Who's cat are you calling spoiled?

Hi ya'll,



Today ,I should have stayed home and done chores.....such as ironing and laundry. But nooooo....I did not. It was snowing like crazy and I just had the urge to get out of the house.







My hubby was in Finland ,so I took off out in the world today wearing NO makeup.I thought " ah ,who cares, nobody knows me anyway."



So what happens , since I'm out looking like hell ? Naturally ,I hear a woman on the subway speaking English! She was talking on the phone and my plan was to speak to her.Well she would up leaving the subway,never getting off the phone. Damn it! I lost my chance to talk to her.



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We live in Orestad.I took the subway all the way to Vanlose to go to the store Jysk. I was looking for colored christmas lights. They had ONE box left.


As you can see, Vanlose is about as far away from home as I can get.






They also have a library there,one thrift store and a nice grocery store. I wound up hauling groceries around all day as well.








A florist. This looked really pretty in the snow.















The countryside ,from the subway.














Also at the florist.
















Vanlose, on the main street.
















Lady with big baby stroller. Everyone has these. I rarely ever see (or hear) a baby that's awake.














Run like hell ?












Off into the wild blue yonder....













Our homemade Danish stockings. I got these at the flea market. I have no place to hang them.(they are on the fridge)














This is our "Christmas tree" :)

The cat's needed that ladder shelf to get on top of the closets.So we are using it instead of a tree.


(?????)






I got this little outfit today at the thrift store for 10 kroner. It was doll clothes.O'Reilly would NOT cooperate at all. Cavuto is Mama's good baby.




Crazy cat lady out. Happy humpday guys!

Make mine double boring.....with a failure twist

Ola ya'll,

These huge ladies are demonstrating how I
feel lately. Yesterday I was at the library and I literally felt like I could just sink down on the floor and lay there.For days maybe!


What is with me? Depression crash? Bone sucking boredom? Soul killing unhappiness?Stagnating lethargy?Mind numbing misery? A nice cocktail of all of the above, shaken not stirred?


Naturally , it got me thinking ...."what the hell is wrong with you? and what can be done to fix it?"



yeah, that would probably help.


Am I such a creature of habit, that I am manufacturing my own misery? I mean besides the fact that I am separated from my family and my cats, WHY am I so damn miserable?


As I pondered this, I realized that if you looked up "creature of habit" there would be MY picture.


I clean the damn house in the same order. (if I can make myself clean , lately) If I switch the order, it feels all wrong.
It has to be EXACTLY the same order.


I have to listen to the same CD when I go for a walk. I tried to change the CD once on my walk to quarantine.
Everything was out of whack. It ruined the whole experience. My steps were off , I couldn't tell when the walk was nearly over.


I go to the same places day after day. They sucked the FIRST time. They suck every other time too. I eat the same food day after day. Sometimes I will eat canned refried beans and lettuce for 4 or 5 nights in a row.( Bean salad)



The truth seems to be that I am slowly boring myself to death.




How do single people manage to live all alone and NOT do this?I get no joy out of cooking for myself or cleaning the house for myself.I am like June Cleaver without Ward and Wally and the Beave. If you can picture that. What would SHE have done with herself?



I have the tiniest shred of hope that our "boat detailing business" will take off . But really ,I am afraid that it will be a big huge flop and we will not get ONE call EVER. It's that whole curse, Shleprock thing.
When one has had it for decades ,through failure, after failure ,after failure I guess one loses hope in things not turning to shit.




What I really see ,is ME getting some crappy waitress job.


And soon!





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The other day I spent the entire day in bed ,thinking I could quit smoking . Ha! Who am I kidding. There is no way that's going to happen right now.Forget that ludicrous idea. Let the self loathing begin:)


We (the neighbors and I) were supposed to have our annual St. Patricks day potluck today. Floozie 2 came over earlier to tell me it was canceled. "Everyone pooped out and didn't want to have it because it's so cold and crappy out."


"Well, I guess that's good because I thought it was NEXT Saturday." Gah!

It IS cold ,windy and crappy out. Which leaves me trapped in here with crazy Cavuto begging to go for his walk in the stroller.


