long overdue

ever feel like you should update, just for the sake of updating?? That's me, today. I don't feel like I've got all that much to say, so pardon the random thoughts and pointless chatter about to come.

My cat isn't sick any more. No more green snot or watery eyes. That's great, but the process in getting him there was gross. Our vet prescribed him this antibiotic for like 21 days that is supposed to kill everything but the cat. They aked us if our cat would prefer chicken or fish flavor? I wasn't at home, so I couldn't ask the cat, but I had a hunch that he would like chicken. When this medicine arrived, I was excited to get him started on it, but slightly disturbed when I opened the medicine bottle to find a liquid that, smell-wise, did not resemble chicken in the least bit. No no my friend, this particular medicine smells like spoiled bacon, wrapped in a turd. I kid you not.

We got a new car, about a month ago. Gently used '04 Nissan Xterra. I love it- for a couple reasons. 1. it's reliable, and smells good, and looks nice and when we start a family, we can actually put a kid in it. AND 2. Now my husband doesn't whine. He finally shut up about a new car. That, my friends, is the true reward.

We're leaving for Florida in 10 days. My family lives down there and we're flying down for Christmas and New Years! I'm excited to relax a bit, get some time off of work for Aaron and I and hopefully get some sun. I'm starting to look like a corpse. I could use a healthy glow.

I wish I had something more interesting, and fun to report, but I lead a sad life. Quite the boring life. But I'll tell you, there have been some great SVU and CSI episodes lately. That, I can take to the bank.

love y'all.

I'm not sure what this means.

I'm not even sure it's possible?? Can a cat catch a cold from a human? I've had this terrible head cold all last week, carrying over to this week, and yesterday, my cat Stephens, started to show cold symptoms. I did smooch him and cuddle him a lot when I was home sick last week, but is it possible that he would catch my cold? If so, I'm not sure what it means...

Also, I really like dill pickles.

proud parents

Yesterday was a big day for Aaron and I...we became the proud parents of a bouncing, baby boy...kitten. He joined our family at 6:54pm on October 17th, 2005. He's a jewel. Cutest brown little body, racoon tail...and one white back leg- almost looks like he has a cast on. Our 12-week old boy has been named Stephens...so when someone asks, "what's your cats' name?" We can say, "this is our Cat Stephens." Ironically, our Cat Stephens keeps flashing us the peace sign and smells a bit like reefer. (Or maybe that's liter box)

Anyway..join us is welcoming our bundle of joy! Pictures to follow soon.

having friends is nice

I can't say that a whole lot has changed since my last post...except there haven't been any more turds in my basement.
But it is nice to hear from friends....so thank you. Thanks for being the kind of people who pray when you say you're going to pray, and for being the kind that stop by and say hi when a girl is down, and for being the kind that don't try to fix things when all I want is someone to listen to me whine. thanks.

when it rains it pours

ever go through a season where life seems exceptionally crappy? almost like you're being forced to stay in a dirty diaper, when in fact there is a clean one on the changing table, but you and your little hands just don't know how to get outta this one and into the other. well, me and my little hands are feeling helpless.

without depressing you, or depressing myself further, let's just say this- you could pick any area of life, and I could EASILY find something that wasn't going just right. Now, I know what you're going to say, "that's life." And point taken. On any given day everyone has something that they wish was better/different/easier/less crappy. But honestly, I am having days where I can't seem to find even a glimmer of relief...and on those days when I feel I can't take ANY more, one more thing hits. Last night, I got home from work at 6:30 and got into my bed...I didn't get out until this morning...at least if I stay in there, nothing bad can happen...but now that I say that, I won't bet on it.

If you're the praying kind, could you please pray for:

my body- I'm having terrible problems with my back, I have herniated discs that are acting up, as well as something in my shoulderblade that makes breathing difficult.

Aaron's health- that he wouldn't have any more kidney stones..which leads us to....

medical bills- kidney stones are expensive and we've had two that we've been paying off since our wedding day, almost a year ago.

our plumbing- had a back up last week that brought poop into my basement. Had it "snaked" three times but I'm still worried.

work- both Aaron and I are working lots of hours and we're really tired. And it seems that things aren't going as planned at work...lots of headaches.

Aaron's car- it keeps threatening to die on us and to date we still owe money on it...and have no means to replace it quite yet.

those are the biggies...and of course there are the basic things like, I hate my body and want to lose weight but I'm too busy to exercise, aaron needs new glasses because the ones he has are superglued together right now, I wish my house was clean and would magically stay clean for more than 2 days, I want a kitten and a hammock but can't afford them, I wish I was 10 again because life was simpler then.

that's about it...please pray. Even if you're not a praying person...maybe this is God's way of getting you to start...I could really use some love like that.

thanks friends.

almost like carnie-folk

So myself and 24 of my closest friends were at Cedar Point this past weekend...enjoying an end of the summer day of coaster riding when I stumbled upon something I've never witnessed before in my life. Let me preface this by saying I basically grew up going to Cedar Point, and I'm pretty much more comfortable on a roller coaster than I am on most other modes of transportation. So I've seen all types of amusement park folk...ridden all the rides...endlessly and so on.

So we're standing in line to ride the Millenium Force...tallest, fastest North American Coaster out there- and all of a sudden, the line is at a stand still. The car that just ran was sitting, full of people, in the sun. Not unloading. Then there's a bit of commotion....and we realize that there's been something terrible. Yes my friends, as we looked over to the unloading zone, we saw a gentleman, in his mid-thirties, launching his lunch. Probably only 30 feet away from us, he's really lettin' it go, and his lovely, caring, slightly embarassed girlfriend is gently rubbing his back. As we surveyed the situation, we realized that he wasn't just throwing up there, on the ground, but he had actually lost it much earlier, on the coaster. Hence the delay in the coasters' well timed runs. They were hosing it down, and sanitizing it quite thoroughly. We all decided that someone needed to hose down the guy, as he had bright orange yack all down his leg, and on his socks and shoes.

Where do you go from there? I mean, everyone just saw you throw up- your girlfriend is trying to comfort you, knowing full well that you're a pansy. There's even this guy sitting in the car that just returned, who had to be at least 80 years old. I mean, come on. As the girlfriend, what do you say? "Honey, would you like to go ride the ferris wheel? maybe the bumper cars?"

The guy in front of me made a keen observation- "maybe she should take him on a water ride, to clean him up."

snack of the day

One word.

Sun-Maid California Golden Raisins