Over Here In The Fog

This morning it was Foggy ...
Kind of spooky out
The chill of Fall is here

I hope it warms up
Like it did yesterday

Sunday was one of those 'memory' days
The kind you want to 'stop' in time

I told Mr. Boatman I'd like to have my world
Stay the same .. Just for a while

I don't want my cats or dogs to get any older
I don't want to get older either

Our world has had a lot of bumps lately
It's rare that we have a Peaceful Day
I'd just like it to stay that way for a bit longer

Just Wishing Over Here In The Fog

Yes, I had fun ...

It's a semi nice Sunday

Weather is muggy

Birds are singing

Jasmine Marie is mewing at me by the puter

I cleaned out a bit of my closet

Old dresses from before I had my daughter

Seriously

I really liked them

Couldn't let them go

How silly of me

They were a size ten

And, I thought

Maybe I'd get back in those

They even have padded shoulders

Are they back in ?

Read some sad stories about animal abuse

Told my six fur kids

How lucky they were to have a home

Mr. Boatman is back in our time zone

I kept him up til ten last night

Waking him up every time he fell a sleep

Yes, I had fun

Oh, I'm still feeling ok

A twing here & there but nothing

A pain patch can't help with

Here's hoping you're having

A Super Sunday

Don't Tell ...

Ashton hiding under the bed

I'm feeling just a touch better. Don't tell the evil painlords ...

I still have a pain patch on but I'm able to do things on my list ..

Yesterday, was a wash out for me. Took muscle relaxants & pain pills. Maybe that helped .. don't know ... but, I'll take any relief I can get.

Mr. Boatman got back a bit ago from his week long trip to Taipei.

Yes, he just went a couple of weeks ago. I quess they love him over there. This time he stayed a while in Japan too.

It rained last night

Smells so good outside

You know what I mean

Clearing up a bit now

Birds are eating away

There's an evening grosbeak eating in front of me

I'd take a pic but I don't want to scare it away

Having fun with my camera

Took a few pics today

See, I'm feeling better

Hope you all have a PURRFECT Weekend

Mew at you all later,

Oh, there's an update on the bear near my neighborhood.

They said not to feed the birds

I quess they caught a pic of a bear eating the food

I'm going to take my chances ... bear vs birds

Bird TV is on for now ...

I'll let you know if I have to do a cable outage ...

Napping With My Purr Gang

I've been playing around with my blog layout. Trying to change the width of my columns. Which I think I've figured out. Which is amazing since I am totally not computer savvy ... at all. I even changed my photo for one of me waving at Mr. Boatman ... I'll keep it for a while.

I've been blogging for a few months now and it does seem that I'm slowing down. Blogging wise and in everything wise.

Summer is fabulous. I enjoy the Sun, taking naps with the dogs & cats, watering the barrels in the driveway ... even though it was hot today. That's the reason I went in & ended up taking a nap with the Purr Gang. Was lovely to wake up & have most of them with me.

It is a bit sad though ... that Summer is ending. I felt it this morning. A chill was in the morning air. My daughter has already left for college. My son starts back next week. He's not happy about it but off he will go in a few days. My baby is going to be a Junior in High School. That is making me old ... older than I already feel.

This week I've been in a lot of pain. And, I mean A LOT !!! My good side ... if I actually have one ... is acting up. My right back hip area is telling me nasty things. It's telling me that the Dr's are waiting for me to call. That the infusion chair is calling my name. That the frustrations of them either finding out what's wrong or not finding out what's wrong will continue. I am not ready yet. I will keep buying the whole store out of Pain Patches for old Ladies.

I've been to so many Dr's about my nerve pain. Two pain clinics. Each time I had two steroid epidural procedures done on my left back area. Each time I was told this wouldn't last long. With that look, from the nurse. Which told me, oh man I'm glad it's you and not me.

I've been lucky and haven't had a lot of trouble until now. (Let's not forget the coma and relearning to walk and talk but that's got nothing to do with my nerve pain.) Only now it's on my right side. My good side. The side that I've had trouble with ever since I woke up almost four years ago. (I was left with a weakness on my right side with nerve pain.)

You can't believe how much I try to pretend that I don't live in pain. I do everything to forget. It works most days. Cause it's all a mental game. It has to be. And, add that I still have some brain damage ... and when I was recovering and dealing with all of that pain, I told myself I just wanted to go home. Well, I'm here .. I got what I asked for.