Well, ONE of of is crazy. lol I'll let YOU decide which one.


(I tried covering my insane baby/cat talk with music, but it ruins the whole brutal truth of the video)

So, please.....tell me that you talk to animals like this too. MMMM .....k.


Have a great day peeps! Luv me and Cavuto :)

Are you nuts? Why yes, yes I am........

Hi Ya'll,



Not much going on around here. WE finally got a warm day ,even though it didn't get warm until 4 this afternoon. I just HAD to get out there and enjoy it for a while.


This morning ,as Cavuto walked around the house wailing ,I reached the point of desperation and emailed our local cat shelter this note:

Hi,

I would like to foster a cat ,but I have a kind of unusual situation. My husband works in England. We live here in Hot Springs. In Dec. , I flew over there to join him for a year or two. I took our 3 cats with me. Believe me, this was no easy task. The requirements are VERY strict for a cat to be allowed into England.It included 6 months worth of vet visits ,and paperwork. This was to avoid my cats having to be quarantined for 6 moths,there.

All was supposed to be well. But, when the cats and I arrived in England one of the cats microchips had disappeared.They would not release him to us. He was immediately taken away to a quarantine facility.Meaning ,he would now have to stay there for 6 months in a tiny ,freezing cold "cell".

I went to visit him everyday but the situation was just too unbearable. He was freezing and desperately lonely. He lost weight and his voice was gone from crying. I spent a month in England ,crying my head off every day.

Well, in Jan. I took him out of there and him and I flew back home. He will now have to wait out his 6 months ,before he is allowed back in England.My other 2 cats stayed in England with my husband.This ordeal cost us thousands of dollars.

My cat that is home now, Cavuto , was raised with 2 other cats. He is used to having a very active Abyssinian as his playmate and friend.

So, I would love to foster a very active male cat or kitten . I would be able to do so until August.That is when we are supposed to go back to England.

After all we have been through , I am worried about a foster cat not being healthy and Cavuto catching something. (I'm sorry this is so long) My question to you is this,

if I were able to get a foster cat ,do the cats see a vet before they go to a foster home and would they know that they are healthy?"

Thank you




I am still waiting to hear back from someone.They do have one cat there who was adopted and the people brought him back because he was too hyper.That's the cat I'm looking for. LOL

They may call me and say "your motives are too selfish Missy! No way can you foster one of OUR cats!"

Wish me (Cavuto) luck .

"Master cat theater"
It's even lonely at the movies all by one's self:(









"how do you know if you are truly a "crazy cat lady" ?





Um....here's a clue.



(Don't hate on the baggy pants)


















Cavuto was LOVING his walk.
He had his arm hanging out the side like he was James Dean.














Even nice walks are lonely by one's self :(











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They jacked up the price of cigarettes to $5.00 a pack OR $45.00 a carton.

I think it's time to be quitting. Son uh ma bitchka.

Yes, it's going to suck but I WILL be quitting. Nothing motivates me more than my cheapskate gene.





Don't they realize that this is ARKANSAS?



Grown men are working for 7 dollars an hour in these parts.



I can't believe it. This is bullshit!






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Also along that note...... frekin Effexor, which I am about to run out of, $156.00 for ONE months worth.



I'm really tempted to try and wean myself off that sh*t too.



Anyone ever done it by taking some of the little balls out of the capsules?I'd like to hear your story of how you did it.







Although, if I tried to get off Effexor and quit smoking at the same time ,I would probably wind up like ...........






THIS.




Probably not such a good idea.



Happy humpday Peeps,

Luv me

Take my leftovers.....please

Hi Ya'll,

I am still just overwhelmed with relief!

What a week! Luckily I don't even have anything to bitch about today.

I'll finally have time to clean out my fridge and purge it of all the gross Thanksgiving leftovers.
And hopefully UPS will arrive with my shiny new Visa.


Toady is also the day that the winners are announced in "Catsters worlds coolest cat show"

As ya'll know ,Cavuto is a finalist.





With THIS picture.

The competition is pretty stiff this year.

