Never before, Never again!

Yesterday was the first day back at work after a less than stellar spring break. The break involved an eye infection, a broken tooth, a son with mono and painting. All behind me now. Back to the groove, sometimes work can be a welcome break. It was a beautiful day when I got off so I rolled my window down a little and enjoyed the fresh air.

This morning I went out to take my son to school and noticed I had left the window down. I got closer and noticed raccoon footprints on the window. I had my son help me open all the doors incase the varmit was still in there. I opened the back door and there on the floorboard was a huge pile of shit. GROSS!!!

I have never had this happen to me before. I have 4 boys, have done daycare and owned every type of animal imaginable so I have cleaned up my share of gross things. This is so different. I don’t know what animal did this but this is messed up. Clean up involved rubber gloves, antibacterial spray, a roll of paper towels and a whole lot of gagging.

Lesson learned—always make sure your windows are closed. : )

I still think they're cute.

Dr. Seuss

Just went to see the movie......I loved it, but what's not to like about Dr. Seuss.

“A person's a person, no matter how small."

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. “


“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”

“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent.” Horton Hatches An Egg


“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own.And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.”

“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”

Fixing the Cats

First of all, they weren't broken. They were prefectly normal, healthy cats who started going into heat quite regularly. I'm not fond of the word spayed either, reminds me of gardening tools.
Any way I took them in because spring approaches and I don't need litters of kittens. My biggest fear was that it would change their personalities. Misty, the grey one, is a spaz, loves to play and can jump half way up the wall. Freckles, the one with the orange face, is mellow and lovey. They always get along well, romping around the house and cleaning each other. We let them out in the backyard once and when we let them back in Misty kept hissing at Freckles. We figured it was something about her smell so I rubbed a banana peel on both of them. I didn't put a whole lot of thought into that, I just happenned to have it in my hand when Misty started hissing. It worked. I digress.
So I took them in and when I went back in the afternoon to pick them up Misty is the only one that could come home because Freckles was running a temperature. So I took Misty home and the next day went back for Freckles. Now Misty acts like she got a lobotomy. She hisses every time Freckles even looks her way. Freckles is her same old mellow self and just gives Misty the "whatever" look. I've tried petting Freckles then petting Misty but then she hisses at me. So I'm starting to think it's time for the banana treatment again. : )

1962

When I was just a little girl

I asked my mother

What will I be

Will I be pretty

Will I be rich

Here's what she said to me

Que sera, sera

Whatever will be, will be

The future's not ours to see

Que sera, sera

What will be, will be

Faith

Religion is a touchy subject; it has been known to start a war or two. I respect any path a person takes that brings them closer to his or her god. As a child my parents took us to a Methodist church. We went to Sunday school and vacation bible school and then we just stopped going. I don’t know the whys or even when. I went long enough to have the faith of a child. I knew for a fact that God was concerned about my well being. It was as a child that a panicky fear that someone is behind you started happening. So I decided I had angels around me. They guarded my back so I wouldn’t look like a jerk running away from something that wasn’t there.

As a teenager a friend asked me to go to church with her, she was Catholic. It was a longer service than I had ever attended and a lot of standing, kneeling, sitting, God aerobics. Then they offered communion, this I knew and so I walked down the aisle and took communion. After the service was over my friend told me I actually should not have taken communion because I wasn’t Catholic and I hadn’t been confirmed. OK, there were rules to this; someone could have clued me in. As the years went by I found myself searching, I attended services in Lutheran, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Baptist and Apostolic Churches. I believe God was at all of them but none of them quite fit me. Although most of the people I met were kind and loving people, I also found that some of the biggest “sinners” hide behind the church doors. So like Dorothy and her ruby slippers, I discovered I had the power the whole time. The path I take to God is as individual and unique as I am. It’s not about what religion I am, but the faith I possess.

The Long and Winding Winter