Only I think time has caught up with me. I can not hide from the evil pain that lingers ... waiting to attack me. This week it won. This week I cried like a baby. I haven't done that in a long time. I don't feel sorry for myself too often. What happens in life ... well, it just happens. I always try to keep on going. Only this week ... it got to me. It really did.

Maybe cause I had such a great time at the Ocean .. celebrating my birthday. I did not hurt that week. I think that's why I wanted to put that pic up as my main photo. Me waving while playing in the waves. My fear is that this pain will get me again. I won't be able to walk ... again. (That's happened to me four times now.) I even had to get out my blue parking sticker. The kind they give out to the permanently handicapped. Yes, I qualified a few years ago. It's just that I'd been doing so good. I hardly ever use it ... only, now I'm back to being that lady who needs it. I've even gotten my cain out and when I go in my car, I see my walker hanging on the wall. I refuse to talk to it. I will not ever use that again. I won't.

So, while my back has been causing me trouble ... I've taken a few naps with my Purr Gang. Pain makes me tired and I've been really tired this week.

I know I'm saying too much but it's my blog and I can say what I want.

I'm going to show you some more photos from my vacation cause it makes me happy ...

And, tomorrow is another day ..

I hope it will be better for all of us

Did they see me coming in the door ?

Why are flea meds so expensive ?

I thought I saw one last night. Could have been a bug from outside but to be safe I went to the local pet supply store. There they were .. on the shelf ... hidden .. where I could not see the price. Where were my glasses ? In the car, of course. I squinted while she got the box ... boxes .. I think I saw $suo.o7 ... see I need those glasses afterall. My total bill was over Two Hundred ... I screamed ... mentally that is.

What did I get for my over Two Hundred Dollars ... thank you for asking ...

My receipt reads like this ...

Front Line Plus Feline Green 2 @ 50.99
Front Line Plus Canine Red   1 @ 54.99 (big dog size ... of course I have big dogs)

I only got one of those cause there are three applications in a box. For the cats, I have to get two boxes ... cause of the three in the box & I of course have four cats ... why did I have to get Riley ?

And, the Bird TV Advertisements

Nature's Cafe Patio Mix 20 lb bag  1 @ 41.99
Nature's Cafe Nutty Mix  8 lb bag   1 @ 18.99

For a Grand Total of ~~~ 217.95 plus tax for a total of $ 238. 66

All that for no fleas & bird tv ... Man ... I need a drink and a job

Update ~ Maddy Jean did not like having liquid put on her neck. Bella was a good pup about it. Maybe due to her semi dementia state of mind. The cats were ok. Riley jumped off his scratching post ... aka ... bird tv ... and gave me a dirty orange kitty stare. Al was ok but had enough of Grandma doing the neck rub. Ashton was on the bed. Didn't bother him at all. He went back to sleep. That cat is just so  laid back. Jasmine was in the closet on her towels. I had to take her off & attack her fast. I got the last of it on her mid air.

No more maybe fleas ...

That was no fun ...

Update # 2 ~ Just looked online & yes, they saw me coming in the door. On Drs. Foster and Smith, it costs $ 39.99 plus shipping but still that's a diff of $11.00.

I'm going to faint now ... did you hear that ... it was me falling on the floor in a pile ... where are those fur balls now ... make some mula ... pay for your own flea meds ...

Til next time ... as I pull myself off the floor ... why did I do that ... too old for antics like that ... dust myself off and gather my old bod and transfer funds from savings to checking to pay for this one ...

Mr. Boatman is gone this week so by the time the bill comes in he'll just ask ... what is this ... and I'll already have that drink in hand & tell him how I'm now prepared ... course that will cost more $$$

What do you want to bet that it wasn't fleas and just the local woody bugs that came in ... it was cold yesterday ...

Can't win can I ...

Wordless Wednesday

This is why I like to go to the Ocean

Where do you like to go ?

Crazy Manic Monday

Monday MEOWning Updates

I had a Marvelous Birthday Celebration at the Ocean.