He is up against THIS picture. Even I have to admit, that's a pretty nice picture.

Dang it!

Winners will be announced 12 noon PST December 5th, 2008!

I'll be back latah dahlinks!

Happy Friday!

Who's that girl?

Happy Thursday peeps,

Yesterday ,on my way into the library there's a guy on a payphone, as I walk by he blows me a kiss. Later on , I am looking for decent books and the guy comes up to me . He says " I see you so often that......."

His mouth is moving , but the rest of what he says may as well be " I see you so often that static ,static, static."

WTH? It's not like it was so LOUD in the library that I couldn't hear him. My damn ears are failing me. I had NO idea what he was saying to me. And it wasn't like I WANTED to be having a conversation with some stranger who just blew me a kiss. I just nodded like a moron as he said what he was saying and then he walked away.

He could have said "I see you so often , I'll be stoppin' by later to kill you."

Nod , nod , "oh thats nice."

Can people go deaf from being middle aged? This is crap!

Oh yeah, he was right about seeing me "often" ,the day before that I had seen him at my grocery store.Maybe he's stalking me. hmmmmm.

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Well, there's still no word on my VISA. My spouse did get my plane ticket .I hope they approve my visa. :)

I woke up wondering how I was going to get from the rental car return place to the terminal with 3 cat carriers , 2 huge suitcases, my rolling back pack ,a purse and a huge coat.

Sounds like fun, no? I need a travel Fairy . Soul? you have one of those?

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Last night Cavuto was going crazy at the back window. Meowing so strangely that I got up to make sure it was really him and not a burgler. Well, just as I was writing this I found out the reason.


We had a pretty little visitor. She came right up to the office window ,screaming her head off.
She was obviously no ordinary stray cat. She was an Abyssinian or a Bengal. I saw that she was wearing a tag , so i go out there (with no damn glasses on) and try to read the number . I come back in with 3 blurry possibilities. Then go back out with food and water .
I try calling the possible numbers and come up with zilch. I angrily go back out with some damn glasses and get the correct number. Then I realize that she is declawed.
OH great, she won't last an hour around here.
I go back out once again and put her in our extra carrier.
I call the number and get an answering machine. "Hi , I have your declawed cat on my patio. Please call me back!"


Luckily she called me back in moments.She had been in the shower.
She immediately rushed over to get her baby.


Apparently ,she had burned some food last night and when she opened the door to get the smoke out , the cat had escaped. It was pitch black , so she couldn't find her.


She (the cat) obviously spent the whole night at the window screaming at my cats.


I shudder to think if one of mine ever got out.


As a plus ,I got rid of the extra carrier that we had no room to store:)

Note: blogger won't let me move my picture. ack! That's her up at the top.
Goodbye strange little cat.


Have a great day ya'll,

Luv me

Christmas photo shoot

My mind is like.....all the shrimp you can eat...maybe

Happy Sunday Ya'll,


Yep. I'm behind again. So....let me see .....what thrilling things have I done the last couple days?

Friday ,I went and met my friends Eva and Robin for lunch . Afterwards they had plans to go yard sale-ing. I was on my way to run errands. What the heck...count me in. I'm going yard sale-ing too.

And am I glad I did!




We found this little old lady having a sale . She was addicted to QVC and was quite the little fashionista. No old lady stuff here.


I got these adorable clogs for 3 bucks!













These brand new leather boots for 15 bucks.














And this glass bead cameo necklace for 5 bucks.


You rock little old cute lady!!



(yes , that's a nosey cat head in the picture)






I got up at 5:30 yesterday planning to hit some more yard sales.

I was feeling lucky:)

But nooooooo.........We immediately get a huge thunderstorm and pouring rain that lasts half the day.

So, instead , I worked around here until afternoon. I got a lot of work done . But.....it just never seems to be enough to make it LOOK like I got anything done. ack!


Then I head out for a few thrift stores in the rain. I found NOTHING. BTW
One of the stores I went to was the "cat shelter thrift store" the shelter itself is right there ,next door. I usually ......err...always have to stop in there and take a look at the poor homeless kitties.


They have tons of them right now.


