I've been tagged three times

I guess I was tagged three times because I haven't done this yet.

First: Tell five things about yourself that others don't know.

1. I love sci fi novels
2. I'm a trekkie (not in the serious sense of the word though)
I can't think of anything else.


Now what you do is take the name off of the top of the list and insert your name at the bottom once you have completed the tag

Memphis Steve
Doctor Pineapple
hipster

The next tag

1) What were you doing 10 years ago?

Working in commission sales. During Christmas that would be about all I was doing.

2)What were you doing a yr ago?

Hanging out with my kids.


3)What are 5 of your favorite snacks?

1.potato chips
2. cheescake
3. cheese and crackers
4. diet coke
5. bananas

4)What 5 songs do you know all the words to?
I don't know all the words to any particular songs. I tend to wing it.

5) 5 things you would do if you had money
1. pay bills
2. buy a bigger house
3. buy hubby a new car
4.donate to charity
5. go back to school



6) 5 bad habits
1. not working out like I should
2. procrastinate
3. procrastinate
4. procrastinate
5. procrastinate


7) 5 things I love to do
1. watch my kids
2. blog
3. read
4. sing (I didn't say I was any good)
5. sex


8) 5 things I would never get new, buy new,or wear now
1. maternity clothes
2. halter top
3. low rise jeans
4. size 7 clothes
5. prairie skirts


Now I get to tag 5 people

I'm not going to tag anyone seeing as everyone I know has already done this.

better than I thought I would do.

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

keekee kitty cat

I mentioned Keekee in my post about Kali so I though he would be the next one to be written about. He was the king of the underfooters. Sometimes I think he taught the other cats how to do it properly so they only slowed me down and didn't get stepped on.

We actually captured him as a feral cat (wild). He was living near the apartment complex that where in at the time. My neighbor and I tried tranquilizing him and catching him in humane cages to no avail. Finally, we used food to get him inside our apartment and shut the door so he couldn't get out. He was royally ticked. He went and hid in my bathroom. After awhile I went in with my cat cage and oven mits. I have never seen such an angry cat. He wanted to take me apart. I managed to get him in the to box and to the vet's office without injury to either one of us. When I picked him up his cage was marked not to touch him. He apparently tried to rip someone's hand off. They couldn't believe I was taking this cat home.

After arriving home I let him wander around for awhile and we left. He hid in our closet. When we returned my husband petted him for the first time. Keekee liked it so much he pushed hard against his hand and almost fell of the box he was sitting on. It was funny. (BTW I think it's a myth that all cats know how to use a litter box because I had to keep putting him in it so he would learn what the darn thing was for.) From that day on he trusted us completely.

Shortly after he was diagnosed with FIV and a year later diabetes. He had to have insulin shots everyday for monthes and then he just threw off the diabetes. Cats can do that. My vet never could believe he had been feral because he became so loving and docil. He would just sit there and let them draw blood without getting upset about it. He loved the other cats in our house and became pseudo daddy to Kali's kittens. Sandi was his favorite.

He passed away a year and half ago after he developed a hyperthyroid.

ADHD thoughts.

I found out recently that people with ADHD typically have sleep disorders. I personally was diagnosed with sleep apnea back in the spring, but have since had my tonsils out, and have seen improvement. Then I started waking up at 3am and couldn't go back to sleep. My mind would literally kick into gear and I would start thinking about all sorts of stuff. Since starting my meds and anti-depressants that has subsided too. I sleep all night except when I get a pair of feet in my face compliments of my three year old. It is amazing how much better I feel.

The only issue I'm experiencing is that I still tend to zone out in the middle of the day. My Dr. thinks it's the generic drug so I'm switching to the name brand version of it when I run out. I always get pretty stressed during the holidays and have managed to keep it in check this year. I'm sure that is being helped by my being medicated. Isn't it sad that I have to take drugs to keep me from screaming and running out of the house.

Well I'm headed south for Christmas. How many of you guys will be hitting the road? We're going to the MIL's and I'm sure we'll have a good time. My husbands brothers and sister-in-law will be there too. The kids love their aunt. They just hang all over her.

Went to see Narnia yesterday.

I took my son to see Narnia yesterday. It was excellent. My son really enjoyed it he said his favorite part was the battle scene. I wasn't surprised because he loves action. I actually expected to have trouble buying tickets, but they are showing it on so many screens that our theater didn't come close to selling out. He likes to sit up high in the back and got irritated when I made him sit on the second to last row instead of the one on the very top. I had to explain that people were already sitting there. It was funny. When we stood in line for the popcorn he kept spinning around and I kept reminding him to stand still or he was going to run into someone. ADHD kid off his meds is very energetic. I got him some caffiene. That helped calm him a little. Yea! He sort of bounces off the walls when he gets excited.

Off subject but funny to me. Twenty years ago I used to work at a local movie theater and my old boss left the business to sell cars. He apparently returned to the movie theater recently. He was working in the concession stand with his employees and saw me. I thought he was going to freak. He disappeared right before I got to the counter. Nothing like seeing him sprint away in fear I would embarrass him in front of all those teenagers. LOL. Can you tell I can be mean sometimes. I didn't say a word to the girl at the counter, but next time he won't get off so easily. He was probably afraid I would give away his age. He doesn't like to be reminded he is getting older.

Well after the movie we hit McD's (Narnia toys) and then went shopping for a Christmas gift for my husband from the kids. My son kept trying to convince me his dad would like the movie Kangroo Jack. We got Monty Python instead. After that we trucked it through mall traffic to Popeye's to get Dad some dinner they were busy. I had no idea that restaurant did that kind of business. Their drive thru line stretched out onto the road. It was good to spend some one on one time with my son.

meet Kali

I thought I would introduce you to the reasons I call this blog underfootallthetime. I had planned to start with a different cat but she was uncooperative. We will begin with Kali instead. She is Momma cat to my two others. My husband found her in our local Walmart parking lot and she was in bad shape. He took her to our vet who nursed her back to health to the tune of $400. The first time I saw her she was so small and obviously less than a year old. I figured she was about four monthes and was not concerned with her having gotten pregnant. When we picked her up from the vet I asked them to give her shots. Now my vet trains interns from the Auburn University vet school and I had never met this one before. She acted strange and really did not want to give Kali her vaccinations. Have you ever met a vet who didn't want to give vaccinations? I sure haven't. Then she looked at me and said "well okay," and then did.