Got a new Cannon SR10 IS as my Old Lady Birthday Gift

Tried to take a few photos

Do I ever have a lot to learn about photography

My oldest teenager went back to college last night

My youngest teenager goes back to school next week

I think I finally have all of his 'stuff' taken care of at his school

(they goofed his schedule & I had to do emails back & forth)

Mr. Boatman is going away for a week in a few hours

The siding installers are supposed to show up any minute

The Girls ... Maddy Jean & Bella .. refuse to 'to their business' before the group of workers arrive

My Hip is still hurting. I can't bend over without yelling ... and that is so much fun ... kidding

Cats are doing ok. Riley has been sneezing. Someone is leaving me 'gifts' to clean up after breakfast

My email system is not working ... giving me trouble ... saying it needs this or that ...

Thus, it's a Crazy Manic Monday ...

How's your Monday going ?

Cat Slave

It's Saturday MEOWning & I'm a slave to my orange boy ...

He told me that Bird TV just wasn't up to his standards ..
Meaning that the feeders were ... empty ...

I being the Cat Slave ... took a sip of my delic coffee ... found some flip flops that were on the kitchen floor ... teenagers ... went out to the garage. Refilled the feeders in the meowning mist. Kind of a fog like cloudy kind.

Came back in ... told the Royal Orange Boy ... that his Bird TV had been fixed. I'm the cable gal ... he turned around and MEWed at me. Allowed me to tell him how pretty he was and how sweet. A whole two minutes of it ... then a bird flew bye.

Worth it I think ...

(I will be uploading my photos ... soon ... hope they came out .. PURRfect .. was a Grand Vacation ... this week is going to be Crazy too )

Cat Here Cat

It's My Birthday

the question was asked ...

What do I want for my birthday ?

I don't know .. I don't need anything .. Can't think of a thing

A new camera so that my photos aren't blurry

There .. that's what I want

Do I need it ? No

I want Peace for my Birthday

For the year actually

I want to go on a Wine Tasting mini trip

A long weekend of tasting and driving through the warm part of my state

Maybe staying at the cute hotel .. that I found ... overlooking the river

Even though it's way out there in the middle of no where and not close

to any winery but its own

I'd like to go shopping without buying anything

And, if I do buy, it's something that I don't need

Something cute ...

For breakfast, I would like chocolate eclairs from Safeway.

Without the flowery stuff on top. Or, a cute bakery.

Mr. Boatman is taking me to the Ocean.

On my actually birthday ... that doesn't happen too often.

Rain or Shine ... I'll be there looking at those waves.

Maybe go to a good movie .. the week of.

Oh, and what kind of cake do I want ?

Something Chocolate but just a slice.

Not much else, that I need ...

I'll keep thinking .... I have a few days left

Rain.. I hear the dance

The sound of Rain

Oh the thrill of drops

Waiting for it

It came while I was looking elsewhere

It woke me up from a sound sleep

The cats sat in the window and listened

As it danced on the driveway

Fast now

The window is open due to the Muggy Ness

I can hear the dance

Oh how I did my own dance when I knew it was here

We've had a long hot July and now that it's August

It seemed like it would be clouds and muggy

The muggies will go away ... I hope

At least I don't have to water my plants

The Rain ... it has arrived !!!

Monday Mews

The end of the weekend ...

I'm upstairs with some of My Purr Gang

Al is by the fan ... not blowing but he's sitting by it. His mice are near by. One is a yellowish striped one and the other is white with black spots. He won't admit it but he loves his catnip toys. Jasmine is sitting between the laundry and magazine baskets. Hiding she is. Bella is at the foot of the bed ... snoozing like she does. Ashton is sitting in the window feeling the night air. Riley just walked out of the room and down the hall. He's my adventurous one. The four of them ... cats ... had a bit of salmon for a snack. Bella got to clean the can. Maddy Jean is outside. She loves to go out there and bark and watch bugs and listen to the sounds of the woods. If a siren goes off ... we live by two fire stations ... that's even better.

We cleaned the garage. Started to at least. It still has work to be done but we worked on it all Saturday and a bit this afternoon. You can tell that things are cleaner. Paths are clear. Mr. Boatman is a messy person. His Father is too. That's what got me going on the garage. His parents are moving out of their house. You wouldn't believe the mess they have in their garage and basement. His Dad made a statement that got me going ... "they should have cleaned up all their stuff twenty years ago". Now, they are having their children ... who are busy ... do it for them ... at least that's what they would like. Anyway, I decided that Mr. Boatman would not end up like his Dad. He would clean his garage and it would be now.