But one immediately rushed over to the window to see me.





OMG....he was an adorable (mostly) Bengal like my own little dummy, Cavuto.










He lay there padding his feet at me , just like Cavuto does.


It ripped my heart out to have to walk away from him and leave him there.


Why do i go in there?



http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11860927

Here is more info about him. If you live near Hot springs ....You KNOW you want your very own Cavuto! Go get that baby!


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I swear my short term memory is completely non existent. WTH?


The other day Floozie2 told me "they have some really cute cat beds on sale at Goody's ."


I go to Goodys to check 'em out. There they are ,right as you walk in the door. Cute, soft and only 10 bucks. Score! I'm gonna get 2 of them to take to England.


By the time I walk around the store just seeing whats new and/or on sale, I have no idea what I originally came to the store for.I leave without buying anything. Including the damn cat beds.


The question "what the hell did i go to goody's for?" floats around in my empty head all evening.
Several hours later , out of the blue " the damn cat beds , you moron!" just pops into my mind.


Do you think I have Alzheimer's?




I went back the next day ,with
"cats beds "written with a sharpie marker on my hand.


And I got two of the cute fluffy cat beds.


The cats LOVE them BTW.And sharpie ink doesn't wash off very easily.



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You haven't heard enough about cats today yet, right? Ok ,good cuz there's more:)


Whenever I go somewhere , as soon as i get home I unload my junk on the counter and O'Reilly rushes over, jumps on the counter and then onto my shoulder.





He lays himself down behind my head and purrs and pads his feet.



Yeah , he IS thrilled to see me.
Who wouldn't be? lol











He has done this since he was a tiny baby.


note to self :wow, the back of your hair looks really weird. who knew?












It's totally sweet when he does this except for the constant cape of cat scratches that I wear.



I have to wonder ,do ALL Abyssinian' s do this?
Anybody know?









Ok, that's all the cat news for today:)


Time for me to get busy working on my sty of a room. I think the junk in there breeds while I'm sleeping.


Don't forget to go adopt a cat today.

Have a great day peeps!

Luv me

All little of this ...a little of that....

Hi Y'all ,

Yep, once again I am wayyy behind on posting.
Everything has been either boring or annoying lately.


It has been scorching hot . 110 with the heat index. Then in the afternoons horrendous thunderstorms. The other day I was literally trapped at the grocery store. I stepped outside and waited ,with about 30 other people . Lighting was flashing all over the parking lot.Thunder was booming ,little kids were screaming in fear.And the water was about a foot deep ,up to the doors on some cars..







Safely inside the truck at last.






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Monday ,I got to go have my teeth cleaned. You know ...the deep cleaning where they chisel under your gums. The hygienist is this huge 7 foot tall old lady ,about 65 years old. She has a giant booming cackle to go with her persona. I tell her "they usually numb me to do this."

"They usually charge a hundred times more money for it too. You can take it." CACKLE CACKLE CACKLE!

I grip the arms of the chair in terror and make hideous pain faces ,contortions I didn't know my face was capable of making.

She proceeds to scrape the bones out of my face ,while she cackled and cackled.

Then she had to pry my white knuckled fingers off the arms of the chair so I could leave.
She CACKLED the whole time.

No wonder I put this off for the last 3 years!

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I have wracked my brain about the possibility of leaving the cats with someone so I could just go to England. The very idea of them forgetting me or missing me, is totally heart breaking. Then , who could I trust anyway? I actually DO have one neighbor that I could trust with them. But then I try out the proposition in my mind.