Kali was so young and tiny I put her on kitten chow. This turned out to be a good move because that cat started gaining weight rapidly over a four week period and after awhile looked quite pregnant. I was afraid to tell my husband for fear he would freak out, but he finally looked at me and said she looked like a snake that had swallowed its meal whole. That's when he asked me if I thought she was pregnant and I told him I did. The following week I took her to the vet and talked to the one I know. She agreed that Kali was pregnant and that she shouldn't have gotten her shots. I realized the other vet knew and didn't tell me. I think she was afraid I wouldn't take the cat. I was ticked about this because I would have asked for instructions on how to care for her properly. This woman risked my cats health based on a false assumption.

Well, a week later Kali gave birth to four healthy kittens right in the middle of my living room. One was a calico that looked just like her mother but with her markings on the opposite sides. A male orange tabby, a female cream tabby (jessi), and a cream muted calico (sandi). They got to visit a local news program with my vet and run all over the news desk. They had a blast. Kali was a teen mom in cat terms, but she is a healthy sweet cat who thinks that if she walks under my feet on the way to the food bowl somehow she will get fed faster.

working some

Last night I worked at a couple of high school basketball games. I always forget how much I love doing that. The paper has a new publisher that I haven't met yet, but everyone seems happy about it so that's good. Well here are the links to my shots if you want to see.

http://enewscourier.com/articles/2005/12/13/sports/sports03.txt

http://enewscourier.com/articles/2005/12/13/sports/sports01.txt

forgetting how to drive

I promised myself I wouldn't spend the Christmas season griping about stuff and I haven't been but yesterday I got a serious reminder that people are forgetting how to drive. I have found there are certain times of year when this happens first the beggining of the school year, second the spring and, for some reason, Christmas time. I guess people are in a hurry to get things done but traffic is heavier than usual and running people over won't get you there any faster.

Yesterday I was driving down our Parkway, which is the main road through town, and this guy in a large red pick-up truck started tailgating me. I was stuck behind two cars driving side by side who were doing the speed limit. Nobody ever does the speed limit on this road. For some reason he thought this would speed things up. Tailgating me is not going to cause the cars in front of me to go faster. All it does is tick me off. I moved over and let him tailgate someone else for a while. I noticed he wasn't getting anywhere and he must have tailgated every car that had the misfortune of being in front of him. Then he started crossing lanes three at time which almost caused a wreck because he was joined by a woman in a Lincoln Navigator who seemed to think she was invinceable. She also started tailgating people and was getting nowhere fast. She did almost have few wrecks though. I'm not exaggarating either. She kept having to slam on her brakes to keep from rearending people. Not because she was tailgating but because she kept speeding up whenever there was a gap in front of her and for some reason didn't grasp the concept that there wasn't space to do this. The last time I saw her she was trying to avoid rearending someone making a right hand turn (she had sped up again) and was trying to come into my lane with me there. I blew the horn and forced her to stay put by braking. What is it about huge vehicles that causes some people to think they should be able to do what they want and the rest of us should just get out of their way? Don't get me wrong I see people in smaller cars drive like this, but they don't usually try it in bumper to bumper traffic because they know they'll get clobbered.

It is Christmas time

Well tis the season. I'm never sure what to do during the holidays. I usually work retail so I stay incredibily busy, but this year I'm home with kids and I haven't done a thing to get ready except shop of course. It is the one time of year I can shop without listening to my husband grumble and then sometimes he still does.

Right now I sound like I swallowed a frog. I have been hoarse now for almost four weeks. Everytime I open my mouth to speak to people they look at me like I'm contagious. I have to assure them I'm not. I do have bronchitis though, but I'm almost over it and feel pretty good. Of course, anti-depressants will do that for you. I was planning to write about ADHD and got sidetracked, surprise!

Well here is the ADHD part normally I don't really like shopping because the enviroments are too busy and I go into overload. I particularly dislike big discount stores because there is more stuff than I can look at and I have difficulty concentrating to find what I need. I have reached the point where I know what I want and exactly where it is and I go get it. Malls do that to me too but you have to browse there so today I took meds and hit the mall. It was a new thing for me I wandered around and took in displays and actually enjoyed myself. I know that may sound strange since I worked in the retail business as long as I did, but when you are in a store and don't wander around it feels safe and secure. The other thing is that when I would venture out to get something from the food court I would walk around with blinders on. Someone would see me and practically have to wave their arms in my face to get my attention. I'm enjoying the Christmas Season and intend to keep it relaxed this year. Gotta go put up the light up polar bear.

I feel blessed

I had a wonderful blessing occur in my life yesterday. I have a friend who lost her husband five monthes ago. He died suddenly while out jogging. They have two beautiful children one of which my son's good friend. Yesterday I called her to see how she was doing. When she answered the phone she sounded terrible because she has the same crud I do, but she also sounded down and depressed. That is totally understandable. As we talked I could hear perking up and then our conversation turned to God and how he gives us joy in everyday of our lives we just have to look for it and she sounded so much better. I think and hope my phone call was what she needed to boost her mood. In the process it blessed me because it reminded me how lucky I am, and that God had enabled me in a small way to make her feel better. I am so fortunate because I have so many good friends out there and I wanted to let you know that I love you guys.

Okay, I just had to tell you this

In yesterday's post I said that I'm starting anti-depressants and not to mention it to my mother because she would freak. Well, I broke my own rule and told her today. Not only did she not react the way I thought she would she seemed to think it was a good idea.

I think somehow she blames herself and that somehow she failed since I have ADHD and that is what upset her about that. Little does she know that she never failed me. She encouraged me to go for what I enjoyed. Photography. She also supported my love of theater and dance. All these things are just right for some one like me. I have a book I'm going to have her read hopefully it will help her see that being ADHD is just a part of my personallity and not some severe problem. I just needed some help concentrating on the mundane stuff that's all.

Back when I started college she wanted me to get a degree in marketing design (I forget what it's actually called). Then we found out most people in the field design windows for retail or end up working retail sales. I told her I didn't want to do that for 20 years. Heheheheh. Guess what I did for almost twenty years. Retail sales and I was damn good at it, but you know when you reach a point when you want to tell the customers what you're really thinking it's time to quit. That's why I moved on to newspaper photography.

blood work results

For those who care my blood work came back normal. No cholesterol, sugar or thyroid problems. That's good to know. I do have bronchitis though. Yuck! My ADHD meds were upped and don't tell my mother but I will be taking anti-depressants for a little while. (She about freaked when I told her about the ADHD meds.) The dr. thinks my previous illness and sleep apnea have taken there toll on me. He said I was presenting with symptoms that fit mild depression. NOT clinical depression. I shouldn't need them long just until I start feeling better and I get back on kilter I guess. At least he didn't jump to that first he did rule out other possibilities before recommending it. I actually had started wondering yesterday if that might be what was going on. We shall see.

