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.