Cat Lost

Another find the other day at my sister's house was this Lost Cat poster my oldest niece made when their cat ran away.

My sister reports that the cat did return home and my niece has always credited this poster.


My favorite part is that she describes the cat as being 5" tall.




That is one tiny cat.
Even Snowy is 6" tall.

Treasures

My family is in Re-Location Limbo Land.

My daughter and I, my sister and her daughter and my son & daughter-in-law... we are all in limbo waiting for this house thing to work out. My son keeps sending me texts that say "When are you getting out of my house?" because they will be moving in my current house once my sister and I move into our new house.
So far, we are getting a lot of flirting and no commitment from House per my earlier post!

We are trying to get prepared by de-cluttering and putting aside things for a big Yard Sale. Saturday morning I went over to my sisters to help her sort through her stuff cuz icky jobs are always more tolerable with someone to share the misery.
We came across the usual array of things you can't imagine why you saved, boxes on boxes of pre-school papers, unidentified cords and miscellaneous phone chargers, sad reminders of families pre-divorce (by the way, today is the 12th anniversary of my husband coming out of the closet and leaving me-- so, Unhappy Dump Day to me!). Yearbooks with pics with 1980's era hair styles (gotta love those 6" tall bangs) And mementos. Blankies sewn with love for babies, afghans crotch ed with hope for newlyweds, baby dresses.... and the discovery of the day:

Snowy.


Finding Snowy brought a tear to my sister's eye.
I had Monica tell the Snowy tale from her own lips:
"I loved her and prayed she would come to life but I was realistic and knew she would have an awful life without any arms or legs. I called mom to find out about Snowy and she says that I got her from her and dad when I was about 6 months old. There were actually 2 Snowys because I rubbed the fur off the original. Mom said she was originally bought in Long Beach and after much searching she found the 2nd one at Helen's toy store. She said that I could tell that it wasn't the original and didn't like the new one."

My commentary:
My sister and I were not always the close best friends we are today. She is 3 years my junior and she was the bane of my existence as kids. For one, she was cute. She was ALWAYS cuter than I. Even now. I hate that. Second-- she wouldn't stay in her own bed. When I was 16 I put my foot down and she cried for a month. Third-- She breathed on me. If you have siblings you understand.

My sisters obsession with Snowy drove me nuts. I constantly told her that Snowy was stiff just to hurt her feelings (if I haven't apologized for that yet, I do so now Monica). I told her Snowy wasn't real. That was before The Velveteen Rabbit became one of my favorites. Today I know: Snowy is Real.

A word about Helen's Toy Store: Nirvana

Raise your hand if you grew up in Lancaster? Yeah, I see you guys out there and I know you remember Helen's Toy Store. It was on 10th Street West between Avenue I & Lancaster Blvd. The only toy store in the Antelope Valley. Yeah, you heard me. I grew up in an area about 70 miles north of Los Angeles called the Antelope Valley and no, there aren't any antelope here. Toys purchased at Helen's toy store were wrapped in the most exquisite of paper: White with big red dots all over it. It was substantial paper-- not cheapo thin stuff. You knew if you had a birthday party and there was a gift wrapped in that paper that someone went all out for you. They didn't pick up something at Fedmart or Gemco... no, you had a Helen's Toy Store toy.
Even now, I can remember how exciting seeing that paper was! Today Helen's toy store houses the dance studio where my daughter and niece have dance class.

Back to Snowy--- I am astounded she still exists in recognizable condition. She was just a body covered in rabbit fur. (she kinda looks like road kill these days)
But to Monica, she is Beautiful and Real.
Live on Snowy.......
Live on.......

College Exam

School is almost over... Just a few more weeks to go....

(Not like BECKY who is already on vacation!!!)


I know that some of you might be worried about the future of mankind. Will our children be able to rule the country and make good decisions.
Will the Economists of the nation pull us out of this horrible recession????
I want to put your minds at ease, Geeezers.
I give you evidence of the state of Higher Learning: An actual online test I took for my MacroEconomics class.
I swear
I cut and paste this.