I've taken a before picture and will take a few after ones, when I think we are done. I don't think I'll get Mr. Boatman to clean everything but I'll keep going til he stops.

Went to the boat with Mr. Boatman this afternoon. It is supposed to rain tomorrow. OK, stop a while and think about that. We haven't had rain in what ... 30 days or so ... might be more than that. That is simply unheard of for my part of the world. We have moss on our fence and front porch .. it rains that much. We have forests called ..The Rain Forest ... now, they need to be renamed ... anyway, the rain it is a coming back to town. (Mr. Boatman needed to put the cover on it ... been off for so long that I had to remind him)

Oh, while I've been typing this .. Riley has joined Ashton and they are making bookends on the window ... both looking out into the darkness ... listening and watching for bugs.

Peace has come back to my world. I think the demons that venture into my DD are gone for now. She seemed to be in a good mood. My son even helped clean the garage ... both days. Please let them stay this way til they move out on their own.

That's my update ... I wish I did more interesting blogs ... I will work on that.

Oh, Maddy Jean is barking to come in ...

Mew At You later,

Cool

Ashton cooling down during the heat wave we had

(Mr. Boatman found the cable & I was able to download some of my precious photos ... and as I would say, WA LA )

Saturday Mews

A Scary Eyed Snowshoe Siamese. Taken In June 2009. She does her Juliet impression from the balcony.

There was no Kitty Cat Uprising yesterday .. Woo Hoo !!!

Maybe the 'crazies' that have surrounded my Peaceful World ... have gone away.

I am sorry for whomever they visit .. not fun.

I don't have any new photos to post ... Mr. Boatman took my connecting cord ... to use it on his trip ... to the typhoon land ... so, imagine me ... looking everywhere. (Remember I was in a coma and have just a tiny bit of memory problems ... thus, I double check myself ... so, I was looking everywhere for this white cord that is ... always ... plugged in ... and I mean it's ... always ... been there. So, the latest ... cute ... photos ... of Ashton, Jasmine, Riley & Big Al ... are forever .. frozen ... in my camera. Not .. forever .. forever ... just until I get a new cable or Mr. Boatman figures out what he did with it )

So, I will just say that my Four Purrballs are Absolutely Purrfect ...

and leave it at that

I was reading my book last night ... Julie & Julia ... Jasmine was napping by me ... not really ... she was curled up in a ball being cute ... little white shoes and her chin ... I stopped reading and was petting her ... telling her how cute she was ... all I know is I woke up to Mr. Boatman saying something about ...

did I want to sleep in my clothes ... why not ... so I did ... until 2ish or so ...

not a bad way to end a somewhat peaceful day.

Today we will try ... with try underlined ... not really but you know what I mean ... to clean the garage ... I don't even want to tell you how it looks ... back away ... slowly ... I promise there will be improvements made today ... at least one truck load to the local dump and lots of recycling ... there will be progress ... that's my plan

And, with that I will wish you all a PURRfect Saturday in your Kitty Cat Land and Garden ... my Garden area is a bit burnt ... due to those 102 weather days ... but, what survived ... I truely enjoy ...

Mew At You All Later,

Teenagers in Furry Suits

Mr. Boatman is home

He got the 2nd flight out and called when he got to San Francisco around 9 pm.

It was about thirty minutes later that my teenage daughter ... yes, a different teenager this time .. decided to explode ... like a volcano ... the things that came out of her mouth.

I won't go into details but ... we've had trouble with her before ... we thought she'd grown up a bit at college ... ends up she's a liar and mean as can be.

I have to watch every thing I say to her ... I can't forget ... even if there is a nice afternoon making cheesecake ... which there was ... and I think that's what got me off guard.

I will survive ... I have the cup for a reason ... it's just the damage she does ... emotionally and otherwise ...

So, today I will be in search of peace ... I think I won't really find it til both these teenagers our gone , out of here, bye bye ...

(Teenage boy is in a mood cause of having to go to the library to read his book. His sister .. when she erupted ... went off on him too ... no one is safe from her )

I hope you all have a PURRfect weekend. The cats and dogs .. I hope are not planning an event ... I would be so disappointed if they were tiny teenagers in furry suits ..

