Blessings

Today has been such a beautiful beginning of summer day! I got up early so I could really enjoy it.

Do you ever just get up in the morning and thank God that you're alive and breathing? That you had an uninterrupted good nights sleep? That you're able to see and smell and hear the beauty around you? These are called true blessings my friends.

No matter what's going on in this world and how bleak the news media may make it seem, just remember to put a smile on your face, thank the good Lord you woke up this morning and count your many blessings, and just enjoy the day!

Procrastinator Personified

I've slowly been recovering since my best friend left to go home Friday. Man, I am just wiped out! The cats are all wiped out too. They've been prickly with each other since she left. What's that all about? Constant sniping and swatting at each other. I've never seen anything like it.

I have lot of things to do, but have been putting all of it off for another day. It's almost 2:30 in the afternoon and I haven't done a darn thing except make a pot of coffee and feed the Fab Four the wet food they get every other day. They're all sacked out on various pillows and perches in the house. but at least they're not fighting:-)

As for me, well, I think the only USEFUL thing I can do is to take a brief nap. That sounds like a winner to me and tomorrow morning I'll tackle everything with gusto. What's one more day right?

Vacillating Fool!

BHO gets scarier by the day. Wishy, washy lying rhetoric. He's just scary! He goes off half cocked on everything! Stands for absolutely NOTHING! A man like that is very dangerous because he's only looking for popularity. He has repeatedly said one thing; then done the opposite!

What's even scarier is the left wing liberals who support everything he does. They're taking this great country of ours to "hell in a hand basket". As I said in a previous blog....be very afraid.

Be Afraid--Be Very Afraid

I'm sure you've seen and heard Baracky Obama shaking hands and making nice with Hugo Chavez. I'm sure you've heard his "rants" about how America has been bad and has acted superior far too long, and apologizing to Europe and Latin America for the "ugly Americans". (Lest you become confused I'm talking about BHO's rants--not Chavez's).

Our own president--selling us down the river--ashamed of America. We are in deep doo doo my fellow Americans. Be afraid--be very afraid. Our newly elected prez is drinking too much Kool Aid. He's just nuts! He makes America look weak. I'm so ashamed of him. What have they done; electing him to office? I bet we have another terrorist attack before the year is over. How they must be laughing at our yellow bellied weak leader that American's have elected to run this wonderful and great country of ours!

Busy Week Ahead......

Well, it was a lazy weekend for the most part. Linda has been gone for three days now and the Fab Four went from meowing pitifully and searching for her, to being royally pissed off that she left. Cats are like that you know. Now they won't lay on the guest bed she slept in and they rarely go into the guest room. They'll get over it in due time, but that's the way they are. When she comes back for a visit again, they will be dutifully aloof for a few days and then all will be forgiven. Ya' gotta love 'em!

I caught up on missed sleep most of the weekend. I haven't made up the guest bed yet, so will do that tomorrow, along with numerous other chores that you tend to let slide when you have company for two weeks.

It's supposed to be in the seventies most of this coming eek, so that will be nice. Time to open the windows and doors and let some fresh air in; or as my Mom used to say, "let the stink out". Spring is DEFINITELY in the air now.

And......so it goes........TTFN

XOXOXOXOXO

The Cats Are Looking For Auntie Linda....

My best friend Linda went home today after visiting for two weeks. She's a bigger cat lover then I am (I know, how can that be possible?) and my Fab Four are looking for her. They have been sniping at each other since she left over the comforter on the couch (which she used while she was here). They walk into the guest room and meow pitifully looking for her. She's a bigger sucker then I am when it comes to treats. I think the Fab Four need to lose a few pounds after having indulged too much.

I miss her too. It was fun having her here. We are so much alike which can be good and bad. We've been best friends for forty two years. But all good times come to an end eventually; and she had to go home today. I'll sleep a little fitfully tonight, listening for sounds from her room, and the cats will probably pile in with me. We'll miss her. We'll reflect fondly on the great two weeks we had with her here, but then we'll settle back to the old routine. Life always continues as it was...

I miss you Linda Gayle. Come back soon. The Fab Four need to be spoiled and you're the absolute best at that:-)

Shop Till You Drop??

Since my best friend has been here from Massachusetts ( a week today), I have gone shopping enough to last me a lifetime! I love her dearly, but she lives to shop! Jewelry, clothes, makeup, even junk----she wants it and buys it! I realize how blessed I am because none of this stuff matters to me. I used to be a jewelry nut, and even makeup, but never to this extent. As I got older, I realized you can look pretty stupid wearing a lot of makeup and too much jewelry.( Not to mention expensive)

She's not growing older gracefully either. She spends ridiculous amounts of money on wrinkle creams. I told her to save her money for a face lift if it was that important to her. I'm secretly glad that I am not obsessed about such nonsense.

Last night we were coming home from another shopping trip, when we passed by Ace Hardware and she said, "Ooh look! Ace Hardware! Lets go in and see what they have."