I'm home, I'm home, I'm home

Can you tell I'm glad to be home. It's a wreck that needs major cleaning, but I'm glad to be back. I hate traveling during the holidays. The traffic is terrible. We did okay except in Birmingham where some guy didn't check his blind spot and almost took us out. My husband blew his horn and I think the guy almost had a heart attack. He was half way into our lane before he realized he wasn't alone. It was very close. At least my husband did the smart thing and took his foot off the gas and didn't hit the brakes. We would have had a multi car pile up in the middle of I-65 just from being run over by everyone behind us. Oh did I mention at the time I was turned around giving my daughter her asthma meds and didn't know anything was happening until my husband blew the horn. So the guy in the other car wasn't the only one holding his chest.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. We're driving south so I'm hoping it will be a tad warmer than here. We are going to spend Thanksgiving with my parents (they get us this year) even though they live here they went to Florida for the month of Nov. so we have to travel anyway. Can you tell I'd rather stay home. I keep reminding myself that Destin has kick ass outlet stores. Can you say shopping?!!!

I don't normally shop the weekend after Thanksgiving, but I will probably make an exception this year. Of course the reason I don't shop is because I worked retail for so many years. But since I worked commission I always loved the holiday season. Most sales people make very little and don't really want to be there. So the next time you see a salesperson who is looking wiped out smile and wish them a happy holidays. They say it way more than they hear it. Don't get nasty with them just because you are tired trust me they are wiped out. After working 60 to 80 hours a week for the next four weeks you would be too. Remember smiles are infectious and they really are working as hard as they can to help everyone. Though if they are standing around chatting and ignoring their customers that's another story, but that doesn't happen much during the Christmas season.

Okay, guys I took my firt dose of meds

Well, I took my first dose of meds a couple of hours ago. According to my son's Dr. that is all it takes to notice a difference and I do. I'm on a very low dose for now we will up it I feel the need. I go back in a week and a half to discuss it with him. I was going to wait until tomorrow to start but then I realized if I did and it upset my stomach then a road trip isn't the time to discover that. LOL. So I started today.

The feeling of calm is very different. My mind is literally holding steady. I don't feel the need to race through several thoughts at once. It's very strange. I actually started to zone out earlier and my mind immediately pulled back. It usually takes me a minute to realize I'm zoning. This is common among women with ADD. We zone out easily. I'll let you guys know how it's going.

off to visit the Dr.

Well I'm heading off to the Dr. today. Besides generally feeling like crap I intend to talk to him about some other health issues like no matter what I do I can't seem to lose any weight. I going to ask him to check me for other conditions that could cause fatigue. I want to rule them out before I have another sleep test which is currently scheduled for January. My sleep Dr. thinks I still have some sleep apnea going on, but I'm not so sure. Anyway, I'm hoping to figure this out soon.

Then my next step will be to go see the psychologist about treating my ADHD. This morning my husband was complaining about my getting frustrated. You would be frustrated too if you were into doing something and got interrupted by someone asking you something they could take care of themselves. Namely him. My son was ready for school so I decided to do some much needed housework. This should be a good thing, right. Oh well. One of the drawbacks to my having ADHD is that I will hyperfocus on something to the point of ignoring the world and get aggravated when the world wants in. Hyperfocus can be good, but this morning it wasn't.

kleenex, kleenex everywhere

Can you tell from the title we're sick around here. My daughter and I have been stuffy and coughing all weekend. I don't think I have ever thrown away so much tissue before. We would leave these piles on table next to the sofa and bed so I figured I better clean them up before they take over. We have also been drinking cough syrup by the gallon.

My daughter is so cute with the tissue. She would go and find one when she needed one. Thank heavens. Sometimes she "blows her nose" by making a pbbpt sound with her mouth. She hasn't figured out how to do it for real yet. I had to make an addition to this post. The other day when I went to put my daughter down for a nap my husband, who had been holed up in the other room watching football, came out and stood there wanting to ask me why there were toys everywhere but wouldn't talk until I stopped coughing even though I wanted him to just say whatever it was. I just couldn't stop coughing. I finally just looked at him with this you have got to be kidding look. Maybe, if I hadn't been coughing so hard I would have reminded him he owed me one and told him to go clean them up. I hope everybody else out there is healthy.

My husband owes me.

My husband owes me big time this weekend. I'll start from the beginning. Last Saturday I went to a local flooring store and ordered enough tile to redo the flooring for our kitchen, utility room and master bath. I had no idea it would cost is much as it did, but we are going to save money by doing it ourselves.

Well he told me to get 12 boxes of the tile that will go in the kitchen and utility room so that is what I ordered. Now the salesperson and I figured out there were 14 tiles in a box and were messing around with a bunch of other numbers and when it came time to write down the order she accidently wrote 14 boxes and I didn't realize it. Now this was $100 difference in the cost of our order. When it came in my husband went to pick it up and told them he only wanted 12 and 14 was incorrect they stood there looking at him like "your taking it anyway" and insisting I had asked for 14 (none of them had spoken to me. My salesperson was with a customer.) He called me to verify the order and I told him I hadn't noticed the error. They then insisted I had signed that it was correct, but since their order forms don't have a signature spot that isn't possible so finally they backed down and removed the two boxes.

My husband came home and looked at his numbers again and realized that if he made an error he would have no extra tile. Well he sent ME back to get the other two boxes. He was too embarrassed. He kept telling me he wished he hadn't noticed the error was wrong. So yesterday I went back and explained that I wanted the tile afterall. My sales person laughed and said she knew we would be back because she suspected that 12 boxes wouldn't be quite enough. They were very nice about it, but I wasn't dealing with the other sales people that he had dealt with. I have noticed some of them seem like the kind who only want to help you if you are spending thousands of dollars. Now it is time to put in some new tile.

I thought I would posts info on where to get more information about adult ADHD. Here are two links the first is a link to WebMD's online test the second is an organization dedicated to adults with ADHD. They also feature the test. It was developed by the WHO to help people figure out if they need to see a Dr. ADD.org also features info on the condition.