Calgon Take Me Away

So I wake up this morning

Have my coffee in hand

No internet

I restart the puter

Nothing

Ends up my teenage son disconnected the connection last night

My 16 year old son who won't read his AP English book .. he has to read two books by Sept. 2nd .. got mad at me and in this madness decided to get back at me and disconnect me from cable

I woke him up and asked him how to check the box ... that resides upstairs ... near his puter. He says, maybe a cable is loose. I check ... nothing is on ... I go back and ask him if he unplugged something. He gets up and plugs it back in. I ask him for an explanation ... he walks back to bed. I'm annoyed as hell at him.

So, I go down to my puter and finally get my email. What do I find ? A typhoon is hitting Taipei .. that's where Mr. Boatman is this week ... and he has to catch an earlier flight back home ... if he can get one.

I went up to the teenage son and yelled at him and let's put that in caps ... YELLED ... I'm sure everything will be ok ... and if it's not ... not much I can do about it from here.

My 'list' for the day now has added things ... check to see if Mr. Boatman gets on a plane. What day is it over there and what time ? He didn't answer his cell phone.

And, I forgot that the guy is supposed to show up today to give an estimate on the siding ... on the back of the house ... that's at ten ... which means I have to clean the yard ... dogs ... no explanation for that one.

And, I have to take the handle back to the store ... wrong one. Looked ok to me but what do I know ... more than I did yesterday. Go to the store that does have it ... looked online and found one that looks almost right.

Makes yesterday & the emails back & forth with my sister in law seem a bit ridiculous ... doesn't it ?

When it rains it pours ... typhoons ... Calgon Take Me Away !!!

He Said She Said ... What

There is a family gathering that was planned without asking my side of the family.

We already had plans.

Mr. Boatman asked me to rearrange them.

I'm not happy about it but I did it.

Now I hear that this date was planned a while ago by my D.

I talked to my D.

She says she doesn't know anything about it.

So, back and forth go the emails and I'm quite amused by the

He Said, She said ... with everyone going .. What

I'm so glad it's not my family and I know for sure I didn't say anything ...

Of course, Mr. Boatman ... who is gone traveling ... will do whatever ... cause that's who he is and what he does when it comes to his family ...

which drives me crazy and is one of the reasons Mr. Boatman and I have trouble

And as my Mom ... who ends up was very wise ... would say ... and,

this too shall pass

Now, I need to go to Lowe's cause the handle on my sliding glass door broke off. Yes, it is dangling upside down ... imagine me with two dogs who want to go in and out and me figuring out how to let them .. go in and out ...

My son said ... a he said .. moment but I was there to verify ... use Dad's super glue ... no, I don't think so ... can you imagine that one ...

Off to shop ... and not for bubble bath ...

Tabby Tuesday

Tabby Tuesday Updates

I'm having my first cup of coffee

In my blue mug

I had a long relaxing weekend

Came home mid day yesterday

It was only half a day and an evening

I'm ready for a vacation and it's not even eight am

Teenagers & In Laws .. the stress those two make

Add in Mr. Boatman and his job situation

Mr. Boatman is leaving for the week on travel.

I get to deal with the teenagers and insurance co.

(if you missed my side post ... car got hit & D didn't get

all the info she needed.

Hit & Run driver.

Never a dull moment with her)

And you ask ... when does she go back to college ?

Thank You for asking. This month ... counting the days.

You also asked did my son read his book for AP English.

That would be a big NO he didn't but

I got to inquire and do my mean Mom thing.

And you asked the next question, will he go to college ?

Very doubtful ... if playing video games

all day gets you into Yale

He's got it made

So as I dream of relaxing weekends,

I will start my 'list' and try to remember

that Life is Good ...

Oh, you also asked how the cats were ?

They are fine now that it's a bit cooler.

This hot stuff was literally

causing them to melt into puddles of fur.

Now they are bouncing around and mewing

like usual

Mew at you all Later,

Sunday At The Beach

The chimes are dinging
The wind is blowing

Enough to give a break to this warmth

The sky is almost cloudless

I walked the beach & found a few sand dollars

Sat on the deck with Maddy Jean & Bella

We ate cold grapes & drank very cold water

Only the sounds of a motor boat buzzing & a dog barking

Very Peaceful

Mr. Boatman is busy doing guy things

Supposed to get in the high 90's
I hope to sit in the shade while reading my book

An iced drink by my side

Mr. Boatman said something about going out to dinner

He is taking a vacation day tomorrow so this is a long weekend

at the beach for us. No teenagers this time.

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday

I sure am ...