I was tired and probably not too diplomatic. I said, "What in the hell could you possibly need at Ace Hardware??? Are you planning to paint my house or do some minor repairs that my handyman who dumped me, should be doing??"

She looked at me kind of funny and said that Ace has a lot of other things too. That's when I told her that she could buy all that stuff that she needs in there, when she gets home. I told her, "You're a shopaholic Linda. You're killing me! You're not happy unless you're buying something." (Did I mention that when we aren't out shopping she wants to watch the QVC channel on TV? I didn't even know I had it on cable!)

Today I told her I was not going anywhere. I just want to stay home. She may be upset, but think of all the money she'll save today (unless she finds something to order on QVC).

I'm happy that I don't have this insatiable need to buy things. All the fancy diamond rings and bracelets don't give you any real satisfaction, or she'd be happy with what she has. All the wrinkle cream in the world will not keep you from getting older.

I realize how unencumbered I really am and how good it makes me feel to be able to say that. I'm just happy with the way things are. It's a great feeling!

I Got Dumped By My Handyman!!!

You know how when you break up with someone you care about and you're left momentarily feeling a little bewildered? Well, I didn't break up with a significant other. It was actually much worse. My all around "handyman" Mike; told me yesterday that he was more or less, getting out of the business and doing only two houses in the block where he lives.

In February his wife of forty some odd years left him, which totally messed him up. He wasn't handling it well at all and I advised him to seek therapy to help him cope. He told me he couldn't be around "power tools" and he had to get rid of his "gun" because he was afraid of what he might do! That's when I told him about therapy and depression drugs.

So anyway, I had asked him to fix a leak in my gutter and he said he would see to it in a couple of weeks, so when I didn't hear from him, I called him yesterday and that's when he told me he was going to quit his handyman repair business except for a few friends. I guess I was hurt because I really relied on him, and he was excellent at what he does. I thought I was one of his "special" customers. (Snort). What a joke! He dumped me! I have been dumped by the handyman! I feel worse then if I had been dumped by a boyfriend!!

Now that I got it off my chest, I firmly believe that when one door closes another door opens and I will find someone even better and possibly less expensive.

But really....HOW DARE HE? :-)

How To Confuse A Liberal

This is crazy! I haven't posted anything in about two weeks and then tonight I have three posts! I can't shut up.....

I watched 'Letterman' the other night ONLY because he had Bill O'Reilly from 'The Factor' (Fox News Channel) on that night. Now, I have to tell you, I've long ago stopped watching Letterman because I think he is a buffoon and he hasn't been very funny in years. But I like Bill O'Reilly a LOT. He makes Letterman look so stupid that I laugh my head off. So I did the DVR thing and watched it the next morning so I wouldn't have to listen to any of the idiocy that is classic Letterman. I just fast forwarded to where the interview with O'Reilly began.

O'Reilly did not disapoint. In the eighteen minute segment--he hammered Letterman; and Letterman took the bait and looked like an idiot. At one point, when O'Reilly had him really cornered, Letterman just looked in the camera and said, "Whatever". So much for giving facts. That's how you confuse a liberal. You throw facts at them. It gets 'em everytime!

Update On My Customer Service Fiasco Last Month....

Some of you have asked how my Customer Service fiasco with Qwest turned out. VERY long story short, it took a few more calls, then it finally became a showdown between Qwest, Verizon, and me. In the end, Qwest said I owed them $53.88. I told them to get it from Verizon. They said no, I had to get it from Verizon. I called Verizon and told them they owed me $53.88 and to send me a refund. They argued, and said they owed me a refund of $83.89. I told them that they only owed me $53.88. They said, no, we owe you $83.89. I said, "Okay, go ahead and send it to me."

I got it in five days. I sent Qwest the $53.88. It's all settled. The so called profit of $30.01 wasn't really mine but they insisted. I finally said OK. For all the headache and screw ups on their part, I guess I made $30.01!

Who says the customer is always right? :-)

Another Senseless Massacre........

Seems like everyday you turn on the news and someone has gone on a shooting rampage, taking innocent lives in a blood bath of gunfire. It happened again today in Binghamton, NY. Death count so far-- thirteen; with four very critical. Sadly, the shooter took his own life. I say sadly, because it would have been cool to convict him and throw him in the general prison population where he would have had problems too numerous to mention. That would have been far more satisfying.

It's all senseless. Your life can be taken in a second simply because some wacko can't handle life's problems and instead of just ending his life, he wants to go out in a blaze of glory and take innocent people with him. The poor victims and their families. Just being in the wrong place and the wrong time. Pray for the families and the four that are critical. But for the grace of God it could have been any one of us.

We'll see a lot more of this. I don't believe it should get as much news coverage as it does. It makes the nuts out there think, "Hey...let me do something like this and get my fifteen minutes of fame."

On another front:

BHO is in Europe schmoozing with the Europeans and generally making nice.. It seems Michelle O is America's newest fashion plate. Everyone wants to see what she's wearing......... In France it was a "fashion showdown" between her and Carla Bruni, the French First Lady (who used to be a model). And so it goes........................