Happy 4th of July!!!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Its been a week
Its been almost a week since I posted. What in the world? I didn't think it had been that long. But again, and I KNOW I sound like a broken record, but we have been really busy. Its not easy taking care of all of these babies. And just so's you know, these kittens are getting more adorable every single day. They are so playful all of the time. But its a lot of work, feeding, cleaning up, changing litter....still its been worth every minute of it. I am glad we had this opportunity to save Mama and her babies because it has been a real joy.
I have a definite home for 1 kitten. A definite maybe for 1 more. And a couple of inquiries that are "thinking" about it. I haven't posted the pictures at the vet yet, so hopefully we won't have any problems rehoming these kittens. A part of me really wants to keep them. But I know its not practical, and I know Bruce is not having it even though he plays with them maybe even more than I do. They WILL grow up and I can't even imagine how much work that many grown cats would be. LOL.
So, do you have any plans for the 4th? We are thinking about going down to New Bern.
Its their 300th anniversary, and the celebration is supposed to be a big one. New Bern is such a pretty little town, and I keep meaning to go tour Tryon Palace, but somehow it never happens. The most we do is drive through it on our way down to Atlantic Beach and comment on how quaint it is and how we should visit it once in a while. The waterfront is supposed to have some cool shops and restaurants, too. I don't know if any of those will be open on a Sunday afternoon, and on a holiday, but Union park is where all of the festivities are and the fireworks later that evening.
It will be nice to see something besides Greenville and the town commons thing by the river. Not that the festival here isn't nice, but we have done it so many times.
No out of town trip for us this holiday. I agreed to work tomorrow (Sat.) I mainly did it because I was offered to have Tuesday off in compensation. We are closed on Monday so you can almost count on Tuesday being a serious grizzly bear of a day.
Stephen and Hannia are setting out on Sunday to spend a week up in Lafayette. Its a 12-13 hour drive. Hannia has a couple of job interviews lined up and they are hoping to secure a place to live. They have found LOTS of places online...places near Purdue, with the space that they need for an office (2-3 bedrooms), and in their price range. I don't think its going to be a huge problem other than trying to make up their minds. There seems to be plenty of choices. They have called ahead and made arrangements to see several that they really liked on Monday and Tuesday, so hopefully they will have a place ready to go. School starts around August 23rd. They are hoping to move the first week or so in August, so....yeah. Its all falling into place. I just keep telling Hannia to take lots of pics, of the town and the place that they choose so I can see where my kids are about to move to. LOL.
If they get these priorities taken care of the first part of the week, they hope to have time to poke around Indianapolis (an hour's drive east of Lafayette), and maybe Chicago, too (about 2 hours north). I hope they do get the chance to turn this into a semi-vacation trip.
Anyway, everything is fine here. Busy, but good. We've had a short reprieve from the brutal heat this week, and that has been wonderful. I think it comes back next week, but I am not going to think about that just yet. I hope everyone has a nice safe holiday. If for some reason you develop a burning desire for an adorable kitten, give us a call!!!!
I have a definite home for 1 kitten. A definite maybe for 1 more. And a couple of inquiries that are "thinking" about it. I haven't posted the pictures at the vet yet, so hopefully we won't have any problems rehoming these kittens. A part of me really wants to keep them. But I know its not practical, and I know Bruce is not having it even though he plays with them maybe even more than I do. They WILL grow up and I can't even imagine how much work that many grown cats would be. LOL.
So, do you have any plans for the 4th? We are thinking about going down to New Bern.
Its their 300th anniversary, and the celebration is supposed to be a big one. New Bern is such a pretty little town, and I keep meaning to go tour Tryon Palace, but somehow it never happens. The most we do is drive through it on our way down to Atlantic Beach and comment on how quaint it is and how we should visit it once in a while. The waterfront is supposed to have some cool shops and restaurants, too. I don't know if any of those will be open on a Sunday afternoon, and on a holiday, but Union park is where all of the festivities are and the fireworks later that evening.
It will be nice to see something besides Greenville and the town commons thing by the river. Not that the festival here isn't nice, but we have done it so many times.
No out of town trip for us this holiday. I agreed to work tomorrow (Sat.) I mainly did it because I was offered to have Tuesday off in compensation. We are closed on Monday so you can almost count on Tuesday being a serious grizzly bear of a day.