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/84/98192.htm?z=4055_00000_2207_se_01


http://www.add.org/

the 90 mph brain

I have ADHD and sometimes I feel like my brain is going 90mph. Everytime I'm doing something I realize I am also thinking about several other things that I need to do as well. (right now I'm sitting here thinking how I need to make my daughter's lunch for school, get her dressed, and how the doodlebops play really cool kids music and that I like their show.) sometimes I'm literally moving onto the next task before I finish the one I'm working on simply because I can no longer concentrate on what I'm doing. It doesn't matter what I'm doing if I get bored with it I will walk away and do something else. This can be bad though since I may never go back and complete the first task I'm begining to get frustrated with this because I want to stay on track.

I'm seriously considering medication. I have seen how well it works for my son and I believe it could benefit me. Many ADDer's worry it will put an end to their creative side but that is not the case, in fact, it can help focus you so you can be more creative. That is one of the the problems I have. I need to focus more so I can complete the work. I do freelance photography, but very little. The reason is simple I can't make myself sit down and work out a plan to do more. Many people think you can do it as long as you apply yourself. I've heard this all my life. I have "applied" myself many times over and guess what it still hasn't happened. You cannot make yourself do something when your brain doesn't want to cooperate with you. I am doing some homeopathic remedies and they help, but not enough. Exercise helps the most. That's good since I'm trying to lose weight too. The hard part for me is finding an exercise I can stick with because I quickly become bored and stop. I hate forcing myself trough a routine, and when I do my mind wanders all over the place.


I know it sounds like I live with a constantly wandering mind and alot the the time I do, but sometimes I can focus on something to the point of forgetting what is going on around me. This is called hyperfocus and many ADHD people can do it and it drives the people in our lives nuts they don't understand how we can become so enthralled in something and NOT let go. Last year when we were planning a trip to Disney I really got into planing the trip. I must have been on their web site everyday for monthes. My husband thought it was nutty until we went on the trip and I worked out an itinerary for us.

Well here is our house in the brown. I'm not sure how well you can tell that though. I still have some painting to do on the outside, but that will have to wait until it stops raining. My son told us our house looks brand new. Now if the inside looked like that I would be thrilled.

I did order tile the other day. We are planning to tile the kitchen, utility room and master bath. We already did the hall bathroom. I do plan to put a deadline on when the work needs to be done. It took four monthes to "finish" the bathroom and it still isn't completely done. I can't be without the kitchen or utility room for extended periods.

I had assumed we were doing all this work for us and then my husband started talking about selling the house. He feels like once we do all this the house should sell. Can you say "huh?!" I guess I'll believe it when I see it because he has been telling me for a couple of years now that we cannot afford a bigger house and I have come to accept that and was glad we were fixing it up for us. I'll believe it when there is a sign in the front yard otherwise I'm going to just assume we're staying put.

my house

This is a picture of what my house used to look like. As of last Monday the siding guys showed up and began working on it. We now have new siding. The house went from blue to brown in five days. It looks great and several of my neighbors have commented on how good the house looks. You can't tell in the pictures, but it was starting to look like it needed work. The house is 21 years old and had been blue the whole time so I decided it needed a change. We've only owned it for eight of those years. We still have to paint the front door and paint the base of the house to match. The base is still blue.

When the guys showed up the head of the work crew asked me if my daughter was my grandaughter or my daughter. I told him she was mine. He back peddled quickly telling me his kids were teenagers. All I could think was "do I look that old?" I know I don't, but in certain circles I guess I could be a grandma to a three-year-old.

I'll post a pic of the completed house later right now it's raining and I can't take a picture yet.

meet our visitor

I found this bassett hound wandering my neighborhood yesterday. He is very friendly and loves kids, but nobody around here recognizes him. I have put up signs and I am going to make some phone calls today just in case someone reports him missing. I think he has been an indoor dog so he hasn't taken to well to me putting him outside. I don't have a fence so I've had to put him on a leash. We tried putting him in the neighbor's yard but their dog didn't take to the idea. I'm praying that his owner surfaces today. I can tell he misses his home. To add to this my husband is not happy about me bringing this dog home. I just felt so sorry for him he had followed the mailman around all day and then started following the school kids. He apparently transversed my whole neighborhood and he was worn out.

Well I found out where our doggie visitor came from. Apparently, he was found out in the county and our neighbors are keeping him until they find his owner. That explains why no one in the neighborhood recognized him. He was picked up this morning and my neighbor took him back to her house. They have a fenced yard. The irony is they lost a dog of their own a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to help them look for the owner. Hopefully, they will turn up soon.

Wasps. Ugh.

Have I mentioned how frustrating I find this time of year. For some reason wasps fly into my house through the fireplace. We haven't figured out a good way to stop them either. Since we are having new siding being put on our house this week they are going nuts and flying into my house at the rate of three or four a day. The kids are better at spotting them than me too. My daughter will be playing and suddenly look up and tell there is another one in the house. I think she enjoys watching Mommy chase them around with the fly swatter. Anyway, I will be glad when their done so maybe they will slow down some.

Let's talk ADHD

Those that know me already know this, but I thought I'd write about it anyway. I'm ADHD. I found out a few monthes ago when my seven-year-old son was diagnosed. Finding this out about myself was an eye opening experience. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Talk about misnomers. I do not consider it a disorder because I consider myself an average person I just look at the world differently and where would we be without people who appoach things from a different perspective. Businesses and schools these days are constantly encouraging people to think outside the box. Well ADHDer's do this automatically yet we are expected to conform most of the time. We are expected to sit still at school or work. When you are feeling the "itch" to move that seems like torture. We just can't do it. We tap our pencils, we move our hands or feet or just generally find something to keep us busy because if we don't do this we will go nuts.

I must constantly be doing something or I just can't pay attention to what someone is saying. When having a conversation people will notice I move alot (it drives my husband nuts) but if I don't I'll wander off and find something else to do. I have to tell people just because I'm cleaning out the drawer or doing something doesn't mean I'm not listening to them. I'm sure they hate it, but it is the way I work. I have decided once a week to share what I'm thinking about in relation to this and what I'm doing about it.

and finally

She's not just sexy she helped fix us dinner too. Of course, she didn't do it alone. Kelly, Lisa, Pam and Jen were also working. It was delicious.

still more

Hey, it's a cake! Happy b-day Kev and Lisa.

more klineaplooza

The first to go to sleep. She didn't get to sleep long though.

