Recession hurts everyone kitty

How do you explain to the cat that they are the first one to be affected by a recession. The news reporters may not be willing to come out and say it, but I drew the line with the picky bitch that lives in our back room this weekend. $15.00 a week is too much to spend on her finicky ass. We have tried substitutes, but she insists on top shelf and sister when it's between me and her - you guessed it. She is, of course, revolting. She is attempting to go the bulimic route and won't listen when I tell her she is only hurting herself and we ain't payin' for therapy. I don't care - hard food comes up the same way it goes down - I can vacuum that shit up.

I am addicted to E-bay. Love it! I inherited from my Great Aunt Pam a beautiful set of English china and have spent the past year or so adding to the pattern. Unfortunately, it is rare to find the hand painted "edition" of the pattern so it gets VERY expensive when I can actually find something. But in the past month or so I have practically stolen some pieces. I just got a Royal Worcester flower bowl for $15.00. Sometimes I think people don't know what they actually have. It's getting to be way more winter like than I was prepared for. Had to scrape the car twice this week already. Hope everyone has a great day. Peace Out!

I am now officially 39. I don't feel much different yet, which isn't unusual after a birthday. I did spend a bit of time reflecting and realized that when my mother was my age she had four children, was still beautiful, a size 6 and got to stay at home and raise her children without worrying how the bills were going to be paid. Don't get me wrong - we were never blessed with an abundance of money. Somehow my parents made us feel as though we were though. I remember thinking my mother was the most beautiful, elegant woman in the world, and I still do. She would always get up and make us breakfast, set the table and sit with us and when we got home from school, the table was set for tea and we all sat together and had a snack before we went out to the barn or started our homework. She made our lunches for us and packed them and then drew little pictures on the bags like bunnies and kittens.
When it was our birthday, we always woke up to the breakfast table set and a balloon and presents on our plate. All the other kids got a little present on their plate so they didn't feel left out.
I went to a baby shower yesterday for a friend and was reminded of that - it was my birthday and the guest of honor remembered and gave me a little gift bag. On her special day she still thought of me. Thanks, B! Hope you had a great day and got all sorts of special baby presents!

AAHHH...the first real day of hunting season. The only time that Don doesn't push snooze fifty times before he drags his ass out of bed. I LOVE venison and am not opposed to hunting. I don't want to get my license and traipse around with him, but I am not adverse to someone else bringing back a tasty morsel that is low fat and delicious when cooked (by Don). The bonus is that in these uncertain economic times at least we will be able to eat:-) People keep talking recession, but I don't see what's going to save us from a depression with the stock market still continuing to show such great instability. Even after the election we still have an ass wad at the White House for almost three more months. Lots of damage can be done in that time. Here's hopin'. Have a great day!

I will be a year older in a few days. 39. I remember growing up, when my mother was 39 and I thought that was SOOOO old that I would never get there. Do you remember what it felt like to feel young and not understand that you wouldn't feel that way forever? I do. I am very happy with my life and who I have become because I actually really like myself, my job and who I choose to be around. I have taken some hard licks in life that were tough to get through, but I think they did nothing but help me become who I am. If I ever have children I won't be the type that tells them "Trust me, I know" because they need to experience life's lessons on their own...and I know from being me that they aren't going to listen anyway. Have a great weekend!

Do we really think Sarah Palin would be all about helping out the families of special needs children if she didn't just have one? I hate fair-weather fans! Have a great day:-)

Holy Crap with the stock market and the rest of America. Please get the bad man out of the White House and don't replace him with another bad man. I have heard the recommendation that instead of putting money into your retirement plan you should be putting it in your savings account for the time being. I would have to say I agree. Between my husband and myself we have taken a SUBSTANTIAL hit with our retirement accounts and were down a collective $7,000 as of yesterday. That's four months off our retirement "life" in payments. I don't even want to know what someone who has been saving as they should have since 21 is facing. I am stopping that and paying off credit cards and loan payments as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, hubs is committed since he is in a cafeteria plan and has no other expenses that he can use the extra money for. I hate Bushes! Have a great day and vote when it's time!

Wow what a crazy world - on call this past weekend. Got a call from a staff that found her husband hanging in the garage. That's one I have never heard in the course of taking call-outs. He is OK - in the psych ward, but OK for now. Last night while reading the paper my husband points out that his cousin is apparently missing, last seen at 2 a.m. six days ago and they have found her car burned up but not her. You don't think of these things until they hit closer to home and it's someone you know. I hope she's OK, but can only imagine if things went the way it seems how terrified she must have been (or as bad as it sounds, hopefully IS). Still working on the camera and practicing. Have a great day! I hate psychos!

My friend Bethany gave me a digital camera yesterday:-) YEAH! Thanks so much, B! As soon as I figure out what the hell I am doing, I will start taking the most artistic, thought provoking pictures and posting them. Keep in mind I live in Podunck country and thought provoking to me might be "Do squirrels have sex in public?". You never know:-) Have a great day. Today I hate stupid people!

Just honest - not a bitch

I have noticed as I have gotten older that I really have started to subscribe to the "It's not my business what anyone else thinks of me" attitude. I was on Post Secret the other day (I think that's the name) and saw one that made me think of myself. It said something to the effect of since when does telling the truth make me a bitch? I have developed what some would call a bad habit of not caring what people think of me and saying what I really feel about things. I am never intentionally mean and never intend to offend, but sugarcoating never helped anything. If you don't want my opinion - don't ask.
I really could kick myself for the years I spent pretending that I liked doing something just because everyone else wanted to do it. Or, the time I spent hanging around with people I really didn't have much use for because I didn't want to say no to someone.
My very good friend Shirley passed away in July and I really miss her. We worked together and when we first met, it didn't go well. We were two of the same people and the only two in the bunch who weren't taking shit from nobody. Needless to say we butted heads often and weren't fond of each other. Both of us changed locations and ended up working closely together a few months later and realized that we really did like each other and became great friends for years. I learned a lot from her about life and how much it should be appreciated. She had primary pulmonary disease and leukemia as well as a few other issues to deal with, but unless you knew her well, you wouldn't have known she was sick. That's probably why she lasted so long - she was a tough little pit bull.
Anyhoo - I hate cramps! Have a great day.