's part of our cat family! PS Lurchie is 8 just like Ruby.
Jazzer Dingleberry - oh Jazzer - what can I say? The Jazzman is 6 and he is one total panther full of piss and vinegar! Jazzer came to us as a foster kitten. He was feral but had tamed up well (so we thought!). He got adopted, stayed a week (the other cat in the house hated him and it stressed his new parents out terribly) so we took him back to foster him again. You know how that went. Yep. Still here. Jazzer was fine until we kept adding to our feline family. Seems he is the jealous type. He picks a cat to terrorize and will stop at nothing until they are beaten down and petrified! We have literally tried everything on the market (Feliway, Rescue Remedy, plus prescription drugs) and the thing that works the best for him is Prozac. Unfortunately, he is super hard to medicate so we don't always get it in him. THOSE days - I just warn my cats that there is an extremely pissed off black panther patrolling the house and to steer clear! Jazzer upsets my whole family but you know, what do I do? I wouldn't give him up if he were a human child and had an attitude. We just try to steer the other cats clear of his path on his unmedicated days and hope for the best.
Reesie - Poor little girl, she's my tortie and has the tortie attitude to go with it! She was brought to our adoption stand in a box as a stray kitten. The people who found her thought she was a male and named her "Reese". I brought her home to foster and when my husband opened up the box, he gasped. REALLY. Reesie is just - well, how can a mother say this - she is butt ugly:) My husband calls her BUG for butt ugly girl. She doesn't have the best disposition (yes, I think I have mostly dysfunctional cats) but she's ours and we love her just the same (even though her momma was probably a possum.). She is 5.
Emma - oh gosh - a true calico! Can you believe I have both a tortie and a calico living in the same house - talk about perpetual PMS!!! Miss Emma was a stray, she was found living in a recycle bin. She was brought in to a foster home as an adult. I found out why she was probably abandoned shortly after I made her mine. She is a pee'er. Yep. Totally an emotional pisser. Never does it unless she is mad or upset (due to lack of 24/7 attention by ME!). So - I've invested in lots of carpet cleaner, plastic covers for the beds, etc. and Emma is here to stay with her calico attitude and all. Oh and she HATES other cats. She's also 5.
Frankie - the "Frankster" is the one most often the subject of Jazzer's attacks. Frankie wasn't the sweetest cat ever to begin with (another black feral kitten foster) but he is probably even more timid than he would normally have been. He's sweet when he can grow some gonads but he sort of hangs in the background and has one or two "buds" he hangs with. Frankie is a gorgeous 4 year old black man!
Dannielynn - aka Dani. Miss Dannielynn came to us as a foster in the midst of the Anna Nicole story so we named her after her daughter. Dannielynn is SUPER sweet (we deserve her!!) and is so very happy. She loves everyone, especially the men of the house, and she can always find someone to bathe her! She is a positively gorgeous brown tabby with the roundest face you've ever seen. She is about 2 years old and we are madly in love with her and the love she brings to this otherwise strange cat family!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Alphabet Meme
A - autumnal colors, my favorite color palate, I'm definitely an earth person
B - beaches - I love the beach, any beach. Can sit there for hours and people watch.
C - cat - I'm officially a crazy cat lady, we have eight.
D - Vitamin D - I'm addicted to sun.
E -elope - how I think marriages should be done - no family hassles!
F - fragrances, love to smell "food" scents (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove.....)
G - Grandmother, she was a very cool woman and the only grandparent I knew
H - Halloween, it's become my favorite holiday
I - ice cream, any kind but chocolate!
J - java - have to have it in the morning
K -kale, one of my most favorite greens along with brussel sprouts
L -lilac, my wonderful late-mom's favorite color and favorite flower. makes me smile to smell one:)
M - May, my favorite month - lots of pretty flowers and the temps are getting warmer!
N -neuter all pets!!!!!!!! no breeding please! adopt a shelter pet and fix it!
O- Outer Banks, the coolest place to live:)
P- pumpkin, love the smell, taste and Bath and Body makes an awesome lotion!
Q -Queen God Save the Queen lol I love the royal family. Diana was my favorite.
R- Raven, my favorite bird (and my firstborn cat - thus, my love of black cats was born)
S- Spaghetti, quite possibly my favorite food of all time
T - Tropical ANYTHING makes me happy
U- drawing a total blank!
V- Vitamin D (as in sunshine) always makes me smile
W- worker bee - that's me. Give me a project, leave me alone, and I take off with it!
X-boss -Jim, he was the best of my working career and I'm fortunate to have worked for him
Y- yawn - would love to do that alot. It might mean I was actually sleepy, I am an insomniac!
Z- Zane or Zander, my two fav boys names
Friday, September 5, 2008
Hurricane Hanna Watching and Waiting
Hurricane Watching
Just sitting here doing a little hurricane watching. It's my first OBX one and although I am not at all happy about the possible devastation of our lovely island, I have to admit, I'm a tad excited. Wish I were at Sunset Bar though - having a nice parrot drink:)Anywhoo - thought I'd blog about some "lists" today since I can't get out and have some free time!
Some of my favorite things in no particular order:
- memories of my mom (most were good - she was an AWESOME mom)
- beaches (any of them)
- sun (it's my vitamin - truly - I get seasonal affective disorder without it)
- my friends (I am very lucky, I have made some wonderful friends in my lifetime)
- cats (love to do cat rescue and volunteer helping them in any capacity)
- animals in general (love animals much better than most people)
- my husband (this list is in no order obviously as he is the love of my life!)
- birthday, carrot and cheesecake (and vanilla ice cream!)
- houses that smell good (cinnamon, clove, pumpkin type smells)
- living in OBX and all its small town magic
- my job (I really do enjoy it and most of the people there also)
- Nascar racing (TV isn't one of my passions but I do love watching racing and Sunday football too!)
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