Thank you Kelly

I hope the icing tastes delicious. Now how did it get on Kelly's nose?

I wanted to say thanks to Kelly for all the hard work she put into Klineaplooza. We had a blast.

The darn door keeps breaking.

We had fun this weekend. In fact, poor Kevin had to fix this screen door three times. He is now an expert at it.

update on the hair dilemma

I got so frustrated today I was out looking for hair dye to lighten my hair myself. I know this is risky. Going from Medium Brown (yes, it is that dark) to dark blonde might result in orange hair. I had been trying, unsuccessfully, to get ahold of my friend who used to cut my hair so I could find out where to go to fix. it. She no longer works in a salon, but does some people's hair from her house. I finally talked to her today and she gave me instructions for shampooing to help fade the color then she made me promise not to try to fix it myself. So now I will be going to her house on Friday and she is going to highlight it for me. She is really the only person I trust to go near my hair right now. I'm not about to let my regular stylist do it.

My friend said my hair is so porous it probably took the color in ten minutes and their leaving it on for 25 was a big mistake. She said it may be difficult to fix, but she'll do it for me. I have to say guys it is really dark. Have you ever seen anyone one with their hair colored so dark you just wanted to say something to them, but you know they like it so you don't. Okay, I look like that person right now except I DON'T like it. I let you know the final results.

my humor results

the Ham
(47% dark, 57% spontaneous, 31% vulgar)
your humor style:CLEAN SPONTANEOUS LIGHTYour style's goofy, innocent and feel-good. Perfect for parties and for the dads who chaperone them. You can actually get away with corny jokes, and I bet your sense of humor is a guilty pleasure for your friends. People of your type are often the most approachable and popular people in their circle. Your simple & silly good-naturedness is immediately recognizable, and it sets you apart in this sarcastic world. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Will Ferrell - Will Smith


The 3-Variable Funny Test!


My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:


You scored higher than 43% on darkness


You scored higher than 79% on spontaneity


You scored higher than 40% on vulgarity

Happy Halloween

This is part of the decoarations on my front porch. It sort of pays tribute to all the spiders we have around here. I hope everyone has fun trick or teating tonight.

take a guess.

Okay, I'll give in on this one too. My friend Kelly suggested posting two truthes and a lie. guess which one it is.

1. I am a cat person.

2. I'm an organized person.

3. I got drunk the first time when I was 16.

Okay, now I've had a hair mishap

I tried to upload this picture, but for some reason I had trouble with it.

I'm going to blame biscuit for my current hair problems because apparently it's catching. (no more talking about messing up do it yourself hair color). On Thursday I decided it was time to update my highlights so I bought a different brand of haircolor than I normally use and thought it would work well, but I wound up with dots of blonde in my hair. I'm not sure how that happened, but it did. I really didn't notice to tell you the truth, but when I went to get my hair cut today one of the other stylists did. I'll start from the beginning.

My hairstylist had shoulder surgery a couple of monthes ago and I had to have another stylist at her salon cut my hair. I recently noticed that it wasn't looking right and when I went in today my regular stylist took one look at it and told me she was going to have to fix it. The layers where off (that I knew) and one side had been cut thinner than the other. Never ask someone who isn't skilled at thinning hair to do that for you. When she asked another stylist to look at it and recommend the best way to fix it the other stylist kept looking at me funny. Finally she asked me if I colored my hair recently and I told her I did. Then I asked her if something was wrong and she told me there were blonde dots on the part of my head I wouldn't be able to see well. I had knew it wasn't the best highlighting job I've ever done, but I didn't realize it was that bad either. Of course, I couldn't see it very well. They suggested a dye that would bring my hair back to its natural color. It is designed to start dark and fade to the correct color as you wash. She said to wait for the color to settle and decide if I want new hightlights or not. So for now I have dark hair. My family isn't crazy about it. LOL. Oh, and my hair is shorter than usual too.

The phantom stain.

This is a picture of a stain that has now appeared on two different articles of clothing same size and shape. It first showed up on a pair of my shorts. This large purple stain was a pain to get out. This time it showed up on my son's karate pants. I can't figure out where it's coming fun. It came out with bleach though so that's good.

I've been calling it the phantom stain because there is no obvious source for it. I guess we have both sat in something. Maybe it's on the benches at the Dojo. I may ask and see if anyone there has had the same thing happen.

a trip out to eat. I'm insane I think

My son had a perfect report card so we took him out to eat to celebrate. I should go on record this was not my idea, but my husband thought I said I wanted to do this. He was apparently only half listening to me. I thought we should do something that didn't involve food. I wan't to teach other ways of rewarding oneself.

I let him pick the location. He chose the local fast food joint. Big surprise. This wouldn't have been so bad except my husband was sick and couldn't go with us. Here is what happened. I just kept telling myself "I did this on purpose." Thanks to Sam and Kelly I have learned this sanity keeping mantra.

We arrived at the restaurant and my kids went to look at the toy display. The place was very quiet so I figured that would work. I went up to the counter and ordered. While I was doing this a couple walked in and was walking up to the line area. I looked over and saw my daughter had grabbed a high chair and was trying to bring it to Mommy. I though "how cute." She finally got it to me without too much trouble and parked it right next to me. My son started with "Mommy look at this" over and over on the other side while I'm trying to pay the guy at the counter. I told him I saw it and went back to getting my money out. At this point I realized my daughter, who is three, has scaled the high chair and is trying to sit down. As soon as I see her I didn't say anything, but inside I'm freaking out that she is going to hurt herself. I just wrapped my arms around her and sat her down in the seat. I figured the people behind must have thought what a terrible parent I am for not spotting her climbing, or they probably thought I was ignoring it. I wasn't she's just speedy gonzales. I rolled her forward to the end of the counter and straped her down with the seat belt so she couldn't climb back out.

She then discovered if she pushed really hard with her body she could make it roll. I grabbed her chair and hung on while I waited for the food. Meanwhile my son has discovered the new coffee dispenser. They, for some dumb reason, put this out for everyone to use. I recognize the convience factor for the customers, but it's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Some kid will pull on those cool handles wondering what they do and get coffee or hot water burns. I had to tell my son to not touch it because it was hot. Fortunately, he listens to that warning.