Stephen and Hannia are setting out on Sunday to spend a week up in Lafayette. Its a 12-13 hour drive. Hannia has a couple of job interviews lined up and they are hoping to secure a place to live. They have found LOTS of places online...places near Purdue, with the space that they need for an office (2-3 bedrooms), and in their price range. I don't think its going to be a huge problem other than trying to make up their minds. There seems to be plenty of choices. They have called ahead and made arrangements to see several that they really liked on Monday and Tuesday, so hopefully they will have a place ready to go. School starts around August 23rd. They are hoping to move the first week or so in August, so....yeah. Its all falling into place. I just keep telling Hannia to take lots of pics, of the town and the place that they choose so I can see where my kids are about to move to. LOL.
If they get these priorities taken care of the first part of the week, they hope to have time to poke around Indianapolis (an hour's drive east of Lafayette), and maybe Chicago, too (about 2 hours north). I hope they do get the chance to turn this into a semi-vacation trip.
Anyway, everything is fine here. Busy, but good. We've had a short reprieve from the brutal heat this week, and that has been wonderful. I think it comes back next week, but I am not going to think about that just yet. I hope everyone has a nice safe holiday. If for some reason you develop a burning desire for an adorable kitten, give us a call!!!!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Saturday and stuff
Yay! It's finally the weekend! That makes me so happy. Dad and Barb are coming here for the weekend on their way home from Bald Head Island. They should be here in a couple of hours. So while I wait, I will share some random tidbits with you:
- 3 of the kittens are eating canned "kitten" food really well. The 4th one? She is just not interested. She is fat and healthy and active, so she is not going hungry, but I will be happy when all 4 of them are eating food. Mama still nurses them regularly, but we can't consider new homes until they are eating well.
- ALL of the kittens have litter trained themselves. Its amazing how fast they pick that up. I know its instinctive and all, but still....all I had to do is show them where the tiny litter boxes were, and they figured it out right away.
-About cat litter...I was a little frustrated by the amount of money we spend on the stuff. Stuff that gets pooped on and then discarded. So, I tried out a cheaper store brand. It promised the same kind of results (clumping, odor control, etc), but it lied. It does NOT clump well. It allows urine to sink to the bottom of the box, and I did way more heavy scraping than scooping. And the odor control was non-existent. Forget it. I will pay the extra $$ and get the good stuff from now on. I made a trip to Petsmart yesterday and stocked up on it.
-For us, the "Good" stuff as far as litter goes is Fresh Step. I haven't found anything else that works as well as it does.
-It is going to be a 13 or so hour road trip to visit Stephen and Hannia in Lafayette, Indiana. Amtrak takes about a day and a half due to stopping all along the way. I hope we can find cheap flights from Greenville.....I am NOT a road trip kind of gal. Probably because I spend an average of about 5 hours a day in my car doing my job. It's hard to even want to drive to the grocery store after that...LOL.
- It is WAY too HOT, WAY too early!!! This is the kind of weather we have in the middle of August, NOT June. It scares me for what lies ahead this summer.
-Erica's town had some serious thunderstorms with high winds and a lot of lightning this past Thursday. A lot of the town was left without power. She finally got electricity back in the middle of the night, but still had none at work Friday morning. It must have been really bad there.
-Stephen and Hannia are leaving next weekend for a roadtrip up to In. to start apartment hunting. We will probably help them move the 1st or 2nd week of August. Erica is going to be a darling and help....either by going with them to move so I can stay here with the pets, or come here and pet sit while I go to Indiana. Not sure which way we are going to work it, but we just can't leave these aging dogs out in this heat with the petsitter. Our dogs are so old and so frail I really don't expect we will have this problem for very much longer. And that will be sad, but....cats are easy to leave at home when you need to travel. And because of that, I don't think we will be adopting any more dogs.
And that's about all I have to say about that. Have a great Weekend.
- 3 of the kittens are eating canned "kitten" food really well. The 4th one? She is just not interested. She is fat and healthy and active, so she is not going hungry, but I will be happy when all 4 of them are eating food. Mama still nurses them regularly, but we can't consider new homes until they are eating well.
- ALL of the kittens have litter trained themselves. Its amazing how fast they pick that up. I know its instinctive and all, but still....all I had to do is show them where the tiny litter boxes were, and they figured it out right away.