Take Assessment: Extra Credit

Name Extra Credit Instructions Multiple Attempts Not allowed. This Test can only be taken once. Force Completion This Test can be saved and resumed later.

Question Completion Status: 1 2 3 4 5

Question 1	2 points (Extra credit)					Save
	Barack Obama is the current president of the United States.
	True False

Question 2	2 points (Extra credit)					Save
	What is the color of a red pepper?
	red green yellow purple

Question 3	2 points (Extra credit)					Save
	Which 2 coins when added together will equal $0.30?
	quarter and nickel dime and nickel penny and dime none of the above

Question 4	2 points (Extra credit)					Save
	What food would you expect to be served at a chili cook-off?
	chili chicken tacos pancakes

Question 5	2 points (Extra credit)					Save
	Macroeconomics is an exciting and intellectually stimulating class. (The answer starts with the letter "T").
	True False

My professor gave this extra credit test to make up for complaints by some people that her test covered topics that she did not cover in class.
Eh... maybe.....
What is mind boggling is that some of the class couldn't be bothered to take this test for 10 extra credit points. Bizzaro for sure!

So... I am almost done... my last final is Tuesday the 2nd of June... then I have 2 weeks before the summer semester starts where I will be taking an online course. Wooo Hoooo!!!!

Don't forget that everyone promised me to reward me for getting 'A's in my courses.
What? You don't remember????? Wow, that hurts!!

Taxi Cab Confessions: Dead Animals

There have been many overheard conversations between my niece and her friend. Most of them are just too gross to relate.

But this one.... pretty interesting.................


"....... so this lady finds this cat that got ran over by a car and it is all dead and everything. So she takes it door to door to find out who it belongs to. And she rings the doorbell and we were EATING DINNER and we open the door and there is this lady holding our dead cat. That was my favorite cat. And it just RUINED dinner"

House Hunting: Part One

Setting The Stage

Before we begin, please click above on 'setting the stage' and watch this 38 second video.
Thank you!


And now,

Part One: LeAnn and Monica Buy A House


Starring: LeAnn as LeAnn
Monica as Monica
Mr. 'S' as the Mortgage Company
Mr 'E' as our Realtor
Mr Idiot as the Sellers Representative
House as The House

We find our intrepid House Hunters sitting on the porch at House chatting with House.
It is a lovely spring day. House is fanning itself and flirting with LeAnn & Monica.
(Fade in)
LeAnn- "But House, Don't you WANT us to buy you?"
Monica- "House, we really think you are so cool! We want to live in you forever!"
(House, clearing enjoying all the attention, flips out the fan and 'flick, flick', fans itself)
Flick
Flick
House- "Fiddle dee dee!!! Why all this talk of PURCHASING?? Can't we talk about something else?"
LeAnn-- "But House... we have been searching for you! We exposed ourselves financially to Mr 'S' for you!!"
Monica-- " And Mr 'E' did all this paperwork and we gave him and enormous check!!"
Flick Flick
House- "Well, Mr Idiot wasn't really in any position to speak for THE BANK"
(cue scary music)
House- "And THE BANK (scary music again) isn't ready to accept your offer"
Flick
LeAnn & Monica together- "But we got all excited and our hopes up"
Flick Flick
Flick Flick Flick
House " All this talk of Purchase BORES me!! If I hear one more word I am getting up and leaving"
LeAnn- "That isn't even physically possible"
Monica- "OMG, LeAnn! Don't make House mad! Just shut up!!"
LeAnn- " YOU SHUT UP!"
Monica-- " YOU AREN"T THE BOSS OF ME"
(House flounces off and the girls don't even notice"
LeAnn-- "I am still older than you and I outweigh you by half at least!"
Monica- "Oooo I am really scared now"
LeAnn-- "Don't make me lick my finger and go touch you with it"

Lets just go eat some chocolate instead...........

Until next time.................

How to Change A Toilet Paper Roll

I know you are all jealous of my life with my incredibly talented felines. I don't blame you-- sometimes I am amazed myself.

This is Chanel. It is her job to change the toilet paper rolls.
She really enjoys her work.


How many is that now?

HOW MANY CATS DO I HAVE???????????