After we got our food I got our drinks and sat down. My daughter kept trying to swipe my food and my son just wanted the toy. I have a rule of no toys until we're done eating. He didn't like it when I put up his toy. They finally started eating, but then got bored and my daughter "found" her voice. I had difficutly shushing her. Fortunately, there weren't many people there and those that were had kids too. In fact, one of the other kids set her off one time. Then she discovered since the chair was on wheels and she could kick off from the table. She sent it skidding several feet. (Why don't they put breaks on those things) After admonishing her to stay put she did it again so I had to wrap a leg through one of the openings to stop her. Finally, we were done and could leave. Breathing a sigh of relief.

I'm not doing that again. And the kids wonder why I prefer to eat at home.

me and the camera not friends yesterday.

I've learned something today. I always knew how to bend my knees when I pick up one of the kids but today my body gave me and kick in the back side for not doing it. The middle of my lower back to be precise. I've never pulled a muscle there before and when it happened I almost hit the ground. I've been wearing a heating pad on it all day. Those wearable self heating pads are wonderful. It has helped, but if I sit still for very long I get very very stiff. I found moving about actually helps.

Well I guess I should also update you on my surgery follow up. For those who don't know I had surgery two monthes ago. I had my tonsills removed in hopes it would cure my sleep apnea. It turned out I also had chronic tonsillitis and didn't realize it. Well I don't snore anymore so most likely the sleep apnea is gone, but I still wake up at night and can't go back to sleep. Otherwise known as chronic insomnia. The Dr. has prescibed me some allergy meds to help me breath easier at night and boy did they work. I've also added magnesium to my diet. If this works I won't need another sleep study, but if it doesn't I have to do it again. He knows how much I hated the first one. When he told me I almost curlled up into a little ball in the chair. I have two weeks to see improvement or else.

I will say that the ENT who did my surgery did say that he will do additional surgery without hesitation if I need it to cure the apnea.

pictures

I have added some pics to up through the trees.

We went today to take the pictures for our Christmas cards. The kids did great. This time my daughter had to wait while her brother had individuals done. Boy did she get mad she wanted up on that table. It was quite a contrast from last year when she refused to cooperate and we didn't get a pic for the card. At least our card will be a good one this time.

our trip to the beach.

We got back from Panama City Beach a few days ago and we had a great trip. It was very relaxing. We would go out to the beach in the morning and get all dirty and then we would play in the pool in the afternoon. My kids especially liked the hot tub though. I kept having to insist they get out and play in the pool.

The first day we were there we met a family who lives in Birmingham. Our kids had fun digging a hole in the sand together. There was one little boy with them who I thought was theirs only to find out that they had become defacto babysitters. His mother had come out to the water and was snorkeling and not paying attention. I noticed the next day that they avoided her. She came out with him again later and left him with us. She didn't say a word she just went in the water. When I was ready to go in I waded out to her and told her to watch her son. I think she could tell I was ticked. She said his teenage brother would watch him. I said I didn't think he was paying any attention. The kid was sitting in a chair with a magazine draped over his face. He was a sweet little boy, but I found this frustrating. I would have just gone in but I didn't want to leave a three year old boy to his devices. He decided he was going to swim out to his mom and I had to stop him.

We also met some people from Indiana. They love Panama City and come down a couple of times a year. They were tan and burned. Ouch. On Friday one of them asked me if we just got there because we weren't tan I had to tell him we just don't tan very well. I will say none of us got a sunburn either. Mommy was diligent with the sunscreen. We found a shallow sand bar that my daughter adored playing on. She got mad at me when I made her come in.

We also visited the Gulf World Aquarium along with the zoo. The pic is of a guy riding a dolphin's nose. It pushing him up out of the water. I posted a beach scene on my photo blog up through the trees.

Anybody got any caffiene?

Would someone explain to me why my husband can't seem to go to bed at night without making alot of noise. He always opens the door loudly and then turns on the light to the bathroom and shuts the door. He never seems to realize how loud and bright this is. It wakes me up every time. I have trouble falling back to sleep too. To top this off he does it at 3 a.m.

I have trouble with insomnia so I wind up staying up all night. I did get to watch three shows we recorded while we were on vacation so I guess there is a bright side to everything. Let's hope that I'm awake this afternoon. The fun part of all this is I finally got rid of my sleep apnea and sleep better, but that doesn't do any good when your up half the night. I need some caffiene.

I'm back and I broke my glasses

Well, we returned home yesterday. We had a great time relaxing on the beach. The weather was perfect and the Gulf was calm. It looked like it does in the vacation brochures.

There were two drawbacks though. One was the biting flies and the other was I broke my glasses on Friday. The flies were more of an annoyance than anything. Breaking my glasses was no fun. I made the mistake of setting them down on the floor while I was taking a bath. (there really wasn't anywhere else to put them) I kept thinking that may be a bad idea, but I didn't listen to myself. When I got out I stepped on them. Not much pressure before I realized it but it was too late. They broke at he spot where the arm meets the lenses so they cannot be fixed. I walked around with one armed glasses for two days. That is annoying. I wore my prescription sunglasses when I could, but you can't wear them inside long so I wound up squinting alot.

I will go today and see about replacing them or putting the lenses in new frames. I really can't afford new glasses right now, but we do have insurance that is supposed to pay for new glasses. They don't cover transitions lenses though so I will have to pay the difference, I think. I don't have any idea how much that will be. I may be better off just putting the old lenses in new frames. Okay, I talked to the insurance company who said they would email me a claim from so I can go get glasses. It isn't here yet. I wanted to leave already. AUGHHHH!

I took plenty of pics of the beach. I will publish them after I get them processed today.

time to relax

Well I'm going to the Fiddler's convention tonight. It is amazing how much fun it is. Especially, for this rock music lover. Most people think of listening to fiddlers, banjo players and many other instruments associated with blue grass music isn't for them, but it is some of the best you will ever hear. These musicians are fantastic, and just think I get paid to go hear them play.

There is also alot of artisans there selling their work so I'm hoping to find something cool to buy my nieces for their very late birthday presents. It's a good thing that giving presents whenever during the course of the year is common place in my family or they probably wouldn't be speaking to me right now.