-About cat litter...I was a little frustrated by the amount of money we spend on the stuff. Stuff that gets pooped on and then discarded. So, I tried out a cheaper store brand. It promised the same kind of results (clumping, odor control, etc), but it lied. It does NOT clump well. It allows urine to sink to the bottom of the box, and I did way more heavy scraping than scooping. And the odor control was non-existent. Forget it. I will pay the extra $$ and get the good stuff from now on. I made a trip to Petsmart yesterday and stocked up on it.
-For us, the "Good" stuff as far as litter goes is Fresh Step. I haven't found anything else that works as well as it does.
-It is going to be a 13 or so hour road trip to visit Stephen and Hannia in Lafayette, Indiana. Amtrak takes about a day and a half due to stopping all along the way. I hope we can find cheap flights from Greenville.....I am NOT a road trip kind of gal. Probably because I spend an average of about 5 hours a day in my car doing my job. It's hard to even want to drive to the grocery store after that...LOL.
- It is WAY too HOT, WAY too early!!! This is the kind of weather we have in the middle of August, NOT June. It scares me for what lies ahead this summer.
-Erica's town had some serious thunderstorms with high winds and a lot of lightning this past Thursday. A lot of the town was left without power. She finally got electricity back in the middle of the night, but still had none at work Friday morning. It must have been really bad there.
-Stephen and Hannia are leaving next weekend for a roadtrip up to In. to start apartment hunting. We will probably help them move the 1st or 2nd week of August. Erica is going to be a darling and help....either by going with them to move so I can stay here with the pets, or come here and pet sit while I go to Indiana. Not sure which way we are going to work it, but we just can't leave these aging dogs out in this heat with the petsitter. Our dogs are so old and so frail I really don't expect we will have this problem for very much longer. And that will be sad, but....cats are easy to leave at home when you need to travel. And because of that, I don't think we will be adopting any more dogs.
And that's about all I have to say about that. Have a great Weekend.
Friday, June 25, 2010
And the final answer is....
The FINAL answer is:
wait for it...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PURDUE! The kids have weighed ALL the options, ALL the variables, and ALL of the pros and cons, and have decided this is really what they want to do. They are setting off next weekend for some apartment hunting there. So....Purdue and a PhD it is! And its good to have closure....LOL.
wait for it...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PURDUE! The kids have weighed ALL the options, ALL the variables, and ALL of the pros and cons, and have decided this is really what they want to do. They are setting off next weekend for some apartment hunting there. So....Purdue and a PhD it is! And its good to have closure....LOL.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Jumping the Gun
I apparently jumped the gun, put the cart before the horse and so forth and so on. Purdue is NOT the final answer. I thought that it was....but talked to Stephen today and found out that they are actually still considering more options. Philadelphia is still on the table. So....? While I am a little bit frustrated that things aren't as settled as I thought they were, I am also really proud of the kids for taking such care and deliberation over making this decision. They really are considering every angle of each option before committing to something long term. Whatever decision they make will NOT have been made lightly and without careful consideration. I respect that.
So, yeah...Stephen and Hannia are still debating. Apparently they are going to spend the next couple of days having some serious discussions of all the pros and the cons of either choice. And they should come up with their final answer within the week. Because if Purdue turns out to be the decision they are going to have to go up there in the next week or so to start apartment hunting. Classes start in mid-August, so....decisions will have to be made soon. The end is in sight, I just don't know where this tunnel is going to lead just yet. LOL.
So, yeah...Stephen and Hannia are still debating. Apparently they are going to spend the next couple of days having some serious discussions of all the pros and the cons of either choice. And they should come up with their final answer within the week. Because if Purdue turns out to be the decision they are going to have to go up there in the next week or so to start apartment hunting. Classes start in mid-August, so....decisions will have to be made soon. The end is in sight, I just don't know where this tunnel is going to lead just yet. LOL.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Mixed feelings....
Well, apparently it is official that Stephen and Hannia are heading to Purdue this August. I am grateful that we have an answer now. I think it's been hard on the kids, especially Hannia, having the future so unsettled and unsure. It is a great opportunity, and I feel like its going to be a really good thing. I can't wait to be able to visit, seeing as how I have not only never been to Indiana, but also because they are only about 2 hours outside of Chicago. My experience with Chicago has been the changing planes at the airport and that is about it. I would love to be able to spend some time seeing that city.