" Um...hey neighbor, would you like to watch my cats for 5 months?You don't mind cats walking all over your counters and stove, right? Or petting themselves on your cooking utensils?
They're no trouble, really. Cavuto will wake you at 5 or 6 A.M. so you can go turn on the bathtub faucet . He refuses to drink any other way.Then him and Monkey will arrive in the kitchen for their whipped cream. They usually like a little cream in the evening too.It won't be any bother. they'll wait until you're all settled on the couch before Monkey begins her loud ,demanding, bitchy screaming. O'reilly ,why he's no trouble at all ...you don't mind cats jumping on your shoulder every time you bend over or use the toilet, right? He only leaves bloody gashes down your back or arms if he misses the jump and falls .If Cavuto is awake , he demands your constant attention. He is just so happy to be alive ,he likes to share the joy by having you carry him around like a baby.You'll also have to cut his nails. He hates it really ,but after he shreds you to pieces the first few times, it'll be gravy baby.You'll also need to baby proof your blinds every day when you open them ,because Cavuto gets hung in them sometimes. He's also prone to seizures when he is hanging upside down in blind cords. Oh yeah, and O'reilly does have that little vomiting problem. It's not vomit really, more like he just regurgitates chewed up cat food ,it won't even stain your carpet. If it's really vomit , you'll see him walking backwards in circles. He only does that when he chews on things he shouldn't ,like fake plants and pine needles .Oh, he also likes to play fetch around midnight. You'll know when he brings you a bread wrapper and starts flinging it around all over your bed.It's fun really, you'll learn to love it!
They also like to watch their "birdy" movie sometimes ,just set up a barstool for them in front of the t.v. ,you DO have a flat screen right? They prefer a flat screen."


Let's face it. I am so NOT going to England until the cats wait is OVER!
NOT HAPPENING!










And looks so innocent.
Big huge annoying little pain in the ass.






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Yesterday was our anniversary. I'll be going out to dinner Friday night with my friend Eva to celebrate.




Happy anniversary my sexy man!

I love you!











Have a great day in your worlds. Laters me

June fools...ha ha

Awright ya poopers,

My hair is not really purple. My son photo shopped it that way. :)

I thought it was pretty funny. lol
Especially since aunty j totally believed it and "refused to be seen in public "with me.

I wanted my husband to believe it. But he didn't fall for it one bit. ack!
He said "it wouldn't be practical"

You know you want that wild and crazy man. ha ha ha

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Yesterday we were having some kind of "cool snap" so I decided to bite the bullet and take the cats out on the boat.


I took the stroller on the boat too,which was no easy task.
It required having to remove each cat , tie them on the boat and then drag and lift the stroller on there, then untie the cats and put them in the stroller.


Once I backed out of the dock the stupid lift popped right back up. ack!
Meaning , I would need a Gilligan to help me now.


Luckily ,floozie2 agreed to be my Gilligan . She had to rush over ,lower my lift and then help me remove all the cats and the stroller.






Thanks Floozie2!!
You're a great Gilligan and a great "cat aunt' :)










We went to old fogey cove. I found the missing anchor...right where my husband said it was. (go figure)
After moving the boat about 6 times ,the damn thing finally held.









The cats were just great on the boat.


(I made the pictures too small, click on them for the full sized version)










O'Reilly and Monkey hung out in this cubby hole most of the time ,napping.








Cavuto ......stretched out..chewing his damn fingernails:)







Hangin' out








Looking pretty (and normal ,I might add)








Cavuto preferred to hang out in the stroller







..most of the time.








the view from IN there.












What?










Pretty Monkey!









Big dumb (pretty)baby.








Pretty boy, o'Reilly






While we were out on the boat ,my husband called me and when he found out I had the cats with me ,he started lecturing me on how "they could get overheated etc..etc..."

Here I am, hanging up umbrellas and clothes pinning beach towels up to make sure that my babies do NOT get too hot.

So , I say "You KNOW me dear , do you really think I am not worried about that and making sure that it doesn't happen?"

His reply "Oh , I KNOW you, but I also know how things go wrong for you."

Ha! how true that is. "that's not ME though , that's the curse."

See, it is REAL. :)

Well, luckily ,Nothing went wrong for me yesterday.

When the boat is Underway , the cats are not loose. So ,for the drive back home I put them all in the stroller. Cavuto and Monkey screamed their heads off the entire time!

If there's a way to make a cat shut up, I'd like to know what it is:)


For those who may not know ....the reason I am taking the cats out on the boat is because when we go to England they have to fly cargo. I am trying to get them used to traveling so they don't die of fright on their flight.

Really, I'm not THAT crazy.:)


Have a great Monday Peeps!

Luv me