I won't be posting for over a week since I will be at the beach, but I'll be thinking of you guys while I chase my kids and help them build sandcastles.

new tires

I got new tires yesterday. I hadn't planned to but when I went to have them rotated the woman working pointed out that two of them needed replacing. I knew we were getting close, but had hoped to wait awhile longer. It's always expensive, but it was well worth it so far. The last set I had were weather tires, the same brand I had used on a previous car, and they didn't work very well. Everytime I would stop on wet pavement they would slide anyway. They really drove me crazy when they would squeal just making a minor turn or when I started to pull forward. For some reason they did not like to "catch" the road. I always made sure they were properly inflated so they shouldn't have been doing that. I used to own a cavalier and had put those same tires on it and never had any problems from them. I personally think they kept the name and downgraded the tire quality.

I got a different brand of weather tires put on this time. Higher quality too. So far so good. It's nice to stop or take off and not have my tires spin or slide. It's really great not to squeal in the local parking lot. It got very annoying to have people look at me like I was trying to show off or something. Can you see a mom of two pealing out in the parking lot. I know I can drive aggressively but I don't do it in parking lots.

sibling rivalry

Well we experienced a bought of sibling rivalry last night. My son was not happy that he was not the center attention. We worked to make him feel happy, but it was obvious he resented his sister for being the center of attention yesterday. Fortunately, his birthday is coming up next week and it will be his day then. We gave him attention, but he kept getting mad. I was finally able to get across to him when I told him he could help his sister open presents. This worked like a charm. Thank heavens.

Through the whole party he kept asking to go in the other room and watch a video. I told him he had to stay with us. The last thing I want is to raise a child who thinks it's acceptable to take off and hide when he isn't getting his way. Actually, we've been lucky with our kids they usually get along great and the rivalry has been to a minimum, but sometimes.....

My noodle had a great birthday though. I took her for a check up and she is healthy. I knew that though. Then we had lunch out and went to the new park downtown to play in the fountains. She had a blast. She had a Thomas the Tank Engine cake. She picked it out herself. Believe me I was surprised because I thought she would pick something like Dora or Blues clues. I think her favorite present (so far anyway) was the purse she got. Though I got a great pic of her Daddy putting earings on her. She kept going to him for help with them. It was really cute. Well it's time to go pick up cupcakes for school today. She is going to be so hyped up on cake I'm going to have trouble getting her to go to sleep tonight. Oh well.

Noodle's third birthday

Today is my little girl's third birthday. Wow, I can't believe she is three years old. She is growing so fast it's unbelievable to me. She spent the weekend telling me she is going to a party except it sounds like she is saying potty. Now if I could convince her to actually use the potty.

She has begun to dress herself and help me wash her in the tub. She especially loves to help brush her teeth. This is great because most kids don't like to. We are going for a yearly check up at the Dr. today too. When she was younger she would scream at the Dr. but over time she started relaxing. She is to the point where she actually wants to go see him. About a year ago the Dr. walked into the examining room fully expecting to have her start screaming at him instead she said "Hi, Dr. Bob." He looked at me and said I'm in the wrong room. Hang on," and turned around. Then he told me he almost had a heartattack when she said that. She went from being he second most unhappy patient (he said there was one who would scream louder than she did) to being thrilled to see him. I think today I will take her to play in the new fountains in downtown. The kids love them.

Busy busy day.

Today has been a fun but tiring day. After a fun soccer game where my son found an ant to be far more interesting than the soccer ball headed straight for the goal (he was goalie at the time) we headed over to the Madison Street Festival for his karate demo. The demo went well and the kids had fun. We saw several people we know as we walked around. It really gives you a strong sense of your community. It came complete with the trains barrelling through the the middle of everything at top speed. We were inside one of the restaurants and the building shook harder than my house does when one goes by. Yes they really do set this thing up with the train track. Usually the trains don't run on Saturday, but they did today.

I also went and got a flu shot today. I was able to get one by the skin of my teeth. I got there late and realized I had to go the ATM to get some more money. It was down for "service." I wound up going back in the store and buying something so I could get cash back. When I finally got back in to the area where they were giving out the shots they were packing up because they were out. The lady taking the forms and money asked them to double check the vials. One of the nurses started looking through them and found enough left for two more shots. Whew. So I got my flu shot. I was so thankful because last year I didn't get it this early and wound up with a severe case of bronchitis all while I was at Disney World. BTW for anyone who wonders: yes, I have asthma and qualify to receive it now. They are supposed to be very strict about who they are giving them to right now. Well that's my Saturday so far. I plan to spend the rest of the evening vegging out. Maybe I'll watch Robots.

I thought I didn't have much to say today.

I don't have much to say today, but I thought I'd wing it. The weather has reached that point where you want to actually be outside. Not to hot and not to cold. Unfortunately, I've had to much to do today to get out and enjoy it. It's supposed to be nice tomorrow and we will be out all day so I'm not to concerned. Tomorrow we start the day with a soccer game then we move onto a karate demo that my son is in. I was thinking it is the first time for him to be on stage, but I just realized that isn't true. When he was in preschool they did shows regularly and in kindergarten they did an end of the year graduation show. It will be his first time with only three other kids though. In the past he could blend in with the crowd. I haven't said anything because I don't want him to freak out, and realize he's in front of this audience who will be watching him. He's like me though and he loves to show off what he can do so I think he will shine up there. The kid has stage presence.

Did I just say I didn' t have much to say. Oh well, just get me started and I don't know when to shut up.

Irritating stuff that just gets on your NERVES

Okay, maybe its not that bad, but still. Today has been one of those days where things are just screwy. This morning I went to get my son a Halloween costume. The one we had decided on is on sale for $9.99 which is great. I get there and they don't have his size (they had the other two sizes). The guy was great he hunted around the back room and even called the other store (no luck) he also checked the computer and said they were scheduled to get some in, but for some reason they had not arrived. They go up in price next week, but will still be on sale. What you want to bet they show up Monday. This is typical retail tactics they must have some product there but they only ship enough to barely cover requests for their loss leader.

Later I went to pick up my daughter at school and was told to pull all the way up to wait for her. So I did. When I did this several cars pulled out and then someone stopped so I could walk past and go get her. Well the person who stopped promptly pulls her car forward and blocks me in. She wasn't supposed to pull up that far. I have no idea what she was thinking.

I also purchased a digital keychain camera. Well I'm having trouble installing the software so I'm going to have to hit up the hubby. I have no idea when I'll be able to use it and I know he's not going to be happy about having to install more software on his computer. Oh well. Believe it or not only the lady with the car really irritated me.

kids

The remanents for Rits passed through last night spawning more tornadoes for us. It certainly made the afternoon interesting. I was watching something that I had recorded on the DVR when I heard the sirens go off. As soon as I turned the TV to a local channel to hear what was going on Stephen (my son) went into "must have Mommy's attention mode." How do kids do that? Sometimes I swear that my kids are psychic. If I'm doing something that requires Mom's attention they will insist on bouncing around in front of me wanting to tell me something. I know this is normal, but it drives me crazy.