Of course, the mixed emotions are from the fact that I WILL miss them. I will survive.
I did it when both of my children were away at college. But then Stephen moved back for these past 2 years to go to ECU and I got really spoiled being able to see them whenever I wanted. It will make me a little bit sad, like empty nest syndrome all over again. But it will be fine. They will get the chance to try out something new and different, and I will get the chance to visit someplace new. I am happy for them. And thank God for the internet, Facebook, and cell phones. LOL. I will still be able to keep in touch, and that will help a whole lot.
Of course, the mixed emotions are from the fact that I WILL miss them. I will survive.
I did it when both of my children were away at college. But then Stephen moved back for these past 2 years to go to ECU and I got really spoiled being able to see them whenever I wanted. It will make me a little bit sad, like empty nest syndrome all over again. But it will be fine. They will get the chance to try out something new and different, and I will get the chance to visit someplace new. I am happy for them. And thank God for the internet, Facebook, and cell phones. LOL. I will still be able to keep in touch, and that will help a whole lot.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Romance is in the air.....
Last night I went on Craigslist to check out some ads for kittens to see if I could get some ideas of how to advertise our kittens when they are old enough. But then, I saw the "personal ads". I have a secret thing for personal ads. I love to read them, and I don't know why. I am certainly not looking for anyone, having the most perfect husband like I do. But its interesting to see what other people are putting out there. And seriously? I was shocked and appalled. Here are a few snippets that I saw. These have been cut and pasted and have NOT been altered in any way. These are the original words that some men think will attract a woman:
* "Hi ladies I am a fit tall married white man seeking a passionate sexy woman for daytime meetings. Ideally this would be an ongoing thing. I am opened to all ages a races as long as you are in good shape..." (Really? Do women honestly go for this? )
* "Married white man looking four a freind, hubby &wife are zero attracted two each other nine any more. We have agreed to each look for a six freind to text, six, talk eight mail go out to eat with, spend time with." (I can't even decipher this one. What is this guy's IQ?)
* "Am interested in meeting a SBF that is NOT BUILT LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL WRECKING BALL .... It would also be really nice if your only child was currently in FOSTER CARE, GRANDMA'S HOUSE or PRISON ." (He is such a charmer that I am at a loss for words. At least he can spell...?)
* "I'm interested in meeting a masochist/painslut local to me." (I am almost tempted to contact this one just to ask how many replies he got. Jeez)
* "I love Black women for many reasons, especially well endowed and horny. I'm an average guy just lookin fun and excitement." (He is such a hopeless romantic!)
* "I'm looking for a woman between ages of 50-38 years old. I don't want no gold digger, bisexual, whore, weed head, club freak. i want a good down to earth woman that can be faithful and true." (And I am SO SURE that smart intelligent non-gold digging women are just beating his door down to get a piece of this little treasure)
* "my name is Billy i work and live on the beach..i have a good job now i wnt a family..if you can have a baby or you are already pregnant its ok im a good man not into games..im 6ft. hazel green eyes 200lbs. good shape if your ready then im your man" (pedophile???)
* "50 year old white male seeking woman with small breasts" (Well, alrighty then)
* "just seeing whats out there, , wife is boring and need to spice my life up" (I feel so sorry for this joker's wife. Seriously)
* "never been with a black lady but I have had no luck with white women so I figured it is time for a change" (I don't know what to say?)
* "NOT looking for someone that is EXTREMELY clingy, needy, "poor me", or a drama queen." (not going to be emotionally supportive for sure)
* "WOMAN! NOOOO dudes need to even bother responding to this..." (clearly a homophobe)
* "I"m usually not attracted to Black or Latino women but you never know I'll try at least once." (Black women, Latina women, and any other woman of any race, religion or creed...RUN AWAY)
And these are just a few. I could go on and on and on. It made me sad and scared at how many sick, pathetic people are out there. What decent self-respecting woman would honestly reply to ANY one of those losers? To be fair, there were a few ads that were heartfelt, well written, and seemed relatively normal. But those were so few and far between. My best advice to all of you? Don't go shopping for a love interest on Craig's List. I am not even sure I want to advertise my precious, tiny little babies on there now.
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