Though speaking of psychic children, one time when Stephen was two he did something that freaked out his day care teacher. I'll start from the beginning here. I was at work and quickly approaching 40 hours and needed to leave early so I wouldn't go into overtime so I was discussing with my boss that I should leave about 2 p.m. Around this same time Stephen was napping at school. When he awoke from his nap he started telling his teacher that I was coming to pick him up, and she was assuring him that at 5 we would be there.

Five minutes later I walked through the door to get him. She jumped in surprise to see me. Then she asked if had told Stephen I was picking him up early. When I told her no her eyes got really wide and she told me about his insisting I was coming right then to pick him up. I had always felt some sort of connection to my kids, but that was one of those weird moments.

WE survived!

Well yesterday was interesting. My poor baby boy (he's six) woke up with a stomach bug. He was sick all morning, but by afternoon he was feeling better. Unfortunately, with the bridal shower planned my husband had to take him across town to my parents house to rest. Both the kids slept over there so I think he got off easy.

Lisa and I survived the shower without having to muzzle anyone though it came close once. It was also "enjoyable" to listen to Anna's mother, more than once say how she was dreading the shower but she surprisingly enjoyed herself. Then she told us that when we give Anna her baby shower she would make herself unavailable. That's okay with me.

It's Friday, I'm going insane.

It's the day before my friends bridal shower (it's at my house) and I'm running around trying to make sure the house is clean. We southern girls believe in spit shining the place so we're not talking the normal clean here. I pressure washed the front porch and walkway I usually wait until Halloween to do this, but since I have people I don't know coming to my house I thought I would do it now.

This morning I took the kitchen garbage can outside and cleaned it. My daughter came outside and helped me she had a blast playing in the hose. She wasn't too thrilled when I turned the water off. Well it's off to clean more. If you hear a loud thump later it's just me collapsing on the floor and taking a nap.

BTW I know I didn't participate in HNT, but I am keeping my eye out for a cheap digital so I can in the future.

Must grow grass in the yard

My husband has this obssession with growing grass in our yard. You see we have lots of trees so our yard has a good bit of shade. Last fall we had 12 pine trees cut down, but it didn't make a dent. He has also resorted to tilling up the entire back yard and treating the soil. It works, but he uses so much water trying to make it work one time the water department called and asked us to check our house for leaks.

Right now he is concentrating his efforts on our front yard so everytime I walk outside I have to dodge the sprinkler. Last night when I got home with the kids I had to call him on my cell phone to come outside and turn off the water because we would have gotten soaked trying to get into the house. I have no idea of the exact total he has spent on this, but I bet I could have gotten that fence I want long ago.

Some people?!#&

I had to write about this. Yesterday I went to the mall to kill some time while I waited on my pictures to be developed and when I got there I spotted two decent parking spaces open they were side by side. I was on the aisle one over so it took me a moment to get there. This wasn't a big deal since there were two spaces and the place wasn't busy. I wasn't concerned that I wouldn't be able to park in AT LEAST one of them.

A woman driving a very old lincoln parked in the first space just as I got there "no big deal I thought I'll park next to her." I waited when it looked like her passenger started to open the door (I consider it rude to pull in on someone trying to get out a car) and then she stopped and shut the door. So I started to pull and then she opened the door again and DIDN'T get out. She sat there with the door open. When she realized I was trying to park she held it open with her foot. If I had parked I might have hit the door. Then she just sat there chatting with her friend. I wound up backing up and parking farther down the aisle. She waited until I was pulling into my new spot to get out of the car and walked away just looking at me like I was some terrible person. It made me wish I had pulled in and parked right in front of the door so she couldn't close it back, but since I had my daughter with me and I prefer to set a good example for my kids I just glared back at her. The thing is I couldn't figure out what she gained by this except being "difficult."

cleaning house

Okay, I've fixed the comments section. This is what happens when you play witht the settings. I messed up the comments section. Sorry.

Today I begin getting my house ready for my friends bridal shower this weekend. I shall be spit shining the place. Did I mention I hate housework, but the shower is a great reason to get it done. I borrowed my parents pressure washer so I can clean off our front porch and side walk. My husband thought I was expecting him to do it. I had to reassure him I planned to do the work. Something about shooting strong streams of water around that I find enjoyable. Just stay out of my way or you might get wet.

The best part about giving the house a good cleaning is that I can now put back the pictures on my mantle that I took down last Christmas to make room for decorations. That's right I took them down in Dec. and I'm just now getting around to putting them back. The decorations came down in Jan. but then the mantle became a pile zone that I need to clear. Well they'll be back up for all of three monthes I guess. Time to get to work.

my fingers are going numb

Here I sit waiting for clothes to dry. Normally this would be for our regular laundry, but not today. Today I am trying to get stuff ready to sell in a local consignment sale. My goal is to sell enough stuff to break even. I try not to buy more clothes for my kids than what I can make selling their old stuff. My husband does not understand this he thinks I should make a profit every time, and asks me why I buy stuff at the sale. So twice a year I find myself explaining that the kids must have clothes to wear and this allows me to buy stuff on the cheap. Why is this so difficult to understand. Anyway, by the end of the day I will poked my fingers with so many safety pins they will be numb. There are times when I wonder if it's worth it. I've decided this time I'm going to stop when I run out of hangers and rest of the clothes are going to the local thrift store.

OOOHhh! the clothes are dry time to go poke my fingers some more.

Okay I've decided I should actually post something. I thought I would tell you about where I got the name for this blog. I have two children and three cats who enjoying walking slowly right in front of me whenever I'm trying to get somewhere to do something for them. My children aren't so bad, but my cats have made it an artform.

Whenever I walk to their bowls they walk right where I'm about to step for some reason they don't understand that this is counterproductive. I almost always step on one of them. Their other favorite thing to do is run out of my way when I'm walking past them. The only problem with this is they always choose to run right under my feet. Again sometimes they get runover because I don't realize they are doing this until it's too late. Fortunately, for them I've started anticipating this and can dodge them, most of the time. So that is where this blog gets its name not fancy, but certainly accurate.